Friday, March 06, 2009

Wellesley and Yale education hard at work

I feel the same way about our own democracy, which has been around a lot longer than European democracy." The remark provoked much headshaking in the parliament of a bloc that likes to trace back its democratic tradition thousands of years to the days of classical Greece. Bourgeois concepts.

She referred to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who stood beside her, as "High Representative Solano." She also dubbed European Commission External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner as "Benito." Sexist distinctions.

1 comment:

Tecumseh said...

Yet another one:
"Was it right?" she inquired with a smile.
"You got it wrong," Mr Lavrov responded, also smiling, before pointing out the mistake.

Go back to Russia.