The government has been unstable--done in by a series of coups and the continued rule of Communist bosses.
Before, the Communist bosses had some kind of guidelines for what they did or wouldn't do.
That draws a chuckle from today's Communist boss: "We will insure the right of all legally recognized organizations to have access to the media.
Slovakia has had less success than other Central European countries at ousting corrupt Communist bosses from its bureaucracy.
He must serve two very different constituencies: the 6.6 million people of Hong Kong and the Communist bosses in Beijing.
The old Communist bosses are now the new capitalist managers.
The old Communist bosses have new democratic-sounding titles and continue doing business as usual.
Our Communist bosses had individual offices, expensive furniture, two or more secretaries and a fridge with vodka.
Everyone is supposed to turn out for military parades and cheer the Communist boss as he waves from the reviewing stand.
He is a wounded dinosaur, an old-style Communist boss who doesn't understand that the world has moved on.