Monday, June 18, 2007

Those wacky Georgians

The country not the state has a new TV spot that's just, well, it's startling. Have you seen it? How'd they know to spoof SportsCenter? How'd they know humor would stand out? It seems so youthful -- the antithesis of what these economic development campaigns always are.

And then I read this in the June Monocle: "When Mikeil Saakashvili assumed Georgia's presidency in 2004...he brought with him a team of young supporters. Three years later, they are runnning the country....the country's young politicians -- the majority of whom were educated in the US and Europe -- have a particular finesse in dealing with the West." I'll say. And the Minister of Economy, whose office seems responsible for the TV spot? He's 29.

I'm such a failure.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What, ruling something with more consonants than vowels in its name? Feh. You’re right where you should be for someone right where you are.

Be happy with that, please.

Irene Done said...

I'm happy. And I know it.

Anonymous said...

With each glance and every little movement you show it. Stay sassy, er, classy. one of those.

When you have a sec, would you drop me an email?

Mr. Middlebrow said...

Kind of the Anti-Borats, these guys.

Irene, keep livin' your life like it's golden, golden.