Freedom of Speech

Rome doesn't have "Free Speech Zones," hence, the demonstrations caused a change in plans for the dauphin. Instead of laying a wreath at the Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Bush paid his respects at Fosse Ardeatine, the site of a World War II atrocity in which Nazis occupying Italy killed 335 men and boys, many of them Jews.

This San Francisco Chronicle article estimates the crowd size at 150,000, while CNN weighs in with half a million. I'd love it if the latter was correct, but the photographs suggest the former figure is likely more accurate. CNN may have inadvertently added a zero.

However, it is clear, as Tony Kushner said the other night on the Charlie Rose show, that BUSH is the problem. Basically, the guy has pissed off the civilized world with his self-righteous drivel. And he's going to find out just how pissed they are...