Just Some little ol' Human Rights Violations, Eh..© 2008 AFP
03/07/2008 20:38:15 UST
Dubya Bush might have said: "What me Worry?""You don't have to love your government to be a good Chinese Citizen.. right?"
Oh Yeah: "Today, the Immigration Bill
died in
the Senate. The vote wasn’t even close. Thirty-seven
Republican lawmakers, including the Senate minority leader, voted to kill it." (
HERE and
Hat tip to Ridiculopathy for the graphic.)
Finding NEMO-esque, Lame Duck
President and
his Vigilante Pappy-- Comes as no surprise that the Deciders have Decided to attend?
US President George W. Bush will attend the August 8 opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games despite appeals from human rights activists that he boycott the gala,
the White House said Thursday.
Bush, who had always said he would go to the Olympics to encourage US athletes and did not want to use the competition to make a political statement, will first travel to South Korea and Thailand, said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
"The president and Mrs Bush will travel to the Republic of Korea, Kingdom of Thailand, and People's Republic of China in August," she said in a statement that did not say when he would depart Washington or return.
Perino said earlier that Bush was "pleased" that Beijing was holding talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, but stressed that his attendance at the opening ceremonies did not depend on the outcome.
"That's what the
president has said before, which is he believes he's going to China to support, first and foremost, our athletes. He sees this as sporting competition," she said.
"But at the same time, just as he will this week when he sees President Hu, he'll talk to him about these important issues of human rights and especially religious freedom," said Perino.
"And every time he talks to President Hu, he talks to him about the
importance of having a good relationship there with a peaceful man, of the Dalai Lama, but also, for all of China, that it's good to open up and to have better relations and to
improve human rights there," she said.
The ceremonies are due to be held in the 80,000-seat National Stadium in Beijing -- nicknamed the Bird's Nest because of the intricate lattice work on its outer core.
"Mrs Barbara Bush, I know who does your hair!!" might have screamed out MooPig correspondent Phil Donahue, also OPRAH's mentor, at the Games '08. She
probably would not have heard him
through
his gas
masking daily-wearables.
Bush will attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
WASHINGTON (AFP)
US President George W. Bush arrives to speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on July 2. Bush will attend the August 8 opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino announced Thursday.
Meanwhile the Nuns were in the drawing room documenting the games with their sketch books and measure sticks...
UPDATE: An estimated 200 Beijing families report their cats stolen a month. Mostly, the missing kitties are sold to wholesale markets for about $3 each. To eat. (HERE)
