Comments on: Presque vu LXXIII http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxxiii/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxxiii/comment-page-1/#comment-110230 Jim Murdoch Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:21:13 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1991#comment-110230 I remember Bob Geldof on the briefly-rekindled Juke Box Jury in 1979 and I was so struck by how intelligent and articulate this unkempt punk was - especially compared to his fellow panelist Johnny Rotten. I really thought they'd all burn bright and leave, well, maybe not so beautiful corpses. But then The Who didn't die before they got old either did they? You can't trust anyone. <strong>jb says</strong>: Yeah, yeah, promises, promises. Rock stars and movie celebs must come second in line to politicians. I remember Bob Geldof on the briefly-rekindled Juke Box Jury in 1979 and I was so struck by how intelligent and articulate this unkempt punk was – especially compared to his fellow panelist Johnny Rotten. I really thought they’d all burn bright and leave, well, maybe not so beautiful corpses. But then The Who didn’t die before they got old either did they? You can’t trust anyone.

jb says: Yeah, yeah, promises, promises. Rock stars and movie celebs must come second in line to politicians.

]]> By: Brad Green http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxxiii/comment-page-1/#comment-110225 Brad Green Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:43:10 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1991#comment-110225 Thanks for the Literary Kicks link. That's a new site to me. “In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies. “The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so.” That's so remarkably true. Thanks for the Literary Kicks link. That’s a new site to me.

“In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies.

“The United States is almost always the most dysfunctional of the developing democracies, sometimes spectacularly so.”

That’s so remarkably true.

]]> By: Thomas http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/presque-vu-lxxiii/comment-page-1/#comment-110224 Thomas Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:07:22 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1991#comment-110224 Thank's for, the grammar freaks' Thank’s for, the grammar freaks’

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