FOOD FIIIIGHT!!!
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| Lawmakers in Food Fight Over Arms Budget |
| 2004-10-26 |
| A food fight erupted in Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers quarrelling over a massive arms budget hurled their lunch boxes at each other. "You've got no shame!" screamed Chu Fong-chih of the opposition Nationalist Party, after throwing a take-out box of chicken and rice at Chen Tsung-yi, a legislator from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party who backed the special budget. Chen responded by accusing Chu of sympathizing with Taiwan's arch-foe China, and flung his own lunch box at her. Taiwan's parliament is notorious for fistfights, with many lawmakers enjoying the media attention when scuffles break out. Chairs and shoes have also been known to fly across the chamber on occasion. Legislators were meeting on Tuesday to decide if a proposed $18 billion budget to buy weapons from the United States should be put on the legislative agenda for Friday. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 I wouldn't support the idea of caning again in Congress, but the idea of a brace of pistols and ten paces should at least be considered. Considered since one party is unlikely to have much experience in handling the devices and I suspect the Fed Treasury could use some "Pay for View" revenue that is brought in at the expense of the politicians rather than the usual pound of flesh taken from the tax payer. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-10-26 4:00:42 PM |
| #2 FOOD FIIIIGHT!!! |
| Posted by: John Blutarsky 2004-10-26 3:17:33 PM |
| #1 It use to be that at least once a year some news network would always show one of these Taiwanese debates that evolved into some kind of elderly politico tae-kwan-do or WWF free for all. Love to see this trend move further west to the USA. Instead of a good old "f**k yourself" Cheney and Leahy could fling ham and eggs at each other. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-10-26 2:13:15 PM |