Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Screws The Pooch

Townhall.com, Reuters PHOTO ^ | June 28, 2015 | Mark Nuckols

[blueunicorn6]

Tsipras gave the Greek people the old “Hope And Change” speech, and they bought it.

Opa! Bark! Opa! Bark! Opa! Bark!

[American Constitutionalist]

WWI started in this basic general area, who’s to say Isis won’t take some kind of advantage of this situation ?

[Kaslin]

This is strange. I highlighted the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th paragraphs in the thread of the article, then did a screen grab of it, and this is the result

Please note that I copied and pasted the entire article

[bubman]

Hi name was Papandreou and he was forcibly removed by the Troika-ECB, European Commission and the IMF. First time in modern Europe an elected Prime Minister was ousted and replaced by a PM appointed by the Troika.

Iceland is perhaps the model that Greece should follow.

[mac_truck]

I’m not sure the Euro would get stronger as a result of a messy Greek exit as it would make the entire financial system in Europe less stable and predictable.

How much the Euro has already been discounted is anyone’s guess, but I wouldn’t expect it to rise anytime soon after Greece defaults.

[American Constitutionalist]

A huge vacuum to fill.

The rise of the anti-Christ by this week’s unholy choice by the Supreme Court, then the E.U. and it’s currency and economy collapses.

The whole house of cards come falling down.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin.

Syriza is garden variety liberalism on steroids, a party whose entire electoral appeal was "vote for us, and we'll somehow convince the rest of Europe to cancel our national debts, and don't worry, you can still receive your government pension at age 50." And Tsipras' basic negotiating stance has been, "give us more money, or we'll declare a default, leave the eurozone, and laugh while your financial system collapses." Well, Angela Merkel and the finance ministers of fiscally responsible Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland failed to be intimidated this time by scare tactics, and repeatedly urged Tsipras to bargain seriously and in good faith, and accept some simple reforms of Greece's corrupt economy in return for continued financial assistance. Bolstering their resolve was the growing realization that if Greece defaults and leaves the euro, it won't cause any great systemic or irreparable damage for the rest of Europe (Greece is a measly 3% of the eurozone economy and its debt have to a large extent already been written off a uncollectible.)

I didn't check -- it's possible that this ping message is in before the "it's about sovereignty, not about socialism and freeloading" posts.

[aquila48]

Good point...

It’s like “And then a miracle happens.”

Only incredible suffering (if even that) could result in that drastic change of a national mindset.

[rigelkentaurus]

Screw Greece and good riddance. Greece’s economy will recover at about the same time as Argentina - never.

That is because the people who live in those countries are stuck on stupid - that one can have unlimited government handouts, no one has to work very hard or very long, and a very long culture of corruption at all levels.

[Stingray51]

It is nonsense to think that everything blows up on Tuesday. The default will be called “technical” and more time for a deal will be provided. Don’t discount the quasi-religious aspect of this: EU integration is a matter of religious principle for the European establishment. They are very, very reluctant to allow a state to leave the Euro or EU, as it challenges their fanatical attachment to ever closer integration. This is not even close to over yet.

[bubman]

Yeah but gays can now get married! Come on man get with the program!

[moovova]

That is strange. I read the linked article first, saw June 5th there...figured it was a typo. It’s still June 5th in the article.

I appreciate the articles you post.

[RayChuang88]

However, Argentina did recover--with one good reason: they have a desirable export sector in agriculture, especially the grass-fed beef favored by Argentinians.

Greece, on the other hand, has no potentially vibrant agricultural or manufacturing sector to prop up the economy. That country is heading for financial ruin--and we could see many Greeks emigrate out of the country in no time flat.

[Kaslin]

Yeah I know I see it too, but when I copy the title in the search it comes out as I posted it. It is indeed strange

Thanks

[Yollopoliuhqui]

Kill the EU and its globalist anti-soveriegn agenda.

Watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq9yjt_JbWs