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delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

Why do you call all other media than BBC liars?

I think the BBC can be trusted more than the organisers, don't you?

And even with 20 k it's still a huge number.

Not really. Turnouts in Polish elections are around 50% of the vote, so around 15 million voters. You need 5% of them to get into the Sejm - so around 750,000. 20,000 is well short of that number.

Still much more young people than anyone managed to gather before.

What difference does it make?

Well, if taking care of dog's waste is patriotism - then I'm the first to start laughing. Now.

It certainly is. Real patriots love their country and work to improve it.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

Yeah, have you noticed that Palikot is losing in polls now and the latest election were much earlier than National Movement began to act?

Palikot is doing just fine in the polls - they are consistently getting enough of the vote to be returned to the Parliament, and telephone polls (which all polls are) are unreliable due to Ruch Palikota having many young voters who won't have landlines.

It was formed on 11.11.2012 during The Independence March organised by them - with 50 to 100 thousands people taking part.

Oh dear.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20286409

Some of an estimated 20,000 marchers

More lies?

Thousands of young, proud patriots came to the capital to show their love for their country and the Movement ... exploded

I bet not one of them has done a patriotic thing for their country. When was the last time any of them cleaned up dog mess or volunteered in a soup kitchen?

Now they are present in all medias. I;m sure they will easily get to the PArliament

I look forward to laughing in 2015.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

They are seen as the only hope for the young generation.

Strange, because as far as I can see, the young generation embraced Ruch Palikota decisively last time round.

They are a movement of predominantly younge people, with educated young leaders.

They are a movement of the same old faces. I saw the pictures of their congress - it's the same old opportunists dressed up in new clothes.

This is noticed and liked by many people.

Hardly. Young people in Poland are often discriminated against.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
History / Kaczynski's Legacy [88]

Merged: The wisdom of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in his own words

I thought this would make a nice little thread for anyone considering voting for PiS at any point in the future.

I think we can start with this pearl -

"Immediately after the official results, we are ready to start talks with the Platform about economic policy. We are deeply convinced that they can be effective."

successories.com/iquote/author/10780/jaroslaw-kaczynski-quotes/1

Let's not forget his words about Silesians.

Queried about the passage at a press conference, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński didn't back off. He said that those who go even further, by claiming that there is a "Silesian nation" were, in his opinion, really declaring their Germanness, albeit it in a "camouflaged" way.

wbj.pl/article-54036-kaczynski-accuses-silesians-of-germanness.html
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

DId she forget what her excommie comrades and PO think-alikes did to poor PiS,

Aww poor PiS. They never did anything wrong, did they? I mean, they didn't conduct any witchhunts, didn't spy on their coalition partners, nothing!

one of the best parties every to appear on Free Poland's political scene.

If it was such a good party, why have they lost all but 2 elections in Polish electoral history?

No-one was as viciously and unfairly villified as Kaczyński becuase his clean-up campaign threatened the vested interests of all kinds of PRL-era hangovers and their cronies who clinched their dirty, behind-the-scenes deals in Magdalenka.

Aww. Poor Kaczynski. He never abused Germans, Russians, Silesians and more, did he?
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Poland's Nationalists hold congress [132]

According to Millard Brown's polls over 30 % young Poles can vote for National Movement. Also over 10 % of all voters.

"Can" doesn't mean "will".

It seems highly unlikely that such an organisation will get anywhere near the 5% required.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

And Ziemkiewicz is oen of Poland's most astute political commentators, far more reliable than the Szechter-Michniks and Paradowskas of this world

Oh dear Polonius. He certainly isn't - he's a writer for right wing rags, and as such, will write anything that goes against Tusk because that's what he's paid to write by dodgy types living in South America to avoid prosecution.

Let's hope he's right about the Tusk ouster prediction.

He'll be wrong, as the right wing media normally is.

Send shifty eyes back to Kashubia!

