nadinesellers's Comments (16)

“Having abstained from commenting for a while, i return to a burning topic. Ouch, are French morals on the platter today? With a side order of international mores...I'll take mine rare please.
Politics and sex have much in common with money; they find the weakness in the foundation to penetrate the subject. So why is there an uproar about personal lives of appointed officials of one country, when there is rampant corruption in the halls of most local institutions?

Mr Mitterand has come to the defense of a cinematographer of dubious character, yes. The French minister of arts and culture was defending the artistic record, not the one instance of behavior of Mr Polanski.

As the public is engaged in attacking sexual mores, many will lose jobs and health due to useless distraction; let us please focus on our own morals, take care of our own, wherever that may be, whomever they may be.”

“Now why would i post a comment after 2144 folks already have?
because i don't have the patience to read any further than the first few. And, if the reactionaries are a sample of what's waiting to trap the president elect on his first one hundred days, it's gonna be one hard road to travel.
The citizens would do well to pay attention to the lady's ethics, rather than her underskirts--under towel.
Palin's freedom with the public monies, the buddy system and the gossip slinging demonstrate some skewed values here. So she's pretty? and feisty? then elect her to an office which requires these attributes and none other.”

“Robert Kennedy Jr does not need a script to bring the environmental problems to light and to engage the public in sustainable restoration.
He would be a wise choice for the EPA position in the new administration. This man understands the job requirements and can withstands the responsibility.”

“The Midwest is rife with fruit this bee-less year; the winds of natural prosperity have blessed the great plains and no one seems interested in bending down to gather the gratuitous feast.
i have lugged home more fruit than i have space to keep them, jars all full and no one to eat all of it. gardeners are so grateful for my appreciation of the bounty, i find little time to pick all of the offerings, and have few to share it with.
in a society bent on processing, prolonging, preserving and profiting, i find that the daily opportunity is largely missed because of industrial abundance. Perhaps lesson will be taught as a result of the recession. Don't kill all the dandelions yet!
if it doesn't come from the store, it's not viewed as safe or edible. What great waste!”

“Brigitte Bardot focuses on animal rights because they are innocent victims of our political abuses.
Sarah Palin focuses on the gun sights because she sees man/woman as the supreme animal.
Somewhere between supremacists, creationists and dominionists on this planet, there are people who care for all life, the poor whose habitat is still shrinking, fauna and flora included.
Alaska's natives could tell of the ravages perpetrated by careless land use, climate change and oil drilling. This is the future we can expect if the circus comes to (white Washing-town).”

“Brigitte Bardot focuses on animal rights because they are innocent victims of our political abuses.
Sarah Palin focuses on the gun sights because she sees man/woman as the supreme animal.
Somewhere between supremacists, creationists and dominionists on this planet, there are people who care for all life, the poor whose habitat is still shrinking, fauna and flora included.
Alaska's natives could tell of the ravages perpetrated by careless land use, climate change and oil drilling. This is the future we can expect if the circus comes to (white Washing-town).”

“Is it the appeal of the cheap soap opera? Or the intellectual slumming which drives me close to the edge of my seat?
Such foreign words as family values, moral principles and truth in voting, have left me hungry for the European side by side voter information sheets. In these, voters may compare records from each candidate on each relevant issue.
Sarah plain and short needs to re-evaluate her positions. Then abandon the intoxicating world stage before the whole world laughs at the entire country one too many times. Matter of honor and trust.”

“She remind me of the self i have lost under cumulative emotional clutter.
But i believe she will be well and balanced, because she has support and it shows.
Yes, a a young woman can be quite grown up in a full spectrum environment, look at other countries and cultures.”

“First wives and for that matter second wives are witness and testament to the sanity of the politician.
Mothers and nest makers, educators and supporters are an asset to the electoral candidates.
Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are both grounded and steady women who shore up and connect with their men.
Real people for a real mess to correct at the big white house and beyond. And they won't cost a fortune to make-over or dress-up.”

“It is said that looks are not important, but physionomy can indeed play a part in public perception. The image of respectability in black and white politics will impress just enough voters to sway the line to a sense of sanity.
Although security seems to have faded from the central theme, reassuring temperaments will normalize domestic and foreign affairs until the world begins to recover from too many imperial goals.
The Obama and Biden ticket offers a palatable blend of humanity, experience, age, and fresh attitude.
Fit and tall politicians will present a healthy view of the US. to the international community. Engaging, non confronting personalities will soothe domestic insecurity as well as strengthen nervous allies. A united front is sure to calm rebellious watchers of patterns in American positions across the planet.

The time for war and economic gambling is fast waning; the face of peace may be seen in the election of educated people from humble and diverse backgrounds. Read the facial lines, the reserve. The red telephone in the white house is a safer tool already.”

“The writer's life must be complex to spurn such convoluted map to simplicity.
allow me three-3 wishes---here:
find a mutt at the local pound.
learn to like your face and body too.
lose the plastic and go sauvage.
now that's simple; raw and rare...”

“singermuse is correct in her assessment of French women, they avail themselves of all natural foods and fun. and are minimalistic in their living habits. They nurture themselves. I am a french exilee and no example.

As for the photograph of Nicolas Sarkozy and Wife Carla Bruni, i must say they rather look like a cute gangster couple. He, the possessive mobster in a bad film, she, the rebellious starveling beauty, tugging at the line evermore. perhaps it is the mafioso jaw of the body-guard which lends an air of 70's movie to the shot.

Not at all an example of any French culture, cosmopolitan as it may be. I must be thinking of the French president's reactions to foreigners and immigrants in France. His Italian Gypsie mother and Hungarian father must indeed be proud of his watches. Rich Italian, Carla is much French-er than he.”

“Once France had banned absinthe, my parents made frequent trips to Spain and Andorra, the customs officers allowed one large bottle per person, so i became the welcome guest and carried my large bottle clutched in arms through the border.

Ricard and Pernod no longer would satisfy father, his aperetif extended to 5 pre-dinner drinks. at exactly, yes, exactly five, the corner pub served my father his mellifluous phosphorescent cold water and special mixture, i was allowed to watch the liquids flowing and swirling in a wild dance. The ritual never complete until his pitcher was empty, and politics were served cold.

It would be years before i realized that my father's moods were tied to the social tether of custom, and the only water he ever ingested came from tall aromatic drinks.

When i immigrated to the desert West, i collected young Artemisia Absinthium, wormwood for the local Shoshone and Paiute tribes purification ceremonies. They burned the pungent silvery foliage to rid the air of negative spirits.”

“So now do you begin to believe the anti-pollution activists? This bottle had been out there a long time.”

“So now do you begin to believe the anti-pollution activists? This bottle had been out there a long time.”

“Hillary Clinton is a woman--with qualities attributed to the reasonable gender. However i fear that which is admirable as wife, useful as mother, may not serve the whole citizenry.

let's remember Margaret Thatcher, and a few other "Queens" past. Angela Merkel is a very effective ruler now, but no one has any illusion as to Hillary's style of governance anymore.

Controlling the media is the first order . Apply tourniquet, twist, and watch the unpleasant limbs fall off. Draconian, unpopular but effective.”