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Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Why do you resort to personal abuse when answering my post?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you on a personal level. I should have say that your post is of little value and I'm not responsible for the way your mind work i.e. not very efficiently.

PO and the EU were building infrastructure and bringing corporations to Poland Ironside.

Did they? You mean highways where companies that actually build them had gone bankrupt ( people lost their heath some lives)because PO's cronies who out of the blue got a contract to built it didn't pay them? The same infrastructure that is the most expensive infrastructure in the world cause PO cronies had to make money on it? The very some that took three times that long as it should be?

Let assume you are right for the sake of argument. Assume they did what you say they did.
Is that an excuse for using the power of the state to harass and spy on the political opposition and to lie about and attack with gas and rubber bullets a legal demonstration? Not to forget keeping people in jail for many months without a trial or charges?

As for the rest of your rant. You know nothing Dough because you don't understand Poland. You have been living in the country so many years and nothing. You compare everything with a good old blighty as it was when you left it. Your drinking problem hasn't make it easier for you. You just don't get the place and you are a commie/sorry Corbyn's buddy, hence your bizarre views....

Sad part is IF you go back there for your retirement you'll be sorely disappointed. 30 years ?Dough its a lot.
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Without PiS

ARE we playing a fantasy game? PiS won a democratic election in Poland. PiS agenda EU has a problem with is in 90% supported not only by their constituency but by the Polish populace at large.

What does the EU and German establishment? Ignore facts, ignore reality and start this stupid war with the reality on the ground. What does it say about that establishment? they are detached from reality - they are crap and they won't solve anything until their are put against the wall.

So all this kumbaya stuff is just a wishful thinking.
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

I said you're an idealist* that all.

*you are not

Before PiS Poland was well on it's way to a leading member of the EU, there was talk of a new axis.

Yes, there was talk. That all was BS. Just empty slogans.

Elected by about 18%

another 'democrat' I see, you're elitist like hell, why don't cut the crap and tell people they should vote the way you tell them or you gonna toss your toys out of the pram?
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

So, what idealism do you think I'm lacking?

I don't think you're lacking anything. I'm not judging you. I just say that you gave an impression that you would like to be some kind of idealist. No matter, I said you're an idealist that all.

for the long-term well-being of the people. Ot is reassuring to know that there is a last line of defence against the destruction of democracy in Bruessels.

Blah blah you just spewing a lot of that leftist nonsense. It doesn't even make sense those are just cheap slogans.
I didn't see Brussels react while PO and Tusk was in charge in Poland and they were using the secret police to spy on the opposition or they were using policemen in plain clothes to incite violence and then used it as an excuse to attack with rubber bullets, gas and anti-riot police a legal demonstrcions. Not to mention corruption that went against the long term wellbeing of the people. Where was your Brussel then eh>?

By the way PiS was elected by the people! What are you some kind of overlord that gonna tell them is not a democracy because they voted the wrong people in power.?

It sound a lot like a dictatorship this 'democracy' of yours.
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

I live in a rich country, I live a good life

Yes, you do. So you have no incentive to question stories media fed you as long as you can hold onto your bliss. That is your comfort zone and its very human. Sorry you must be cynical than.You would like to think about yourself as an idealist but your are not.

From your perspective Poland and such like Hungary are a disturbance. You must blame them or you would have to question your little blissful quite life you value so much. As I said very human emotions.
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Your angry manifesto against the EU very much resembles the Bolsheviks' manifesto against the capitalist system.

I'm not responsible for your f up mind. A fact that you're an ignorant little perineum with a narrow mind set that are trigger by some phrases or words means that your opinion has a very little value.

Who is they?

They are French and German establishment. They're OK with the way the EU is being run because they can manipulate it to fit their agendas and interests and F all the rest.

your take is very naïve for a dude from DDR. As if you were taking seriously all those slogans and propaganda rather than scrutiny it and look at the way the EU really works.

Pouting in a self made corner, threatening the unity,

Yes, that is all propaganda straight from the commie book. Did they not call it that anyone who question Party rule in DDR? YOU can see the EU doing much of the same.

