UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

good stuff, Wedle.
although there is something to be learned from the bus-queuing custom. can't say i miss the daily dose of bus riding... and the store clerk in our "Spozywczy" who would rather break your leg than have to give you change for a 100. oh, not to mention Pani Wiesia, the not-so-friendly post office rep. good old times.

News / Is there anything Poland won't do for money? "Wolf's Lair" - up for rent" [59]

i'd rather it was preserved as a reminder of where totalitarianism leads to

News / Is there anything Poland won't do for money? "Wolf's Lair" - up for rent" [59]

i went to see it in 6th or 7th grade, and I thought it was an interesting place to see. there was a group from Israel there, too, I remember. just like i saw a bunch of black people visiting the sugar plantations around New Orleans last year - they didn't seem to want to set the places on fire, either.

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

you really have two choices then - nationalize all land and existing housing and allocate it to deserving citizens (sound familiar?) or put pressure on the government to promote competition in the construction industry, which will create more supply. no developer ever made money on idle land unless there is no competition.

News / Is there anything Poland won't do for money? "Wolf's Lair" - up for rent" [59]

I'm sure it's less about profit and more about preservation. Historical sites all over the world, from prisons and former plantations to mansions, are "rented" by governments to various non-profits, under the condition that they take good care of the places, even if they charge admission. I don't see any problem with it. At least there is someone accountable for it.

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

for real?! LOL, your "Map of Supporters" consists of 17 (seventeen) individual votes over the past 10 months... you're arguing against your own point. just sayin'.

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

lol, bring a dead guy in support of a dead bill...

i'm all in favor of a visa waiver for Poland, but the bill hasn't made it anywhere near a subcommittee, and the only person actively speaking in favor of it is a rep from Chicagoland... if i were running in Chicago, i would ooze support for it, too, but it all doesn't change the fact that jesus himself couldn't resurrect this bill now. perhaps, call it tabled, if it makes you feel better...

News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]


pretty much

quite pathetic that someone can actually still be punished by law in the middle of Europe in the 21st century for "insulting" some "holy" book

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]

nope, it won't. this bill is dead.

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

you can't argue with supply and demand and right now there is way more demand than supply. what the government can do is provide for cheaper loans, tax breaks for new construction both to companies and individuals, and generally make establishing and running a business in Poland less hassle-free. once the obstacles are removed, it's just a matter of time when people realize that demand exists at all price points and try to meet it. it's not rocket science, it's economics 101

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

If anyone has any doubts about how the supposedly "uncorrupted" process of allotment of apartments worked in the past, I would refer them to the first episode of "Alternatywy 4." That was the reality of distributing housing based on "needs."