Much more at link, very long
but very good summation of Europe's death knell| Submit your comments on this article |
| Europe |
| EuropeÂ’s Two Culture Wars |
| 2006-05-02 |
| At the height of the morning commute on March 11, 2004, ten bombs exploded in and around four train stations in Madrid. Almost 200 Spaniards were killed, and some 2,000 wounded. The next day, Spain seemed to be standing firm against terror, with demonstrators around the country wielding signs denouncing the “murderers” and “assassins.” Yet things did not hold. Seventy-two hours after the bombs had strewn arms, legs, heads, and other body parts over three train stations and a marshaling yard, the Spanish government of José MarÃa Aznar, a staunch ally of the United States and Great Britain in Iraq, was soundly defeated in an election that the socialist opposition had long sought to turn into a referendum on SpainÂ’s role in the war on terror. Much more at link, very long but very good summation of Europe's death knell |
| Posted by:JerseyMike |
| #3 Makes a crazy kinda sense 2x4. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-02 19:46 |
| #2 Earlier this year, five days short of the second anniversary of the Madrid bombings, the Zapatero government, which had already legalized marriage between and adoption by same-sex partners and sought to restrict religious education in Spanish schools, announced that the words “father” and “mother” would no longer appear on Spanish birth certificates. Rather, according to the government’s official bulletin, “the expression ‘father’ will be replaced by ‘Progenitor A,’ and ‘mother’ will be replaced by ‘Progenitor B.’” I get it! How to avoid a lifelong institualization in the nuthouse, in Europe? Become a socialist leader! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-05-02 14:42 |
| #1 Nice read, but nothing to help me get more upbeat about my continent... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-02 11:05 |