US Team Protests President Bush at World Bridge Championships...

This begs the obvious question. They have a world bridge championship?...

In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy. But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions, including a yearlong ban from competition, for a spur-of-the-moment protest.

At issue is a crudely lettered sign, scribbled on the back of a menu, that was held up at an awards dinner and read, “We did not vote for Bush.”

By e-mail, angry bridge players have accused the women of “treason” and “sedition.”

The controversy has gone global, with the French team offering support for its American counterparts.

Three players—Hansa Narasimhan, JoAnna Stansby and Jill Meyers—have expressed regret that the action offended some people. The federation has proposed a settlement to Ms. Greenberg and the three other players, Jill Levin, Irina Levitina and Ms. Rosenberg, who have not made any mollifying statements.

It calls for a one-year suspension from federation events, including the World Bridge Olympiad next year in Beijing; a one-year probation after that suspension; 200 hours of community service “that furthers the interests of organized bridge”; and an apology drafted by the federation’s lawyer.

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[Elric66]

Everything is politics for these morons

[Elric66]

Winds of War: Leftist Ideology – The Enablers of Radical Islam

http://the-gathering-storm.blogspot.com/2007/11/winds-of-war-leftist-ideology-enablers.html

Long article but many many good points.

[Evil Clown]

Those beasts look like they live under some bridge.