Do you know the chief of staff over there at that White House actually gave me a call a couple of months back. I picked up the phone and I heard: “Halberstram!” (The chief of staff always confuses me with that guy with witch the lead character from, the movie and book, American Psycho gets confused with. But he knows who I am… Really…). So he said “Halberstram! The job’s yours if you want it. We need a sturdy one to get this country back on track!” I gently, calmly but securely told him no. I said that my music, my studies and you readers were far more important. “Far more important then the world?” The chief of staff asked and though I ‘ve never seen him in person I always imagine him with a fat cigar in his mouth. Maybe that is because he always seem to be screaming but its really heard to hear what he says. He did not wait for an answer (nor was I going to give him one, we both knew. It’s an old routine). “All right then.” He said. “We’ll go for second best… again. I’ll give you a call in four years time to see if you changed your mind”. I told him to do that.