Icelandic teen calls Bush to have a chat; "...a hero in Iceland. Bush is very unpopular here."

[dajoki]

Did Iceland Teen Call Secret White House Phone?
Icelandic Boy, 16, 'Wanted to ... Have a Chat, Invite Him to Iceland and See What He'd Say'
(ABCNEWS) By FABIOLA ANTEZANA
LONDON, Dec. 8, 2007
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3973925&page=1

Share When Vífill Atlason, a 16-year-old high school student from Iceland, decided to call the White House, he could not imagine the kind of publicity it would bring.

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"I just wanted to talk to him, have a chat, invite him to Iceland and see what he'd say," Vífill told ABC News.

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"It was like passing through checkpoints," he said. "But I had Wikipedia and a few other sites open, so it was not so difficult really."

When he finally got through to President Bush's secretary, Vífill alleges he was told to expect a call back from Bush.

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Instead, the police showed up at his home in Akranes, a fishing town about 48 kilometers from Reykjavik, and took him to the local police station, where they questioned the 16-year-old for several hours.

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"He's very resourceful you know," she said. "He has become a bit of a hero in Iceland. Bush is very unpopular here."

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"If the number were not top secret, why would the police have told me that I will be put on a no-fly list to America?" Vífill asked.

[saltpoint]

1. I'm thinking Bush should have chatted the kid up on all general topics.

It's not like the president was doing anything important there in Washington anyway.

[dajoki]

6. He was probably afraid...

that the kid would ask questions he couldn't answer, not anything top-secret, just junior high geography or history; and PLEASE, NO MATH!!

[saltpoint]

7. LOL! Too true.

[Clintonista2]

13. LOL!

[ixion]

2. how dare he try and contact chimpenfurher

off to GITMO with the little terrorist. :eyes: :sarcasm:

[Fridays Child]

3. Nixonesque paranoia!

[aquart]

4. Another harmless person on the No-Fly List?

I want that fucking thing destroyed.

[rjones2818]

5. Why would someone want to leave Iceland

to visit the Chimpenator?

:shrug:

[dajoki]

8. The opposite...

"I just wanted to talk to him, have a chat, invite him to Iceland and see what he'd say," Vífill told ABC News.

[Cha]

9. The bushites

can't even grasp the concept of good PR from a kid in Iceland.

Iceland always sounded like such an awesome place to go someday.

[dajoki]

10. Its a shame, but the kid's lucky...

he's not in Gitmo.

[Cha]

11. Damn Lucky with the paronoid

bushites at the wheel.

[dajoki]

12. You're right about the PR...

its not like he couldn't use it.:shrug: