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This story is from Australia. being on the other side of the globe may have an influence on perceptions and hormones slightly different then the western hemisphere, Why women don’t want it dirty

ACCORDING to some research published this week, there’s nothing a woman finds more sexually attractive than the sight of a man doing housework. The study found that men who do their fair share of housework - posing seductively with the vacuum cleaner, coquettishly scrubbing the nappies - received much more sex than men who don’t pull their weight.

What a revelation this must be for the older-style Aussie bloke. He’s been aware for some time that his wife is no longer interested in him sexually, but he’d assumed this was simply due to his own large-sized beer belly and his tendency to scratch his crotch when watching television.

As a follower or fan as it were of sociological research and trends I have my doubts about the circumstances under which wearing rubber gloves and scrubbing out the toilet gets a member of the opposite sex turned on. In long term relationships a partner that shares in the daily chores lessons the amount of low level resentment that can build up thus one less obstacle to bedroom gymnastics. On the other it seems that most women looking for a long term relationship, at least at first are not looking for the Felix character from The Odd Couple.  I could be wrong and on Saturday nights we could start seeing guys in salons across America dressed up in fishnets and maid outfits carrying a feather duster looking for that special someone.

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This a head spinner, Bush’s romantic notions about serving on the front lines

Speaking by videoconference with U.S. military and civilian personnel in Afghanistan about the challenges posed by war, corruption, and the poppy trade, the president unleashed this comment:

I must say, I’m a little envious. If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed. It must be exciting for you … in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You’re really making history, and thanks.

Go ahead, dear reader, pour yourself a stiff one before trudging on.

Someone with such a jaunty vision of war—concocted from who knows what brew of Rudyard Kipling, John Wayne, and sheer fantasy—has no business leading young men and women into real-life battle, no business serving as the armed forces’ commander in chief.

It only compounds the insult to reflect that Bush, when he was younger and not employed anywhere, passed up his chance for a romantic fling with danger in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Its been said that even the most well meaning presidents end up living in a bubble. Bush’s seems especially impervious to any reality, Repeated Iraq deployments raise mental health risks for soldiers

More than a quarter of higher-ranking enlisted soldiers showed signs of mental health problems after being sent to war zones for the third or fourth time, a sharp increase over those on their first or second deployments, according to a military study issued Thursday.

The findings of a new Army report on the behavioral health of soldiers in Iraq are the first to quantify the stress of repeated deployments on combat soldiers. The data are likely to increase calls by senior Army leaders to cut the length of combat tours and increase the time soldiers have between deployments.

Though in George’s case apparently a few years back in the seventies protecting the airspace over Texas from the Vietcong had life long mental health consequences.