tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post2726901447831721430..comments2023-11-03T09:36:55.679-04:00Comments on just eat it: current eventsmichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861251743062824891noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-10893438373407972172012-11-20T13:35:06.249-05:002012-11-20T13:35:06.249-05:00sooooo, the conspiracy theorist in me goes in anot...sooooo, the conspiracy theorist in me goes in another direction, like, didn't patraeus have a lot to do with security at that mission in benghazi, and isn't it convenient that a "good" excuse comes along for him to have to step down from his job, and could it all be smoke and mirrors and diversion?<br /><br />as for that evolution in action, thing, i totally get that. i guess that's why i'm happy to be married to a man who's content in his science research lab with no desire to be king of the world. those king of the world types never stay; i figured that out from the get. i was fortunate enough that my first bf was a king of the world type, and he cheated left and right, and i thought, well, damn, i'd rather be alone that feel this pain, and it cured me of kings forever more. <br /><br />i love your attitude in this post. i love your attitude, period. xo37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-24749144449799062612012-11-19T21:55:00.485-05:002012-11-19T21:55:00.485-05:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the big...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the big hoopla was that he was schtupping a news reporter while he was in a position of power and ...somehow... she had all these classified documents.<br />Also:<br />http://gawker.com/5960199/the-petraeus-affair-explained-as-high-school-gossip-omg-this-david-and-paula-stuff-is-going-to-ruin-graduation<br /><br />-Nephew AlekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-12433149423467956822012-11-18T12:37:51.157-05:002012-11-18T12:37:51.157-05:00so nice to see your post, and hear your voice.
I r...so nice to see your post, and hear your voice.<br />I read this article on slate, and it really made me sad about the entire hoopla:<br />http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/11/the_petraeus_scandal_on_base_what_military_spouses_say_about_infidelity.html<br /><br />hugs to youMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-83502954970202927552012-11-18T09:53:20.390-05:002012-11-18T09:53:20.390-05:00You make an excellent point. I would add that char...You make an excellent point. I would add that character and power do not always (any maybe rarely) go together.Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-39039824113173380002012-11-17T17:45:30.893-05:002012-11-17T17:45:30.893-05:00If our culture was just a little more understandin...If our culture was just a little more understanding of it all- like the French? But we pretend to be all freaked out to discover that some man in power had a lady on the side. Or, maybe we ARE freaked out. <br />It's just so humiliating to the wife involved it seems to me. But that is not a reason for a person to lose a job. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-16137124951371040842012-11-17T17:35:33.137-05:002012-11-17T17:35:33.137-05:00We of Puritan/outlaw stock her in the good ol'...We of Puritan/outlaw stock her in the good ol' USA are obsessed with sex and morality. I agree that people should not lose jobs over whom they sleep with as long as the bedding involves consenting adults---and no power plays with subordinates. But I am betting, that because there is money to be made, there could quite well be a drug offered up for sale. I just wish I could be around when they choose the name. "Dick-i-talis?" "Prozip?" <br />And yeah, Mama D, maybe she did sanction it--silently or not. There was so much cheating in a certain someone's workplace, I have to think that some of those wives just looked the other way. And yes, even a not-entirely-public humiliation is akin to walking around for months with vomit in your mouth.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-66701688855583251692012-11-17T15:01:08.988-05:002012-11-17T15:01:08.988-05:00Precisely the point of the Saletan quote! We are ...Precisely the point of the Saletan quote! We are seeing evolution in action here. And I'm not advocating holding people in power to a higher standard than anyone else...just pointing out that the powerful are more likely (paradoxically) to think they can pull something like this off without being found out. As you point out, what keeps people in a marriage is between the two of them. Maybe she will remain Mrs. P. Maybe she knew about the affair, or even sanctioned it. Who knows. But I feel for her...this public humiliation must be a bitter blow. <br /><br />Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909148405345235236.post-10054241357830707592012-11-17T14:38:44.909-05:002012-11-17T14:38:44.909-05:00Good post, Michelle. I am with you.
I wish sex c...Good post, Michelle. I am with you.<br /><br />I wish sex could be eliminated as a subject in politics. Totally irrelevant.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.com