How can Poland put any proposal on the table if the EU Commission illegally are making propaganda war on Poland? There is this Belgian dude with a face of a pedophile who is a radical commie, There is that alcoholic who facilitated money laundering bussing in his little village called Luxemburg, and we have some Dutch ambitious nonentity, who couldn't make it in his own country as politician so they promoted him to the EU

Those people are not elected. They have no legal ground to do what they are doing. Why they are allowed to function at all. Simples, Because establishment of German and France support them. So end of story.

A pollical unity cannot be build on some airy slogans. Only on a solid ground.

You don't get it. PiS is a centrist left leaning party. They are softer than Orban's party in Hungary. IF the EU and establishment would just stop that relentlessly harping on non issues or issue that are supported by the majority of the Polish populace they would get it stupid war out of the way. Yet, EU morons and establishment of Germany and France is so high on a power trip they think that this all or nothing approach will actually let them having their way.

All they are doing is pushing Polish people away from the EU. Already majority of young people are anti-EU. Something that was unthinkable a few years back.
Ironside   
14 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Dudes what are on about? The EU spend huge money in bribe people and politicians and on Brussel EU beorucracy. Where do you think those money came from?

Secondly there are not clear rules for everyone in the EU. There is a lot of lobbing, cheating and going around it with the Brussels blessing rather than a healthy competition. One country can legally put some money into their 'industry' other cannot. One country can cut down all the trees it likes, other cannot. Once country can change organization of their internal institution, other cannot, one country can protect their internal market from a competitive product of the other EU country, and other cannot.

Now, supposed to be a common market with a clear rules for outsiders hence this shape of a banana to favor one producer over the other. Fine, but where was the when Russia banned Polish food from entering their market? Eh? Like right now there is a lot coal being imported from either Russia or Ukraine. My understanding is that Poland cannot rise tariff on it due to EU regulation.

So what good is EU for? They promote 'liberal' values like 'gays rights' and parades and that progressive cultural pet project that supposed not to be part of the EU policy. The EU supposed to be about economic and pollical cooperation that supposed to elevate economic differences between countries and region. Prostitution and dick swinging perverts on the street is hardly a progress. Anywho no ones need EU to have it.

In the EU so called new countries are treated like a colony. They suppose to take anything old good wise countries France and Germany decided is good for them. At the same time being a huge market for their products and a place they can find cheap ores, cheap raw products, and cheap workers.

Mind me is not exactly like it. However that is what those wise old colonial powers would like. Look at the transport they were wining competition to local companies (truck companies) and France stared to worry about considerable low pay of the drivers. WTF?

PiS gov done nothing to stop it. After all in Poland there are low salaries due to the stupid state taxing work with ZUS.

Aha, Germany and EU powers are so after PiS because they said NO to their plan to get rid off illegal Africans transporting them to other countries - which was and is the most idiotic plan. It just tell you those people are just morons that are leaving in an ivory tower, detached from the reality like Atch.

They should done away with that Franco-German bureaucracy and put some clear rulers for everyone to follow and let competition and market regulate EU economy.
Ironside   
13 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

what kind of a dog's breakfast would the various political parties have made of the place by now?

hmm .. for standards they don't care as long as they can impose their ideology and transfer out all the money they can. for what they care Poland could be ruled by the former military intelligence mafia. Secondly you are really patronizing git and with a sense they you Irish are somehow better, the same rationale had been used by the Brits to justify their 800 years rule over your little rainy Island.
Ironside   
13 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

And the EU does have every legal justification to do so.

Which article of the treaty gives them that right?

It is not Germany pushing

yes, sure Germany is all against that. Don't talk crap here, just be honest.

Bruessels tries to avoid confrontation with other countries at all cost

Should have tried even harder. Taking sides in the internal political process, butting in into thing that are outside of the legal scope all that by unelected morons in which one is an acholic with a history of laundering dirty money and the other is just nobody in his won country, with support below 2%.

