January 29th, 2009
In a stunning example of journalistic insight that has reaffirmed some people’s belief in the future of journalism amidst all the recent carnage, The Toronto Star has revealed that Obama’s first tour abroad as President will “focus on work.” As someone of some political clout that you don’t know recently explained:
Based on the last eight years, we thought we had this whole “Presidential visit to Canada” thing all figured out – try to fit a game of shinny on the canal in between two naps, and then snap some amusing pictures of the various leaders wearing Beaver Pelt hats. So you can imagine our surprise when the Star’s Ottawa Bureau Chief did what must have been an extraordinary amount of digging to learn that the President’s meeting was in fact going to be focused on work. You read that correctly – WORK of all things!
