Thursday, April 2, 2009

"Spring BREAK!!! (as in, the economy is broken, and we need to spend this spring fixing it)

The leaders of this planet's 20 greatest economic powers are gathered in London right now with the mission of figuring out how to solve the global financial crisis. Serious, right? Maybe someone should tell these guys:




Granted, this was shot during a class-photo style op, but look at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlisconi (upper center). He looks way too jolly. It looks like Obama, Hu Jintuo and Medvedev were posing for a photo, and then Berlisconi jumped in at the last minute. "Sup, you guys? We are totally averting the impending worldwide depression! WHOOO!!!"





Maybe he is just overjoyed that he no longer has to deal with George W Bush. I guess they all are.Meanwhile, this is the scene outside, in the streets of London: