tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post1196262773034919117..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Rue de Lota: the house where Mitt livedAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-67138852225648784292017-10-10T00:41:38.538+02:002017-10-10T00:41:38.538+02:00P.S. Is the blogger aware, when commenting on all...P.S. Is the blogger aware, when commenting on alleged friction between Romney and French students vis-a-vis the war in Vietnam, that the United States' involvement came to be because of France's stubborn unwillingness to relinquish the country as part of its empire (ne 'French Indochina). In other words, if the French had not clung to Vietnam with a pompous, politically motivated Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-64025201063788770652017-10-09T22:50:37.013+02:002017-10-09T22:50:37.013+02:00I lived in 3, rue de Lota for almost 6 months, and...I lived in 3, rue de Lota for almost 6 months, and the observation about an unclad lady is laughable. As for its luxurious rooms, that is true of the first floor. But the rooms the missionaries live in were very, very small and plain.<br /><br />The author seems to think that not noticing the architecture of the building is somehow the sign of a boring individual, devoid of interests, and that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-19691516469290747402013-12-12T03:40:03.239+01:002013-12-12T03:40:03.239+01:00I, too, served as a Mormon missionary in France in...I, too, served as a Mormon missionary in France in the mid sixties. Romney was one of my cohorts. He was pretty much like the rest of us. Young. Ambitious. Dedicated. Hard working. As one other post indicated, Romney only lived on rue de Lota for a few months at the end of his mission. <br /><br />The apartments in which we lived as missionaries were, as a general rule, quite rudimentary. When I Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442439189668614121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-28962246607602539332012-09-01T06:16:36.424+02:002012-09-01T06:16:36.424+02:00Mitt earned his way to living in the mission presi...Mitt earned his way to living in the mission president's house, by working really hard. He became the mission president's assistant near the end of his mission. During most of his mission, however he lived in the very rudimentary accommodations that he described. They were nothing like this house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-68263116260458063012012-03-12T12:49:10.757+01:002012-03-12T12:49:10.757+01:00I know that your concern here really may have been...I know that your concern here really may have been the building, but I feel also that it ends up as a frightful story of a person I would hate to see as a world leader. It seems that the Republicans have some difficulties to find a candidate for whom I could have some esteem, but of course they don't bother... I'm not voting! :-)PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-39240203601519980642012-03-09T16:48:59.899+01:002012-03-09T16:48:59.899+01:00I have a deep suspicion of Romney, but am too far ...I have a deep suspicion of Romney, but am too far away from the US to make any kind of value judgements. I have nothing against the mormons either (hell, Low are one of my favourite bands!), but for me, the real subject of this piece was the house itself. Romney was just the angle in to that subject!<br /><br />With the time he spent down in Bordeaux and his accident though, he did have quite a Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-80021132808922567882012-03-09T16:33:49.752+01:002012-03-09T16:33:49.752+01:00Very good research, sadly dedicated to a boring co...Very good research, sadly dedicated to a boring corporate Republican salaud :)rgsoundfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871548111255448986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-28642843265629570092012-03-09T05:50:29.768+01:002012-03-09T05:50:29.768+01:00One of the many elements of Mitt's more mildly...One of the many elements of Mitt's more mildly nauseating (mild compared to his two major competitors) characteristics, is his seeming void of interest or knowledge in cultural affairs. Traditionally, "businessmen" such as he, leave culture to the little women.Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.com