tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2728202325779642256..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Politicians like powerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4816684399739879702013-09-16T08:54:26.118-07:002013-09-16T08:54:26.118-07:00Washington and Jackson were both eager to leave an...<i>Washington and Jackson were both eager to leave and return to their own affairs and estates which were in serious disarray</i><br /><br />Yes, they were essentially aristocrats and had their own almost feudal powerbases at home. I don't imagine stepping down from the Presidency was a big deal for those men. In many ways I imagine running an estate gave you a far more direct feeling of power than the sort of abstract power in running a weak and decentralized Federal government back in the early 19th century - people actually carried out your orders, and you could see the results. That is a problem these days - most of our "leaders" now crawl their way up a political party or government bureaucracy and have no real lives outside politics. They live abstract lives of political power games and maneuvering. As a result, the best you can get is a reasonably competent bureaucrat like an Angela Merkel. In the worse case you get people like Putin or Obama - hollow narcissists for whom power is not a means to an end, it is the only end game. Peter the Sharknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30565052893236858232013-09-16T03:37:04.404-07:002013-09-16T03:37:04.404-07:00I used to think that, on losing office, politician...I used to think that, on losing office, politicians were thrown by the lack of respect, journalists and lobbyists vying for their attention, chauffeur driven care, etc.<br /><br />But it's not so. When Caesar was and some companions passed a small village, someone commented that it no doubt had intense political struggles. And Caesar said, "I'd rather rule such a dung heap than be the second man in Rome".<br /><br />I think the core anguish of most ex-politicians is the loss of power. What a sick and weird bunch!<br /><br />Felix Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13837107483839541712013-09-16T03:19:38.580-07:002013-09-16T03:19:38.580-07:00"what happened to Germany and France?"
...<i>"what happened to Germany and France?"</i><br /><br />I don't know, but I wonder if the German universities mostly educate Germans. Maybe they're not competing globally for students and like it that way.<br /><br />The UK have position 3/4/5/6 in the global top 10, yet somehow that doesn't translate into exceptional living standards here.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1852128070791722212013-09-15T22:40:45.882-07:002013-09-15T22:40:45.882-07:00We like money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s...We like money. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHCVyllnckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53135635307537958982013-09-15T20:38:38.145-07:002013-09-15T20:38:38.145-07:00Rudd's daughter (a stereotypical Aussie woman ...Rudd's daughter (a stereotypical Aussie woman - big, blowsy, handsome) married a Chinese.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11884029616176632086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39989388214784322192013-09-15T20:24:09.605-07:002013-09-15T20:24:09.605-07:00Rudd sounds like Raoul Duke would sound as prime m...Rudd sounds like Raoul Duke would sound as prime minister of Australia.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56744170641469883352013-09-15T20:19:04.794-07:002013-09-15T20:19:04.794-07:00"Kevin Rudd is a real weirdo. I remember a co..."Kevin Rudd is a real weirdo. I remember a couple years ago he ridiculously said Australia should consider invading China"<br /><br />Rudd was also alleged to have said: "Those Chinese fuckers are trying to rat-f**k us!,” This said to a throng of Australian officials and press.<br /><br />Rudd speaks Mandarin so maybe he was on to something. Here he is speaking Mandarin.<br /><br />http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bro4mkb_VKc<br /><br />I'm not sure if the Chinese find him ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25547220316188145722013-09-15T19:34:35.981-07:002013-09-15T19:34:35.981-07:00"Losing power is felt physically, emotionally..."Losing power is felt physically, emotionally, in waves of sensation, in moments of acute distress. I know now that there are the odd moments of relief as the stress ekes away and the hard weight that felt like it was sitting uncomfortably between your shoulder blades slips off. It actually takes you some time to work out what your neck and shoulders are supposed to feel like. I know too that you can feel you are fine but then suddenly someone’s words of comfort, or finding a memento at the back of the cupboard as you pack up, or even cracking jokes about old times, can bring forth a pain that hits you like a fist, pain so strong you feel it in your guts, your nerve endings."<br /><br /><br />HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAA!<br /><br />Feels pretty good, don't it? How do YOU like it, you man-hating sow!? How do YOU like being trampled on,passed over, silenced and ridiculed?<br /><br />I know you won't learn a thing from this, but at least we get to watch you taste your own medicine!<br /><br />LoLoLoLoL!<br /><br />This is what's coming to all libtards around the globe.<br /><br />Hang 'em high,good friends, hang 'em high!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84985984842291411682013-09-15T19:25:45.346-07:002013-09-15T19:25:45.346-07:00Mr Anon:
I think most people seek power with some...Mr Anon:<br /><br />I think most people seek power with some clear ideas about how they want to use it to do stuff, but also with a desire for power for its own sake. And over time, I imagine it is easy to lose the roadmap of what you plan to do with power, and just get caught up in the desire to keep or expand it. <br /><br />Alongside that, people are rationalization machines. Every congressman who would sell his grandmother down the river for another term in office can come up with a long list of the good and important things he's done and is doing, and a compelling (to him) story of how if it weren't for him, all sorts of disasters would have befallen America and the world. I'm sure George W Bush can convince himself of this, despite his disastrous term in office. I'm sure every president could, no matter what messes he made for his country and the world. Much less egotistical people than any president have convinced themselves of less plausible stories of their own importance. NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91118341503146767992013-09-15T18:01:47.959-07:002013-09-15T18:01:47.959-07:00Besides barring citizenship while instituting some...Besides barring citizenship while instituting some level of legalization for those here already, Mr.Ted Cruz has proposed increasing the number of green cards awarded annually, to 1.35 million from 675,000. He also wants to eliminate the per-country limit that he said left applicants from countries like Mexico, China and India hamstrung when they tried to gain legal entry to this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50256334670676458352013-09-15T17:13:54.929-07:002013-09-15T17:13:54.929-07:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24024767
