Communists Out?

1. From the BBC:
"Georgia mulls banning ex-KGB members from public office"

It amazes me that the majority of people in power throughout the former Soviet Union and Iron Curtain were members of the KGB or other Secret Police and/or Communists. How can a country move away from it's terrible past if those that were once at the time during the bad times remain at the top today. I guess Georgia is really trying to become a Western country and in doing so wants to break from it's Soviet past. Not sure how Russia will like that or what they will do to stop it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8380250.stm

2. From Yahoo News:

"Poland clamps down on communist symbols"

Good for them! They already had laws banning Nazi symbols and so this is the next logical step. Many countries also ban communist symbols (ie the Baltics) but not Nazi symbols. Germany bans Nazi symbols, but not communist symbols - not sure why. You would think Germans - especially those from the eastern part -would be against both. The US should ban Nazi, communist and Confederate symbols.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_communist_ban