Sluts

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“WHISPERS follow her like so many eyes. She is the one who will go home with you, the sure bet, the kind of girl you can lie down with and then walk all over. She is ogled, envied and often ostracized. She is the slut.”

-- Stephanie Rosenbloom, "Taming the Slur" in The NY Times

I always love it when the Times talks dirty.

For the record, though, a slut does not really do it with anybody. A slut is not really a sure thing for everybody who wants some. She is mainly receptive to those edgy, desirable, alpha-ish guys. That's a lot, and she is easy fun for them, which makes her slutty, but even the slut is actually pretty selective, albeit within those broad limits. She will not do it with just anybody. I am merely sharing that painful lesson from my growing up.

( slutty article )

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Sluts

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“WHISPERS follow her like so many eyes. She is the one who will go home with you, the sure bet, the kind of girl you can lie down with and then walk all over. She is ogled, envied and often ostracized. She is the slut.”

-- Stephanie Rosenbloom, "Taming the Slur" in The NY Times

I always love it when the Times talks dirty.

For the record, though, a slut does not really do it with anybody. A slut is not really a sure thing for everybody who wants some. She is mainly receptive to those edgy, desirable, alpha-ish guys. That's a lot, and she is easy fun for them, which makes her slutty, but even the slut is actually pretty selective, albeit within those broad limits. She will not do it with just anybody. I am merely sharing that painful lesson from my growing up.

( slutty article )

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Bush: President for Life

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“Let's imagine, and this is purely hypothetical, that President Bush has already decided that he will not leave office in January 2009 without a satisfactory resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem.”

-- Robert Kagan for The Washington Post

Thus Kagan begins his column. I went on reading it thinking that he meant Bush would not leave office after his second term, that he might have to suspend elections until he successfully concluded the War on Terror. I thought Kagan may have been giving us some inside dope over some of the thinking in Republican circles. What a funny misunderstanding!

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Bush: President for Life

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“Let's imagine, and this is purely hypothetical, that President Bush has already decided that he will not leave office in January 2009 without a satisfactory resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem.”

-- Robert Kagan for The Washington Post

Thus Kagan begins his column. I went on reading it thinking that he meant Bush would not leave office after his second term, that he might have to suspend elections until he successfully concluded the War on Terror. I thought Kagan may have been giving us some inside dope over some of the thinking in Republican circles. What a funny misunderstanding!

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America's Winner's Complex

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“Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex. You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work.”

-- Mikhail Gorbachev

Yeah, well, Russians seem to have a fatal disease of their own: Totalitarianitis - the easy susceptibility to totalitarianism.

It is noted in this Claire Shipman report for ABC News that Mr. Gorbachev does criticize President Vladimir Putin as well, but one supposes that it behooves one to only do so very gingerly. At least Gorbachev is not trying to sell the line that Russia has achieved democratic self-governance, but he is not very convincing when he says:

"Vladimir Putin is walking on a razor's edge. Putin has used and he will continue to use authoritarian measures, but Russia will form a democracy. I know Vladimir Putin. He is a moral person."

It is a sweet thought, but I think they can use a little more of this American disease.

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America's Winner's Complex

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“Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex. You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work.”

-- Mikhail Gorbachev

Yeah, well, Russians seem to have a fatal disease of their own: Totalitarianitis - the easy susceptibility to totalitarianism.

It is noted in this Claire Shipman report for ABC News that Mr. Gorbachev does criticize President Vladimir Putin as well, but one supposes that it behooves one to only do so very gingerly. At least Gorbachev is not trying to sell the line that Russia has achieved democratic self-governance, but he is not very convincing when he says:

"Vladimir Putin is walking on a razor's edge. Putin has used and he will continue to use authoritarian measures, but Russia will form a democracy. I know Vladimir Putin. He is a moral person."

It is a sweet thought, but I think they can use a little more of this American disease.

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