That trip to Europe is gonna be "hard work."

[deminks]

And we've just sent our best "ugly Amerikan".

[spanone]

1. Yea, and the clocks are all wrong over there.

[CityZen-X]

2. From The Stage Musical, ProducersII

It's springtime for Bu$h*t, and Amerika!

[mr blur]

3. Well, Ms Rice wasn't exactly Flavour Of The Month

Although she did put us in our place and let us know what was expected of us. Our place in the great March for Freedom and Democracy. Poor Bliar must have been really pissed off to share the stage with someone who was even more willing to kiss the Chimp's arse than he is.

[Dirk39]

4. Mainz will basically shut down on Feb. 23

Tight security measures are being put into place for George W. Bush's stop in the city of Mainz next week during his European tour. Highways will be sealed off, schools closed, and river and air traffic suspended.



The US president's visit to Germany is meant to help patch up his relationship between Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, which was strained to the breaking point over the Iraq war. But the one-day stopover likely won't do much for residents of the Mainz region, since much of their city will be sealed off on Feb. 23, the day of Bush's visit.



The mirror hall at the Krufürstliches Schloss. George W. Bush and Gerhard Schroeder are expected to meet in the Renaissance building.
Portions of four highways will be closed from Frankfurt International Airport, where Bush arrives, past the city of Mainz, where he is meeting with the German leader in the city's Kurfürstliches Schloss (photo), a castle along the Rhine River. Portions of the Rhine, Europe's busiest waterway, as well as the nearby Main River will be closed throughout the day.



Air space in a 60 kilometer (37 mile) radius around Mainz will be closed for all non-commercial aircraft, according to police. Several area schools will be shuttered.

(...)
Plans for a short walk through Mainz's historic city center appear to have been cancelled, although Laura Bush might visit the city's Gutenberg Museum.



Initial plans for a "town hall" style meeting between the president and local students, businessmen and Americans in the area have also been scrapped, out of fears that such a public forum could backfire.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1491765,00.html


Even the drain covers in the streets will be welded: Bush creates new jobs, wherever he goes...

Hello from Germany,
Dirk

[deminks]

5. That's the chimpster

spreading freedom and democracy everywhere he goes. He couldn't even get a "handpicked" townhall audience like he does here? Probably not.

[EC]

6. Will this amount to a work "holiday"?

Everyone can't get to work, so how will they work?