News / Poland's Vietnamese: A tough transition but they're surviving [31]

I don't think Poland is all too tolerant toward foreign emigrants, maybe tourists or businessmen with $$$ but not foreigners with no money and different physical looks. Poland is a homogenous country which would be the reason I guess.


The US should ship all those Polish bums who are there illegally too. And if enough Poles became disciplined enough not to try their luck, maybe we'd get the Visa Waiver too. Oh I don't care, I qualify for a green card anyway.

Poles have been emigrants too, and while we look like our British/American/Australian hosts we do have different customs and behaviour which many locals can rightfully find distasteful. I think the least people like Greg above could do is cut the hypocritical BS.

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]


In South Africa the income tax rate is 40%. There is VAT of 14% on virtually everything,
there is also property tax way above the $4000 you quote, plus surcharge on petrol,
tight customs rules, tax on TV, tax on booze, cigarettes etc. Oh yeah, you need
medical insurance too, for one person that amounts to $300 per month easily.

1/3 in tax is a bonus to me.

As for Japan, the glory days are over. I constanly hear complaints from friends
about the standards declining, more people not going to university, and so
on. They have serious issues with low birth rates over there, a system of
social security which is falling apart and an ageing population, hence the
investment in robotics.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]


You think so?
Look:

globalresearch.ca/articles/BRZ110A.html

"Q: Some stirred-up Moslems? But it has been said and repeated Islamic fundamentalism represents a world menace today.

Brzezinski: Nonsense! It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam. Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. But what is there in common among Saudi Arabian fundamentalism, moderate Morocco, Pakistan militarism, Egyptian pro-Western or Central Asian secularism? Nothing more than what unites the Christian countries."

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]


That's because for white people, SA has been pretty much a First World Country,
for the Blacks - a 3rd world. It's still like that for most of the blacks except the corrupt
ones in the government and the super rich affirmative action candidates - as SA is
facing a reverse anti-White discrimination policy right now. SA will probably become
3rd world though like Zimbabwe. Still if you compare service levels in SA shops
and Polish ones, the staff in SA shops are much more polite and usually treat you with
class. Polish and European service personel are quite rude, its improving but its still
bad. I've had some bad experiences in Poland when I visited in August of last year.

If I was to compare the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, South Africa and Poland,
I'd say Polish shop clerks were by far the most rude and intolerant of customers.

News / Are Poles good enough for USA (to go there without a visa)? [288]

Visa Waiver - Visa Shmaver - :)

No matter what, even if you're a citizen, you still get manhandled by the TSA ;).

News / PIS and PO - what is the difference in their programs? [35]

The problem with all these parties is that they are run by politicians who are more interested in satisfying their own egos than in running the country properly. At least, the Poles got rid of Kwasniewski and the SLD Bolshevik/Communists.

Life / Poland's National Anthem "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (download mp3) [49]

ez-tracks.com/getsong-songid-1800.html

A different orchestral rendition of the Polish National Anthem. The site does ask for your
email address though (yet doesn't verifiy it), also make sure you don't download their music manager
(choose "No thanks" at the bottom of the screen) as it may be spyware.