History / How come Polonization never works? [87]


Maybe richer economically but not in spirit. Czechs passively accepted Nazi rule and after the war -- Stalinism and official atheisation.
Poles risked fines, job loss and jail to resist whoelsale collectivisation, and farmwives would lie in the road to prevent bulldozers and lorries trying to build kolkhozes. As a result, Poland's agriculture was the least collectivised attesting to the Polish peasant's great attachment to the soil. And those tiny private plots outproduced the big fancy state farms and collective farms because pżrivate smallholders knew how to farm. The state farms were like enterprises, people worked 8 horus and quit. But farms don't run that way, livestock must be tended, milked, cleaned and fed at different times, roofs leak, things break down.. I visited both big state farms (PGR) and smaller collective farms (spółdzielnia produkcja) -- they all had offices full or clerks and PZPR overseers, filing cabinets, typerwiters and piles of forms, but were weak in the yield department. Overhead ate up most of the theoretical advantages of pooled resources and collective effort.

History / How come Polonization never works? [87]


Au contraire, Poland openly defied the Soviets and sent plasma and medical supplies to Hungarian revolutionaries in a train guarded by Polish soldiers across Czechoslovak territory and in spite of the Czech regime's objections.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Such simplistic remarks suggest that you lack both. Like all people, Polonians are involved in many different personal, family, social and business arrangements. You'd want these people to abandon their spouses and children, homes, jobs and businesses, drop everything, pack up and return to Poland and....go on the dole, would you? The fact that for no tangible personal advantage they even take the trouble and endure to hassle of voting, which often means quite a trip to the nearest Polish Consulate, is in itsllf admirable and commendable.

To all except mean-spirited, petty-minded nitpickers!

moved from
The Polish voter decided for the first time since 1990 to give full power to a single party. The PO also had full power with its hayseed sidekick PSL.

History / "I was more afraid of fellow Poles than Nazi German Officers", says Bartoszewski [130]


But it has worked. That is part of their survival strategy. There's only 15 million of them but look how more influential they are than 2.5-3 times more numerous Spaniards or Ukrainians. Jews need anti-Semitism to survive.

The anti-Semitic card is the proverbial "kiss of death" to a politican, entertainer, entrepreneur or whoever. At times even someone hinting that Israel is maltreating Palestinians can get tarrerd with the anit-Semitic brush.

Bottom line -- THERE'S NO ARGUING WITH SUCCESS!

History / "I was more afraid of fellow Poles than Nazi German Officers", says Bartoszewski [130]


Indeed, the blame is rarely one-sided. Let's not forget that the Jews regarded themselves as the divinely "chosen race". Goyim (everybody else) were not only rgearded as inferior and unclean but actually less than human. The Talmud teaches that God created Goyim to serve Jews. Interestingly, that sense of superiority has survived to some extent even amongst non-observant or atheist Jews. They too prefer to keep the company of and feel msot comfortable amongst other non-observant Jews.

Not that there's anything wrong with that but it may send out negative vibes to those looked down upon or regarded as inferior.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


In Poland it is said: "Lewica pochyla się nad człowiekiem.......aby mu w potylicę kulę wpakować!" (The left bends down over man so as to shoot a bullet to the back of his head).

History / How come Polonization never works? [87]


Like Copernicus, Kochanowski, Rey, Sobieski, Piłsudski, Szymanowski, Wyszyński, etc.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


US Polonia have amply proved their patriotism by voting the way they did. PiS got 75.4% of the vote, PO -- 10.9% (probably mostly PO-linked Polish Embassy types and civil servants in Washington, DC), Kukiz -- 5.5% and Korwin -- 3.7%. That set an example for Old Country voters, too many of whom allowed themselves to be bamboozled by glib and sleazy Platformer propaganda. In the Senate race, Anna Anders, grand-daughter of Gen. Władysław Anders got over 80% of the vote. But in Poland she was defeated. Not bombarded by Polish political TV spots in Ameirca, Polonian voters used their common sense, good judgement and above all their sense of genuine Polish patriotism. As I have repeatedly stressed, Polishness is not some bureaucratic scrap of paper. It is in the heart, mind and soul! Niech żyje Polonia!

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Nothing surprising. Ports have always been, wild, unroly, wide-open places full of brawling drunken sailors, tarts, blackmarketeersm, gambling dens and bordellos to mention only Hamburg, Rotterdam and pre-communist Shanghai, so no reason Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot should be an exception.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


PiS RUSH TO FULFIL CAMPAIGN PROMISES
Henryk Kowalczyk, tipped to be the next finance minister, told Rzeczpospolita that a top priority is the 500 zł monthly chld allowance. 30 billion zł would be ear-marked to fulfill campaign promises. Four legislative proposals - concerning CIT, VAT, a financial-transaction tax and large retail-shop

tax - need to be passed and signed into law. CIT for small firms would be lowered from 19 to 15%.

News / Poland's election winning party: PIS proclamations [229]


Maybe not a joke but a waste for sure. 250, even 200 MPs would be more than enough as would 50 Senators. On condition that the savings were channelled into something socially useful and not to bankroll other bureaucrats or official overhead.

And when the current fleet of BMWs and Audis wears out they shoudl be replaced by less pricey wheels. No, not Citroën C1s, VW Up!s or otehr silly little mini-cars but moderately priced, roomy Opel Astras, Škoda Superbs and such like. A bit of official modesty wouldn't hurt. High-style PO ośmiorniczki, caviare and vintage wines at Sowa &Przyjeciele turn normal people off.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Polish émigrés or collectively Polonia keep a steady stream of cash flowing to loved ones in Poland. Everyone does their part. That is often overlooked by petty-minded nitpickers.

