"The Elders" are a self-proclaimed group of self-proclaimed wise men and women, including former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Irish President Mary Robinson, and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. While "The Elders" say they "offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity," they are better known for espousing moral equivalence and legitimizing terrorists.

While "The Elders" have jumped on the bandwagon to demand that Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi must step down, here's a modest, tongue-in-cheek proposal: Why not invite him to join The Elders? After all, he'd fit right in. As the UN director for peacekeeping, Annan stepped aside to enable the Rwandan genocide to commence, so it's debatable that conscience is a disqualifying factor. After rising to the secretary-generalship of the UN, Annan turned a blind eye to the oil-for-food program's massive corruption-and, indeed, may have even participated in it, and so Qaddafi's embezzlement shouldn't be a disqualifying factor.