Saturday, September 23, 2006
Blowhards at the UN
Barely a week after the Pope quoted a Byzantine emperor as saying that Islam spreads by the sword, Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to the UN and blurted their words out for everyone to hear, and they were not favorable to the UN.
First it was Hugo Chávez, the freely-elected President of Venezuela. He said, among other things that Bush was the devil, and that the place still smells of sulfer from him. Bush is the devil? That's nothing new. Bush has been called a lot of things in this country. Here are some of the things that Bush has been called:
a*hole
alcoholic
coward
criminal
deserter
dictator
fascist
fear president
gas
gruesome boob
hypocrite
idiot
imbecile
incompetent
liar
moron
murderer
terrorist
traitor
unrepented bastard
wanker
These came from Google searches. I could find only three positive things he has been called: uniter, conservative, and shrewd politician.
The problem here is that a foreigner (a head of state even) has come into this country and called George Bush names. This has gotten some people in this country riled up, including Democrats. They say what right has he got to come into this country and call Bush a devil?
American people, we do have freedom of speech here, and Hugo Chávez used it. I don't think we should try to shut him up or tell him he can't say these things here, even if they insult our President. At least he had the freedom here to say these things. I wonder if he would allow the same in his country. What if an American should come into his country and call him a blowhard or an el loco? Would he allow it or put him in jail? I wonder.
In any case, I do think Hugo Chavez is off his rocker, and I am exercising my freedom to say it. First of all he called Bush the Devil. Maybe that was a compliment. After all, the devil killed only 10 people in the Bible, while God killed tens of millions, so if he wanted to call Bush a name, he should have called him God, not the Devil. And as far as the sulfur left over, maybe should check around where he is. That could be his own fart.
Now for that other loudmouth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He said, "If the governments of the United States or the United Kingdom, who are permanent members of the Security Council, commit aggression, occupation and violation of international law, which of the organs of the United Nations can take them to account?" Before, he said that the Jewish Holocaust never happened and that Israel should be wiped off the face of the map. I don't know if he said these things at the UN, but he angered US citizens with his UN pronouncements. To me, he is critical of the US, but I thought he spoke with more eloquence than Chávez. And of course he is exercising his freedom of speech.
I don't think we should react to these two people by telling him they can't speak here, which is what language such as that he has the gall to come to our country and call Bush names and criticize the US. I think we should just ignore him, or maybe call them names back.
First it was Hugo Chávez, the freely-elected President of Venezuela. He said, among other things that Bush was the devil, and that the place still smells of sulfer from him. Bush is the devil? That's nothing new. Bush has been called a lot of things in this country. Here are some of the things that Bush has been called:
a*hole
alcoholic
coward
criminal
deserter
dictator
fascist
fear president
gas
gruesome boob
hypocrite
idiot
imbecile
incompetent
liar
moron
murderer
terrorist
traitor
unrepented bastard
wanker
These came from Google searches. I could find only three positive things he has been called: uniter, conservative, and shrewd politician.
The problem here is that a foreigner (a head of state even) has come into this country and called George Bush names. This has gotten some people in this country riled up, including Democrats. They say what right has he got to come into this country and call Bush a devil?
American people, we do have freedom of speech here, and Hugo Chávez used it. I don't think we should try to shut him up or tell him he can't say these things here, even if they insult our President. At least he had the freedom here to say these things. I wonder if he would allow the same in his country. What if an American should come into his country and call him a blowhard or an el loco? Would he allow it or put him in jail? I wonder.
In any case, I do think Hugo Chavez is off his rocker, and I am exercising my freedom to say it. First of all he called Bush the Devil. Maybe that was a compliment. After all, the devil killed only 10 people in the Bible, while God killed tens of millions, so if he wanted to call Bush a name, he should have called him God, not the Devil. And as far as the sulfur left over, maybe should check around where he is. That could be his own fart.
Now for that other loudmouth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He said, "If the governments of the United States or the United Kingdom, who are permanent members of the Security Council, commit aggression, occupation and violation of international law, which of the organs of the United Nations can take them to account?" Before, he said that the Jewish Holocaust never happened and that Israel should be wiped off the face of the map. I don't know if he said these things at the UN, but he angered US citizens with his UN pronouncements. To me, he is critical of the US, but I thought he spoke with more eloquence than Chávez. And of course he is exercising his freedom of speech.
I don't think we should react to these two people by telling him they can't speak here, which is what language such as that he has the gall to come to our country and call Bush names and criticize the US. I think we should just ignore him, or maybe call them names back.
