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Davos @WEF revokes #saif gaddafi 's Young Global Leader status: that'll teach him .... But is Switzerland taking sides?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 08:24:42 AM EST
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But wouldn't he make a great game show host?

His father has (almost literally) thrown him under the bus, his country is on fire, and now this.

Today is just not his day.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 08:28:19 AM EST
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ceebs:
Young Global Leader
<snort>

Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 08:53:07 AM EST
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because his local Neighbourhood Watch group in Hampstead will be happy to have him back.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 09:20:34 AM EST
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'Young Global Leader"! At Davos? Just imagine the dignity that Saif Gaddafi confers on the other Davos Young Global Leaders! See the list.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 11:58:49 AM EST
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You mean like Zuckerberg or Defense Minister Theodore Maria Xerox von and zu Guttenberg?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Mon Feb 21st, 2011 at 12:34:43 PM EST
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