It's a great way to pick up girls, because they'll think
you HAVE money.
It's as interesting or more so than being a political
scientist.
It's a hell of a lot more fun than the "Where's
Waldo" club. You get to find the missing money in
the deficit budget picture!!!
Good pay for sitting around in dressy clothes and discuss
what other people should do about problems we all face.
Business people will respect you and thus give you
great deals on all the best drugs.
It's the best way to stay out of politics. If you know
what you're doing, then you're totally unqualified for
office.
The feeling of superiority. Nothing beats talking down
to a bunch of people who haven't got a clue and are willing
to go along with whatever you say because they assume
you know what you're talking about.
It's a good way to assure dinner reservations.
Early retirement. Hell, the career and the retirement
will all seem the same.
You sweat a lot less than accountants do.
You can tell the girls: Trust me, I am an economist.
You can claim a *reason* for using a portable computer
on the bus.
Nobody will ever ask you for a few dollars over the
weekend.
You can read the financial pages while drinking daiquiris
in the bar.
The ability to coldly stare muscled bullies into the
eyes and snarl: - According to Smith's theorem, you are
WRONG.
You can tell people exactly what the right thing to
buy is -- and afterwards, you can tell them exactly why
it didn't work.
Yup. Barack Obama, 44th President of the good old
USA is as Irish as Bono. His great-great-grandfather came from Moneygall
in County Offaly.
To celebrate, we present the song 'There's No One as Irish as Barack Obama',
sung by Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys. It became an instant big hit on
YouTube, getting nearly 400,000 views in the first two weeks.
The band have been invited to Washington DC by Irish American Democrats
to perform at Obama's inauguration party on 19th of Janurary 2009. Go
Irish!
So get practising! To help you out, here's the words
of the song: