tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post3346045013383628908..comments2023-11-03T03:44:33.524-05:00Comments on Arsenisms: Is this the Age of Limp Dick Politic? Harpo's Big Five-OScott MacNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-62473896766299404692009-05-07T08:49:00.000-05:002009-05-07T08:49:00.000-05:00Older, but not wiser. The people of Canada are st...Older, but not wiser. The people of Canada are still the losers regardless of which side of 50 their benighted leader sits.The Public Eyehttp://www.accesstoinfo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-35545426730899211392009-05-04T16:53:00.000-05:002009-05-04T16:53:00.000-05:00When did Harper offer any kind of promise?
;)When did Harper offer any kind of promise?<br /><br />;)omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641415402364726961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-10229654251732455662009-05-04T08:56:00.000-05:002009-05-04T08:56:00.000-05:00I've read that sociopaths loose their tough edge l...I've read that sociopaths loose their tough edge later in life as well. They don,t become nicer, just less driven.<br /><br />Don't know if this is happening with Harpie, don,t really think so, but maybe all those pink flamingos are his party's way of telling him it's time to join the other retirees in Florida.<br /><br />900ftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-72884531450676654952009-05-02T16:55:00.000-05:002009-05-02T16:55:00.000-05:00A dear friend of mine has been writing a book on m...A dear friend of mine has been writing a book on menopause. She talks also about andropause, a male-aging phenomenon in which the brain cells of men actually shrink in size, which is tied to memory loss and other things (an equivalent of what happens to women in pregnancy, preggo-brain, but not reversible like preggo-brain is). She says this explains why there are so many grumpy men in their fifties running around making other people miserable-- they are going through andropause.RachelWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225401230724459199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-43494741224415994082009-05-02T14:36:00.000-05:002009-05-02T14:36:00.000-05:00Hi Rachel,
Indeed, the observation about young le...Hi Rachel,<br /><br />Indeed, the observation about young leaders is probably true on some level. But should Harpo be plagued with a lack of sleep, depression, erectile dysfunction and and a limpness of the soul due to AMS then I think we are in danger of seeing the man become even crankier. Canadian politics is littered with the names of politically driven 50-somethings who could not reconcile their goals with their tactics. However, I would like to be proved wrong and see him embrace a softer form of governance. but I ain't holding my breathe. <br /><br />On the broader question of age & tyrants. Although it does not apply in Harpo's case; it is true that the crankiest and most vile monsters of the 20th century were all in their 50s when presided over the horrific atrocities that mark the last century. <br /><br />Hitler was 51 when the death machinery of the Holocaust began operating in earnest in 1939. Stalin was in his 50s as he aided and abetted the Great Famine and launched his "Great Purge" that took the lives of untold millions. And Pol Pot, depending on the source uses for his date of birth was either 47 or 51 when he embarked on his 3 year killing spree in the name of "reform" in 1976. Were their actions due to lowered testosterone due to AMS, probably not. They were all evil and sick bastards to begin with. But AMS could have made even more bitter. Especially in psycho Adolf's case - as the man was reputedly functioning with only one testosterone producing testicle to begin with!Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140940333999349677.post-38825952700101651292009-05-02T12:16:00.000-05:002009-05-02T12:16:00.000-05:00I read, or heard, something once about how young m...I read, or heard, something once about how young male leaders (politicians, generals etc.) are more militant (warmongering) and risk-taking on account of their raging hormones. As they age and their testosterone levels drop, they become somewhat more, er, <I> conservative. </I> That's with a small c. So you never know, but Harpo's limp appendage may actually be a very good thing, in the long run.RachelWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225401230724459199noreply@blogger.com