ANC blames Bush for Beijing

I knew my life was empty, something was missing, the ANC gubbermunt hadn’t blamed Bush for something. They have done so now and my life is complete. They had me at “it’s Bush’s fault”.

If this is how they fuck up a DISPLAY (a display!) for 2010 in Beijing, spending R11 million of your tax bucks, hey, what could possibly go wrong with the 2010 world cup with these people in charge? Fucking baboons.

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Chinese customs, administrative problems, and US President George W Bush caused scheduling headaches for South African sports officials at the Beijing Olympics, Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile said.

Responding in the National Assembly to a statement by the Democratic Alliance's Donald Lee, he admitted "some handicaps" had beset his department's plans over the past fortnight.

Media reports have been critical of its efforts to mount a South Africa exhibition, which opened a week later than planned at a luxury hotel in the Chinese capital.

Stofile cautioned MPs "not to rely on what the media says". While a scheduled news conference on August 5 had been a success, a well-attended event the next evening - to welcome South African athletes, freshly arrived from their training camp in Korea - was brought to an abrupt end by Bush and his family.

"We had to leave quickly. President Bush and his wife, his father and his wife, [and] his brother and his wife, were arriving at the hotel from Bangkok... We were told our time in the [hotel] was over, and so we left," Stofile said to laughter from MPs.

Merchandise 'embargoed' by Chinese
An exhibition on August 9 could not start on time due to "administrative inefficiencies", as well as the fact that marketing merchandise needed for it was "embargoed" by Chinese customs.

"It took a lot of negotiating... to get it released," Stofile said. On the administrative problems, he said the officials responsible would have to "face their country" on their return from China.

According to reports, invitations to the event were mailed late and some had the time wrong.

On a planned expo to highlight South Africa's 2010 World Cup efforts, Stofile said this was set to go ahead as planned this week. "So out of four events, only one did not take place," he said. of your tax bucks, hey, what could possibly go wrong with the 2010 world cup with these people in charge? Fucking baboons.