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Einstein (allegedly) defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".Welcome to Europe, Continent of the Crazies:
Troublingly, the watered-down EU plan, which will be reviewed over the coming weeks, allowed for "exceptional circumstances" under which states may suspend the EU's stability and growth pact demanding a three per cent public deficit limit. In short, there's no EU bank rescue fund but there is an agreement to allow the European Union to become a potentially bottomless pit of public spending at the expense of European taxpayers. Of course, that is what the EU French Presidency terms a victory.Emphasized my
Whatever Darling decides, the Government's plans must not simply be designed to mimic the actions of our German friends, of which the German minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, said on Monday: "We learnt from worldwide economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s that and (sic) economic crisis can result in an incredible threat for all of society."I choose to trust a German on that, and the current rise of all kinds of European Collectivism extremists—Fascists from the Far-right to the Far-left— makes for a distressing vindication.
We've seen it coming—correction, we are seeing it coming—and kept warning each others but to no effect ; Boy, am I sick of this subcontinent, its people and their inability—or unwillingness—to learn from their own past mistakes.
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3819 - Iwo Gina
Iwo Gina Maryland
Suzie!!! What great and exciting news! Well done, girl - and well done Suzie's oldest son! Please keep us posted with what happens, especially in these next few days.
3820 - 2hotel9
2hotel9 Western Pennsylvania
I am getting a tingly sensation up my leg about John Murtha being pitched out on his ass, maybe!
3821 - Mike H.
Mike H. Spokane, Wa
Hey! What's wrong with al-'Bama? The Wright Rev. Right likes him! Billy (blow 'em up) Ayres likes him! The entire middle east likes him! What better references could a guy have?
3822 - Mike H.
Mike H. Spokane, Wa
My last was off topic, ignore it till a good election post comes up! Blehhh!