History / How come Polonization never works? [87]


First, second, third, maybe fourth world -- these are all tired, clap-trap labels thought up by brainless hacks who feel they have to cubbyhole everything. Most EU governments are for the EU unless in a given case that runs counter to their own country's national interests and then they soon change their tune and begin promoting their own national causes, Germany and France are no exception.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Is Gerry or Hun less offensive to you? In the States they're also called Square-heads.

History / How come Polonization never works? [87]


No threat of that with good ol' trusty PiS at the helm. No-one ever said they want to imitate Orban lock stock and barrel. Hungary's apparent Russophilia is motivated strictly by that country's economic concrns, as the memory of 1956 remains vivid in the public mind. To patriotic Poles, Orban stands for defence of sovereignty and national interests, hence he is the bane of all rootless cosmopolitans, one-worlders and EU fanatics.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


KRAUT CATHOPHOPBES HORRIFIED BY PM SZYD£O'S FIDELITY
Rzeczpospolita has reported that Germany's looney-leftist "Tageszeiting" had become upset with PM Beata Szydło's Catholic beliefs. "Bishops and priests of the still powerful Catholic Church in Poland can count on the wife of a teacher and mother of two grown sons," sniffed the paper, obviously regretting the PM's fidelity as well as the fact that the Polish Church is "still powerful". Tageszeitung reported that one of the Szydłos' sons is studying medicine and the other (horror of horrors!) is studying to be a priest. The leftist rag also took Szydło to task for voting against an anti-domestic violence law but failed to mention it had been designed to faciliate backdoor introduction of contorversial leftist innovations. Finally, the paper attacked Szydło for calling on the Episcopate to boldly speak out on matters of public concern. Tageszeitung tried to slip in a lie alleging that "the Episcopate has no democratic mandate to do so." A bald-faced lie, because every citizen and every organisation, not excluding the Catholic Church and other denomiantions, has a right to exercise freedom of speech and express their views on public issues.

USA, Canada / Any Polish Mechanics that Speak English? South Dakota job. [7]


Contact Paulina Notecka (speaks English) at: work@workservice.pl

Feedback / ATT MODS: HOW TO EMPTY A OVERSTUFFED BOX? [12]


Different people -- posters, mods, but this has accumulated over a number of years.

USA, Canada / Any Polish Mechanics that Speak English? South Dakota job. [7]


There are bars and honkytonks, bowling alleys, cinemas and restaurants. Have fun!

Life / Can many young Poles speak German? [72]


Indeed, when the early Polabian Slavs ran itno their first Germanic tribes, they couldn't imagine the latter's harsh guttural sounds, reminscent of the croakings of the sick and dying, could possibly be a human tongue. So they dubbed them Niemcy, the mutes or dumb ones. And it's been that ever since.

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


Doing the best I can. Who can do more?

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


That would never do. The Great St JP2 said as Catholics we must all evangelise the world at work and play at home and away -- and not just priests and nuns but plumbers, writers, home-makers, taxi drivers, teachers, journalists, carpenters, whoever....

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


The feminist word police need you. Planning a bit of moonlighting, then read on:
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Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


It's part of the PC newspeak vocabulary. Some people don't even recognise it as such, others are sensitive to attemtps to contaminate and ideologise the language. To each their own!

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


I never said the femi-fascists were sensible. So: Ego te absolvo...because I doubt if you were consciously mouthing a buzzword of the PC Dictatorship. You simply went with the flow. When one hears something over and over it may unwittingly become second nature. I recall some of them condemning JP2 for saying "Man does not live by bread alone!" which they naturally genderised. The Polish is: Nie samym chlebem człowiek żyje! (człowiek = human).

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]

What about exceptionally fidgety and or unruly kids who disrupt class and bully weaker pupils or even accost the teacher? Have you ever personally experienced such encounters or observed them up close? What is the Montessori-approved manner of reacting thereto?

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


There must be some common wave-lengths between us (despite numerous differences) because I was going to add: Even the Church, although divinely inspired, is man-made and can manifest certain shortcomings.

Re differences: humankind? Typical PC newspeak promoted by their femi-fascist wing. It was, is and will always be mankind to all excpet PC-infected trendies.

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


Interesting! I had heard of Montessori but had never delved into the details. Since every man-made system is defective, let me ask you what is the down-side of Montessori education. Is it for every type of pupil or only those with a certain predisposition.

Life / "Survivor's report" from a children's mass in Poland [62]


...and irreligious ones as well. The problem is that the loose and casual kind may regard those who try to adhere to their faith as fanatics, bigots or bible-thumpers. And, similarly the latter view the former as laid-back slobs and sluggards guitly of spiritual sloth. That's human nature, I reckon.

But each case is individual and there are reasons behind it. It could be upbringing or peer pressure or a myriad other possible factors. Most people lack the time and patience to thoroughly analyse each case, so we usually dismiss them with some glib stereotype. I'm as guilty fo that as anyone.

Et ne nous soumets pas à la tentation, mais délivre-nous du mal. Amen!

News / Roman Polanski accused of unlawful sex with a minor [403]


It's funny you focus on such judicial technicalites as plea bargaining without as much as mentioning the nasty and vile activity the promiscuous Polański had engaged in. If the victim had been your 13-year-old daughter I wonder whether you would be equally generous, understanding and "liberal" towards the victimiser?!