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| Ain’t no drag . . . Papa’s got a brand new (diplomatic) bag! |
| 2003-12-09 |
| Agence France-Presse, EFL US SECRETARY of State Colin Powell has named James Brown, the so-called "Godfather of Soul", to a new and unusual, but apparently fictitious, senior diplomatic position, the State Department said today. Spokesman Richard Boucher confirmed that Powell had indeed appointed Brown to be the first US "secretary of soul and foreign minister of funk" but said the job description for the post had not yet been drawn up. Powell made Brown’s appointment public on Saturday while hosting a dinner for winners of the annual Kennedy Centre Honours - awarded to US artists and performers for outstanding work - of which Brown was one this year. "James, you know, I really could use you," Powell told Brown, according to a transcript of his remarks at the dinner released by the State Department today. "I could use you on those diplomatic conferences that I have to go to, sitting there all day long (in) meetings that went on forever and ever," he said to laughter from the guests. "Man, you could have livened up things at the end of a long day, when we’re all dying to reach an agreement on something!" Powell said, before announcing: "Godfather, I hereby appoint you secretary of soul and foreign minister of funk." Secretary Powell was obviously making a joke, and it appears the AFP |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 Cher? Eh, one battleship. Madonna knows what to do with a fleet. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2003-12-9 9:30:55 PM |
| #9 Ship - doncha think Cher sorta pre-empted that spot with her music video performance on the Battleship Missouri? All those sailors and turrets... she seemed to be into it... |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-9 7:10:09 PM |
| #8 Madonna: Secretary of the Navy |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-9 6:34:42 PM |
| #7 Isn't it nice to know that SecState Powell has a bit of funk to him and is a little "black?" Hopefully this is a sarcastic comment and not another chapter in the ongoing misguided saga to define the "black" man. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-9 5:26:15 PM |
| #6 Isn't it nice to know that SecState Powell has a bit of funk to him and is a little "black?" He was starting to remind me too much of Don "No Soul" Jackson from the movie "Amazon Women on the Moon." Congrats to James Brown,too--he was long overdue for his great contributions to American culture. |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2003-12-9 3:51:32 PM |
| #5 Personally, I'm looking forward to Secretary of Defense William "Refrigerator" Perry, . . . no, wait, someone already did that gag! |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-12-9 2:52:57 PM |
| #4 Mike, Thank you for inspiring a new party game just in time for Christmas season.Match a celebrity with department of government.Some of mine: Ted Nugent-ATF Bobby Brown-Agriculture Hillary Clinton-Child Welfare Rush Limbaugh-FDA Ted Turner-Press Secretary Paris Hilton-PBS Psychic Hotline-CIA Al Gore-Patent Office You can offend everybody,both left and right can play.Or you could add wrestlers to mix: The Rock-Dept.of Defence Stone Cold Steve Austin-State Department. Vince MacMahon(sp.?)-Treasury |
| Posted by: Stephen 2003-12-9 2:31:28 PM |
| #3 I have a good sense of humor, but I really don't find this very funny at all. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-9 1:46:20 PM |
| #2 Two words, James: Diplomatic Immunity |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-12-9 1:08:08 PM |
| #1 "The Hardest Working Man in Diplomacy" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-12-9 11:02:29 AM |