Do you think they are doing it of they own volition? Think again.

As for the ecology - is that your idea of a joke? a pipeline with oil under the sea is not ecological and few trees Bavaria is not ecological but few trees in Poland it is. Is that depends on policies or geography that ecology thingy - one start to wonder.
Ironside   
12 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Those are completely different cases, for one

There are. For one the north stream's potential ecological disaster would affect all countries around the Baltic sea. Whereas if Poland would have chopped all her trees to pieces, it would affect only Poland. Also it would be reversible in a few decades or in a 100 years you could have pretty much reforest the place.

In the case of the North stream the result of a disaster would be much more severe and most likely not completely reversible - at least the moment.

Just to drive the point home a case that illustrated well double standards:
Germany are pushing/supporting the EU interfering into internal Polish affairs that has no legal grounds nor legitimacy to do so. Those measures are well outside EU agreements.

Not long ago in Bavaria in the similar cirncumsctens Germans chopped up their infected trees - not a murmur from The EU and the German press supports it whole and those few ecologist/activists who dared to protest - terrorists.

So, you fairy story about great EU and Poland who is a bad apple is just a story to justify double standard, interference, incursions German and the EU deem justified, Well Polish people disagree. Take that.

The flaw in your logic is that Germany has not the influence you seem to believe.

Come on. Not as great as believe? what kind of measurement standard is that? I'm talking about facts.
Germany and France are influential. They can get away with bending EU laws, breaking it, or with doing whatever they deem right. Others should just walk the line. If they dare to stray a little or follow Germany example woe to them!

That is not how you build a Union. You build it giving an equal footing to all the countries involved. In such a politically delicate construction whether or not a country is big, small, a power house or economically insignificant it should not have affect their voice or their rights. IF the EU is to work and to be something other than a hegemony where a one orders and others obey Germany needs to see to it.

More powerful, richer and bigger countries will be more persuasive anyway as a matter of course. You need do away with that blatant double standards practice and that dimwitted and dumb Prussian idea of an order.

The way it goes seems to me it goes in the direction of the hegemony not the union. Hence I don't think it would be practicable for Poland to participate in such an endeavor.
Ironside   
12 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

Oh your coffer are so deep in a large part due to the EU. So, stop whining. if you have some money issue in Germany it is because your gov is feeding you that EU excuse, to cover their failing. Less ideology and more pragmatism would have a better overall effect. Don't buy gov BS just because they say slogans you like.

North stream I and II says Germany is pretty influential and can do what they want? Where is the EU battling that project on ecological ground? eh? Few infected trees in Poland caused uproar in EU circles and German press, somehow it hush hush about that huge ecological gamble with the north stream that is not really needed but for the geopolitical Russian games.

I could go issue by issue to point out examples where there are double standards of the EU dealing with countries other than France and Germany. You can get away with almost anything.

Germany doesn't need to defy Brussels if Brussels does it biding. You do see a flaw in your argument/logic here do you?

Europe needs to be more independent in its' security,

You gonna pay for it? IF not, we can talk but that just talk.

Creating a Security Council has been one of the proposals Merkel made recently.

How about creating in the EU instead of all those offices in Brussels a central chamber (or whatnot) that would work like UN security council not being actually a security council?
Ironside   
12 Sep 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

No doubt the Eurozone will see some further reforms,

hmm... why only euro-zone? What kind of reforms? Are you gonna abolish European commission and parliament and create something feasible in their place? Like people would vote their representatives into a European congress and then countries can sent two each representatives to European senate? Will the laws they pass binding even to Germany that has provision that their own local constitution takes precedence over the EU law?

If not - how about abolish all that Brussels pen-pusher seats - saving tons of many in the process and create from representatives of each country some kind of UN security council in which each and very country from the EU has a power of veto? From there build some structures there are needed up? As well as polices very one are OK with>? If not how about create a commission that each country of the EU would delegate someone (or few of them( to work on a new EU constitution and once the work is completed to done away with the current one?

