Law / Poland low on national brand chart [66]


No glitz and BS? Telling a member that elections are to be curtailed until a deal is done?

With sovereigns listing, the business climate in fact the whole of the EU, is in question.

youtube.com/watch?v=Fyq7WRr_GPg&feature=player_embedded

express.co.uk/posts/view/213573/Get-Britain-out-of-Europe

Law / The risk of investing in Europe has risen and Poland has suffered accordingly [90]


Euro's??? You'd better ask for Deutsche Marks.

USA, Canada / Not everyone that lives or comes from America is RICH! [300]

Detroit has been down. With Dave Bing in as the Mayor and thins are starting to look up. The recent election has led to a Gubernatorial change.

It will take time but Michigan will improve.

News / Palikot's "Modern Poland" and the Tea Party - how do they compare? Should be banned? [21]

No one is ignoring the two wars. Entitlements involve everyone not just the middle class. Ponzi schemes like Social Security have run their course. The money for SS is not there, and rates of return are imaginary.

brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-sstf-lets-go-back-to-1956.html

Obamcare took hundreds of millions of dollars out of Medicare and, rather than using it to strengthen Medicare, plowed it into this new entitlement. The law's authors also failed to produce a legitimate solution to the "doc fix" problem. The "doc fix" which was originally part of ObamaCare, was separated out to keep the overall cost of the bill down.

Because the the authors nabbed Medicare funding to pay for their new program, trimming that entitlement (Medicare is generally accepted as the single biggest long-term problem for the federal budget) probably won't be part of the deficit-reduction package.

News / Palikot's "Modern Poland" and the Tea Party - how do they compare? Should be banned? [21]


You are wrong.

The desire to cut down on the national debt is not a fad, the opposition to the big bank bailouts is not a fad, opposition to Fannie and Freddie is not a fad, opposing ill-conceived medical care legislation is not a fad, opposition to government takeover of GM with the rule of law skirted by screwing the bondholders is not a fad and opposition to combating the largest levered debt crisis in history by issuing more debt is not a fad.

The Tea party may have a Republican component but it is the Independents that give the movement gravitas.

News / Polish leader urges EU to keep generous aid funds [32]


No, they've not covered the tab.

Nor should they be expected to do so.

Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]


In Europe secularism is the religion.

The issues that preoccupy most Europeans are material ones: How many hours per week will I have to work? How much annual vacation time will I have? How many social benefits can I garner? How can my country avoid fighting against anyone or for anyone?

Why?

There are two reasons: secularism and socialism (welfare).

Even if one holds that religion is false, only a close minded secularist can deny that religion was the driving force for nearly all the uniquely great art, literature, economic and even scientific advances of the West.

Religion in the West raised all the great philosophical questions: Why are we here? Is there purpose to existence? Is there life after death? Are morals objective or only a matter of personal preference? Do rights come from the state or from the Creator?

Religion posits: We are here because God put us here. There is purpose to life. Good and evil do exist. Human rights exist for everyone because they come from God.

Secularism is vampire; it takes life: We just happened, death is the end, we are no more significant than any other creature on this planet.

With secularism good and evil become subjective opinions.

It was G. K. Chesterton that noted when people stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing, they believe in anything.

Some recent secularist ideologies: Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Fascism, Maoism, and Nazism.

What about the "new religions" of the late 20th and now 21st centuries being pushed by left leaning indoctrinators? Some current examples are social justice (The Great Society) , wealth redistribution & environmentalism (global warming now climate change).

The secularist state destroys creativity: Why do anything for yourself when the state will do it for you? Why take care of others when the state will do it for you? Why have ambition when the state is there to ensure that few or no individuals are rewarded more than others?

No; left wingers and secularists have a great many similarities.

Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]

Atheism and secularism, Zuckerman continued, are also correlated with higher levels of education and lower levels of prejudice not only against women and gays, but people from other ethnicities as well. For good measure, atheists were less likely to beat their children and more likely to encourage them to think independently.


Undoubtedly...

businessinsider.com/left-wing-terrorism-surges-in-europe-2010-9

What about the educated? Class all the way; no prejudice whatsoever...

youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904


I believe you're making things up.

Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]


Proof?

Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]


Such as?

Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]


It's all about "self"; narcissism. It is a move away from Christian values and a move to this so called "enlightenment" that is the problem.

Don't worry government will solve it for you whether it be an ethical issue, medical care, education (indoctrination) & energy (global warming scam). Soon we'll all be at the Keynesian endpoint.

Life / Poland, maybe the world's last bastion of faith [67]


Do you have statistics?

