Bootie Bad Azz

in general

people seem to take too many pictures

one thing

bothering me during and after the plagiarism affair of german federal minister of defence karlz theodor zu guttenberg is one comment:

“don’t we have any other problems in this country?”

it is bothering me, because we do not have any problems in this country at all. in fact “our” - as in the german people - problems start at the border of the european union, continue (currently) in north africa and don’t end in middle asia. 

those are “our” problems. all others are, not minor or insignificant, just personal.

i like

how in america (or is it anglo-saxonia in general?) every person is addressed with his or her proper title. i noticed that during the 2008 primaries, when american newspapers were always talking at least about “mr. obama” or “mrs. clinton”, if not even “senator obama” and “governor clinton”. and today i read an interview with mr. steven cherundolo in the FAZ, were he kept saying “trainer slomka” (“coach slomka”).

it is very gentleman like and not as obedient as “sir”. americans can be so civil sometimes. and while i’m at it: the political debate in the US might be vicious, but when people are face to face they’re (mostly) still polite, able to calm their temper and have a more or less civil exchange of opinions.

i think

(always a good start: thinking) it should be possible (=respected by society) for a wife to be more successful than her husband. this thought follows from prejudice. 

today i noticed that donald trump, born 1946 (according to wikipedia), is married to the far younger melania, born 1970 (also wikipedia), they got married in 2005 (wikipedia again). that makes an age difference of 24 years. 2005 he was 59 years old, she 35 young. she is a “slovenien model” and he is an “american business magnate” ( (yes, you’re right: both wikipedia). meaning she is very pretty and he ridiculously rich.

those are the facts.

my estimation (also considering his first two marriages with ivana marie zelnickova, born 1946, and marla maples, born 1963) that somehow it is very helpful - as a man - to have money (and power) if you’d like to have a rather pretty woman as your wife. and on the other hand somehow women aren’t really bothered by having far older (exempting ivana marie zelnickova) husbands.

let me judge now: i am irritated by people who - i don’t know any closer - are in a marriage with a huge age diffeferences. that is mostly because in cases like the trumps’ (also keeping anna nicole in mind) i don’t really buy the usual: love goes where love will go (or rather the german equivalent: “wo die liebe hinfällt”) anymore. furthermore, and coming back to my introductory sentence: i would really appreciate it, if wealth and fame would also in women’s attractiveness rating process be considered most important.

because after all:

there isn’t only a woman behind every successful man, but also a man behind every successful woman, right?