what...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24024767<br /><br />what happened to Germany and France? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75611675257278418702013-09-15T17:10:37.745-07:002013-09-15T17:10:37.745-07:00http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/09...http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/09/15/anglosphere-rules-global-education-roost/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68201930046756015102013-09-15T16:23:44.843-07:002013-09-15T16:23:44.843-07:00Gillard gives apology for forced adoption practice...<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-21/gillard-delivers-apology-to-victims-of-forced-adoption/4585972" rel="nofollow">Gillard gives apology for forced adoption practices</a><br /><br />Style over substance.<br /><br />How does this apology make any of those people materially better?<br /><br />It is just feelgood claptrap. Its purpose is to allow politicians to congratulate themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69426814790986050712013-09-15T15:39:36.842-07:002013-09-15T15:39:36.842-07:00Politicians like serving power. Politicians like serving power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84133931075218233362013-09-15T15:38:09.296-07:002013-09-15T15:38:09.296-07:00Glossy said: I'm sure that when the head of ac... Glossy said: I'm sure that when the head of accounting of a mid-sized company loses his job, it hurts just as much, especially if that's the most power he'd ever had and was ever going to have.<br />.................................................................................<br /><br />From what I've read, the loss of status and power experienced by many formerly respectable Soviet citizens drove them to alcoholic despair in the 90's. Since you where there, would you say that's accurate?<br /><br />Some researchers suggest that depression evolved in order to prevent the losing party in a power struggle from taking stupid risks. According to this view, depression is like a social TKO. <br /><br />http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jscp.2007.26.7.751<br /><br />-The Judean People's FrontAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37942884722485030872013-09-15T15:29:57.354-07:002013-09-15T15:29:57.354-07:00This brings to mind (pbuh) Lawrence Auster's c...This brings to mind (pbuh) Lawrence Auster's comment that why men crave power more than women, they don't admit to it like women do. <br /><br />-OSSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84394127237396685002013-09-15T14:13:06.726-07:002013-09-15T14:13:06.726-07:00http://slnm.us/ILVdA2Z
Liberal private sector vs ...http://slnm.us/ILVdA2Z<br /><br />Liberal private sector vs Liberal public sector. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88658403918724440732013-09-15T14:02:35.353-07:002013-09-15T14:02:35.353-07:00I imagine as life goes on she will feel the double...I imagine as life goes on she will feel the double punch in the gut as she begins to feel the loss of the power of her beauty and sex appeal. Oh...too late. I wonder of her appearance played a role in her develpoing this absurd cockamamie butt-hurt?joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91533054893778195992013-09-15T13:43:56.830-07:002013-09-15T13:43:56.830-07:00Judging by the level of dislike from voters, I'...Judging by the level of dislike from voters, I'd say a weight was lifted off their shoulders with her ouster ( and Mr. Rudd).Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38661623191715855652013-09-15T11:24:21.604-07:002013-09-15T11:24:21.604-07:00I hear the lamentations of their women.....
It is...I hear the lamentations of their women.....<br /><br />It is the best in life.Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27003366192127515352013-09-15T10:45:08.761-07:002013-09-15T10:45:08.761-07:00"Anonymous said...
Stating the obvious.
Why..."Anonymous said...<br /><br />Stating the obvious.<br /><br />Why do they become politicians in the first place? - a psychological need to bully and boss others around. It's all about power and the trappings of power."<br /><br />It does seem to be that way, doesn't it? There may be a few people who enter politics in order to right some wrong, or achieve some particular aim, or even just look out for the interestes of their own people. But such people seem to be rare. A thirst for power and adulation seem to motivate many, if not most of them. It is a dangerous thing to confer power on those who want it.<br /><br />Puts me in mind of that line from Godfather III: "Power is a burden,.........to those who do not have it."Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71059448014553703432013-09-15T09:53:16.138-07:002013-09-15T09:53:16.138-07:00Ih the humanity. Strangely enough the Guardian and...Ih the humanity. Strangely enough the Guardian and the rest of these caring scum never empathised with Rudd when she pulled her coup on him.<br /><br />It reminds me, on a much more trivial level, of those who get upset about the Tsar and family being offed but not several million Russians in that war. As Steve said on another thread the "concerned left" tend to be concerned only with the problems of those who don't have problems.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52466640207916103862013-09-15T08:07:29.308-07:002013-09-15T08:07:29.308-07:00Politicians like power... Former Australian prime ...<i>Politicians like power... Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard...</i> <br /><br />I guess what the Heartiste crowd would be wondering is whether or not Ms Gillard feels that power really is the ultimate aphrodisiac.<br /><br />With [obviously] plenty of tawdry & explicit details from Ms Gillard which would serve to elaborate on the thesis.<br /><br />BTW, since I got Kontrolled on the other thread, I just gotta ask about it: Is Ron Unz particularly closely related to Kissinger?<br /><br />Like maybe his great-nephew or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84392812104072695272013-09-15T07:35:21.071-07:002013-09-15T07:35:21.071-07:00It sounds like Gollum, it does...It sounds like Gollum, it does...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53087709824598148812013-09-15T07:00:11.626-07:002013-09-15T07:00:11.626-07:00I suspect she does not understand her feelings all...I suspect she does not understand her feelings all that well. It's not the loss of power per se, but her rejection by the Australian people that she's taking personally. If she were leaving because of her term limit was up, would she really feel this way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com