Assuming many (open ended) are dysfunctional what are the reasons for this lack of proper function?

History / Today is the 1st of September (WWII start in Poland) [138]


The "six weeks earlier" argument has been trotted out there over the years and there is absolutely no truth to it what so ever.

History / Today is the 1st of September (WWII start in Poland) [138]


You're kidding right?


While the invasion of the SU was a bad decision the declaration of war on the US permitted the industrial might of the US to swing into action stocking England with all sorts of war material and manpower. All of this permitted the western allies the ability to wage total war on Germany.

History / Today is the 1st of September (WWII start in Poland) [138]

Nope he didn't make the same mistake twice; he committed the mother of all blunders: he declared war on the US.

History / Today is the 1st of September (WWII start in Poland) [138]


I think we'd agree that the only comparison is one of contrast: Stalingrad cost the Germans enough men and material to supply a quarter of the Wehrmacht.


I am not sure the Germans could have invaded Britain.

Goering's real mistake in the Battle of Britain was his change in strategy: he stopped going after the RAF at a point where the RAF was close to the end and instead turned his attention to the cities.

History / Today is the 1st of September (WWII start in Poland) [138]


Somehow?

While Goering and the other sycophants were arguing to Hitler against having the German Army finishing the job the Brits were slipping away. The end result was that these troops ended up facing the Germans in battle on a later date.

Life / Young Poles say: Hurray for decay? [35]


Fortunately for whom?

Life / Pictures of Poles [Everyday Life in Poland] [100]

What are you guys and gals shooting (camera) with?

History / When will you Poles give back German land and the cities which you robbed? [557]

My only wish is that my ancestors and the native Poles at that time in history we're given the opportunity to personally convey their sentiments towards Stalin.


Happy backyard? More sovereign write downs are on the way and the Germans hold the checkbook.

History / WW2 hypothesis - if France And England weren't so timid, wimpy and scared of Hitler... [34]


If this statement is about Poland I'd challenge it by stating that Stalin wanted revenge; territory was icing on the cake.


Blitzkrieg tactics preceded Hitler.

Try the symphonists: Fuller, B. Liddell Hart, Tukhachevsky & DeGaulle.

History / WW2 hypothesis - if France And England weren't so timid, wimpy and scared of Hitler... [34]

If France And England werent so timid, wimpy and scared of hitler...

pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html

Look at the casualties the British and French suffered. You can see that an entire generation was decimated. The loss of wealth, property and lives led to to a complete aversion to war and led to the most respectable avenue from it: diplomacy.


All Germans? No, they did not.


Versailles was botched badly. Many in the general population felt that Germany had been "stabbed in the back" by the "November criminals".

The most humiliating portion of the Versailles for Germany was Article 231, or known by it's better name the "War Guilt Clause," forced the German nation to accept complete responsibility for initiating World War I.

Therefore, Germany was liable for all damages. Georges Clemenceau, France's premier, was at the forefront of the group who insisted on imposing an unrealistic level reparation payments.

Aware that Germany would probably not be able to pay such a enormous debt, Clemenceau and the French feared German revenge. So, the French sought in Versailles to limit Germany's potential to regain its economic and military superiority.


You mean like not being defeated on the battlefield? You mean marching back home arms in hand?

UK, Ireland / The slow, whiny death of British Christianity [86]


"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." - G.K. Chesterson

UK, Ireland / The slow, whiny death of British Christianity [86]


Nice use of a pejorative: addiction.

The case is open on whether religion is natural.

csicop.org/si/show/why_is_religion_natural

UK, Ireland / The slow, whiny death of British Christianity [86]

What is Christianity being replaced with?

News / Poland needs four children per family for sustain survivor and development [46]


I totally disagree with you on this. Keep the state out!!!

I believe you're correct about having stable tradition families grow but unfortunately the religion of the day is narcissism.


Wrong...

Sustainability relies on productivity.

History / Should HMG compensate Poland and/or Polish veterans? [90]


No; the fact that the Poles were not fully mobilized rests on their shoulders not the British.

Why would, or should, the Poles have put their faith in France or the Brits based on recent events (Munich) and events in the not so distant (Polish - Soviet war) past?

History / Should HMG compensate Poland and/or Polish veterans? [90]


Precisely...

Why were the Poles NOT full mobilized?

History / Should HMG compensate Poland and/or Polish veterans? [90]


No...

Why? A few of reasons:

* How do you judge Britain's preparedness (logistical, strategical & psychological) for war?

* How does one quantify the damages to the individual in question?

* The litigious carousel would never stop.

History / Poland in the eyes of London - before WWII. [60]


AND declaring war on the USA.