21 of the world's most powerful people are in town today. Ok... maybe the President of the Philippines or the Prime Minister of New Zealand aren't so powerful, but George W, Vlad Putin and the wonderfully named Chairman Hu (pronounced "who") are here, along with the leaders of Indonesia, Japan, Canada, Korea, Taiwan and a bunch of other places for something called APEC.
Why? I don't know, but I guess they don't often get an opportunity to get together in the same place at the same time, so it's not a bad thing.
George arrived a few days early and found himself with an afternoon of free time. Now don't get me wrong... everyone deserves some leisure time, and especially when you're travelling on business. But George went trail bike riding.
No. That's not a mistake. He and his 600 vehicle motorcade headed north to one of Sydney's leafier suburbs where he spent an hour or two zooming around a National Park right next door to the place where Zac goes to puppy school.
George... you can go trail riding anywhere mate. Why didn't you take the time to play tourist. Seriously, Aussies are so laid back you could even have dropped into a pub near your hotel for a cold one and no-one would have noticed (or even cared). After all... members of European Royalty have been known to go trawling for wives there.
Or maybe he should have just turned up at the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb instead? He and 7 or his closest secret service agents could have enjoyed climbing to the top of our most famous landmark. If he'd done that, most Australians would have said "mate, we've been wrong about you. You really are ok. How did you enjoy the climb?"
Ah well... I guess his presidency really will be remembered for missed opportunities.
5 comments:
I hope Zac's lessons weren't cancelled due to Mr GWB's cycling wank fest!
that shrubbery is a pesky international nuisance ain't he? fancy blocking off all those streets and what not.
blah.
i reckon he is back in the excited states already, watching monday night football on a big screen with his old footy mate, Mr Dick Buttkuss. (i kid you not - a real name belonging to a real guy)
or perphaps the shrubbery is at home depot (bunnings) shopping for a white picket fence for himself.
his curiousity knows no bounds im sure. shame his policies can't be reigned in but hey. his rats are deserting his sinking ship in droves so we can be thankful for some small mercies ...
"if it wasn't for zac packs, a kid'd starve..."
I believe he is back, but not before making a secret 6 hour trip to Iraq to show everyone how much better it is now, and how safe it is. Which begs the question, why make the visit secret?
When he got back here to the states, President Bush reported that his trip to Australia was a huge dissapointment for himself and for his future goals of American foreign policy.
He when on to explain that he thought he was meeting with Dr. Who - not Chairman Hu.
He also used the term "missed opportunity".
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