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hague1cmaeron   
16 Jul 2011
History / My wonderful boyfriend returned to Poland. Any famous Pole that visits Africa? [26]

Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes.

Leon Xiążę Sapieha

Lasy Itury; Wspomnienia z podróży.

antoranz.net/CURIOSA/ZBIOR2/C0303/10-QZC04088_ucho.HTM

and Eustachy Sapieha
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachy_Sapieha

Safari. Polowania w Afryce Wschodniej i Południowej
hague1cmaeron   
14 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish people are related? [137]

Are still such an ardent defender of press freedom in light of recent developments in the UK, and do you still look askance at Polish the system, or have the scales finally fallen from your eyes and you have come to appreciate the wisdom of my words? (:
hague1cmaeron   
20 May 2011
Language / Is Polish amongst the best-sounding languages in the world? [123]

I like the sound of English...english English that is. Somehow I found the american english not as nice on the ears.
Is it just me or is it really abit twang? I'm puzzled about that difference for years now....especially listening to the news anchors of CNN.

That makes two of us.
hague1cmaeron   
13 May 2011
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]

inacted:

I meant to say enacted oops.

Thats all is an empty BS!Are you blind?or thick?

Ssssshhhhh, Come down dear. In order to change things for the better you have to reform them. So what is it about the specific reforms that you don't like, what changes or otherwsie woud you be in support of or against?

Remember the ball and not the man.
hague1cmaeron   
13 May 2011
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]

Grzegorz_

I am your servant, all of these have been inacted:

Science reform

The reform introduces a new model of financing the science sector, based on the principles of competitiveness, quality and transparency of procedures. A new system for evaluating the quality of work of individual scientific entities is being implemented as well. Operation of the National Centre for Science has been launched – an external agency tasked with distributing funding for the so-called basic research. 20 per cent of all its grants will be earmarked for research conducted by beginner-scientists. The previously existing research and development entities will be transformed into research institutes subject to strict quality evaluation and systematic audits. Their primary objective will be to conduct research and development work for the needs of the economy, and to transfer state-of-the-art technologies to the industry. A package of six legal acts forming the foundation stone of the science sector reform entered into force on 1 October 2010. It comprises the following: the Science Financing Act, the Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Research Institutes Act, the Act on the National Center of Research and Development, and the Act on the National Centre for Science.

New model of higher education

The reform of higher education which the Parliament adopted in February will increase the programme autonomy of academic institutions. Rigid, central education standards will disappear and academic institutions will be free to create new, unique fields of study. The programmes will be created with the support of scientific authority figures, employers and experts in the field of economy. The new mechanisms are being launched on the basis of the European Qualification Frameworks. Thanks to the National Qualification Frameworks (NQFs) it will be possible to compare diplomas issued by Polish academic institutions with the diplomas of other European countries.

National Leading Scientific Centres

The reform also stipulates establishment of National Leading Scientific Centres (KNOWs), i.e. best public and non-public academic institutions. The KNOWs will be selected by way of competitions in various knowledge areas. The selection will be carried out by independent committees of international experts. The KNOWs will be financed for five years, with a possibility to extend that period for another five years.

More?

A link from "The Chancellery of the Prime Minister ". . . . How absurd . . !

Cassic, once again plying the man and not the Ball, Do you have any valid criticsim to make, or are one of those that Tusk has desrcibed as the ones who "kwenkolom"
hague1cmaeron   
12 May 2011
News / Achievements of the Tusk's Polish government [532]

I would like to ask PO supporters to post 5-10 Achievements of the Tusk's government. Thank you.

With Pleasure, I will post a few, I can name 70 in fact let me start: premier.gov.pl/en/government_activities/infrastructure
And I can go on and on and on. would like any more examples?
hague1cmaeron   
13 Apr 2011
Polonia / What about the Poles living in Germany? [65]

I think that WWII jokes are world wide phenomenon in English speaking countries, but like in Germany I think that the topic is treated a bit more seriously in Poland.
hague1cmaeron   
16 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Mentality of a child

That is indeed who I am debating

There is just no getting thorough to someone who is not interested in the merits of the argument, and instead is out to rubbish and tarnish, all I can say is that I am glad to be in the majority of the sane as opposed to the minority of the bitter and twisted. Let me guess you also probably think that the late president was killed by the Russians?
hague1cmaeron   
15 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Now what,s left to sell in order to fill the holes

There are still public assets available, and times were tough that's why the used the money form the sales to pay down the debt, a very sensible thing to do I would have thought.

However the reasons for the sale of public assets are based on other considerations apart from money. Efficiency is another reason, privately controlled companies tend to be more efficient and quicker to adopt new technologies than publicly controlled companies. All comes down incentives to reform.

You have got the wrong end of the cycle thicko, unbelievable you are to thick to follow your own line of thinking through the same thread! Firstly you were complaining about PO selling public companies

and utilities to private hands to pay down the debt, and then you have the effrontery to complain about a high deficit? How can I argue with someone who can't even follow his own logic?

