Blog Guy, I’ve been following President Barack Obama at the G8 summit. Can you please tell me what all those world leaders do most of the time?
They walk. And walk. And walk…. And walk…
Really?
Sure. Look at this summit photo of Obama on an endless red carpet. That’s pretty typical.
A recent efficiency study found that leaders of major countries spend 72 percent of their time walking, mostly in grand hallways. It appears to be the reason why so little gets done.
You take the White House. The pictures below show Obama making endless trips back and forth to the East Room using a hallway which is roughly two miles long.
Do you think he feels like actually working by the time he gets there? Heck no. He slugs down a frosty cold Corona Light and then heads back the other way.
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President Barack Obama arrives at Quirinale palace to meet Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome July 8, 2009. Obama arrived in Italy on Wednesday to attend the G8 summit. REUTERS/ Paolo Giandotti-Italian Presidency Press Office
President Barack Obama walks in the cross hall at the White House, April 29, 2009. REUTERS photos by Jason Reed and Jim Young.
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Aha!! So that’s how he keeps fit and in shape! Thanks a lot for that bit of news!
- Posted by MKIND OF GIVES CREDENCE TO THE MUCH SCOFFED AT BELIEF THAT THE VARIOUS PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS OF THE WORLD ARE NOTHING MORE THAN “FIGURE HEADS” (HMMM CAN ANYONE SAY PUPPETS??) AND THAT THE REAL POWER IS HELD BY FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES…. EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH FIGURED THAT OUT WITH OLD GEORGE DUBYA, (OBVIOUSLY WASN’T IN CHARGE), NOW THIS PROVES THEY AREN’T IN CHARGE, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE RUNNING THINGS IF YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME GOING FROM POINT ‘A’ TO POINT ‘B’
- Posted by james