tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post2733153065557135216..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: BitchBuzz: World Domination (and bonus fez)K. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-47829704344896113952010-12-24T00:55:03.376-05:002010-12-24T00:55:03.376-05:00Which surname?! I begin to doubt that you have any...Which surname?! I begin to doubt that you have any confidence in my ruling the world. I suspect that you have been listening to certain spindly-legged insects chirping rather than admiring my many fine qualities. Hmph!C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-48550843142092492382010-12-24T00:37:07.568-05:002010-12-24T00:37:07.568-05:00And need I draw attention to the surname? So mote ...And need I draw attention to the surname? So mote it be, dearie.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-74305296860858600222010-12-24T00:36:13.079-05:002010-12-24T00:36:13.079-05:00Well, like perfection of any sort, the fantasy tha...Well, like perfection of any sort, the fantasy that a) one can rule the world and b) that ruling the world would be a particularly happy or useful or fulfilling occupation has become a slightly worryingly cosistent refrain in this blog...the Khans failed to do so, back when it was relatively easy (compared to today) to do so, when the most potent weapon the objectors might use against one was a cannonball and religious sulking. Everyone else in comparison has been a piker. I think the lesson might be taken.<br /><br />Oprah Winfrey is so often cited, I think, because everyone's impressed that someone who came from modest circumstances and who has been so consistently and so publicly inane has managed to amass such wealth, but such people are usually the kind of people who think that national politicians are profound thinkers and of noble aspiration, rather than canny thinkers and under the delusion noted in the first sentence.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com