“America Has Without a Doubt Become More European”

Der Spiegel ^ | 06/29/2012 | Miriam Widman

[RaisingCain]

On the bright side of things, the German Healthcare Officials will probably be jumping out of windows once the Euro collapses.

[RobbyS]

Of course germans do not understand. The health care system was imposed by a central government that has as much power as the autocratic regime of Otto von Bismarck. Despite the somewhat misleading language of its Basic Law, Germany has no real concept of limited government.

[NoLibZone]

“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”

Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, “Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months.

There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.” Vladimir Putin

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/02/putin_warns_us_to_eschew_socia.html

February 18, 2009

Putin warns US to eschew socialism

[mrsmel]

As if becoming more European is a good thing? Why do they think everybody left their countries and came here? So losers could infiltrate and re-create Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, whatever they came from and remake it here?

[RobbyS]

They are right about one thing. Roberts, the supposed conservative, does not think he has the right to limit the authority of the Federal Government in any significant way.

[Trod Upon]

Isn’t it ironic that we become ever more politically European while at the same time becoming ever more third world demographically?

[vbmoneyspender]

German healthcare experts have long had difficulty understanding the debate in the United States because mandatory healthcare insurance has been required for decades in Germany, just as it is in many other European countries.

I know there's a long German word for taking pleasure in the misery of others. Is there a similarly long German word for being ironically clueless?

[Olog-hai]

Funny that Putin makes such statements on one hand while renationalizing his country’s oil and gas industries on the other.

[Olog-hai]

Sounds like you’re thinking of the word “schadenfreude”. The closest I can come to for the second phrase would be “ironischeratlos” . . . although that might be grammatically incorrect.

[WOSG]

The world is upside down!

The American President preaches communist clap-trap and the KGB Russian President preaches capitalism.

[musicman]

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[Old Sarge]

ObamaTAX also exists in other countries as well, under a different name.

In those countries, it's called the jizyah.

Muslims don't pay the jizyah, only infidels.

In the USSA, Muslims are exempt from ObamaTAX on religious grounds. Infidels are not.

[Nowhere Man]

The world is upside down!

The American President preaches communist clap-trap and the KGB Russian President preaches capitalism.

I posted this zillions of times before but back in 1983 when I was a junior in high school, soon after KAL-007 was shot down by the Soviets, I asked a couple of questions for discussion. "What if in the future, the US became the USSR and the USSR became the US? What if the US ever became the Evil Empire?" We had some good discussions too and I remember my German teacher said that we could be on the road to that way eventually. I think I might get my answer. BTW, to borrow from Pogo Possum, "we met the enemy and he is us." Shame, isn't it?

Putin can be a ruthless guy, but we have to remember that he is doing what he thinks is best for Russia, not us, but he is certainly a lot more correct and on the ball than Bammy. I admire Putin, he seems to be doing the right thing economically and has a good set of ball unlike the capon we have in the White Hut now.

[gemoftheocean]

No, the COURT has become more EuroPEON

[Nowhere Man]

In short, we are dhimmis. Welcome to Dhimmitude.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That’s what many Californios and New Englanders do when they move away from their sh*tholes.

[mrsmel]

Indeed. They really are parasites, moving to the next host after killing their previous one.

[tsowellfan]

LOL! In my school we we already were "Evil Empire" under President Reagan according to what they were teaching the kids. And the Soviet Union was the good guy!

Twenty years later (well maybe a few more than that) here we are.