tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735944216935844332024-03-19T00:34:06.639-04:00oklogOKLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03743234061983908782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473594421693584433.post-50373220690014271652007-04-01T17:56:00.000-04:002007-04-01T17:59:01.453-04:00On 60 Minutes tonight...<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/29/60minutes/main2625305.shtml" class="subhead" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">Under The Influence</a><br /><b>Steve Kroft</b> reports on how the pharmaceutical industry lobby influenced Congress to pass the Medicare prescription drug law, a night on the Hill one representative calls the "ugliest" he’s ever seen. Ira Rosen is the producer.| <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2629656&channel=60Minutes" onclick="launch('CBSNewsVideo',990, 680, this); return false" class="linksmall" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 153);"><b></b></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2602243&channel=60Minutes" onclick="launch('CBSNewsVideo',990, 680, this); return false" class="subhead" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">A Not So Perfect Match</a><br />When crime scene DNA is matched so closely to a suspect that the odds are overwhelming that the real perpetrator must be in the suspect’s family, should authorities be allowed to investigate family members? <b>Lesley Stahl</b> reports. Shari Finkelstein is the producer. |<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2629686&channel=60Minutes" onclick="launch('CBSNewsVideo',990, 680, this); return false" class="subhead" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">The Age of Warming</a><br /><b>Scott Pelley’s</b> report on global warming brings him to the bottom of the world to see the glacier in Antarctica that is the world’s fastest warming place. Solly Granatstein and Catherine Herrick are the producers. |<br /><br />These stories and more, this Sunday night, 7 p.m. ET/PT.OKLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03743234061983908782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473594421693584433.post-48860509195476790992007-04-01T13:59:00.000-04:002007-04-01T17:49:21.378-04:00A Close Look At Bush's Main Niggers, 2000 - 2007<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCU6Tf5fLWPDDUEvjoaWj5qGhKkPOpvLONot1zjJgSwyKNTJapooKnJKBrFqX7B79nWao7TpXXa2_PCXpb0nszRaW39dUj-1SmT5EN-Qvk_Bb3Dj3i_g9AImI_gu7Rz_oNCrDK1UBnnKM/s1600-h/Blair1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCU6Tf5fLWPDDUEvjoaWj5qGhKkPOpvLONot1zjJgSwyKNTJapooKnJKBrFqX7B79nWao7TpXXa2_PCXpb0nszRaW39dUj-1SmT5EN-Qvk_Bb3Dj3i_g9AImI_gu7Rz_oNCrDK1UBnnKM/s400/Blair1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048522341222996786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> T</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aitjYIJPSPklcJdK6-SngcOMASn20uGn0iiFmXpCu31rXMWblU8Y7YBbY5mbjbX8MDTGSxMwnGS6wahKOzAHYNIiEMEi-BVT8JnrodnW1Ls_ORsX-cSN_cE0Q5LNlm6tSKNOqW_mJYg/s1600-h/Blair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aitjYIJPSPklcJdK6-SngcOMASn20uGn0iiFmXpCu31rXMWblU8Y7YBbY5mbjbX8MDTGSxMwnGS6wahKOzAHYNIiEMEi-BVT8JnrodnW1Ls_ORsX-cSN_cE0Q5LNlm6tSKNOqW_mJYg/s400/Blair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048522435712277314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ony </span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blair (U.K.)