Gringo metal detectors! The president of the USA was boycotted

[The Backlash Cometh]

last night! Sanchez from CNN is saying that the president was BOYCOTTED by 200 people last night because they refused to go through gringo metal detectors! This is the first time I heard it was a BOYCOTT!

[bahrbearian]

1. O.K. Step through.. Beep Beep ... all right empty your pockets..

Beep Beep... now step aside over here ... take off your jacket, spread your arms.. Beep Beep... Take off your shoes... I'm going to have to pat you down Mister Prime Minister..

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. I heard

That some fancy dinner was cancelled because the secret service wanted everyone to go through metal detectors and most of them didn't think they needed to. Didn't hear it as a boycott, just they couldn't agree, so it was cancelled. Did they have the dinner anyway??

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. That's exactly what I had heard.

I didn't realize it was a boycott until Rick Sanchez said it. I thought it was a decision made by the Chilean government -- not an organized boycott by 200 guest.

[Spazito]

4. It must have been an INTERESTING meeting indeed!

Paul Martin, the Prime Minister, in a press conference, said the US is a major player in these meetings BUT China was in EVERY discussion. Put that together with this photo:



and one can surmise bush was not much of a prize there, lol.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

5. The Chilean government

rightly thought it would be an insult to their guests (not to mention that this happening at La Moneda Palace, where the President of Chile LIVES) to make them go through that. As you know all too well, Pacific Rim capitalist heads of state are known the world over for being given to suicide bombings at black-tie events.:eyes:

[donsu]

6. a gold star for the suits with spine who wouldn't play smirk's game

and a bunch of smoochy kisses

seriously

two more suits with spine can be found in Germany and France

[knowbody0]

7. latinos don take no shit

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. I know what they're thinking --

(1) The CIA set up many of their dictatorships; (2) The CIA destablized socialist-leaning governments that may have had a chance to resolve poverty issues; and the USA was certainly no friend of Argentina by making it an example of free market economics.

But I will tell you that this is a monumental change in latin America politics than when I lived there.

[knowbody0]

9. dark history of the CIA

i for one do not understand why they are above examination and given free reign (for the good of who?) and operate in our name. it is shit

[Starlight]

10. So did Bushy volunteer to be examined first?

No, I didn't think so. :eyes: