Teddy and the Panama Canal
The Panama Bulletin newspaper reported on November 7 the following:
"According to television coverage of the State visit by US President George W. Bush, extreme security measures were in place this morning in Panama City. Police and security people blocked access to a mass of streets, causing peak hour traffic jams and making workers arrive late on their jobs because they were surprised on leaving their customary buses and forced to walk. Even the poor street people, such as beggars, were removed from the scene in order to 'sanitize' the view for the visitors."
"It is a great contrast with the visit to Panama of US President Theodore Roosevelt when the Panama Canal was being built, and whom Bush is said to admire. Roosevelt caused a panic when he disappeared from his "handlers" during a visit to Canal works then in progress. He was found seated at the canteen lunch table with black West Indian laborers and explained that he wanted to see how the men on the job were being treated."
Note: Roosevelt visited the Panama Canal zone in November 1906 to review progress on construction of the canal. This trip represented the first trip abroad by a President – one of several Presidential firsts TR amassed during his Presidency. (See the August 23, 2005 post for other Presidential Firsts.)
David Markovitz brings Teddy Back to Life as a Keynote speaker for corporations, associations, academia, military, and other organizations.
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"According to television coverage of the State visit by US President George W. Bush, extreme security measures were in place this morning in Panama City. Police and security people blocked access to a mass of streets, causing peak hour traffic jams and making workers arrive late on their jobs because they were surprised on leaving their customary buses and forced to walk. Even the poor street people, such as beggars, were removed from the scene in order to 'sanitize' the view for the visitors."
"It is a great contrast with the visit to Panama of US President Theodore Roosevelt when the Panama Canal was being built, and whom Bush is said to admire. Roosevelt caused a panic when he disappeared from his "handlers" during a visit to Canal works then in progress. He was found seated at the canteen lunch table with black West Indian laborers and explained that he wanted to see how the men on the job were being treated."
Note: Roosevelt visited the Panama Canal zone in November 1906 to review progress on construction of the canal. This trip represented the first trip abroad by a President – one of several Presidential firsts TR amassed during his Presidency. (See the August 23, 2005 post for other Presidential Firsts.)
David Markovitz brings Teddy Back to Life as a Keynote speaker for corporations, associations, academia, military, and other organizations.
www.TeddyLeads.com
Contact David at Teddy@TeddyLeads.com or at 714-289-1233
posted by GMP Training Systems, Inc. | 8:53 AM
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