Dutch students ask tough questions to bush

[dbeach]

while he was atttending ceremonies marking 60 yrs since WW II.

Yep , bush will drop all laws that help the lower classes and remove whats left of civil Liberties..cuz its the bush way..its in his red,white and blue blooded treasonous veins..

He does not deserve to visit the graves of those brave soldiers who died..believing in Freedom for all..not bushco corporat freedom to loot nations and smirk

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dutch9may09,0,2511422.story?coll=la-home-headlines

"At home, President Bush regularly travels the nation for "conversations" with hand-picked audiences who routinely shower him and his policies with praise. But abroad on Sunday, some youths in Holland had a rare, unscripted opportunity to ask questions that some Americans might want to pose if given the chance

I have a question … concerning the terrorism," said the first student to be called on, a young woman. "And you made many laws after 9/11, many — many laws and many measures. And I'm wondering, will there be a time when you drop those laws and when you decrease the measures?"

"Look," Bush replied, "a free society such as ours, obviously, must balance the government's most important duty, which is to protect the American people from harm, with the civil liberties of our citizens. And every law we passed that was aimed to protect us in this new era of threats from abroad and the willingness for people to kill without mercy has been scrutinized and, of course, balanced by our Constitution."

The president explained that Congress was reviewing the Patriot Act, the controversial measure that gives law enforcement agencies greater power to conduct surveillance and share information.

He told her that the Sept. 11 attacks had changed his nation's mind-set, resulting in the need for different laws.

"I mean, it was more than just an attack; it was a whole mind-set," he said. "And that's why your question is really relevant — did that mind-set, did that change of attitude cause us to then begin to take away certain civil liberties, and I would argue it did not."

[EstimatedProphet]

1. One more reason I'm proud to be half-Dutch

Good stock, that.

[dbeach]

3. Love your symbols ..or

or should I say how very appropro..maybe bushco will have a t-shirt with the all seeing eye on the front ..and then DHS and other fascist
govt agencies could just take off their masks...

[FloridaPat]

2. If this is really true, then I suggest the people int his country

that think exchanging liberties for safety should be shipped off to some dictorial country along with Bush and his anit-constitutional group. Or give the rest of us a country where we can practice the Constitution without interference from the religious right/anti-democratic group.

[unhappycamper]

4. I wonder why * had the reporters removed?

<snip>

Based on the questions asked in the first half-hour,

before reporters were ushered from the room

, this group of students might not have passed muster at a typical White House event.

<snip>

[dbeach]

5. WHY do ya think??

so as to keep herr bushfraud loking like the chemperor that he is..struttin around like a stuffed peacock..

today he is the peacock
tomorrow he could be the feather duster

plus lots of vibes over there as many WW II Veterans are celebrating and some think bush is ok..{not the WW II Vets that I know who see through the son of privlege and don't have nice things to say about bush sr. either...}

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. Actually, it was probably to hide the fact that the Dutch students

spoke English better than he did.