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convex   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

There is no trade off.Going to gov office in lets say Lithuenia ,you would be able to get things done in either lituenian AND/OR english,in Poland either polish AND/OR english and so on.

How much would that cost? How do you legally force people to learn a new language, especially when it was never a job requirement to begin with?
convex   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Ofcourse money could be spent more efficiently, but what if all the money was spent so efficiently that it would render millions of people jobless or even completely useless?

There were some folks saying the same thing about looms a while back. Just admit that we shouldn't pay people to breed, and I will agree that everyone should have a job (regardless of how unproductive).
convex   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

That was joke right?

You don't have to do all that translating. It doesn't happen anywhere else. You also didn't have to open the floodgates and allow 2 million people come in. That was pretty stupid. The crazy thing is that as a broke country, the UK is a contributing country to the EU. That's scary.

From what I see French would be more likely or Greek! German isnt listed as a "primary" lanaguge"

Austria, and Germany. With little pockets in Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, and Hungary.

18% of Europeans speak German as their first language vs. 13% for English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union#Language_skills_of_citizens

Spent where??? You are living in Amercian and dont pay a red cent to the coffers and have no idea...Poland are doing just fine out of their membership, they hardly pay anything so you need not worry that you're ancesters are losing anything, its the rest of us that are paying the price!

Ahem, yea close. I live the South West...of Poland that is. Anyway, I'm not going to go into the taxes thing, but most of the money we make is taxed in Germany, which of course pays way more money into the EU than the island does.

So yea, you were saying something? So, are your politicians just completely retarded or have the people been asleep since Mrs. Thatcher was running things?
convex   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Partially. If you see a return on that investment of tax money (in this case you might through the efficiencies and benefits of the economic union). That money could be spent much more efficiently though.

If you don't see benefits to offset the billions spent on translation, you're just paying people to dig holes and fill them back up again and call it a productive job.
convex   
5 Apr 2010
News / Official language of EU (is not Polish) [119]

Because you're thinking of the EU as a superstate, which it's not. The trade off wouldn't be worth it.

The most widely spoken native language in the EU is German.
convex   
4 Apr 2010
History / Why will Poland always be the puppet of America? [159]

Eisenhower was the last president who didn't needed industry of munition lobby support to become head of USA government.

Because of a single speech when he was leaving office? Check out the military budget under Ike...sure as hell didn't shrink.
convex   
3 Apr 2010
History / Why will Poland always be the puppet of America? [159]

Why is it such a big deal for pollack politicians anyway?What are these traitors going to give to Yanks this time in exchange for visa"free" travelling to US?Its f**king disgusting to watch them begging for this.Solution is simple:Introduce visas for Yanks (paid,not free) and we are even Steven.

It's not really that big of a deal to Polish politicians, and honestly, not much of an issue for the constituency. If it were, they'd push it a bit harder. It's dickish, but not as big of a problem as more rpessing concerns.

Regarding visas for Americans, Poland no longer has a say in tourist visas, that has been farmed out to the EU.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

Golda Meir was contemplating using nuclear weapons in a war that happened 10 years before I was born. That's a fact. If you want to tell us that she was manipulated into that position, fair enough, but something of substance really needs to come out here. Maybe you're not explaining your philosophy on women very well?
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

That would make good Christmas greetings too, or maybe on one of those baby shower cards.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
USA, Canada / National City Bank complaint. Polish-client experience. [20]

Silver and platinum seem to follow oil much closer than gold. I have no clue why that is though. Maybe because the majority of gold out there is sitting in vaults and not being openly traded... not as much volatility.. Dunno.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

You asked, you received. I mean, I know it must be difficult to somehow justify that a woman would be in charge of a nuclear weapons program, or that a woman would attempt to procure more nuclear weapons... Maybe they weren't real women, or maybe they were just manipulated into it?

Anyway, quite a few women worked on making nuclear weapons a reality.

Leona Woods comes to mind...Chien Wu as well. Without their genius, we wouldn't have nuclear weapons today.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

Didn't Golda Meir almost deploy the nuclear weapons that she pushed the development of during the Yom Kippur war? I understand that Maggie also ramped up the UKs nuclear deterrent while in office...
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

Everyone in heaven gets at least 72 virgins, a huge house, and 80,000 servants, and gem encrusted dome over it all that stretches from Syria to Yemen. The problem with all this, is that you don't have a physical form in heaven... and it's not in the Koran.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

nomaderol: Operation? Military operation?

The reassignment surgery. Just get it over with.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

nomaderol: Exactly so. But, I am not a gay and I don't use materials for sex. It is sick males doing that.

If you do find a sick male who wants to sponsor a jet, be sure to point 'em over here.

Are you planning on getting the operation anytime soon?
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Polish "Mall Girl" Culture? [125]

You forgot to mention that this is from a movie.

But anyway, by this logic, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Nordic countries should by overflowing with teenage prostitutes.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Travel / Why some travelers hate Poland? [45]

delphiandomine: I wouldn't call over 100zl for a 180km ride "cheap" - but the quality is excellent. Even the ride is exceptionally smooth, even on the wrecked track between Leszno and Poznan.

First class in the EIC seems comparable to second class in the EC/IC trains in Germany.

Definitely a step up though.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / BBC DOCUMENTARY: ANYONE WHO IS POLISH & RECENTLY LEFT THE UK? [33]

RevokeNice: Homogenous coiuntries are much, much more stable than multicultural kips. Thats a fact.

Yup, Canada is falling apart. When I think of unstable, Malaysia immediately comes to mind. Holland is definately on the brink of collapse.

Egypt on the other hand, there's a rock of stability.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Travel / Why some travelers hate Poland? [45]

FUZZYWICKETS: if we're talking strictly from a tourist's perspective, i can't understand why a traveler would hate Poland.

If you have the mindset that you hate the place and the people before you even get on the plane, more often than not, your trip will only reinforce your preconceived notions about a place.
convex   
2 Apr 2010
Life / Parking Fines in Poland [26]

I usually park my car on the side walk as many people do here, and I have done so for the last 3 months.

Yea, stop parking on the sidewalk. Do you take a sh*t in the corner if there is a line to get into the bathroom?

You might want to be careful, they like to boot cars in my neighborhood. It's about time they started doing something, it was getting ridiculous there for a while.
convex   
1 Apr 2010
News / POLISH ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS... [9]

They got rid of the one and two cent coins, and now everything is rounded to the nearest 5 cents.

hooray for inflation!
convex   
1 Apr 2010
News / POLISH ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS... [9]

I heard that cars will start stopping at cross walks, service is going to be required to be good or face a fine, and people will smile.