I was all ready to write todays post when I ran across a news item too rich to pass up on. It seems that President Obama has to make a diligent effort to remain on time… and his wife doesn’t help! According to Reuters it seems first lady Michelle Obama messes with his watch. Not five minutes ahead or couple minutes back, but major changes. She is always trying to trick him into missing his flight on Air Force One (would the plane really leave without him?), or going to bed in the early afternoon, or even eating extra meals in a day. That is great! I don’t whether this makes me worry, or just feel more endeared to the guy. I know it makes me glad I am not President.
I did have some doubts about the story, until I saw this picture. Note the 
concerned look in his eyes, the “aha, gotcha” grin on her face, and the fact, according to the heading, that they are at a Cinco de Mayo celebration…. on May 4th!!
Oh well, onto the post I had intended. It seems Silvio Berlusconi had been declared the world’s most popular leader. Yes, Italy’s prime minister Berlusconi has been given the honor. Sorta. You see, the declaration was by Berlusconi himself. The same prime minister who declared himself the “Jesus Christ” of Italian politics, and compared himself to Napoleon (“only a little taller”). The same prime minister who just last month surely endeared the residents of L’Aguila. After an earthquake devastated their city, he replied, “The have everything they need… medical care, hot food… of course their lodgings are a bit temporary; but they should see it like a weekend of camping.” Of course, I am sure the black population of Italy loves him, after he praised Obama, calling him “young, handsome, and even has a good tan.” When people called him racist, he smoothed it over; he called them “imbeciles.” [We do know at least once person who would challenge the honor, Veronica Lairo, Berlusconi's wife. She let it be know today, she is filing for a divorce.]
Incidently, after Berlusconi gave himself this dubious honor, he ended the speech to a stirring crowd… protestors shouting, “Go away!”
It seems Berlusconi missed those admonitions from Paul to people who “commend themselves,” “judge themselves,” and “think they are something when they are nothing.” It seems he should look a little closer at that comparision between him and Jesus.
“He who sings his own tune, usually gets the pitch a little high.”
1 Comment
May 26, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Danny–that is the funniest blogpost I’ve read in awhile. Makes me think the of the wisdom from Proverbs: “Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips” (27:2).
Thanx for sharing! Hope all is well where you are.