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Bush might not speak in front of Canada's parliament out of fear of being heckled. Which is apparently not an unrealistic concern because Reagan got heckled in 1987 over the the Star Wars initiative and his support and defense of contra death squads. Interestingly enough, Reagan's heckler's career later got ended when he tried to shoplift a ten thouand dollar ring.
The score card looks as follows:

Svend Robinson - 1
Ronald Reagan - 0

Svend Robinson - 0
Store Security - 1



In other scumbag news, Bush's dinner got canceled in Chile because he wanted to make over two hundred guests walk through metal detectors and the Chilean president Lagos thought it would be humiliating. This was nothing, however, compared to Bush's security requests in England just over a year ago. "One in nine police officers in England and Wales will be protecting George Bush on his state visit to Britain," he requested a permanently hovering black hawk helicopter wherever he was at, absolute amnesty for secret service snipers, and I faintly remember reading about some sort of permit for a super cartridge that could be shot out of small gun but could blow up a large area. But who's to blame him? Even the kids hate him over there:

Oh well. I hope people are getting ready for the fun. And after the party, we have to get back to work. Even the students:

The government moved to change its formula for college aid last year, but was blocked by Congress. Now, however, no such language appears in the appropriations bill lawmakers are considering, clearing the way for the government to scale back college grants for hundreds of thousands of low-income students.

Nearly 100,000 more students may lose their federal grants entirely, as Congress considers legislation that could place more of the financial burden for college on students and their families. (New York Times, "Bill Clears Way for Government to Cut Back College Loans" By GREG WINTER and DIANA JEAN SCHEMO Published: November 21, 2004)