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I've just been listening to the news and I am, for once, sickened beyond measure, which happens rarely. George Bush, that heartless simpering chickenhawk frontman for the most loathed and detestable bunch of thieves of this generation, has the temerity, the gall, the sheer bad taste and effrontery, to "pay homage at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat"? What total lack of moral sensibility drives that sort of hypocrisy?

Co-founder (with his wife, Sunanda Gandhi) of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Arun Gandhi said today: "India is seeking business from the U.S.; the U.S. wants markets for its products so this Indo-U.S. relationship is nothing but an attempt to exploit each other. From the western point of view it is economic colonization. India has sold its soul to materialism and will bend over backwards to get some dollars from the U.S. ... The only way Bush can honor Gandhi is by taking a chapter from his life and showing greater compassion for the poor people of the world and not by laying a wreath at his memorial. Bush is a warmonger, he believes in peace through the barrel of a gun and has set the world on a course of violent devastation. Gandhi had hoped for greater compassion, respect, understanding between the peoples and nations of the world." Arun Gandhi lived with his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi from 1946 until his assassination in 1948.

Far Rider wrote: If ya hate him so much Spot why do you care? At best he's worth an eyeroll, right?That wasn't hatred. That was utter disgust at the sight of a desecration.

spot wrote: I've just been listening to the news and I am, for once, sickened beyond measure, which happens rarely. George Bush, that heartless simpering chickenhawk frontman for the most loathed and detestable bunch of thieves of this generation, has the temerity, the gall, the sheer bad taste and effrontery, to "pay homage at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat"? What total lack of moral sensibility drives that sort of hypocrisy?




I am no Bush fan, but would you have preferred that he urinate on Gandhi's grave instead?

You are letting your dislike of Bush cloud what is reasonable protocol for ANY visiting head of state.

Lon wrote: I am no Bush fan, but would you have preferred that he urinate on Gandhi's grave instead?The man's been doing exactly that every day for the last four years. And these "protocols" don't just happen, they're arranged.

Oh... an aftermath.

Associated Press

NEW DELHI ” Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from U.S. President George W. Bush.

But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.Sure. What's the local phrase? Tell it to the Marines?