Mild error about Clinton’s record of peace aside, Chris Rock is obviously a better grade of celebrity. Via the bethrothed, who is more incisive than even Chris Rock when she writes:
This would be a better country if the new administrator of our public goods jurisdiction were ushered into office with all the fanfare of a shift change at Target.
That said, I’d like to appoint Chris Rock Official Enumerator of the President’s Responsibilities:
CNN: What are you hoping Barack Obama does for this country? What do you think is his most important task?
Rock: You know, if you’re the president you only have two jobs: peace and money. That’s it. I mean, it’s like, what did Clinton do? We were at peace and we had a budget surplus. That’s it. That’s the gig. The closer you get us to those two goals, you know, that’s pretty much the gig. Is that too much to ask for?
Too much because too little.
As someone once said (I don't know whom, and don't care to look it up, as it hardly matters), “Peace requires two parties. War requires only one.”
It's very difficult to have the President's “job” be “peace” without either:
a) Meaning “peace” in a way almost certainly contrary to Rock's use or
b) Causing immense long-term (and possibly short-term) harm to the nation and the world.
Will Wilkinson and Kerry Howley are officially the new Power Couple of 2009.
First order of business … Relinquish your power!
“Mild error about Clinton’s record of peace aside”
Clinton exited us from another disastrous Bush folly in Somalia and led a successful NATO coalition against genocide in Yugoslavia. Iraq was kept in check. Most people consider that good stewardship.
CR forgets “saving the third world via mass immigration.” Idealism dies hard . . .
Adam Smith once said,
Now, Adam Smith is no Chris Rock, but still.
All of these things, especially the third, require the exertion of vast numbers of people, not just one, and certainly not just the President.
Presidents are important, yes. Presidents are not magic, no.
Adam Smith once said,
Now, Adam Smith is no Chris Rock, but still.
All of these things, especially the third, require the exertion of vast numbers of people, not just one, and certainly not just the President.
Presidents are important, yes. Presidents are not magic, no.