Posted on 12/15/2011 2:21:36 AM PST by Kaslin
That sort of welfare cheat is almost admirable...
IIRC, there was a conservative thinker that thought that the biggest catastrophe for Western Civilization was that the Germans lost WWI.
I wish I could find the article again to go over his reasoning, which was actually somewhat persuasive.
But I guess its a good thing that Germany finding a dominant position again.
Lawrence Welk, and the next time you watch one of his reruns, ask yourself how he got that accent, since he was born in North Dakota, USA.
It’s a short article so obviously it cannot go into too much depth, but it does make Germany sound like one homogeneous entity, with everyone working to achieve the same goal (European domination in the minds of some). This, of course, is anything but true.
Many forces (leftist politicians, the media, “intellectuals”, unions et al.) are working hard to destroy Germany, or rather the values and culture Hanson mentions, from within. Most notably by trying to establish a “multicultural” society and a new socialistic state (i.e., even more than it already is). Dissent with this course will get you smeared as a nationalist or Nazi - the usual leftist tactics. On the upside, more and more people are getting fed up with this crap and voicing their concerns.
Germany wanting to rule Europe? Only from an outside perspective.
I always thought he had a close-pin loose in his shorts. ;-)
VDH has a knack for cutting through the BS.
VDH threads the PC lines very carefully, leaving plenty of room for us to read between them.
-——supposedly inferior peoples-——
Why include supposedly? It is obvious that the people in question are inferior. If they were equal, the problem would not exist.
The same is true here. There is a great mass of inferiors that are screwing up the works. Unlike Europe, they are not concentrated in the south. The American inferiors are concentrated in cities in which they have gained political control. The inferiority is telling however, the American cities are failing.
I will also add that a lot of the Mid West farmers have German names even if they are only part German. Look at John Boehner and Steny Hoyer. Both are MidWest USA German last names.
good you posted that or you’d get a few bumps saying that you’re a feelty Jerry peeeg etc. etc.
it was the best situation possible for the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Belgians.
I’m not defending anyting. I’m just saying that if you don’t like the terms, then don’t take the money. The one that pays the piper calls the tune. And the Greek government only fell after bailout number 3 or 4. The Italian government fell before it received any kind of bailout, and the Irish government hasn’t fell. Bailing out iresponsible governments in southern Europe isn’t very popular with the people in Germany and it is costing Merkel at the polls. I don’t think this is some grand German plot and Merkel would probably rather the Greeks would pay their own bills. However, any country that’s going to bail out another has a right to attach whatever strings to the money they wish. Again, if they don’t like the terms of the bailout, don’t take the bailout. If you know the terms, and you still accept the money, the STFU.
socialism is inheritly “irresponsible government”
all this is about self validating their socialist models and the bizzre belief they can tax themselves into prosperity.
The “piigs” want food to eat.
The French and Germans want to be the new aristocrats.
all of them want the USA to pay for it.
Obama and the democrats only want to know how high they need to jump.
forgot to add: if the Greeks don’t take the loan and then simply default, the German banks are royally screwed since they held much of the Greek sovereign debt.
Why did they buy so much debt?
This is like giving farmers 0% interest loans and then lobbying to/and cutting off farm subsidies to guarantee the farmers default.
Welk was born in the German-speaking community of Strasburg, North Dakota. He started learning English when he went to school. His family emigrated from Odessa in Ukraine.
First of all, my one and only point was that if you accept a multi-billion dollar bail out, you have to accept the terms. If you borrow money from a bank, your Uncle Fred, or Germany you take the money on the terms it is offered.
But your analogy is messed up, Germany is lobbying the Greeks to stop spending like drunken soldiers and is offering them more subsidies if they do.
First of all, my one and only point was that if you accept a multi-billion dollar bail out, you have to accept the terms. If you borrow money from a bank, your Uncle Fred, or Germany you take the money on the terms it is offered.
But your analogy is messed up, Germany is lobbying the Greeks to stop spending like drunken soldiers and is offering them more subsidies if they do.
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Was thinking that myself.
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