State-run media in China is criticizing President Obama for chewing gum (probably Nicorette) as he emerged from his car at the opening ceremonies of the APEC conference in China Monday.
Read that sentence again. Do you see it?
"State-run media."
Puppet newsreaders hired for the sole purpose of promulgating propaganda approved by the Chinese communist central government criticized the President of the United States while he was a guest of honor in their polluted capital.
As a public service and in the spirit of equal time, let me point out to you what these same members of the Chinese media said about their own leaders on Twitter:
Wait ... I can't. Because Twitter is banned in China. Because the people can't be trusted to speak with each other ... they might start getting ideas. Can't have that, comrade.
How about the Facebook page dedicated to criticism of the leaders elected by the corrupt Beijing thugs who call themselves the "National Peoples' Congress"? Nope, sorry, can't show you any Facebook postings from the PRC because that's banned too.
Google? Picasa? Gmail? WordPress? Nope.
Forgive me for a little American Triumphalism here, but I think I'd rather have a president chewing gum at a summit than a president who jails musicians, actors, students, and intellectuals as political prisoners for voicing their objections to the totalitarian and dysfunctional central government in Beijing.
USA Today reports on the offensive criticisms from Yin Hong, a man who calls himself a "Professor of Journalism" at a Beijing university. "We made this meeting so luxurious, with singing and dancing, but see Obama, stepping out of his car chewing gum like an idler," wrote Yin Hong.
Get that? "We" made this meeting. "We." You see? A J-School professor is part of the government just as much as a general in the Red Army is. In fact, he could very well be a general, for all we know.
And the greatest irony? Mr. Hong made his comments on the state-run "Twitter-like" website called Sina Weibo. Sina Weibo is approved because Mr. Hong's president can keep a close eye on him and regulate the journalism professor's speech.
And this puppet has the gall to call MY president an "idler" and a "rapper"???
Tell ya what Hong, the minute you say that about your leaders without fear of being thrown in jail (or worse) you can say it about mine. In the mean time, lay off Obama. He's worthy of criticism, that's for sure, but not from the likes of you.