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span class="postbody"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> Arguably, the president's #1 realest nigger of all</span><span class="postbody"> time, Tony Blair needs no introduction: </span><span class="postbody">Spotlighted </span><span class="postbody">Bush's foreig</span><span class="postbody">n policy vision as the cente</span><span class="postbody">rpiece of his own administration at the cost of further jeopardiz</span><span class="postbody">ing Britain's dubio</span><span class="postbody">us relationship with the E.U. and nurturing wid</span><span class="postbody">espread dissen</span><span class="postbody">t at h</span><span class="postbody">o</span><span class="postbody">me. Withstood criticism for building up an image</span><span class="postbody"> of </span><span class="postbody">a modern-day Margaret Thatcher to match Bush</span><span class="postbody">'s</span><span class="postbody"> own Reaganesque airs.</span><span class="postbody"> Consistently defended decisions made by </span><span class="postbody">the Coalition of the Willing before the U.N., the Parliament and his own Labour Party.</span><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> Committed nearly 45,000 troops to the initial invasion of Iraq. Currently over 7,000 British soldiers are supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.</span><br /><span class="postbody"><br /></span><br /><span class="postbody"><br /></span><span class="postbody"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Ariel Sharon (Israel)</span></span></span><span class="postbody"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxUFayxk5GUY3nu3J9JMzztHoe0WyurCG1TFllkdRKvWRhOSj2hn6fNQd4RL_lz2zZ_SGq1IJ54-V5CumqNcOjvBwIZDIhyphenhyphenFbuSY49y2PTHW__GKv0uHzBc5auJ5SR95qtwqLRKugms4/s1600-h/Sharon1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxUFayxk5GUY3nu3J9JMzztHoe0WyurCG1TFllkdRKvWRhOSj2hn6fNQd4RL_lz2zZ_SGq1IJ54-V5CumqNcOjvBwIZDIhyphenhyphenFbuSY49y2PTHW__GKv0uHzBc5auJ5SR95qtwqLRKugms4/s400/Sharon1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048523002647960418" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"> Referred to as "the huma</span><span class="postbody">n bulldozer" by supp</span><span class="postbody">orters and oppo</span><span class="postbody">nents alike, Ariel Sharon and Bus</span><span class="postbody">h</span><span class="postbody"> di</span><span class="postbody">scovered each other at a time of mutual need. </span><span class="postbody">And though their frie</span><span class="postbody">ndship </span><span class="postbody">might have been spoiled by Sharon's</span><span class="postbody"> untimely coma, many are c</span><span class="postbody">on</span><span class="postbody">vinced that the strong bond bet</span><span class="postbody">ween </span><span class="postbody">the</span><span class="postbody"> two nations </span><span class="postbody">will soon manifest itself in a cooperative military effort against the mullahs of Iran. Sharon supported the liberation of Iraq throughout its course. </span><br /><span class="postbody"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzHO0hKzYxFimG1Huw5UfmSj_ASrheUYA-6O_meFbpFMC9bvRWHOJr81x-15OmtVqBJwOFohtGuvazFd3P98kg5CaMdpL5LUefXXmo7bGatvS4BrFhutTkHULy9EwtVsJGIBiTDHFrHw/s1600-h/Sharon2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzHO0hKzYxFimG1Huw5UfmSj_ASrheUYA-6O_meFbpFMC9bvRWHOJr81x-15OmtVqBJwOFohtGuvazFd3P98kg5CaMdpL5LUefXXmo7bGatvS4BrFhutTkHULy9EwtVsJGIBiTDHFrHw/s400/Sharon2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048523891706190722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="postbody"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Junichiro Koizumi (Japan)</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="postbody"><span style="line-height: normal;font-size:24;" > </span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxd3_697N_nlnsrjWDMpXkdo7npxYzhqXzhIFVUiJfMJ9W4GgyjAMahO3sVwpqOv0u2BXxDyAv9kPblJ20Zuj2sUud__7F3zcNsxloi4H6loo_5r1ECOh4JMfV1emDG5QKZ3YqQhir_8/s1600-h/Koizumi2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxd3_697N_nlnsrjWDMpXkdo7npxYzhqXzhIFVUiJfMJ9W4GgyjAMahO3sVwpqOv0u2BXxDyAv9kPblJ20Zuj2sUud__7F3zcNsxloi4H6loo_5r1ECOh4JMfV1emDG5QKZ3YqQhir_8/s320/Koizumi2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048536085118344386" border="0" /></a><span