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2009-01-23 Europe

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Not that I'm doubting or anything, but I really have a hard time picturing Icelands rioting....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-23 00:50|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-23 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 ION COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG > OSAMA BIN LADEN: GAZA IS [just]ONE OF MANY FRONTS IN THE "WORLD JIHAD".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-23 01:06|| 2009-01-23 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Joe, thanks, that was a real shocker to me.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2009-01-23 01:55|| 2009-01-23 01:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Barbara, this was the caption under the second photo if the Icelanders:

Riot police moved in and Parliament was splattered with paint and yoghurt. Protesters lit a bonfire in front of the main door.

Does Iceland have enough wood to build a bonfire?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-01-23 08:58|| 2009-01-23 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no idea who Wade is, but 2009 may well see one hell of a 'summer of discontent'.

One fact for you consider. As private sector payrolls everywhere contracted in 2008 and government revenues plunged, governments everywhere, at all levels hired more people.

We now have far more government than we can afford and reducing the size of government will be a wrenching social change. And those like Obama not capable of facing up to the challenge will go down the path of hyperinflation by printing money to pay for government no longer supported by tax revenues.

I have seen the future and it's Zimbabwe.

Posted by phil_b 2009-01-23 09:00|| 2009-01-23 09:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Things will get ugly. I don't know if they will be as ugly as people say or they were in the 1930s, but we can expect large amounts of anger and frustration from populations.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-23 09:48|| 2009-01-23 09:48|| Front Page Top

#7 We now have far more government than we can afford..

Note well and welcome to the socialist collective, all done for your own good. Of course, we could move most of the intermediate often white liberal middle class bulk of the 'supervision' to off shore bidders, in the name of diversity and cost savings [a twofer].

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-23 09:54|| 2009-01-23 09:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Not that I'm doubting or anything, but I really have a hard time picturing Icelands rioting....

Try this

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-23 20:14|| 2009-01-23 20:14|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't know if they will be as ugly as people say or they were in the 1930s

Uglier, in 1930 your countryman believed in "work or die".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-23 20:16|| 2009-01-23 20:16|| Front Page Top

#10 "Riot police moved in and Parliament was splattered with ... yoghurt."

Now that sounds like ~~my uninformed view of~~ Icelanders! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-23 20:25|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-23 20:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Aren't the Icelanders pretty much pure bred Vikings?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-01-23 21:10|| 2009-01-23 21:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, Nimble, but they're nice Vikings. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-23 21:24|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-23 21:24|| Front Page Top

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