AN INCONVENIENT LAME DUCK'S MOOKFEST

The mook in chief, President Beavis, is in town today for the North American leaders summit or whatever the hell they call it. He's brought along another President, Felipe Calderon of Mexico, whose election was dubious. Also, here is Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper who is the most right wing PM in recent memory. In short, they're a bunch of mooks or is that a gaggle of mooks? In the interest of truth in advertising, they should call this event, Mookfest. Not that this President has ever concerned himself with the truth...

The summit is supposed to be good for the city: blah, blah, blah. But it's really a gynormous pain in the ass: all sorts of streets are closed downtown; buses and streetcars are re-routed-n-interrupted and all for a bunch of mooks in suits. Some honor. I spotted a few people with anti-Bush signs at Cafe du Monde. I hope they don't spill powdered sugar on their placards. I like my protest tourists tidy, y'all.

I've heard that Governor PBJ will tear himself away from carrying Mike Foster's water and meet with the NAFTA boys. I'm not what plans Nagin has but the notion of his meeting with world leaders, even mookish ones, makes me nervous in the wake of his recent comments about the Chinese: "You know, you think of China, you think of rickshaws and Chinese people with these little funny hats on."

Actually, C Ray, no I don't. The Chinese knew what to do with running dogs like him during the cultural revolution; at the very least he deserves to be whapped upside the head with Mao's little red book. I wonder what sort of ethnic jokes he has up his sleeve for Harper and Calderon? The mind reels...  

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