Tusk is going nowhere. In fact, there's a good chance that he will dominate Polish politics until 2030. A frightening thought for PiS, don't you think?
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Tuskites and Poland's ex-commies? PO-SLD coalition? [19]

The wife of one of the Soldidarity underground fugitives told me the SB kept questioning her about her husband's whereabouts and saying things like. 'You've got a 12-year-old dauhgter who walks to and from every day, And you certainly know that traffic accidents can occur.'

How can you compare such things with a reminder that those who post libellous comments online are not immune from prosecution?
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Tuskites and Poland's ex-commies? PO-SLD coalition? [19]

Did Miller and his ilk (Kwaśniewski & Co.) not engage in the Katyń conspiracy of silence as well as the great Katyń lie, not for a year or two or three, but for entire decades?

I would be very very careful if I were you Polonius. Polish politicians are no strangers to hauling people up in court over such statements.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Anti-atheisation institute in Poland emerging [110]

. Putin knoes how to defend the country from all sorts of leftists.

What's amusing is that anyone with an ounce of knowledge about Russia can see who really is in charge - a clique of powerful interests that came straight from the KGB.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

Delphi. My dear friend! Where do parties get their money from? U guessed it, the taxpayer.

The original post here makes it very clear that the money came from PO membership fees, not the taxpayer.

I wonder how much does PO give out to gw to sustain the propaganda.

Nothing. This information is publicly available.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Tuskites and Poland's ex-commies? PO-SLD coalition? [19]

Lord willing, PiS will find a way to absorb or merge with or create a new political entity enjoying the backing of supporters of PiS, Gowin's PO break-away group, Ziobro, PJN and possibny also the newly emerging Republicans and National Movement.

Seems rather far fetched. PJN (who are all but dead anyway) would never agree to work with those Ruch Narodowy clowns, Gowin would never ever ever work with the trade unionist supporting part of PiS and Ziobro would want Kaczynski's head as a price of his support.

If only they could overcome their petty bickering for the gretaer good, they could create a unstoppable force capable of building the Fourth Polish Republic and giving a decisive rebuff to all the lefties, libbies and anarcho-libertines that threaten the Polish nation's very fabric.

Unstoppable?

Fortunately, Polish voters, who have consistently rejected such ideologies would never support such a venture.

Nooo! Pol, pis should not invite the traitors! Join up with republicans and national movement.. If the situation would be critical then possibly sp... But not the pjn, stupid sellouts!

And Goofy shows why such a coalition can't work. The compromises needed would be incredible - even Gowin's support would require the ditching of supporting Solidarność - which would send the "moustache" support straight into the arms of a new political party.

I'd be careful describing the former Prime Minister as a 'Katyń conspirator', Polonius. Although he's apparently a forgiving person, his party's lawyers might not be.

Indeed. While PolishForums might not be liable for such posts, the poster certainly is.

Polo watch out bro poland is still under heavy commie regime

Could you provide some proof for your claims, given that you weren't even alive when Communism ended?

As far as I know, Poland is a democratically governed country, a parliamentary democracy where the government is made of parties elected during the last elections, where 70% of the voters did not vote like PIS wanted.

And where voters are still showing around the same 70% rejecting PiS and their ideology.
delphiandomine   
23 Jun 2013
News / Tuskites and Poland's ex-commies? PO-SLD coalition? [19]

In recent weeks they have met on more than one occasion, according to weekly Wprost, to discuss possible post-election scenarios including a PO-SLD coalition.

Which is sensible. The nature of Polish politics is such that coalition building is important, and given that Polish politics has tended to swing between centre-right and centre-left, it makes sense to prepare for all possibilities.

Don't kid yourself that Tusk hasn't spoken to Ziobro at some point off the record about seizing control of PiS after the election and forming a coalition with PO.
delphiandomine   
22 Jun 2013
News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

For once Delph, I disagree with you. Tusk is on a good salary, he should buy his own clothes.

