Nov. 18th, 2003

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From the National Post, a guide to the proper etiquette:

When shaking hands with the President...

Vicious, cynical and funny. I like.
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Some more interesting stuff from the Guardian.

While we have your attention, Mr President...
Sixty letters to George W Bush
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1087591,00.html

(the link is to page 1 of 4)

The more memorable letters here include ones from Aaron Barschak ("George, as one interventionist clown to another, it's not your material, it's your delivery"), Lofti Raissi, Benjamin Zephaniah, Michael Portillo - and a spikily accurate one from Salam Pax. They're not all anti-GWB, although it's fair to say that the positive ones are rather outnumbered.

Finally, an excerpt from Ronan Bennett's letter - which puts one point across very clearly:
Look about you when you land. You will see people in their tens of thousands protesting against your visit. Do not say we are "lucky" to live in a country that permits free speech and free assembly. Do not insult us like that. Those rights were hard won.

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