Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A Tale of Two Leaders

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief,
it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light,
it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope,
it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way -- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evel, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There was a president with a crossbow, and a president who liked to bow.

Vladimir Putin, prime minister and former president of Russia, shot a whale with a crossbow today.



Compare that to the president of the United States, who bows to other leaders.



Remember when the United States used to have a president who ... was a man?

I miss those days.

2 comments:

  1. And judging from this book, he probably didn't even need the crossbow.

    http://www.amazon.com/Judo-History-Practice-Vladimir-Putin/dp/1556434456/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282800780&sr=1-2

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  2. Charles Dickens is most appropriate for these times. Much like he was appropriate in his time.

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