I was really struck by a sentence in this article today, it’s worth a read:
For Iran’s leaders, the only state of affairs worse than poor relations with the United States may be improved relations.
It reminds me of Thomas PM Barnett’s statement about the “soft kill” of diplomacy. If you’ve never seen Thomas Barnett speak, give yourself the most valuable education about foreign affairs you can get.
There is an interesting series of op-ed pieces in the NY Times today about the turning points in the election. I was intrigued by a piece written by Howard Woffson, the former campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton, about Hillary’s choice of her campaign song. If you remember there was a lot of silly attention paid to this process and it ended in a pretty good video spoof of the Sopranos finale with Bill, Hillary & Chelsea.
In his article he jokingly blames the downturn in Hilary’s primary run on her choice (selected by an online poll) of Celine Dion’s “You and I” as her campagin song. He says:
Ideas were put forward: Motown, disco, ballads. I pushed K T Tunstall’s “Suddenly I See” because it seemed empowering and upbeat. It was immediately criticized. What about the singer’s use of the word “hell”?
To break the stalemate, we sponsored an online contest for supporters and gave them options to choose from. The votes and commentaries rolled in. Celine Dion’s “You and I” was selected, a decision I jokingly predicted would signal the end of the campaign.
I’m strongly considering running for President in 2012. I’ll only be 34 then, but I think I can pull a few strings and get the constitution amended (note to self, start working on that…). So in preperation for that event, and to prevent any crap Celine Dion song from being nominated I’ve preselected a five great songs for you to vote for. Please take my poll below.
Tonight I was putting Sam into his pajamas and asked him what songs they sang in church on Sunday. His reply was “Noggin, It’s like Preschool on TV.” That is the tag line for the little toddler channel that we put on for he and Lily to watch. I have to tell you, it’s moments like this that make you feel like a really great parent.
