Hey, long time no speak! I agree with you globally, however I believe (suspect? hope? pray?!) that not every nation was made equal in the dark room with autopilot button Department.
I'm under the impression that in some luckier places on this planet, the button happens to break (possibly just as much as everywhere else) but the Button Guys whose jobs it is to fix them (politicos being useless at any manual and technical task, as we both know) pretend they have a huge backlog, or some other clever excuse not to do the job without aggravating the client.
I've heard the other day that the "black" budget of the presidential palace (mandatory "gifts" from each ministry to the Elysée, according to their importance, and meant only for the President's office "representation" costs - basically booze and babes for the President, his retinue and all their tribal chieftains guests from every corners of Africa and the Middle East, while on their frequent State visit to harvest visas, infinite term loans and crappy jet fighters for the less lucky) went from 35 millions under Mitterrand to more than 80 under Sarkozy -- even though the same Sarkozy claimed he put that old disgraceful "tradition" to an end.
I wonder how much is devoted to the Button Fixing Company...
2hotel9,
Yep, tell me about it :)
Damian,
Hey, long time no speak! I agree with you globally, however I believe (suspect? hope? pray?!) that not every nation was made equal in the dark room with autopilot button Department.
I'm under the impression that in some luckier places on this planet, the button happens to break (possibly just as much as everywhere else) but the Button Guys whose jobs it is to fix them (politicos being useless at any manual and technical task, as we both know) pretend they have a huge backlog, or some other clever excuse not to do the job without aggravating the client.
I've heard the other day that the "black" budget of the presidential palace (mandatory "gifts" from each ministry to the Elysée, according to their importance, and meant only for the President's office "representation" costs - basically booze and babes for the President, his retinue and all their tribal chieftains guests from every corners of Africa and the Middle East, while on their frequent State visit to harvest visas, infinite term loans and crappy jet fighters for the less lucky) went from 35 millions under Mitterrand to more than 80 under Sarkozy -- even though the same Sarkozy claimed he put that old disgraceful "tradition" to an end.
I wonder how much is devoted to the Button Fixing Company...