September 19, 2006

The Real World: Budapest

Hungary is in a political crisis after a tape surfaced earlier this week of the prime minister admitting that he and his administration had lied, repeatedly, about the health of the country's economy. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, in a speech sprinkled with obsenities, told his cabinet the Dr. Seussian admission that "we lied throughout the past one-and-a-half or two years. We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening and also at night."

The admission has led to riots, with opposition forces attacking both government buildings and the offices of the state-owned television network, which is called MTV. But it was no day at Laguna Beach for the protestors- the rebellion was eventually put down, and the PM has vowed not to resign.

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 19, 2006 03:03 PM
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