Friday, August 06, 2004

Iraqui civic leaders--welcome to Amurica!

On Monday, a group of Iraqi civic leaders--invited by the State Department to tour the United States--were not permitted to enter the Memphis City Hall because the Memphis city council chairman suggested they posed a security risk.

Chairman Brown wanted to know if the FBI had been informed that the visitors had tried to enter the building. Poor thing...he must have missed Secretary Powell's memo.

The visitors were on tour in order to learn what it is like to live in a democracy. I guess they learned.