Hey buddy, watch your language!

A regional politician has been fined €1,500 ($2,060) or 50 days in jail for allegedly calling Thilo Sarrazin, the author of a controversial book criticizing Muslim immigrants, an "ass."

Helmut Manz, 43, the deputy spokesman of the opposition Left Party in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was overheard uttering the word at a demonstration outside a convention hall in the city of Dortmund where Sarrazin was speaking. Sarrazin filed a legal complaint when he heard about the insult.

The demonstrators were holding up a straw doll with a photo of Sarrazin's face stuck on it. Manz has appealed against the ruling by the Dortmund district court, the Left Party said in a statement.

More at http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,742851,00.html

Is it just me or does this guy look like John Bolton wearing an extremely clever disguise commonly known as the Groucho option?

this guy could have passed for my dad easy. Someone needs to tell him to smile every once in a while, though.

Put a beer in his hand and the resemblance would be uncanny. (Miss you, pops)