In his State of the Union address yesterday, President Bush said he was “humbled” by his privilege to speak in the Capitol building.

Following suit, world leaders released a joint statement today expressing humbleness — a show of submission and reserved pride — about the fact that they will make all the broad social, political, and economic decisions without your input.

“The tremendous amount of power we wield is deeply humbling,” the statement read. “That’s why, if you don’t follow our rules, it will be with extreme deference that we shuttle you off to jail, perhaps to be tortured.”

Political analysts have uniformly hailed the statement as a “touching show of genuine emotion,” with the Fox News analyst adding: “Ein Volk; Ein Reich; Ein Führer; Ein News Channel!”

Other leaders who have recently been humbled by their immense power include Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice¹ and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.²