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January 31st, 2007 issue

When someone sets out in the rain only to exclaim:  “Oh God, it’s raining!” we can pretend nothing has happened and avoid commenting on this statement, especially if it involves a woman. But, when the woman is a member of the government, we simply can’t pretend we are deaf. We have to comment on this, writes Petr Kamberský in Hospodářské noviny Jan. 25.

To leave the minister’s office after six days just because of all the political pressure surrounding the post is very unusual. With all due respect, Helena Třeštíková stepped into the field of politics very confidently, but a few days later she was so surprised by the factors on which politics is really based. Her surprise indicates either a critical lack of any information or a kind of high intellectual incompetence.
Politics is a really peculiar (or tricky?) business. Karel Schwarzenberg hasn’t even mentioned yet how hard his life must be at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Everybody seems to be allowed to talk to about Czech foreign policy — the president, deputy prime minister, deputy of the deputy prime minister, the prime minister’s attorney and many others. But Schwarzenberg is calm. He is not organizing press meetings or even resigning.
Obviously, Třeštíková had not thought over the job offer properly. On the other hand, after she realized she was not good enough for this job, she resigned. Sooner is always better than later.
Dear Mrs. Třeštíková: Thank you for resigning. Let’s hope your mistake will help the others, those next position-eager candidates, Kamberský writes.
The abrupt arrival of winter recently has revived some general maxims that we have nearly forgotten, Martin Komárek writes in Mladá fronta Dnes.
1.The weather changes.  
2. You can’t skip winter, even if the primroses are in full blossom. Communist dictator Gottwald — who said, “We’ll command wind and rain.” — wasn’t able to dictate the winter, let alone the chaotic capitalist regime.
3. Global warming is no longer the hot issue, although even U.S. President George W. Bush now admits it is a problem.
4. The number of drivers who are convinced that summer tires work well on snow is not going down, despite all the effort that authorities make to inform the public.
5. The number of truck drivers who change into enthusiastic (and unsuccessful) racecar drivers rises when the snow comes.
6. The road workers tend to wake up from their summer sleep the earliest in spring, when all the snow is gone.
7. The snow calamity makes people more human. Try saying to your boss that you are not coming to work because you have a headache. He can’t see inside your head, but he can see the snow. If you blame it on the snow, your boss might even take you out for a cup of coffee.
8. Kids will always love snowball fights, while adults will never like to shovel off the snow and unfreeze their car doors, Komárek writes.  
Compiled by Hela Balínová and Naďa Černá


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