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2003-10-29 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-10-29 3:58:09 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 LIES! ALL LIES!

Posted by mojo 2003-10-29 4:25:23 PM|| 2003-10-29 4:25:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Lack of records made it impossible to discover any truth to Eurostat staff claims that slush funds were used "to get the job done" in the face of red tape. "We cannot give an opinion on the possibility of fraud involving personal enrichment," said the report.

Okay then, let's put it in a simple yes-or-no question:

Is the existence of fraud a possibility?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-29 4:37:31 PM|| 2003-10-29 4:37:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "We cannot give an opinion on the possibility of fraud involving personal enrichment," said the report.
That hurricane force wind from across the pond is thousands of Euro beaureacrats exhaling all at once. Looks like you beat the rap again, boys.
Convene the gala dinner at once so we can get to the bottom of this!

Posted by tu3031 2003-10-29 4:38:03 PM|| 2003-10-29 4:38:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's see if I understand this correctly-the Eurostat staff makes the rules,then claims the rules they made prevent them from doing their jobs,so they must break the rules they made in order to make new rules.This should prove once and for all to doubting Americans that Europeans do have a sense of humor.

On a more serious note,anyone notice a pattern?
France refuses to keep EU economic treaty obligations.Eurostat staff ignores regulations "to
get the job done".EU beaureacrat ignores EU courts and staff and continually tries to fine Microsoft.

Posted by Stephen 2003-10-29 5:04:02 PM|| 2003-10-29 5:04:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Can I hire these guys to do my taxes?

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-10-29 5:57:07 PM|| 2003-10-29 5:57:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 How about hiring them to approve your tax refund instead?

Posted by Old Grouch 2003-10-29 8:08:16 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:08:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "The European Commission was facing a crisis last night..."

Poor start to the article. An unusual, attention-grabbing starter sentence would read:

"The European Commission was not facing a crisis last night..."

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-29 8:18:12 PM|| 2003-10-29 8:18:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The more I read and hear about the European ~~dis~~Union bureaucracy, the more I wonder if Europe can survive them. I have very strong Jeffersonian leanings. I believe government has only one legitimate duty - to "secure the rights" of free men. Apparently the EU Statistican office has a different view - they believe government has the duty to "free men of their cash".

The only way to stop crooks before they rob you is to make it VERY PAINFUL for crooks who try - by making sure you catch them, and by making their lives as miserable as possible after they're caught. You want to instil in them the fact that their behavior will result in some very unsavory, and hopefully painful, consequences. The only way to stop crooked bureaucrats is to treat the ones that are NOT honest and trustworthy as crooks. The punishment, however, for a person in a position of trust should be even harsher than for a common crook, who makes no bones about thumbing his nose at society. The government crook not only steals our money, they destroy our trust of government.

Lining the Princess Charlotte bridge in Luxembourg with the heads of crooked politicians may not lead to any rapid change in the affairs of European governments, but it would probably cause the entire political class in Europe to sleep less easily at night.

Come to think of it, it's not a bad idea for the Brooklin Bridge and the Anacostia bridge, as well... Er, maybe Golden Gate??? Naaah, too radical.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-10-29 10:59:32 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-10-29 10:59:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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