Friday, March 27, 2009

Czech Prime Minister Inspired by AC/DC

You have to love a Prime Minister who goes to AC/DC concerts.

“Last week, AC/DC played the Czech Republic,” Mirek Topolanek told the Lidove Noviny daily newspaper Friday. “And their cult song ‘Highway to Hell’ may have influenced me to use, in my very improvised speech, ‘the road to hell.’”

A week after seeing the Australian band, Topolanek departed from his prepared text in a speech Wednesday before the European Parliament, which included the phrase “the road to destruction” — substituting instead the controversial phrase.

(1) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2136 hrs
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  1. I hate AC/DC, but I completely agree with Owen’s statement.  Gotta love him. Rock on!

    Posted by Mike on March 28, 2009 at 1206 hrs


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