See Ya Schroder

Today, Germany got it's new chancellor, and she's a she! (my friend Judy calls her the "chancellorina"). Indeed, weeks after the Germany people didn't give any party the majority in the Cabinet, Angela Merkel's party and the party of Gerhard Schroder (the now former chancellor) struck a compromise. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union get the "chancellorship" while Schroder's Social Democrats get control of 8 of the 14 ministries.

What does this mean for you and me. Very little so far. What I do know is it's pretty cool that the German leader is a woman. It reminds me of that episode of "Saved by the Bell" where Jessie complains that Britain has had a female leader, but America hasn't. Yep, we've had 228 years of rule by old white, rich men. Even Kennedy being Irish Catholic doesn't help America's case, we're still far behind the progressive times.

(I know what you're going to say, and no Hillary Clinton does not count as a woman president. Gosh, that joke is sooooo old.)

The other way that Germay's election affects us: we won't get to hear Gerhard Schroder's name pronounced on TV anymore. I don't know about you, but I always found his name kinda comical. I mean "Jar-hard Scrow-der," it just sounds made up.

Oh , Angela Merkel, you may be the first woman German chancellor, and you may turn out to be a pretty good one, but your name, it lacks that certain giggle quality.



(If you want an actual professional report on the election, Google it, or if you're lazy and/or you're not reading this weeks later, click this)