Rather than taka about reform about more Europe or about that mythical EU military cooperation which is just an empty talk that has been talked about rather than about EU finances about EU banking system and so on ......in all it is a nit white rabbit to chase, not a real issue. EU has already working military cooperation and that organization is called - hold your breath - NATO!

So if Germany who is holding EU structures by the balls and is happy with it working as long as it can get its way (for the most part) doesn't want to make it into something that would be real an European Union or some kind of a real long term project that would actually work that means that all this talk about reform about correcting this or that in reality means only a one thing - Germany want changes that would make grip it has on the EU tighten - if all will do as we say the EU will work they say using different wording.

Well if that what you after - good luck. Ah and here is a middle finger to your little empire/middle Europe or whatnot wet dream! FO!
Ironside   
10 Sep 2018
News / Poland's Future in the EU under PIS [51]

Polish future is definitely in the eu

Oh, go suck on a kangaroo or something. You obviously don't know what you talking about.
Ironside   
6 Sep 2018
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

I suspect "busha" is the corruption of "dać mi buziaka"

Nah, rather of 'babusia', or could be a case of some local version that ii hasn't being used anymore but survived in the USA.

Probably closer to the Russian 'babuszka'.

Influence of the Russian language is rather late, if anything it could be one of those local dialects, ruthenian or whatnot.
Ironside   
5 Sep 2018
News / Poland's Future in the EU under PIS [51]

main interest in the EU ...... if they are re-elected for a further term of office it's my belief that they will work hard at turning the electorate .....the country towards Polexit.

Who is feeding you that rubbish? Is that conspiracy theory made up by some dunces? Those some that would be rightfully hanged for treason if the circumstances were different and it wasn't Poland but some other country.

I'm talking form the perspective someone who would whish they were doing it. Luckily young people in Poland are anti-EU.

his words were initially greeted with a stunned silence.

yeah, cause that are dicks following a party line like in a good old Soviets times. The central comity hasn't decided anything yet, so the other can have resemblance of debate but need to keep it in prescribed form.

By the way there is not Ireland issue if the EU won't impose a hard border in case of no deal.

Obviously it would have catastrophic consequences for Poland

boo ho!
Ironside   
4 Sep 2018
News / Mister President Andrzej Duda - Best Poland could get. [96]

who would stand up for democracy,

What? Do you suffer from Kaczynski derangement syndrome?

The opposition doesn't even give Duda's policies a chance to work.

His postion is different than that of a president in the USA. He has very little political power. The only reason he is getting all that flak is because he is part of Kaczynski and his party which are in charge in Poland at the movement. All those soviets and progressives or some clowns have meltdown.

Hopefully we will get someone in 2020 who at least is his own man

Why? We need a new constitution that would make presidency into the real seat of power. Also we need someone to stop PiS to pretend to be on the right. I would see endecja in that role, should have a few more people in the parliament.
Ironside   
1 Sep 2018
News / Purturbing opinion: Poland is not a woman, it is a drunk, inept guy in depression [30]

I think that's actually a very good observation.

Nah, it is yet again BS dig at Poland's culture, history and dignity by a stupid commie woman.

The question for me is how this can be changed?

Get rid of this soviet types from politicks, institutions and from any position of authority or power.
Ironside   
12 Aug 2018
Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]

some german-silesian has survived

you misunderstood - he is talking about German not Silesian - German. IF out there would be surviving some Silesian German it would be in Opole.

Those local folks there Dough talks about are using a dialect of the Polish language - geez.

which is one of the most regrettable stories in 20th century Polish history,

Yep, the treacherous Czech gov grabbed it and Poland never got it back.
Ironside   
12 Aug 2018
Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]

That's interesting...some german has survived in Silesia after the expulsions?

Dude, ask me if you want to learn anything.

Silesia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
1. We have an upper Silesia (this thread is about) where local population rebelled in an armed struggle three times against German rule in 20' of the 20th century. Most territory of the upper Silesia was a part of Poland sicne1922. Local population speaks a local dialect which is peppered with words from the German language due to their long under the rule first of the Austrian and later German empires.

