...and guys like this, who remind us that if the sickle and hummer represent the evil of Communism, that the toilet plunger represent the everyday average American guy workin' for the meal in a free, democratic America.
http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/20081017brk_ap_joeplumber_hp500.jpg
To recap this week:
* The EU, US and Switzerland each moved to stabilise their banking systems. In the US and UK, these were necessary but also politically sensitive considering the low public approval of the incumbent parties in both countries.
* North Korea was removed from the US' list of state-sponsors of terror. I guess no more 2-for-1 double coupon discounts for nuclear centrifuges "brought to you by North Korea."
* Friday was my first day as an intern in the United Kingdom Parliament, House of Commons. I had a chance to walk through the hallowed 1000-year-old Westminster Hall and other houses of Parliament that are more than 700 years old. The legacy of Britain's once unrivaled power was palpable. Amazing place. I then got to attend a going-away party for another Parliamentary staffer in the corner office of one MP in Portcullis House along Victoria Embankment...across the street? The River Thames, and Big Ben, right there.
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