Thursday, April 20, 2006

chinese noodles

"President Bush said the two countries can be candid about their disagreements, saying that in the area of human rights, the Chinese people should be allowed freedom to assemble, speak freely and to worship."

Unlike the American people, evidently.

An "incident with [a] protester raised questions about the adequacy of security measures for journalists covering visits of foreign leaders to the White House. It was not clear how the woman gained access to the pool. She positioned herself in the one place where the Secret Service would have the hardest time reaching her: On the top level of a grandstand set up for television cameras, blocked by equipment and ladders on all sides.

At one point she attempted to unfurl a yellow Falun Gong banner. A cameraman next to her put his hand on her back, and appeared to be encouraging her to quiet down, but she continued to yell.

It took some time for a burly, uniformed Secret Service agent and a plainclothes agent, a woman, to reach the protestor, and they grabbed her by both arms and took her behind the cameras, down the stairs of the temporary platform, and out the southwest gate, away from the ceremony. Chinese officials on the edges of the crowd were staring in some disbelief, shaking their heads."

Nice of the american journalist to encourage the protestors silence. Typical. I can almost hear the admonishment that "you'll runin it for us all if you don't pipe down."

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