Saturday, April 05, 2008

Bush and God and hats in Croatia


Bush gave a not hugely interesting speech in the central square in Zagreb.


I don’t much like it when he claims to enunciate American religious beliefs when he’s in America, but it’s especially obnoxious when he does so abroad: “Our countries are separated by thousands of miles, but we’re united by a deep belief in God and the blessings of liberty He gave us.” Worst geometry problem ever: if the distance between the US and Croatia is thousands of miles, and the belief in God and the blessings of liberty He gave us is 17 feet deep, what is the volume...


He then judged the Silliest National Costume (Balkans Division) competition. As always, it’s all about the hats. Little-known fact: the Bosnian civil war was fought entirely over the question of whether the homburg should have a little feather or not.



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