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2012-01-03 Europe

Europe cannot save the euro, nor save itself from the euro

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-03 03:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The European leaders could save Europe, but they won't, as they are driven by a failing ideology that allows no compromise to the outcome they demand.

They crave an elite-run "United States of Europe", that is just as nationally controlled and seemingly powerful as the US. And in this attempted evolution, they refuse to pull back and change direction when they foul up.

And reinforcing defeat almost never works.

The first thing they must do is back off the drive for central control, because some of their members just do not have the discipline they need for balanced national order, and being integrated does not make them balanced, but instead makes Europe more imbalanced.

Putting technocrats in charge of their undisciplined political class is unlikely to make them more disciplined, either. While it may help in the short run, it will do so only in a superficial way.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-03 18:13|| 2012-01-03 18:13|| Front Page Top

#2 "And in this attempted evolution, they refuse to pull back and change direction when they foul up."

Gee, just like Bambi.

Posted by Barbara 2012-01-03 19:41|| 2012-01-03 19:41|| Front Page Top

#3 They mean a Confederatist/Confederated "United States of Europe", at least for awhile.

[GRANNY CLAMPETT'S "USA" = UNDEFEATED SOUTHERNERS OF AMERICA here].

versus

* WAFF > [Athens] GOVT SPOKESMAN: GREECE WILL LEAVE EURO [EU = EuroZone] IFF SECOND BAILOUT FAILS, i.e. Athens fails to procure a new Bailout.

FYI SECOND GK BAILOUT = worth US$130.0Bilyuhn.

versus

* PRAVDA > SIBERIA TO SEPARATE FROM FROM RUSSIA + BECOME PART OF USA.

The "Regionalistic ALternative to Siberia" Public Movement.

Gotta wonder how Rising China will react to that.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-03 21:16|| 2012-01-03 21:16|| Front Page Top

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