21 April 2006

If It Weren't So Damn Sad

it'd be hilarious. and in a way, it kind of is.

from the post:

"The protocol-obsessed Chinese leader suffered a day full of indignities -- some intentional, others just careless. The visit began with a slight when the official announcer said the band would play the "national anthem of the Republic of China" -- the official name of Taiwan. It continued when Vice President Cheney donned sunglasses for the ceremony, and again when Hu, attempting to leave the stage via the wrong staircase, was yanked back by his jacket. Hu looked down at his sleeve to see the president of the United States tugging at it as if redirecting an errant child."

as if americans were not already ugly and ignorant enough in the eyes of the rest of the world.

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