If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas “Fried at Last” Friedman, Gail “The Colander” Collins, Nicholas “The Dark Crystal” Kristof, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy.
Today\’s is from Roger \”Life of the Party\” Cohen, who, in today\’s column \”Reading Sarcozy\’s Mind,\” writes from what he imagines are French President Nicolas Sarcozy\’s inner thoughts:
I said you need dreams in this job. Well, mine is a new Bretton Woods, a new international monetary order, an end to the dollar as the primary reserve currency, taxes on financial market transactions — and that’s just for the amuse-bouche!
Honestly, I don\’t know why he wrote this column, but it really is entertaining. At least a lot more than David \”Yawny-Pants\” Brooks\’s.
I feel obligated to mention that Thomas Friedman’s real nickname is Thomas “Friedman’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose”. That is all.