And The Nominations Are In...

...To head the World Bank, the UN organization tasked with evaluating the credit ratings of developing countries and lending them money in just the right amounts to promote economic development. Who are the two leading nominees? Why, none other than Paul Wolfowitz, one of the key architects of the Iraq War (obviously a big fan of helping the little guy) and Bono, lead singer of U2, who likes poor people but knows jack shit about economics.

Don't get me wrong, I love U2, but not leading the World Bank. And Wolfowitz for World Bank is almost as asinine as John Bolton for UN Ambassador. Are these really the most qualified individuals out of the 6.5 billion that inhabit the Earth? What about, say, Jeff Sachs, a world-famous economist (oxymoron!) who recently wrote a book about how to help the poor through the World Bank? Huh? Huh? huh....damn, Bono it is.