He's actually not on that much money compared with the image that he needs to project - I found figures suggesting that he gets about 18,600zl a month - which comes to about 13000zl a month net. It's not really that much money at all compared to the visibility that the Prime Minister has.

Then again, PiS give money to Rydzyk and you don't hear people complaining about that...

But again - this money comes from PO membership subscriptions, not the taxpayer.

The only reason Tusk wants to be president of the EU is the 500,000 Euro wage (per year), plus expenses, plus huge pension, most of it, tax free.

Who wouldn't want to be President of the EU regardless of what you get?
delphiandomine   
22 Jun 2013
Life / TVP axes Dobranocka [21]

So now that they have done this, what do kids have to watch as children's programs now?

Many other things. It's just a programme that was a bit of an institution - but there is still plenty of children's programming available.

Lippy and Messy was very, very, very well done as well.
delphiandomine   
22 Jun 2013
News / Polish scientist discovers drug for leukemia [15]

fortunately his company paid for the drugs because they are not covered in Canadian health care and they are flipping expensive.

Chemotherapy drugs aren't covered in Canada?
delphiandomine   
22 Jun 2013
News / VAT, OFE, ZUS and costly dress under Tusk's government in Poland [48]

As opposed to you, I am paying taxes in Poland, and I think it is normal that the Prime Minister and the President and their partners are dressed on the country's cost.

I don't see any harm in it.

Buying dresses for taxpayers money is not legal.

Fortunately, yet again, Goofy didn't bother to read.

for tapping into PO membership dues

In other words, the party, not the taxpayer paid.
delphiandomine   
21 Jun 2013
News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

I have a hunch that Kaczyński will gently withdraw and become honorary president for life, a kind of senior statesmen status with consutlative input.

He tried this before with Marcinkiewicz, only to come back when he thought the coast was clear.

Assuming that PiS and Gowin can find any common ground (unlikely, given Gowin's free market beliefs) - the head of Kaczynski would have to fall. For what it's worth, why do you think that people wouldn't stab Kaczynski in the back if it meant tasting power?

Gowin break-away faction of PO, PiS, PSL and Solidary Poland. Maybe also PJN is they meet th threshold.

Except you forget that there is some very real animosity there. Ziobro would have far too many enemies from the PO camp, PJN are dead, etc etc.

If that happened, the PO; SLD and Palikot couild go and f*** themselves.

If. It's not going to happen.

The only certainty right now is that Kaczynski will not be Prime Minister or have any influence whatsoever in the Government post 2015.

What seems quite credible right now is that PiS, after facing yet another disaster in 2015 (despite actually winning the most seats) make a behind the scenes deal to Tusk that can't be refused - they expel Macierewicz et al and accept a genuine power sharing deal that sees real power remain with PO for another 4 years - but in exchange for quite a few ministries. Tusk in return offers some concessions that fits the social agenda of PiS, meaning a win-win deal for most people.

Kaczynski then tries to join Solidarna Polska (themselves humiliated) - but that party is also decimated in the polls, leading Ziobro to join the new-PiS while Kaczynski leads a small minority of lunatics.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

I'm against giving such people positions of power and leadership in public sector jobs when they have little to no experience.

Farfał becoming vice-President of TVP was a great example of nepotism by PiS.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

What do you have against sweeping out crooks, racheteers, connivers, parasites who have wormed their way into the administation and economy for their own selfish benefit and to the country's detriment. That's what PiS is all about: Law and Justice.

Except it wasn't. We saw that PiS protected their own and had a habit of replacing "enemies" with their own men. Don't you recall how their man in TVP was fired? Or their way of appointing young people with little/no experience to powerful positions?

I suspect that had they came into power and replaced people with others who were the best people for the job rather than those that sucked up hardest to Kaczynski, they'd still be in power today.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Merkel teaming up with lefties sounded like mixing petrol and strawberry jam, but somehow...

