Saturday, April 22, 2006

Bad Manners, Hypocrisy and Despotism


Redneck Mother has a 1946 video clip explaining the difference between democracy and despotism, and like how you can tell if your country is at risk.

Better see it now before Bushie decides to classify it.

On a related note, after our dear leader chastised President Hu for failing to live up to the American ideal of free speech, not only was Hu's freely speaking heckler charged with a crime punishable by up to six months in jail, but a CNN producer was removed from the premises by the Secret Service for the offense of freely questioning President Hu.

And why did the White House ban all foreign press, except for the Chinese, during the Bush-Hu talks? We know the Bushies are big on the English-only party theme, but is there a fear of non-English-only speaking folks? Was somebody afraid President Hu was going to complain about the lousy American hospitality and word would get out to the Germans? We know what Bushie would have to say about that.

Something tells me that the bad manners and the hypocrisy of the Bushies, or the Americans, are not exactly a surprise to the Chinese, or to anybody really.

But we think Jay Leno said it best: "The arrival ceremony was interrupted by a protestor, who said, 'Stop the persecution; stop the torture.' President Bush had to ask, 'Which one of us are you talking to?'"