What a Riot!

There's been a pro-democracy riot in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- At least 10,000 pro-democracy protesters stormed a police station and occupied several state buildings in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, a government spokesman said, in the biggest demonstration since allegedly fraudulent elections last month.

The government said it was ready to negotiate with the protesters who have demanded President Askar Akayev's resignation.

"We hope there will be no further violence," presidential aide Abdil Seghizbayev said.

Opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev said talks would only be possible if Akayev himself sits down at the negotiating table.

"All other lower level negotiations will be just a waste of time," he said.

How dare the United States fight communism, dictatorships, and state sponsors of terrorism! How dare we support Viktor Yushchenko! People around the world might actually start thinking that their governments exist to work for them, and that the governments exist solely because the people give them the power to do so!