Socialists believe people should be a number on a computer ...

[Janice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVje4C1nTt0

Margaret Thatcher's Giant Turquoise Feather Duster
What an extraordinary and antiquated prop

Long before Barack Obama dusted off his shoulders, Margaret Thatcher used a bright turquoise feather duster to sweep away the dirt of lingering socialism at the Conservative Party Conference in October 1975.

The Telegraph, which has a great old black-and-white picture of the occasion, says that it was "given to her by a member of the audience" at the party conference, where she delivered these remarks. Of all the images of her as a leader, this is the one that's stuck in my mind since yesterday. What a deft use of imagery -- sweeping away old ideas, dustbin of history, a woman leader ready to clean up the nation, etc. -- and how very dated! The idea of a female party leader today in the West using a feather duster as a prop -- impossible to imagine.

TheAtlantic

The more I read about this woman, the smaller 0bama becomes in my minds eye. The diff between a Statesman and a mere politician becomes more and more evident.

[marv]

Margaret Thatcher's Giant Turquoise Feather Duster
What an extraordinary and antiquated prop

Long before Barack Obama dusted off his shoulders, Margaret Thatcher used a bright turquoise feather duster to sweep away the dirt of lingering socialism at the Conservative Party Conference in October 1975.

The more I read about this woman, the smaller 0bama becomes in my minds eye. The diff between a Statesman and a mere politician becomes more and more evident.

I wish I'd said that!

[Zathras]

We already are just numbers in a computer...it's called our SSN number, which is now received at birth as your ID number even though it was never meant to be that.

[Janice]

Yes. He is very small indeed. But he does seem to "tower" in his malignant narcissism. Which seems to be rather infectious among leaders of both parties atm, especially his own.