Saturday, November 10, 2007

Mr Prime Minister

Recently I had to take part in an "re-enactment" of the 1968 French demonstrations that nearly saw the government of France toppled. It almost worked, but when crunch time came the protesters missed their moment with no clear plan of what to do next. I got to play Prime Minister Pompidou and scored one of the highest marks in the class. When asked how I accomplished such a high grade I answered "Easy. I said everything everyone wanted to hear without promising anything."

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