This certainly goes to the solemnity of the violence in the Middle East. I'm glad that Kinda Lyin' just has Brahms in her soul.
In keeping with her mood and to reflect the world crises she tackles daily, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to play a somber piece of music to her Asian colleagues in Malaysia this week.
The Association of South East Asian Nations has a tradition of ministers performing usually silly skits at a gala dinner, but Rice, an accomplished pianist, said she was more at ease playing a serious, reflective piece, possibly by the composer Brahms.
“It is not a time that is frivolous. It is a serious time. I will play something that is in accordance with my serious mood,” said Rice, who had just attended a conference in Rome aimed at helping resolve the Lebanon crisis.
Rice said she would not be comfortable singing show tunes.
“I trust my piano playing more than I trust Karen’s singing,” joked Rice, referring to her public diplomacy chief, Karen Hughes, who is also in Kuala Lumpur. Hughes quickly shot back: “She’s right, I can’t even hum.”
Now there's something that might make the CNN breaking news ticker...Karen Hughes doing show tunes. Maybe she and Condi could start out with "Lovin' that man o'mine" and end with "Ain't nobody here but us chickens".
That might make the christofascists ecstatic, the world would end shortly after Karen and Condi performed, having violated the commandment concerning "Love thy Neighbor" one time too often.
