Monday, March 27th, 2006...5:39 am
Don’t Forget Poland
Former Polish President, labor leader and Nobel laureate Lech Wałęsa spoke at Regis University, a Jesuit liberal arts college in Colorado. I still consider Wałęsa a hero despite some of his statements in office near the end of his term. He issued a warning that our nation is now being resented around the world, even in the so-called “New Europe” that the Neo-Consenvatives think would be naturally grateful to us.
He has not decided not to meet with President Bush. Considering that Wałęsa is a high profile former head of state this can be considered a snub. Given that Wałęsa was prone to embarassing unfamiliarity with his native language and often was too friendly with the European far right, you’d think that the two of them would be better pals.
If they’ve even alienated admirers of our country like Wałęsa, what chance to we have with the rest of the world?
2 Comments
March 28th, 2006 at 12:51 am
I am going to invent a language composed of simple letters and vowels and that is easy for me to pronounce. I am tired of getting yelled at by Jesse for talking like Harry Truman. I got my lexicon from books I read, not from listening to great speakers…garrrr!
March 28th, 2006 at 6:29 am
What…it’s pronounced Va-wen-sa…just like it’s spelled.
Sheesh, some people.
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