Friday, April 21, 2006

Bush: Hu Heckler Hypocrite


Pix courtesy of Seeds of Doubt and it dovetails nicely with the Hu Heckler brouha-ha (summed up beautifully by Attytood): "Today we are aghast at the coverage of Chinese Pres Hu at the WH. At an outdoor ceremony, Bush told Hu: "China has become successful b/c the Chinese people are experience the freedom to buy, and to sell, and to produce -- and China can grow even more successful by allowing the Chinese people the freedom to assemble, to speak freely, and to worship." Seconds later, 1 of the people assembled on the WH lawn actually tried to speak freely right here in America -- about both the lack of free speech and religious freedom in China. That free-speaking woman was promptly hauled off and arrested: She shouted in heavily accented English, "Pres Bush: Stop him from killing" and, "Pres Bush, stop him from persecuting the Falun Gong." Bush, standing next to Hu, leaned over and whispered a comment to the Chinese leader, who paused briefly when the shouting began and then resumed his remarks. The protester was waving a banner with the red and yellow colors used by Falun Gong, a banned religious movement in China. She kept shouting for several mins before Sec Service uniformed agents dragged her off the stand" and can be seen here silencing her (and more pix here, some funny). Her protest was blocked from Chinese TV. I wonder: Will O'Reilly daily spew about this war on Falun Gong? Will Bush & his Talibornagains-- self professed people of faith-- defend this woman's right to practice her religion? Oh that's right. If it ain't King James and it ain't Christofascist, it doesn't count. I do think that Olbermann made an excellent point about this that may go unnoticed: "This protestor had a WH press day- pass. She was not a hand-picked WH softball lobbing plant. She was NOT Jeff Gannon in a dress. Why let her in there if you have no intention on letting her issues be discussed?" B/c Keith, as is the case w/everything else BushCo does, it has to become a bungled, mismanaged and incompetent clusterfuck somewhere down the line.
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