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Most nations are cursed by government by bland, incompetent nonentities with the charisma of stale cotton wool and the administrative aptitude of a hibernating tortoise. Ironically, the US struck lucky last time round so they're fixed for the next decade or so.
It might actually be a substantial improvement
if some countries were actually led by an actor portraying a Bond MegaBaddie. After all, once they have control of a whole country, what more do they want ?
There would have to be some rules about "not starting wars bigger than an acceptable size" - or disputes with neighboring territories would be settled mano-a-mano in a televised sneering-and-smart-remarks competition, held in a Casino/Undersea secret base/Hideout inside a volcano/Mountaintop castle accessible only by cable car.
Greenback, best of.
https://www.youtube...watch?v=WiwMmu5E_KE
[Skewed, Jan 28 2020]
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I think that, at the moment, the USA has a third-tier Bond
Villain lackey for president. He's definitely some-ones
puppet/underling; I'm just don't know who is pulling the
strings. An ACTUAL Bond Villain would probably be
preferable... |
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How about Baron Greenback instead, I find his husky tones
somehow reassuring to listen to, a plus when bad news is
delivered to the nation. |
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We were thinking more along the lines of Baron Samedi. |
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it is truly mind boggling that anyone at this stage of the
game thinks Trump can be controlled. He may be a lot of
things, but he is not a puppet. |
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Well he's good too of course, the man like rum, can't be all
bad. |
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//might actually be a substantial improvement if some
countries were actually led by an actor portraying a Bond
MegaBaddie// |
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Are we sure we want to take the risk of Barry
Humphries applying for the gig. |
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Could it possibly be worse than some of the morons currently in post ? |
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Dame Edna Everidge as a semi-benign dictator might not be too bad. |
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Yes, but dressed in Pussy Galore's catsuit? |
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Who - you, or Dame Edna ? |
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You have to ask? Surely the context of my revulsion at
the thought makes
it clear, I look quite good in that outfit after all. |
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[Skewed], meet Sturton Buchanan. Sturton, this is [Skewed]. You two really do have a lot in common. That's why we've booked a room for you. |
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Politicians are destroying America! Let's finish it off in style. |
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//it is truly mind boggling that anyone at this
stage of the game thinks Trump can be controlled.
He may be a lot of things, but he is not a
puppet.// |
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Surely you jest. He’s the easiest to control. Just
poke the ego button and watch the fireworks.
Surely someone so simple mindedly and
predictably egotistical couldn’t be much easier. |
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Wait a minute - isn't that like saying that a vial of nitroglycerin is
easy to control? Sure, you can make him do anything you want,
so long as what you want him to do is "vain, angry and
disingenuous". But he would do that anyway, so I'm not seeing
how the "control" part would work. |
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Does it help if they also have a form of Alzheimers
that makes them resemble a baby throwing a
permanent tantrum? |
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Aren't all politicians Bond baddies? |
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No, far from it. Bond badies tend to be intelligent, organized and capable. Those pirañha tanks, missile silos and killer satellites don't build themselves, you know- it needs drive and vision. |
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Politicians are invariably whiny, useless little blobs of ego who can't run a bath, let alone a worldwide conspiracy. If they were competent, they would have a proper job and be making lots of money. They're in politics because there's always room at the bottom. |
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[Ray] manipulated is not the same thing as controlled. And
in fact, lots of people are constantly moved by larger forces
beyond their control -- like Trump could have been
manipulated to pass lots of Dem friendly policies, but
instead Pelosi drives through impeachment because she is
NOT in control. Trump is not
moved by such forces -- rather he creates such forces. |
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Disagree, [tc]. Trump can't risk being caught on the same
side as Pelosi for any reason-- he'd disenfranchise his
base. |
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//Wait a minute - isn't that like saying that a vial of
nitroglycerin is easy to control? Sure, you can make him
do anything you want, so long as what you want him to do
is "vain, angry and disingenuous". But he would do that
anyway, so I'm not seeing how the "control" part would
work.// |
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When you're Putin and the only goal is to cause as much
havoc as you can get away with, nitro works just fine. |
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