That wasn't unthinkable - Germany had a previous Grand Coalition, and they are quite common in Eastern Germany. Neither party had anything to lose from being in coalition with the other too - unlike any party associated with PiS.

Are you truly unable to envisage various scenarios?

I can't imagine a situation in which the PSL would risk their "niche" for short term power in Poland. They know exactly what Kaczynski did to his previous coalition partners and nothing has changed at all. In a sense, the worst situation for PiS would be winning 40% of the vote but the rest of the vote going to PO/PSL/SLD/RP - they would end up losing despite getting the most seats.

Do you truly believe things never leave their rut?

As I keep saying, with Kaczynski, they can't win. Don't you recall the PJN lot saying the same thing? They can't win with him.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

He replaced them wtih the Polish classics which had been yanked by the commies or their post-commie successors.

Which does nothing for widening one's view of the world. In today's connected world, limiting oneself to Polish books is rather restrictive.

Not to mention that at least in the Polish education system, these things are all connected - so removing the books did nothing but make people stupid. Again, he should have left politics out of education.

Now the Gang of Tusk has again re-pauperised the collection.

Strange that you would regard such classics as The Master and Margarita as being "papuerised".

Probably only the future PiS-PSL government can remedy the situaiton.

Grasping at straws, aren't you Polonius?

The PSL have shown exactly zero interest in coalition with PiS.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Aren't there enough pre-programmed robotic earning machines who cannot see anything beyond their horse blinkers except their e-gizmos, equations and filthy lucre?

See, Polonius, you've lived your life, you've made your money and so on. But with today's students, they need an education that will provide them with employment afterwards - and that means mathematics and science. The graduate unemployment rate is high enough - we don't need more "humanist" graduates, we need less. A lot less.

Giertych represented Christian humanism that transcended the purely materialistic and pedestrian.

No, he represented what happens when you let someone fiddle with education for ideological purposes.

The protests against him says it all.
delphiandomine   
19 Jun 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]

Admittedly he only had two years, but he did beef up the educational curruculum with more history and culture.

Which is completely useless in today's world. We don't need people to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of Polish history, we need people that can do mathematics and science.

More importantly, he believed the school should not only teach facts, but should bring pupils up to be decent, patriotic Poles.

Which is why the educational establishment hated him so much - schools are not for indoctrinating pupils with any one belief. His version of "patriotism" was soundly rejected.

Lefitst, gfloablisst and assorted one-worlders of course reject such ideas, so that makes Giertych the bad guy in their books.

No, they rejected him because he was putting nonsense first.

History - mostly - won't put food on your table.

What was interesting was that he completely failed to actually reform - well - anything. His greatest success was banning mobile phones in all schools - which did nothing but irritate everyone.

Like a mantra your keep repeating the notion of other parties ganging up on poor PiS.

Which is exactly what was happening elsewhere.

At present PiS-PSL seems the most plausible to me.

The PSL won't risk electoral suicide to enter coalition with Kaczynski. They know what happened to LPR and Samobroona - and they won't risk their position in Polish politics for that.

But if Tusk and Kaczyński somehow managed to rise above their petty ambitions, PiS-PO would be possible. Recall how that coaltion was to have been created but failed to materialise. PO came up with all kinds of weird proposal like holding coaltion talks on live TV -- something never done anywhere. PiS grudgingly consented but piolticians ended up smiling at the cameras, adjusting theri ties (the slob chic hadn't set in yet!) and nothing came of it.

Too many personality conflicts. PiS wanted to control the power in Poland, PO didn't want to allow them total control - which was fair enough.

Although they lost, PO were offered the same number of cabinet posts as PiS but still kept bickering until the whole project fell through and Kaczyński was forced to seek outside help. Giertych was OK, but Lepper was a total flop..

I think PO wisely realised that staying away from power for 2 years made a lot of sense - they let PiS make a mess of things and walked into power as a result. Had they shared power, they would've taken the fall along with PiS.