[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 109 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1673]
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                               BEAM ME UP

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                        HON. THOMAS G. TANCREDO

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2006

  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight: The Bush 
administration won't let the democratically elected President of 
Taiwan, a staunch aly and longtime friend of the United States, so much 
as stop to fill his airplane with gas in Alaska.
  Yet they didn't hesitate to issue a visa to Muhammad Khatami, the 
former President of Iran--a country the U.S. has classified as a state 
sponsor of terrorism for nearly the last 30 years.
  What can we expect next from the Rocket Scientists at State 
Department Mr. Speaker?
  Fidel Castro throwing out the first pitch at the next Yankee game?
  Kim Jong I spending the weekend at Disneyland?
  Sudanese President Omar AI-Bashir giving a guest lecture on human 
rights at Cal-Berkley?
  Hugo Chavez playing a round of golf at Army Navy?
  As our old friend used to say Mr. Speaker--Beam Me Up.

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