"Yeah, perish forbid people should be moved by an emotional connection to their ideals."
Re #11: sorry, but you're misinterpreting me. I've got nothing against Obama's charisma at all. I think any unmotivated distrust of charisma in a politician would be a bit misguided.
I simply think this countervailing phenomenon to the one you're describing is more pronounced: I'd be willing to bet there are more of those who like Obama more when they recognise his charisma, than of those who like him less.
What about all the people who like Obama because they recognise he's charismatic? That's one of his main talking points, after all: the idea that he can unite your country with his winsome leadership. You see it in the way he moves the polls -- he moves them, but when people see he's moving them, he moves them even further. It's a second order effect, as the evidence of his charisma boosts his claim once more.
Hey, Malthus, I was being serious! It could be quite neat having a gas burner in the front cover of a favourite book. You could use it on fondue nights.
Well, maybe I was only serious about the top view bit. I think that'd work better, especially if the vertiginous sensation of gazing into the maw of Orodruin, wisps of smoke rising, could be conveyed.
Why not view the caldera from above, with smoke rising out of the cover of the book? You could set it on fire for added effect, or embed a little gas burner in the front cover.
In Australia many of us are hoping for our own variety of thanksgiving ... for the removal of the pernicious Howard government.
"A lot of people just don't understand how literary this city is"
Says it all really.
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