This is totally unrelated to live music in Baltimore

I just watched one of the most amazing television shows I’ve ever seen, “Peru: The Royal Tour”, on the Travel Channel. In this show, a cheesy American host is given a tour of the country by the President, Alejandro Toledo. I don’t know anything about politics or economics in Peru or the man leading the country, but from what I’ve seen in this show, Peruvians should consider themselves lucky to have such a great man as their leader.

President Toledo is truly a man of the people. He knows the rich history of the country and its cultures, and he treasures the varied and beautiful geography. One really understands that he cares for people in a deeply personal way.

During the filming of a segment in the mountains, they came upon a town where there was a mudslide that wiped out a dozen houses. The President took control, grabbed a cell phone, and called in choppers to help the victims. When in his hometown (he is a native Indian, the first to be President of the country) he told the people that he would do everything in his power to provide them with the education that would allow one of them to possibly be President as well.

Wouldn’t it be great to have a President like that?