Random Thoughts (Political Edition)

Well ok.....where without a prime-minister, AGAIN!

Here comes another 6 months of bickering.....
Who had the power this time? The Flamish (right?) or the French block?

Tony Blair not going to be President of Europe.

Good. Being shit should not be its own reward.
Well, despite having a little big ears, having a boss in the US, getting the UK bogged down in a costly war it can't win (with no real exit in sight for the moment), being in charge of the H&S-government and taking that million bucks from Bernie, mr. Blyar isn't all shit..
 
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

ESCONDIDO, CA?Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

Kyle Mortensen would gladly give his life to protect what he says is the Constitution's very clear stance against birth control.

"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."

According to Mortensen?an otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business owner?the most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left "traitors" to strip it of its religious foundation.

"Right there in the preamble, the authors make their priorities clear: 'one nation under God,'" said Mortensen, attributing to the Constitution a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, which itself did not include any reference to a deity until 1954. "Well, there's a reason they put that right at the top."

"Men like Madison and Jefferson were moved by the ideals of Christianity, and wanted the United States to reflect those values as a Christian nation," continued Mortensen, referring to the "Father of the Constitution," James Madison, considered by many historians to be an atheist, and Thomas Jefferson, an Enlightenment-era thinker who rejected the divinity of Christ and was in France at the time the document was written. "The words on the page speak for themselves."

According to sources who have read the nation's charter, the U.S. Constitution and its 27 amendments do not contain the word "God" or "Christ."

Mortensen said his admiration for the loose assemblage of vague half-notions he calls the Constitution has only grown over time. He believes that each detail he has pulled from thin air?from prohibitions on sodomy and flag-burning, to mandatory crackdowns on immigrants, to the right of citizens not to have their hard-earned income confiscated in the form of taxes?has contributed to making it the best framework for governance "since the Ten Commandments."

"And let's not forget that when the Constitution was ratified it brought freedom to every single American," Mortensen said.

Mortensen's passion for safeguarding the elaborate fantasy world in which his conception of the Constitution resides is greatly respected by his likeminded friends and relatives, many of whom have been known to repeat his unfounded assertions verbatim when angered. Still, some friends and family members remain critical.

"Dad's great, but listening to all that talk radio has put some weird ideas into his head," said daughter Samantha, a freshman at Reed College in Portland, OR. "He believes the Constitution allows the government to torture people and ban gay marriage, yet he doesn't even know that it guarantees universal health care."

Mortensen told reporters that he'll fight until the bitter end for what he roughly supposes the Constitution to be. He acknowledged, however, that it might already be too late to win the battle.

"The freedoms our Founding Fathers spilled their blood for are vanishing before our eyes," Mortensen said. "In under a year, a fascist, socialist regime has turned a proud democracy into a totalitarian state that will soon control every facet of American life."

"Don't just take my word for it," Mortensen added. "Try reading a newspaper or watching the news sometime."
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North Korean diplomats' smuggling scheme up in smoke

Published: 20 Nov 09 11:49 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23384/20091120/
Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden.

The pair, a man and a woman in their 50s, were stopped and arrested on Wednesday while driving through central Stockholm in a private car.

?They drove from Russia to Helsinki and had taken a ferry across from there," Monika Magnusson, spokesperson for Swedish Customs (Tullverket), told newspaper Expressen.

A huge stash of cigarettes was found stuffed between passenger seats as well as in the boot of the vehicle.

As there was evidence to show that the tobacco booty has been purchased in Russia, customs officers were immediately able to arrest both parties who unsuccessfully tried to plead a case of diplomatic immunity.

According to newspaper Expressen, the diplomats are based in Russia and the North Korean embassy in Stockholm denies all knowledge of the incident.

The Swedish foreign ministry admits it is aware that arrests have been made but has refused to make any further comment on the case.

The car and its contents have been seized and police have conducted a first round of questioning but have not been able to establish where the diplomats were intending to travel with the cigarettes.

No diplomatic immunitah 4 U!
 
Who had the power this time? The Flamish (right?) or the French block?