2. There Silesia called Opol- szczyzna (Oppeln), although technically it is a part of the upper Silesia it is a separate region and constitutes a separate administrative district of Poland. There long local people who consider themselves to be Polish, some they came after the WWII are Germans left that at the present are heavily supported by the German state, hell they as a minority under the EU law they hold a seat in the Polish parliament.

Something which is denied to Poles in Germany.

3. Lower Silesia where you can find only very few leftovers from the German rule times. Alas some moved back, bought a house or a land that belonged to their ancestors and are doing OK.

I must use this opportunity lol! To say that those Germans are just germanised Slavic people. Hence unscientific and crazy ideology embraced by Hitler that acted to divide white people into some superficial racial sub-groups. He done more harm to the white people than all Muslim terrorist combined.

Yet Germans allegedly so clever and industrious people went/fell for it like a bunch of stupid sheeples. So they should thing twice rather then lecture others what is right and want is wrong and what countries in the EU shouldn't or should do.

OK dig over. Have a good day BB!
Ironside   
2 Aug 2018
Work / Living in Poland with income from the US. [44]

It's not Poles but PIS who wants to leave the EU

Levin in Poland doesn't make you understand issues. You're plainly wrong on this. I whish you were right.

Poland left the EU a period of instability would follow.

Blah blah ...
Ironside   
29 Jul 2018
News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

What more gov exacted even a merge as it is a social welfare program including so called 500+

What it should read - what more PiS gov extended a social welfare to those Ukrainian guest workers, and that include 500+ a program that was advertised as an incentive for Poles to have more children due to the demographic dip that coming.

Also some gov circles are considering to grand to Ukrainians (or all guest workers) an easy access to the Polish citizenship. Which is the next level stupid.

I knew that Polish politician are not the brightest but only a complete moron could have came out with something like that.
Ironside   
29 Jul 2018
News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Poland has now decided to start a seven-year program to encourage immigration from; Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Armenia and Georgia.

If only. They are being in people from Pakistan, Tajikistan and India and no one is screening those people if they are not Muslims.
How is that for anti-Muslim immigration party? Apparently PiS lied to the people about its real stance on the issue of Muslim immigration.
As to this program - staring now - that is some kind of propaganda. It started at least in 2016/1015 - in three years in Poland appeared out of the blue about 3 millions Ukrainians.

What more gov exacted even a merge as it is a social welfare program including so called 500+ that had been advertised by the very same gov as a remedy for people not having children or for having them too few.
Ironside   
27 Jul 2018
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

get over it and move on!!

What past? Dude Poles have a (PTSD) syndrome. Whatever else you complain about is a costumer services that admittedly are not that great. It improving thought.

As for the rest is you being in a foreign country. Adjust or die. It simple.
Ironside   
27 Jul 2018
News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

. kind of hypocritical because Israel has very similar laws regarding the holocaust

Its is not about those laws. It is about historical narrative in which Jews are the only sole victims the likes history doesn't know. All the nation owe them and especially Catholics. So, they can shove it all in their unwashed behinds. why are you people still yapp about it. There is noting to talk about - just boycott everything kosher.
Ironside   
18 Jul 2018
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

hence they are forgotten and this leads to those capable of working leaving, while leaving the rest behind

That is a generalization that doesn't reflect reality. Many villages thrive and many are also diverse with private businesses and shops that are doping well. Hence my question to dolnoslask what region he is located in beside dolnyslask.

At least I'm

You're a dumb a-hole that ask to be punched in your ugly mug, constantly with you ignorant comments. What is wrong with you?
Ironside   
17 Jul 2018
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

can't find em you don't even see ads for people that do gardening where I am

Where are you? Could you be more specific than dolnoslask?

On the other hand, there is no point in setting up a company that would attend to gardening for the initial cost and a tax on a labour. That is quite a disgrace and something that PIS allegedly 'a good change' won't even address. boo!