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2004-08-07 Europe

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Posted by ed 2004-08-07 11:40:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nothing wrong with another state religion.

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-07 2:02:18 PM|| 2004-08-07 2:02:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 the new payment scheme is "about keeping them from having to look outside for financing because the state does not, in a way, support their activities
Call me crazy, but I think I can guess why the state doesn't support jihadis' activities . . . that pesky wanting-to-continue-existing thing that Europe is only now starting to overcome . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2004-08-07 2:16:12 PM|| 2004-08-07 2:16:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I've concluded that I can never hope to understand those damn euro's. They are just intent on giving their countries away to those murderous bastards.
God forbid you stand up for yourself.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-08-07 2:51:27 PM|| 2004-08-07 2:51:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What's Spanish for "Stupid Pussies"?

Posted by Random thoughts 2004-08-07 3:08:53 PM|| 2004-08-07 3:08:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This horsesh!t reads like communist manifesto doctrine:

"As the only ~~political system~~ religion of truth that exists on earth today, ~~communism~~ Islam takes appropriate action to remove all physical and material obstacles that try to impede its efforts to liberate mankind from submission to anyone other than ~~Marx~~ God. â¦ The practical way to ensure the removal of those physical obstacles while not forcing anyone to adopt ~~communism~~ Islam is to smash the power of those authorities based on false beliefs until they declare their ~~capitulation~~ submission and demonstrate this by ~~shipping us grain and making technology transfers~~ paying the submission tax."

What's Spanish for "Stupid Pussies"?

Los gatos estupido!

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-07 3:33:14 PM|| 2004-08-07 3:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 What's Spanish for "Stupid Pussies"?

Zapatero & Friends?

Posted by The Doctor 2004-08-07 3:41:35 PM|| 2004-08-07 3:41:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If you go by the assumption fundamental Islamic terrorists are just another political party trying to make their voice heard,buying them off seems perfectly rational.And if your assumption is wrong,or they won't be bought,hey,all you think you've really done is waste someone elses' money.

As to what's wrong w/Euros,may I suggest that the generation who fought WW2 is dead or retired,they are NOT in power.Their children grew up in a Europe at war that as adults sees all of Europe at peace w/one another and wonder what war accomplished,and their childrens' children see this peace as natural and that only crazy people fight wars.Normal people will always be able to sit down and reach an agreement.Combine that w/Parliamentary political system that each European country has that often involves negotiating between several parties to get a Parliamentary majority.For example a small center party may be part of right or left coalition,as well as being left out in successive governments,leading to a muting of differences and positions that sound impressive but mean nothing,because they don't want to offend potential partners.

In contrast,the US system of two parties,w/winner take all,leads to more confrontational politics.And third world dictatorships obviously aren't negotiating w/others in the country,only one group gets power.

What's wrong w/the Euro's is they've had little to do w/world in past 40 years and they believe rest of world thinks like Europe,that if we just sit down together and talk,everything will work out.(The UN non-Euro delegates often were Euro educated,leading to further self-imaging.)

Posted by Stephen 2004-08-07 5:48:41 PM|| 2004-08-07 5:48:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The Spanish government, true to the principle of appeasement that it rode to power after the 3-11 bombings, is considering paying money to mosques. The stated purpose is to make the mosques less dependent upon foreign money â particularly, of course, terror financing from Saudi Wahhabis or others.

I read this, shook my head, started heading for the wall to hit my head on, then thought better of the idea. I am going outside to converse with my son's chickens. THEY make more rational sense than the spanish politicos.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-07 6:35:12 PM|| 2004-08-07 6:35:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL AP!

Posted by Ptah 2004-08-07 8:06:36 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-08-07 8:06:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 AP, first the Fortran IV, now the Dances with Chickens. You've got me worried. Are you running out of moose jerky?

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-08 12:02:34 AM|| 2004-08-08 12:02:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 In. Fucking. Credible.

Instead os screaming "SANTIAGO!" and setting out to kill or deport all the Islamofascist assholes they can find, the Spanish Socialistas are going to subsidize their own (seemingly inevitable, now) destruction. Brilliant!

Reminds me of PL/1 on the PDP-11 for some odd reason...

Posted by mojo 2004-08-08 12:11:42 AM|| 2004-08-08 12:11:42 AM|| Front Page Top

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