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[bubosquared]

Man, how did I miss the whole Condoleezza Rice kerfluffle? Yo, Belgians on my friwendslist? I do kinda rely on you to keep me posted on important things, you know.

In short, two weeks ago, Secretary Rice came to Belgium to scope out security and stuff for Bush's visit this weekend. There was an incident when she landed at Brussels airport, with some journalists who were kept way back from the plane to the point where they coudn't even get a picture with a huge telelens, a Belgian security officer, and a Secret Service (?) guy. According to my mother, it went something like this:

Journalists: "Dude, we can't even see anything from here. Can't we go in a bit closer?"
Belgian Security Bloke: "As far as I'm concerned." *lets the journalists move a bit closer so they can take a photo already*
Secret Service Bloke: "Hey, yo, you can't do that, this is our plane!"
Belgian Security Bloke: "... And this is my country, and these are my journalists."

Which probably is a wildly inaccurate version of what happened, but even so, it gives me warm fuzzy feelings. (Also, props to my mum for the phrasing, which is pretty much entirely hers and also hilarious and witty. Yay mum!)

And then today I read that there was at least one protest against Bush using sarcasm as a tool. Seriously, a whole protest with people carrying sarcastic signs like "Kill Kill Kill the Terror," "Fuck the Third World," and "War is good for the economy." I'm much amused. Mmm. My country tastes like sarcasm. :D

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[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

don't forget lesbian feminist djembé group famba are protesting in Brussels as we speak.
In pink :-)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yay for lesbians! :D

[slippery-fish.livejournal.com]

So cool I've got no words.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Some days? I'm really, really proud to be Belgian. This would be one of them.

[slippery-fish.livejournal.com]

*g* I can so get that. I, for my part, just sit here and ramble about Europe being so cool. :D

esda has Bush in her city soon and they try to get ready for demonstrations and stuff. Unfortunately the crazy security measures taken keep them back. They won't even be able to do a real demonstration because of that. :/

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

Belgian Security Bloke: "... And this is my country, and these are my journalists."

*dies laughing* (And I completely missed anything of the kind.) Also, Bush is intelligent enough to fathom sarcasm? *impressed*

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

It might have not quite been like that, but that's how my mum related it.

And I don't think he actually understood that it was sarcasm, which makes it even funnier.