We recall looking on in amazement at the actions of George W. Bush in the aftermath of the World Trade Centre attacks. Here was a president given a situation with which he could have entered into the annals of eternal greatness who instead used it as a pretext to carry out a personal vendetta against a political leader whom he loathed.The reader might also look at Germany and Angela Merkel in the context of the Greek - and possibly eurozone - disaster currently unfolding and ask him or herself exactly why the industrialized world cannot come up with competent political leadership in the 21st century.
Closer to home, Spaniards might be wondering something similar about President Zapatero.
On the brighter side, anyone concerned that we were falling into an economic abyss will find solace in the 106.5 million dollars that Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust fetched at auction on Tuesday.
Agricultural pursuits are currently dominating our ever-increasingly limited attention span. Ibex Salad will resume normal service shortly.
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3 Comments:
Perhaps naked ladies are recession-proof.
Didn't Amy do a song about you?
"exactly why the industrialized world cannot come up with competent political leadership in the 21st century"
This is THE question today. Do we need another painful excurison into populism (like in the 1930s) to recover a bit of common sense?
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