A little here, a little there

Torun is celebrating its 777th year as a city.

Last year at camp students sang the praises of Obama. Partly they'd gotten caught up in the fever of "hope." As victims of history, I think they identified with a black American. Bush was not well-liked in Europe, period.

But this year it seems their "hopes" have been shattered. And it's almost entirely centered on Obama's not coming to the big state funeral for the Polish president and others killed, in April. Obama & many other world leaders didn't come, because of the volcano's effect on air-traffic. But Poles say he could've gotten here through a more northerly route. And they're doubly insulted because of images showing him golfing during that weekend, as though he turned down the funeral so he could go golfing.

This being a politician is a hard row to hoe...