Well , sorta neither, and that's the whole problem in a way.
But it looks almost certain he's gonna come from the flemish corner again , Leterme setting up for failure for the 3de (!) time.....
BTW the prime minister historicly has almost always been someone from the flemish side in the last couple of decades, I can't realy tell u why to be honest.....It just is.
The french side usualy overcomes this by saying 'no' to everything witch doesnt involve them getting more money, so we call them a bunch of whineassing communists, and in turn they accuse us of beeing cash-hungry capitalists who don't care about their problems....and the wheels of democracy turn on :rolleyes: :lol:

When you live in a country the size of some people's backyards (I'm looking at you texans) and it has more covernments then you have cilinders in your car....don't expect to get anything done in a hurry....
 
Think how easy it would be if you just agreed to change the language to German?

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Think how easy it would be if you just agreed to change the language to German?

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actualy....we already HAVE a part that's officialy German speaking....Its basicly 14 people and a dog but (and you just know what I'm gonna say) they do infact have their own goverment......complicated country much? not realy :p

As for the rest of us speaking German? OH HELL NO! the frenchies usualy arent even capable (or willing) to learn dutch.....how the hell are we gonna teach em German? At gunpoint? .......no wait they tried that in WWII , It didnt work :p
And on our side there's also a large portion of the 'dutch' speaking people who are not able to speak understandable dutch, mostly the ones in the province closest to the coast.....they actualy get subtitles on TV :lol:
 
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Oh for the love of God, stop being surrendermonkees, learn Norwegian then. It's said to be easy to learn. Be glad you're not learning Finnish, that's reportedly quite hard.

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Kekke Rosberg hakkapeliitta kaksi kolme H?kkinen, eii saa peiit?? Helsinki.
 
I have to confess, I?ve never really understood why Belgium doesn?t just split up and join up with France and the Netherlands ... they are both part of the EU and use the Euro as currency (like Belgium), so concerning borders and laws not much would change anyway.

I can only imagine that France and the Netherlands don?t want the Belgians ... :mrgreen:

We germans would prob take the german speaking parts back ... if nobody else wants them :shifty:
 
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Or just split into two countries. Compared to Luxemburg, both countries would still be super powers.
 
Whilst we are re-doing Europe. ... We could join up with Irish Republic, you know have a parliament in Dublin - we speak the same language. ... what, what?
 
I have to confess, I?ve never really understood why Belgium doesn?t just split up and join up with France and the Netherlands ... they are both part of the EU and use the Euro as currency (like Belgium), so concerning borders and laws not much would change anyway.

I can only imagine that France and the Netherlands don?t want the Belgians ... :mrgreen:

We germans would prob take the german speaking parts back ... if nobody else wants them :shifty:

I doubt that the Flemish will be happy to pay even more taxes. ;) Although only those earning more than ?55k would pay more.
 
Let's do this the proper way. As we all know, Holland was invented so the great powers would have somthing to fight on. Rewrite your consitution, and have pitched battle in Holland every four years. Winner gets to rule for four years.

And don't tell me it wouldn't work better than the current malarky.
 
No, that was Belgium.

We sorted Europe out in 1815 - silly buggers kicked off again in 1870. Then again in 1914, had to sort that out and finally 1939 had again to sort that out again - in the last two had to get our big 'cousin' to come around with his big stick when he could be bothered to get out of bed.
 
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You've been listening to Maggie Thatcher, had it not been for our merchant fleet, you'd starved to death. :p
 
:lol: 3 mistakes found. :|

I think it's the hakkapelitta (it should probably be two P) and eii (one i) and peiit?? (proably only one ?). I think my signature is about almond icecream because I copied it off a box of almond icecream.

Finnish is HARD! I think the grammar shouldnt be too hard but the words are strange. I think the Hungarians would find it easier to learn than me. I wonder how we managed not only to understand eachother but hold together for 600 years! I guess we should thank the guys who invented Latin. But for the common man it was probably a mystery.

Scene A
Location: A field camp in the east of modern day Finland.
Time: the year 1555 during the Great Russian War.

*Swedish soldier points at an apple*
"?pple"
*Finnish soldier takes the apple, points at it and says*
"Omena"

Both give eachother long examining looks and move on to more important things like getting drunk. Fortunately for them two important words are nearly the same; "vodka" and "rifle".
After that it's just a matter of pointing with the rifle in the same direction. :lol:
 
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You know that in the Austro-Hungarian army around 1914, ALL orders had to be given in like 11 languages?

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