Gorgeous George most envied!
(& your little dog, too)
When I read the questions for a recent poll that was taken, I was quick to hazard a guess in respect to one querie that sought to determine which U.S-based company best exemplified the American image.
Of course, I was right on the money!
Retail giant - Wal-Mart - was the highest vote-getter around the country.
Trailing behind were upstarts such as Google, Microsoft, the NFL, and Goldman Sachs.
I chuckled when I read that thirty-percent of Americans thought that taking a bribe was far worse than being involved in an extramarital affair.
Obviously!
Slick Willy didn't get impeached over the Lewinski affair, did he?
In recent days, though, quite a few politicians "on the take" have been hauled off to the big house kicking and screaming.
During the Bill Clinton fiasco, I recall voter response around the country, at the height of the scandal.
"What the President does in his private life is his business, as long as he does his job."
Americans are such a compassionate (forgiving) lot - when it comes to sex, anyway - and as long as the romp in-between the sheets is not too perverse, kinky, or involves four-legged creatures.
Years ago, Prime Minister Trudeau (Canada) was quite adamant about his position (missionary or otherwise) on homosexuality when the issues reared their ugly head during a "coming out" phase north of the border in the sixties."The Government has no business in the bedrooms of the Nation," he asserted.
On a lighter side, in the same poll, George Clooney was the man Americans confessed they would most likely want to trade places with for a week (to the tune of twenty-four percent).
Tom Brady (NFL football stud) and the hard-rocking pop icon Bruce Springsteen were breathing down his sexy back.
Interestingly, in spite of the tough economic times, Americans admitted they were still reluctant to deny themselves a luxury/
Dining out was one pleasure they'd sacrifice, though, in order to get by financially
Consumers surmised (in jest?) that the best way to fight obesity (due to fast food trans-fat overload) was to equip each restaurant with a set of scales so that customers could weigh themselves and take a cue after-the-fact.
That clever response reminded me of one celebrity who posted a fat shot on her refrigerator to quell her yearnings for high-calorie foodstuffs which were causing weight problems (and depression) to surface.
Half of the respondents thought it was a great idea to tax the rich.
Twittter was labelled a mere trend by a third of the pollsters, sure to fade fast once the novelty has worn off.
Not very tweet news for twitter folks, eh?
Although Americans believe Obama will pull out of Iraq within the next year or so, they are pessimistic about a full-scale troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The way the President has been dragging his feet, it's evident their prediction was right on target.
Nuff said.
I've got to go tweet!
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