Today's apposite lyrics

[andrewducker]

Accept certain inalienable truths - prices will rise, politicians will philander,
you too will get old and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young
prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Personally, I don't really care, unless of course someone can find me a quote from him saying that philanderer's are the source of all evil. I'm generally amazed when they can find a politician who doesn't have a sexual secret somewhere in their closet. It's typical alpha-male behaviour, and if people insist on having alpha-males as their leaders then what do they expect?

Comments

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

It's typical *human* behaviour - given the right opportunity.

Goes for most animals too.

[andrewducker]

Yes, but moreso from alpha males. Betas, I'm sure, are just better at hiding it :->

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

:-)

Dunno about that. Maybe they just care more whether they get found out. Whereas if you are the top-of-the-tree beat-the-crap-out-of-all-the-others Alpha (and if you are social, then you know that your mates can take their mates, so ganging up on you isn't a problem either) then you just don't give a shit whether you get found out? What are they going to do?

[andrewducker]

There's a fair amount of evidence that shows that betas do tend to be more sneaky about getting sex, largely because they have to be.

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

Do you think it's linked that the male tends to be blamed? I liked this:
Ms Temple's boyfriend, lorry driver Barrie Williams, 46, told the Daily Mirror: "I just can't believe that my darling Tracey has been sleeping with John Prescott behind my back. "How dare he split up my relationship with the woman I'd planned to marry".

I mean, dude, blame your fiancee for cheating on you at least as much as the guy she cheated with.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Excess apostrophes, on the other hand, *ARE* the source of all evil!

shame on you.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[andrewducker]

S'ok, I'll leave out an apostrophe at some point over the next week or so, just to make up for it.

[andrewducker]

Surely that's "pointless grammatical pedanticism" you're thinking of?

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I'm just amazed anyone wanted to sleep with him!!

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Hmm, yeah, I thought that too... not exactly dish of the day.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Second prize - a night with John Prescott!
First prize - a threesome with David Blunkett and John Prescott!

It's a brave woman's life with New Labour..

[pickwick.livejournal.com]

Well, they're slightly better than David Mellor or Alan Clarke.

Very slightly better.

But still...ick.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

I have to go scrub my brain now!

Redressing the balance..

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Quickie with Anne Widdicombe?

Re: Redressing the balance..

[ninox.livejournal.com]

Now you're really scaring me!

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

One thing I've noticed about MPs (more than councillors) is that they have a tendency to think they're immune to comeback - most of them go from being regulated, ruled upon, and controlled highly as local level councillors to being completely devoid of especially strong rules and regs. Add to the fact that cabinet ministers tend to let power go to their head, and you've got a recipe for demonstrations of impulses in the non Ft=mv-mu sense of the word....

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

I think it was Henry Kissinger who said "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"

Says it all really IMO.

[ninox.livejournal.com]

If power is the ultimate aphrodisiac then, don't blame them from flaunting it. With the rest of the arguements presented, I think it is the only method of obtaining a bit on the side or paying.

Still remember laughing at press turn around when John Major admitted he had an affair.

[thadrin.livejournal.com]

Just don't forget the sunscreen.