class="postbody"><br />When Koizumi wants to visit Grac</span><span class="postbody">eland, he takes Bush as his tour </span><span class="postbody">guid</span><span class="postbody">e</span><span class="postbody">. </span><span class="postbody">The fiscal ref</span><span class="postbody">ormer broke through to Bush</span><span class="postbody"> </span><span class="postbody">during their firs</span><span class="postbody">t meeting when he ab</span><span class="postbody">andoned tra</span><span class="postbody">ditional Jap</span><span class="postbody">anese diplomatic doublespeak for candid r</span><span class="postbody">ecognition of both powers' joint inte</span><span class="postbody">rest in a democratic Middle East. A charismatic and popu</span><span class="postbody">lar leader in his own right,</span><span class="postbody"> Koizumi stood by Bush's side despite o</span><span class="postbody">utcri</span><span class="postbody">es of protest</span><span class="postbody"> from Japan's main</span><span class="postbody"> t</span><span class="postbody">rading partners in Mainland Asia. Some of those outcries may </span><span class="postbody">be attributed to his insistence on visiting</span><span class="postbody"> the graves of convicted WWII war-criminals buried at the Yasukuni Shrine.</span><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> Deployed 600 troops, which were eventually called back.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ_AWWczIQx2yzGOBU_nj8ENGoUo-nFbFvMvf_WT0LA8ZJUDY-zAPJ4fDbwfWz3GeV7D8R7M7g8y8sB1IREyaQb1MlE9dFWeD3IcmCrtYVusmDPr7duGAF6mEk52vTi7HiDzmsKBjOyA/s1600-h/Koizumi1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ_AWWczIQx2yzGOBU_nj8ENGoUo-nFbFvMvf_WT0LA8ZJUDY-zAPJ4fDbwfWz3GeV7D8R7M7g8y8sB1IREyaQb1MlE9dFWeD3IcmCrtYVusmDPr7duGAF6mEk52vTi7HiDzmsKBjOyA/s320/Koizumi1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048535354973904050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >4. John Howard (Australia)</span></span><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> There is no denying that this cowboy from The Down Under shares a genuine affinity for George W. Bush's policies. Howard went o</span><span class="postbody">n record to say, "None of our </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CKeTTbf-2SBPLXCAbT3K81pogK8eNB5pgU53DpWrYNJqYDh9N40WIeM166XDBQBALq2Mo24bX4PCtc7Me2P4pgSHNRArFW-lM8RLdgZqu__QgLHkRSsdkVRsVpdHuIy4KpY9eJhD6cU/s1600-h/Howard1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CKeTTbf-2SBPLXCAbT3K81pogK8eNB5pgU53DpWrYNJqYDh9N40WIeM166XDBQBALq2Mo24bX4PCtc7Me2P4pgSHNRArFW-lM8RLdgZqu__QgLHkRSsdkVRsVpdHuIy4KpY9eJhD6cU/s400/Howard1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048526026304936882" border="0" /></a><span class="postbody">global challenge</span><span class="postbody">s can be secured without American po</span><span class="postbody">wer an</span><span class="postbody">d American purpose." More importantly, Howard remained an outspoken friend of the President even during turbulent times. In fact</span><span class="postbody">, Howard's fondness for George has stretched int</span><span class="postbody">o dom</span><span class="postbody">estic U.S. politics. In February of 2007, the rugged Australian lashed out against Democratic party p</span><span class="postbody">residen</span><span class="postbody">tial hopeful Barak Obama, who made th</span><span class="postbody">e p</span><span class="postbody">ublic claim that the U.S. "has no</span><span class="postbody"> business being in Iraq."</span><br /><span class="postbody"><br /></span><span class="postbody"> C</span><span class="postbody">ommitted 1,300 troops to Iraq.