Best-Dressed Despot
No contest: Colonel Muammar Qaddafi of Libya. (We didn’t say “Best-Dressed Despot’s Wife” so sit down.)
He was already a colonel when we were kids, you’d think he’d have promoted himself by now. On the other hand, he has resisted naming himself general of generals, that’s something.
Foreign Policy has a photo essay on the fashion statements of the world’s dictators.
If I had my own country I would wear only Lacroix.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
September 29th, 2010 at 02:47
Is that a heart on his red robe?
September 29th, 2010 at 05:15
Kim Jong Il should consult with him. Like totally.
September 29th, 2010 at 12:30
Is that really Qaddafi? Or Mel Brooks?
September 29th, 2010 at 14:39
In other news, Trekkie reference in Congress:
“There’s no intelligent life down here. Beam me up, Scotty.”
– Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, while riding the elevator in Congress
She opened her new site, complete with a quotable quotes section:
http://miriam.com.ph/dictionary.php
September 30th, 2010 at 00:50
if there were a “mr/ms congeniality” contest, i think mr. ahmadinejad would win. when me and a fellow intern saw him walk by while entering the general assembly, he smiled so warmly and waved. he also loves posing for photos.