So I just read that Monocle, the international briefing on current affairs, just put together it's picks for any president's dream team cabinet. While the picks are undeniably interesting and for the most part agreeable, I'd just like to ask one question. Who the hell is Monocle? And why do they get to be called Monocle? That's just too cool.
The Dream Cabinet:
- Secretary of State: Richard Holbrooke: "just the set of hands the US needs to correct some of its most nagging issues abroad
- National Security Adviser: Samantha Power: "has the intelligence, authority, and steeliness to fill the post of National Security Adviser
- Press Secretary: Maria Park: "someone to field questions from al-Jazeera in Arabic and from Joong Ang Ilbo in Korean...her only drawback, however, is that she doesn't exist"
- Secretary of Trade: Indra Nooyi: "could turn around relations with the developing world"
- Secretary of Energy & Environment: Amory Lovins: "the perfect pedigree to oversee the energy and environment at this most crucial hour"
- Director of Overseas Development: Jeffrey Sachs: "suitable figure to share the love globally"
- Secretary of Urban Affairs: Michael Bloomberg: "would put efficient public transport, increasing housing density, and regenerating decaying city centers at the top of his agenda"
- Youth Director: Russell Simmons: "he'd certainly make tens of millions of American youth happy with his insights and policies to promote everything from entrepreneur programs to safer campuses"
- Director of International Branding: Mickey Drexler: "he sold Americana to Americans, so he's perhaps the best candidate to flog the brand elsewhere"
- Innovation Director: Steve Jobs: "imagine what he could dream up with 50 states to play with"
Ok, I just watched their video on the link and they basically take credit for Sarah Palin's rise to fame.
So Monocle, if that is your real name, you wish to become my arch nemesis. Game on.
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