Condoleezza Rice is in no mood for frivolity.

[SoCalDem]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Rest+of+the+World&month=July2006&file=World_News20060728131631.xml

Condoleezza Rice takes a sad song at Asean gala
7/28/2006 13:16:31
Source ::: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR • With North Korea firing off missiles, carnage in Lebanon, rockets raining on Israel and killings convulsing Iraq, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in no mood for frivolity. The top US diplomat said yesterday she would skip the traditional foreign ministers' skit at an Southeast Asian security forum, and instead perform a classical recital in keeping with these testing times. "It's a serious piece, it is a reflective piece," said Rice, an accomplished classical pianist, as she flew to Asia from high-stakes Middle East talks in Rome.

"It is a serious time, it is not a time that is frivolous, and I will play something that is in accordance with my serious mood," Rice said, adding she would probably offer solace from the brooding works of Johannes Brahms.
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Rice's decision was a relief to some of her entourage. Karen Hughes, former spin doctor for President George W Bush, now czar of US public diplomacy, admitted she had been let off the hook. "I can't even hum," she confessed on the eve of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional forum gala.

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By common consent, the Australians usually bring the house down.

[Botany]

1. Please

<"It's a serious piece, it is a reflective piece," said Rice, an accomplished classical pianist, .......>

How about spending some serious time on Iraq and the Mid East and just hire a pianist?

[Olney Blue]

2. Karen Hughes, former spin doctor

:rofl:

[Doctor_J]

4. Now czar of US diplomacy

and she's doin' a heckuva job.

[MissWaverly]

3. Yes, Conde give us the usual Song and Dance

The Bush Two-Step, bomb and threaten strategy, Ops, sorry, meant to use Republicanese,
bomb and threaten should read "shock and awe" diplomacy.

[az chela]

5. You have to be kidding Me!!!!!!

I am sure this will be a great comfort to the dead and dying and their families in the middle east

[grilled onions]

6. Her face says...

Battle Hymn Of The Republic yet she says its peace she wants... Imagine(if you can)...