<br /></span><br /><a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XP4MsC71d9s78Dc407tJt6mElREWchDyE_M5uTpJGKT4_H3iUcbMoZqhlx3m6WQ4ExI270YAhWz3L6S14UsFOshTA9fScCqjI439ybr5Z6gnIK7Ufn1SW16rl08GMYLbYlHCUz4uJy0/s1600-h/Howard2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XP4MsC71d9s78Dc407tJt6mElREWchDyE_M5uTpJGKT4_H3iUcbMoZqhlx3m6WQ4ExI270YAhWz3L6S14UsFOshTA9fScCqjI439ybr5Z6gnIK7Ufn1SW16rl08GMYLbYlHCUz4uJy0/s400/Howard2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048526236758334402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Denmark)<br /><br /></span></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje65ioWi1LbTg_NnXr6PTQ1BrKjSVVUdVYYPgP0lfqNluiOX3CIMvZ9Ay5rH5ofzrP6wHv_j7k14LpIPgW-KXNrsOl0tQeWiyZVODpnbboyyCRR6zOOhotn5JTQvC8ZqmDQUkA7BcHQjc/s1600-h/Rasmussen2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje65ioWi1LbTg_NnXr6PTQ1BrKjSVVUdVYYPgP0lfqNluiOX3CIMvZ9Ay5rH5ofzrP6wHv_j7k14LpIPgW-KXNrsOl0tQeWiyZVODpnbboyyCRR6zOOhotn5JTQvC8ZqmDQUkA7BcHQjc/s320/Rasmussen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048529616897596418" border="0" /></a></div> <span class="postbody"> This lesser known ad</span><span class="postbody">v</span><span class="postbody">ocate of U.S. hegemony hails from Scandinavia. Ras</span><span class="postbody">mussen established himself as Prime Minister of D</span><span class="postbody">enmark after su</span><span class="postbody">ccessfully sal</span><span class="postbody">vaging the coun</span><span class="postbody">try's failing welfare state through massive deregulation and structured tax cuts.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dpT4RSbmvewOyfFpGRIixBrP2NPbMDiQ9gJRxU2eeEjTopdh_SAnmCHGubc_mIhV4yY1VTanxY8ZyDat5C52SDzpI04wVAL0xPo5WqdxeOablsCKQGVfPFndwAO_w28xBr4thUrG-ac/s1600-h/Rasmussen1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dpT4RSbmvewOyfFpGRIixBrP2NPbMDiQ9gJRxU2eeEjTopdh_SAnmCHGubc_mIhV4yY1VTanxY8ZyDat5C52SDzpI04wVAL0xPo5WqdxeOablsCKQGVfPFndwAO_w28xBr4thUrG-ac/s320/Rasmussen1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048529384969362418" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"> One of few Europeans</span><span class="postbody"> (outside of Blair) to be repeatedly invited to Bush's private retreat at the Crawfor</span><span class="postbody">d </span><span class="postbody">ranch.<br /><br />Contributed 550 troops to stabilize Iraq, of which 4</span><span class="postbody">70 remain. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">LESSER KNOWN FIGURES<br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="postbody"> * <span style="font-style: italic;">Angela Merkel (Germany)</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQs3R3ld4phsISzGxYeLrGDs5X6gXDYKAzs9Lce-sVkguy4XZCSaL71epx9Ts_goyXzcTOT_w3iHvdt4uWbEfPQfHz412Zm36dn6X28gxj4GYrQIiSmhxiBWmqqULqc5CZQEYrTjukHDA/s1600-h/Merkel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQs3R3ld4phsISzGxYeLrGDs5X6gXDYKAzs9Lce-sVkguy4XZCSaL71epx9Ts_goyXzcTOT_w3iHvdt4uWbEfPQfHz412Zm36dn6X28gxj4GYrQIiSmhxiBWmqqULqc5CZQEYrTjukHDA/s400/Merkel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048530488775957522" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"> * <span style="font-style: italic;">José María Aznar (Spain)<br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN4hcewyXVYGA9RCXCP-iMb03j7ffuNRK6LnXd2-OfTrSRcUwJDtYlS0QIWN7L3xU5NBR2q4OzMU7AAgFIpfFlh5dBxahCmAAs2j-ALBK0qTvVAtk3CZ12GfFSfoq2akemEixccwfx_M/s1600-h/Aznar.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN4hcewyXVYGA9RCXCP-iMb03j7ffuNRK6LnXd2-OfTrSRcUwJDtYlS0QIWN7L3xU5NBR2q4OzMU7AAgFIpfFlh5dBxahCmAAs2j-ALBK0qTvVAtk3CZ12GfFSfoq2akemEixccwfx_M/s400/Aznar.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048531197445561378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> * <span style="font-style: italic;">Václav Klaus (Czech Republic)</span><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYieK7Yw0VUto_jlXIb8WM5UVuEqu9d2YebwBQDoEbUqewPtor4bG0ZrfyRrbHAs0W1pyzjwEVx7SAPQckYvf9e6jsSdFbnpUlFxfAis2aOAu7B04i33l6fCclWvhpqa1wsIsJ0wVu6k/s1600-h/Klaus.