Great News! Ashton Kutcher is Going to Russia as a Delegate of the US State Department
It was hard to resist the title of “Dude, Where’s my State Department?”
I know I’m going out on a limb here by asking this question but…. What the hell qualifies Ashton Kutcher for work in United States diplomacy?
Perhaps you, like me, were forcefully encouraged to see the new movie “Valentines Day” last weekend. In the course of diplomacy, perhaps you, too, said that it was a wonderful movie.
You will be fascinated, then, to discover that the movie’s star, Ashton Kutcher, has become a U.S. government diplomat.
No, not one of those who takes an overseas posting, sleeps with women who are not his wife, and, having embarrassed himself by dropping his trousers at an official function, is forced to function at a slightly lower level for the remainder of his career.
According to the LA Times, Kutcher is being sent by the State Department to Russia as part of a tech delegation that aims to use its bits to foster diplomacy with that particularly bearish, bullish part of the world.
I feel so much better about American foreign policy now that I know this! Hey, I have a few other suggestions as long as we’re setting this new standard for diplomacy.
Let’s send Pauly Shore to the middle east as a special envoy to the Taliban.
How about sending Michael Moore to Ethiopia to assess the famine situation?
Perhaps Janeane Garofalo would like to visit Saudi Arabia to talk about equal rights for women? I’m sure that would go over well.
Do you have any suggestions? Leave them in the comments section.
