The Forbes World 100 rankings are always fun.  No matter what list they put out, from the world’s richest person to the richest Americans, there’s always some kind of debate that erupts.  However, there’s no list more complicated or nebulous than the World’s Most Powerful lists.  In this case, Forbes ranks Michelle Obama as the world’s most powerful woman.  Interestingly, she may actually be the least-powerful woman on the list, in a true sense of power.

Is Michelle Obama popular?  Sure.  She’s on lots of magazine covers and people listen to her when she talks, but she’s not got any power in the true sense.  I mean, they have Ms. Obama, a woman who has no job and no authority to do anything, as being more powerful than the woman in charge of Kraft Foods, the woman who leads PepsiCo, the woman who leads Germany, the world’s biggest pop star, and even the woman who is second in line for the Presidency after Vice President Joe Biden.

Then again, a lot of people are more powerful than Nancy Pelosi, who will be lucky to retain her Speaker of the House position.  Among those more powerful than San Fran Nan are Oprah, Lady Gaga, and Ellen Degeneres.

Tags: Forbes, Forbes power list, the most powerful women in the world, Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, The World’s 100, Most Powerful Women, politics, entertainment, power players, unusual rankings, Lady Gaga more powerful than Nancy Pelosi

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]