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYieK7Yw0VUto_jlXIb8WM5UVuEqu9d2YebwBQDoEbUqewPtor4bG0ZrfyRrbHAs0W1pyzjwEVx7SAPQckYvf9e6jsSdFbnpUlFxfAis2aOAu7B04i33l6fCclWvhpqa1wsIsJ0wVu6k/s400/Klaus.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048531601172487218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> Hospodárské noviny: How do you explain that conservative media are skeptical while the left-wing media view the global warming as a done deal?<br /><br />Klaus: It is not quite exactly divided to the left-wingers and right-wingers. Nevertheless it's obvious that environmentalism is a new incarnation of modern leftism.<br /><br />Hospodárské noviny: If you look at all these things, even if you were right ...<br /><br />Klaus : ...I am right...<br /><br />Hospodárské noviny: Isn't there enough empirical evidence and facts we can see with our eyes that imply that Man is demolishing the planet and himself?<br /><br />Klaus : It's such a nonsense that I have probably not heard a bigger nonsense yet.<br /><br />Hospodárské noviny: Don't you believe that we're ruining our planet?<br /><br />Klaus : I will pretend that I haven't heard you.</span></blockquote><br /></span> <span class="postbody"><br /></span><span class="postbody">* <span style="font-style: italic;">Stephen Harper (Canada)</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4o8m4hRPOgw_E3svth51J-FYTJorqMzD_GZYeWUd___yuIsb1dk-2hPle63V9eq0EbkVA4eopeieR0hpeKweGrIUlfyXzQCFeL7BBLqcS9GnB1Uc3cgFa1nAoHAHOqgN9-OsHnNJQ1g/s1600-h/Harper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4o8m4hRPOgw_E3svth51J-FYTJorqMzD_GZYeWUd___yuIsb1dk-2hPle63V9eq0EbkVA4eopeieR0hpeKweGrIUlfyXzQCFeL7BBLqcS9GnB1Uc3cgFa1nAoHAHOqgN9-OsHnNJQ1g/s400/Harper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048532941202283586" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> * <span style="font-style: italic;">Ehud Olmert (Israel)<br /><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h_g050k3BXBoIpJd9p8beIX3qdPtXMm3pUCfZ4-xew5o44n67lFHrJZ8HYTRFabypOtSfSGAL9NH5I3pcRXtIZLkCDXybOhxf8Q0XoRyl7cTuXOyMp4RNY_4RAlfP82sbEAY9BfcKNs/s1600-h/olmert.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h_g050k3BXBoIpJd9p8beIX3qdPtXMm3pUCfZ4-xew5o44n67lFHrJZ8HYTRFabypOtSfSGAL9NH5I3pcRXtIZLkCDXybOhxf8Q0XoRyl7cTuXOyMp4RNY_4RAlfP82sbEAY9BfcKNs/s400/olmert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048533830260513874" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span class="postbody"> * <span style="font-style: italic;">Silvio Berlusconi (Italy)</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLnFZnnaQCrhmMwDSbM-9OVPgTVcJt84HX2LaeLtKHpV3m-SoXCzDHjuluNQ-FZ9PUh7OrUJucPaiV4Aoj5YVEWJr1nFfjZ_3siDN-SYaL1M3kYWr7IrFtzKwKjtWLQLe5lbiV1JfoXw/s1600-h/Berlusconi2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLnFZnnaQCrhmMwDSbM-9OVPgTVcJt84HX2LaeLtKHpV3m-SoXCzDHjuluNQ-FZ9PUh7OrUJucPaiV4Aoj5YVEWJr1nFfjZ_3siDN-SYaL1M3kYWr7IrFtzKwKjtWLQLe5lbiV1JfoXw/s400/Berlusconi2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048534508865346674" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span> </span><br /><span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFlS3kU2DVwHqaN-pnwahz7x5eZiPZh8N3hyphenhyphen5tDHZ77I56Oi5_UwxkE87V3cL9FEf2UZe1oTCvGC_Xj0rAa7ULYzgQPwsAwY7n3vs6mhaXrSFMtoEXpv7BpjmIETQdsVeQvk5HDWN3oU/s1600-h/Berlusconi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFlS3kU2DVwHqaN-pnwahz7x5eZiPZh8N3hyphenhyphen5tDHZ77I56Oi5_UwxkE87V3cL9FEf2UZe1oTCvGC_Xj0rAa7ULYzgQPwsAwY7n3vs6mhaXrSFMtoEXpv7BpjmIETQdsVeQvk5HDWN3oU/s400/Berlusconi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048534246872341602" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span class="postbody"> </span></div> </div> </blockquote><br /></blockquote><br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div>OKLOGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03743234061983908782noreply@blogger.com1