Thursday, November 12, 2009

FORBE'S: World's Most Powerful People List of 2009



I'll give you the top 3...

1. Barack Obama: President of the United States
2. Hu Jintao: President of the People's Republic of China
3. Vladimir Putin: Prime Minister of Russia

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies." — Napoleon Bonaparte


Power has been called many things. The ultimate aphrodisiac. An absolute corrupter. A mistress. A violin. But its true nature remains elusive. After all, a head of state wields a very different sort of power than a religious figure. Can one really compare the influence of a journalist to that of a terrorist? And is power unexercised power at all?

Click here for the full list...

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