Bush is visiting Riga, Latvia...

[mogster]

Picture caption from the newspaper:
"This is the main entrance road to Riga today. The flags are up to hail the visiting president Bush. But the people of Riga must stay away."

Norwegian link here:
http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2005/05/07/431131.html
Headline "Bush welcomed to empty city"

[bennywhale]

1. I wonder if he

notices what a warm reception he seems to get everywhere.

And he's bound to get latvia and lithuania mixed up and think he's in another country.

[Nite Owl]

2. How sad it is that he

must hide from the people of the world (and the American people too). This isn't the first time this has happened. He is a coward through and through.

[mogster]

3. Here's some translated quotes from the article

"Yesterday and through the night, police and military vehicles have thundered through the streets of Riga. All shops in center Riga are closed, and fences of two meter height has been set up along the route Bush is following."

"Even the parks are closed down, and the few motorists on the roads are checked in police checkpoints reinforced with armed military."

"Says Agris Madrevics (18) to AP:
- This is ridiculous. Police has lined all the roads. I've never seen so much police my whole life"