RUSSIAN OFFICIALS PUNISHED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL BECAUSE SHE ASKED THE PRESIDENT FOR A NEW GUINEA PIGWednesday February 11th, 2009
Last time I checked, China had the world's most out-of-touch government. But Russia could give them a run for their money. Here's what I mean . . .
Recently, 13-year-old Nastya Ivliyeva of Kalitvensky, Russia, wrote an email to Russia's president . . . Dmitry Medvedev . . . asking him for a new guinea pig.
But when local officials learned of Nastya's letter, they were furious.
So they went down to Nastya's school and berated the poor girl for wasting the president's time with such a stupid request. Then they forced Nastya to write a public letter to take back her request . . . and to apologize for being such a burden.
When Nastya's parents heard what happened, they were understandably upset . . . so they wrote yet another letter to Medvedev to complain about how their daughter was treated.
Long story short, the next day government officials showed up at Nastya's door with TWO guinea pigs and an apology for what Russia's youth committee leader called a "complete failure to understand real people and their problems." (Fox News / Metro)
http://www.acetj.com/features/stupidnews.php?feature_id=1445
