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To: Slings and Arrows; AnAmericanAbroad
This is one of those “In Soviet Russia” jokes, isn’t it?

You need to ask someone who lives there. I just posted it because I'm trying to figure where to anchor it on the Potomac after Prague is through with it.

12 posted on 10/21/2013 1:52:19 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

*rimshot*


13 posted on 10/21/2013 1:53:03 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Pan_Yan; Slings and Arrows

The reason for it is because President Zeman is seen by a good many Czechs here as quietly supporting the return of the Communists into power.

The Social Democrats here long ago ruled out any kind of coalition with the Communists with something called the ‘Bohumin Agreement’. However, now things have changed - the Communist Party is the actual elected government in several municipalities in the Czech Republic, and the Social Democrats have formed coalition governments with the Communists in many other cities and regions as well.

The ‘Bohumin Agreement’ referred to national-level politics; however, the current head of the Social Democrats, has said he’s willing to form a minority government with the tacit support of the Communist Party: President Zeman supports this as well.

The concern here for many Czechs is that if the Communists do well - i.e., better than expected - in the October 25/26 elections, they may well be in a position to demand an outright coalition government. And that has many Czechs very, very nervous.

Hence, the giant middle finger to President Zeman, courtesy of Czech artist David Cerny.


16 posted on 10/21/2013 2:06:10 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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