A leader who was worth something

The most amazing (and foreign) thing to me about the above video is when the Netherlands’s Prime Minister goes on TV and tells the country that they are going to have to change the way they’ve been doing things and quit driving so much, but that it can be done without excessive pain. I wish our leaders had such frank courage and would tell us the truth in the face of our challenges. But their solutions always seem to avoid at a minimum denial, and more likely warmongering, xenophobia, and blame. (Cf. any of the GOP debates this year.)

–EBR

One Response to “A leader who was worth something”

  1. Peter Smith Says:

    Jimmy Carter said some stuff…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPePpMxJaA

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