It’s way better than a beak.

So I clued you in yesterday to the fact that there was an actual presidential election coming up. Just like most everyone else, we’ve been a little disappointed in the candidates. We wondered, what could they do to make themselves a little more interesting?

Then we saw this article about Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia. The Russians went and got themselves a showman, a daredevil, a

I’d name this bird Sally Crane

possible lunatic. You can say what you want about his politics – and plenty of you will, but that’s not the purpose of my blog today.

How many politicians do you know who supposedly rescue reporters by tranquilizing charging tigers, or recover ancient Greek vases from the bottom of the Black Sea? He crossbowed a whale and put a polar bear to sleep. Vladimir’s latest stunt had him donning white coveralls and a beak (!!), climbing into a motorized hang glider and leading endangered Siberian Cranes to their winter habitat.  He is quoted as saying, “Only the weak ones…didn’t follow me.”

I kind of love how egotistical that is. Can you imagine the Secret Service allowing Barak to put on a wolf suit and teach baby wolves how to dig a den? Or Bill Clinton swimming with beached sperm whales back to safety?

I’m sorry I have to interrupt this blog to point out how freaking hysterical it is that I put Bill Clinton and sperm whales in the same sentence. I’m fully prepared to admit that I don’t have a very highbrow sense of humor. Back to your regularly scheduled blog.

Alright, so he’s a little excessive – especially for a world leader. That being said, I’d like to point out that someone gave him a tiger cub for his birthday. Clearly, Vladimir is on to something here.

I’m off to get fitted for my panda suit. I’m gonna show them how to plant bamboo.