For an encore, the two men say they're gonna piss on the Alamo so they can also get banned from Texas for 10 years
Selected gems from a police story about two Czechs who were banned from Slovakia for 10 years for burning American flags during Bush's address in Bratislava a couple of weeks ago:
In his address, Bush held up Slovakia as a model of democracy and spoke in soaring language on the inevitability of democracy and freedom taking root across the globe. Some of his words seemed at odds with measures taken on the square, which was carved up by makeshift barriers and metal detectors and watched from above by sharpshooters in black.
Why don't we ever get these sorts of snide editorial comments in the American press? It's refreshing to read a journalist who's willing to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
The Slovak justice minister later questioned the legality of confiscating signs. The Interior Ministry, in charge of the police, referred questions to the American Embassy in Bratislava, which in turn referred them to the White House. "There's no White House policy of controlling messages at a public event," a White House official said. "The allegations [of the Slovak press] sound highly specious."
Right. But covert propaganda is another matter entirely.
Three Slovaks were arrested during the speech for shouting obscenities at Bush.
They said there's no White House policy of controlling messages at a public event. What are you trying to insinuate here anyway?
In his address, Bush held up Slovakia as a model of democracy and spoke in soaring language on the inevitability of democracy and freedom taking root across the globe. Some of his words seemed at odds with measures taken on the square, which was carved up by makeshift barriers and metal detectors and watched from above by sharpshooters in black.
Why don't we ever get these sorts of snide editorial comments in the American press? It's refreshing to read a journalist who's willing to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
The Slovak justice minister later questioned the legality of confiscating signs. The Interior Ministry, in charge of the police, referred questions to the American Embassy in Bratislava, which in turn referred them to the White House. "There's no White House policy of controlling messages at a public event," a White House official said. "The allegations [of the Slovak press] sound highly specious."
Right. But covert propaganda is another matter entirely.
Three Slovaks were arrested during the speech for shouting obscenities at Bush.
They said there's no White House policy of controlling messages at a public event. What are you trying to insinuate here anyway?
posted by Alexander Dubcek | 22:38
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