Quote:
Originally Posted by thebmw
Quote:
Originally Posted by jmg
Politicians and royalty are such a different type of fame, it's quite alarming. I was invited to a compound for a local Governor in a small island in SE Asia. I was literally escorted by armed military convoy from the airport to the compound. We had a double decker bus with a full bar, but there were only 6 passengers including myself and a friend. We had two Jeeps and some kind of armored APC in our single column convoy carving through the jungle. We made one stop and they literally walked us to the restroom with assault rifles and cleared the entire building for us. They stood around us as we smoked cigarettes on the street to make sure nothing would happen. I was flabergasted. No one knows me enough to want to kill me, but maybe it was one of the other passengers. Maybe just by being a guest of the local government I was at risk of ambush by the local Muslim militants? Anyway nothing happened, but the compound was something to behold. It had its own zoo and a suite built just for his friend, some Prince from Saudi Arabia that likes to visit often. There were pictures of the Governor's military exploits on the walls, posing in front of troops, military vehicles etc, very macho. We had a wait staff on call at all hours, meals prepared whenever we wanted, people to carry our gear when we went hunting. We were always surrounded by armed guards. I swear if I didn't know he was an elected official I would think I was staying with the head of a drug cartel in Columbia or Mexico.
As I have stated in the now deceased political forums, I guess you could say I am in an adjacent and somewhat overlapping circle with Trump, which is why I have a certain opinion of him not because of what I hear on the news, but because of personal experience. I can only imagine the maelstrom of celebrity and political fame this man has and the mechanics of his personality type thriving in it. I don't want to make it political, so I will say as a general statement that politics is the scariest type of fame because it's still about "show business" except you can turn off a TV show or walk out of a theatre, but you can't get away from the reach of politics.
|
All your posts in this thread have been very well stated and interesting, including this last post. I'm curious what kind of line of work offers you the all of these experiences with so many different people from various walks of life. |
Thanks! These stories are technically outside of my profession and not covered by an NDA. If I can remember some more that I can legally tell, I'll post them!