Dear God
by digby
Time Magazine has compiled the list of the top 25 leaders in the world.
I just don’t know what to say:
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- J.T. Wang
- Admiral Mike Mullen
- Barack Obama
- Ron Bloom
- Yukio Hatoyama
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Nancy Pelosi
- Sarah Palin
- Salam Fayyad
- Jon Kyl
- Glenn Beck
- Annise Parker
- Tidjane Thiam
- Jenny Beth Martin
- Christine Lagarde
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- General Stanley McChrystal
- Manmohan Singh
- Bo Xilai
- Mark Carney
- Sister Carol Keehan
- Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan
- Robin Li
- Scott Brown
Sarah Palin “wrote” the story on Beck:
Who’d have thought a history buff with a quirky sense of humor and a chalkboard could make for such riveting television? Glenn’s like the high school government teacher so many wish they’d had, charting and connecting ideas with chalk-dusted fingers — kicking it old school — instead of becoming just another talking-heads show host. Self-taught, he’s become America’s professor of common sense, sharing earnestly sought knowledge with an audience hungry for truth. Glenn, 46, tackles topics other news shows would regard as arcane. Consider his desire to teach Americans about the history of the progressive movement: he’s doing to progressive what Ronald Reagan did to liberal — explaining that it’s a damaged brand.
His love of the Founding Fathers inspires others to learn and respect our nation’s history. Best of all, Glenn delights in driving the self-proclaimed powers-that-be crazy. (The whole country awaits the red phone ringing!) Even his critics (whom he annihilates in ratings) have to admire his amazing ability to galvanize everyday Americans to better themselves and peacefully engage their government. Though he sometimes dismisses himself as an aw-shucks guy or just a “rodeo clown,” he’s really an inspiring patriot who was once at the bottom but now makes a much needed difference from the very, very top.
Yeah, he’s very educational all right. If you are seeking to educate yourself about psychiatric disorders. But then putting Palin, Beck, an obscure teabagger and Scott Brown as four of the top 25 leaders in the world is nothing short of insanity, so it’s actually rather fitting.
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