dreamdancer 0 #1 May 25, 2010 long live democracy! QuoteHere's to the Greeks. They know what to do when corporations pillage and loot their country. They know what to do when Goldman Sachs and international bankers collude with their power elite to falsify economic data and then make billions betting that the Greek economy will collapse. They know what to do when they are told their pensions, benefits and jobs have to be cut to pay corporate banks, which screwed them in the first place. Call a general strike. Riot. Shut down the city centers. Toss the bastards out. Do not be afraid of the language of class warfare-the rich versus the poor, the oligarchs versus the citizens, the capitalists versus the proletariat. The Greeks, unlike most of us, get it. The former right-wing government of Greece lied about the size of the country's budget deficit. It was not 3.7 percent of gross domestic product but 13.6 percent. And it now looks like the economies of Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal are as bad as Greece's, which is why the euro has lost 20 percent of its value in the last few months. The few hundred billion in bailouts for other faltering European states, like our own bailouts, have only forestalled disaster. This is why the U.S. stock exchange is in free fall and gold is rocketing upward. American banks do not have heavy exposure in Greece, but Greece, as most economists concede, is only the start. Wall Street is deeply invested in other European states, and when the unraveling begins the foundations of our own economy will rumble and crack as loudly as the collapse in Athens. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/24-4stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #3 May 25, 2010 that's what they're not doing stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 May 25, 2010 Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #5 May 25, 2010 Quote Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears! did you study english at school as you seem to have trouble with your anatomy stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 May 25, 2010 Quote Quote Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears! did you study english at school as you seem to have trouble with your anatomy Not as much trouble as you seem to have with economics or politics.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 May 25, 2010 Quote Quote Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears! did you study e English at school as you seem to have trouble with your anatomy Did you? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #8 May 25, 2010 looks like the greeks have a bit of backbone (how're the markets doing today) stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #9 May 25, 2010 QuoteThey bend over???? Fucker. I clicked on the thread for the sole purpose of saying that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #10 May 25, 2010 QuoteThe right-wing government of Kostas Karamanlis, which preceded the current government of George Papandreou, did what the Republicans did under George W. Bush. They looted taxpayer funds to enrich their corporate masters and bankrupt the country. They stole hundreds of millions of dollars from individual retirement and pension accounts slowly built up over years by citizens who had been honest and industrious. They used mass propaganda to make the population afraid of terrorists and surrender civil liberties, including habeas corpus. And while Bush and Karamanlis, along with the corporate criminal class they abetted, live in unparalleled luxury, ordinary working men and women are told they must endure even more pain and suffering to make amends. It is feudal rape. And there has to be a point when even the American public-which still believes the fairy tale that personal will power and positive thinking will lead to success-will realize it has been had. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/24-4stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #11 May 25, 2010 Quote Quote Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears! did you study english at school as you seem to have trouble with your anatomy Whoosh! Oooh lost in the sun . . . Here is an example (Yes it is safe for work) that might help. Now everyone can have thier turn.Did you get it this time?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #12 May 26, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote that's what they're not doing nope - now they have thier knees up by thier ears! did you study english at school as you seem to have trouble with your anatomy Whoosh! Oooh lost in the sun . . . Here is an example (Yes it is safe for work) that might help. Now everyone can have thier turn.Did you get it this time? i just think you're very confused as to what the topic is about (back to greek democracy)stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #13 May 26, 2010 I changed your subject line to what it really it. What are they getting? Well, just what they voted for and deserve. You link does not "disclose" what is really happening there. If you know this you dont care. If you dont know this then shame on you. More in the EU to follow I am a afraid."America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #14 May 26, 2010 Quote What are they getting? Apparently they are getting frogs. Lots of frogs. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_fe_st/eu_odd_greece_frog_closure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #15 May 26, 2010 Boy, you know there's going to be some end-times people picking that one up Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #16 May 26, 2010 Quote Boy, you know there's going to be some end-times people picking that one up Wendy P. "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #17 May 26, 2010 Quote Boy, you know there's going to be some end-times people picking that one up Wendy P. I was thinking French invasion... Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #18 May 26, 2010 we're all dooooomed.....stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