We already had the hard times dumbo and Poland came out better than most. You mentioned good times and borrowing, when we had the hard times PIS urged PO to spend big, and PO rightfully refused and it turned out to have been the correct decision. So times were already hard and PO was around, now times are getting better and PO is the only party to make the most of the situation. So yes they will be around in bad times and good, because the majority of Poles can follow their own logic for longer than 2 minutes unlike you.
hague1cmaeron   
14 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

My sentiment exactly, how pathetic!

God help Poland.............. Lets get it right, the crooks are happy, not the people. All the best assets have been sold, so what has Poland got left ?

"Not alot"...... as Ken Dodd once said.

That is what happens in market economies you ...... so and so.

So when are you planning to join protesters, so people can have a good laugh.

Too bad I am going to be in Poland in June, if I was there a little later I would go to the local PO office and ask them if they need any volunteers to distribute newsletters in my area. And just tomake sure i would door Knock my area as well.
hague1cmaeron   
13 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

The funniest thing about all of this is that for all the whining done online by opponents of the Government, there's absolutely **** all they can do about it :)

Amen to that. Let them whine(:

Oh,so it's really the EU and not Tusk or the PO, right?

Are you slow or something, he gave you the answer the first time around.
hague1cmaeron   
13 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Says it all.

Yes it does, how you and the OP project any personal problems in your own lives on the government.

A government who has maintained one of the lowest deficits in the EU, by being brave enough to resist the temptation to spend when that was all the rage in the EU.

A government with the best finance minister in Europe-according to Bankers magazine.

A foreign minister who holds his own in the EU, and whose CV easily outshines that of his counterparts in the EU-now that Kirchner is no longer France's foreign minister.

A health minister who refused to buy useless stocks of anti Bird flu vaccine from monopolists, that would have cost hundreds of millions.

Yes it is a damn good government, and no matter how many ill informed ad hominem attacks you launch wont alter that fact. Luckily the people of Poland are a lot more smarter than the OP and yourself, and PO will win a deserved second term in office. whilst you guys can do something to yourself and join the rest of the nutters, anti Semites and loons of every stripe and colour in front of the presidential palace.
hague1cmaeron   
13 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

here hasn't been so much power consolidated in one party (PO) since communist times. Sejm and the Senate, the PM and the President, total domination of public and private TV stations( every conservative program eliminated, every one), and you don't see anything wrong with that. Their party's program is to fight the opposition. That is it.

complete BS
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Thankfully, it seems rather unlikely that the current President will ever attempt to drag someone into court for insulting him.

One thing that Poland should rightfully fear is for their freedom if PiS ever manage

I have to agree with that.

The minute someone offends someone else ( normally politicians ), they face court action. If I was to have a conversation with someone in public and was to be overheard expressing my opinions on, for example, a minister, I could officially be cited.

Either you have absolutely no idea of how the system works in Poland, or you are a liar. You can offend Polish politicians as much as you want to, and nothing will happen to you. I lived in few countries and I Follow th UK press, and i cannot think of another country were the public debate is as personal, vicious or robust as in Poland.

I can assure you there is no one in Poland who is afraid of insulting a politician, some people do it as a pastime.

Make false allegations on the other hand, that is a different matter, and it potentially exposes th person making the allegations to a charge of slander-look it up in the dictionary.
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Are you residing in Poland ? There is only a limited " freedom of speech ". Poles are still afraid to cross the line. Say the wrong thing and you wind up in court, ultimately prison.

That is complete crap, that can be only put forward by a conspiracy theorist.
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

At the moment Poles are living in an elective dictatorship.

And how can you substantiate this moronically ludicrous proposition?

you still haven,t named any PO successes.

Being the only country in the EU to avoid a recession and maintain one of the lowest levels of debt is not an achievement to you?

When the people fear their government

WTF: Who exactly fears his or her government in Poland?

We are not talking about the former US administration run by a country hick.
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

delphiandomine

I was wondering in my previous post:

BTW: I would like to know what is your view on the recent changes regarding the banning of political TV ads and billboarding

This is my view: PIS base will be unable to get inspiration from hate ads on TV and will be less motivated.
 PIS people are older so they will be unable to distribute hate filled election literature as easily.

With a 2 day election cycle, a higher turnout will be more beneficial to PO.

With the PO having cut government subsides to political parties by a half, means that PO will have a bigger election war chest.

I did read it.

Not the first time, until you fell into the trap.

Even he openly admits

Yes he does and isn't it refreshing having a government and a PM who are big enough to admit to their mistakes. Now remind me when was the last time Kaczynski ever admit to any of his mistakes?
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

To properly asses the ass's assesement of his ass government, we would have to mention
the railways scandal, increase in number of useless government officials

Well if you were an intellectually curious individual, you would actually read the actual article and notice where he specifically mentions the above, instead of closing your mind and propagating anti PO prejudice. That way you would have avoided the elephant trap.

It is interesting how you complain about lack of resources for mothers etc. But by the same token you complain about the government deficit. Where is the intellectual consistency in your argument?

Let me guess, you are only interested in PO bashing. The moment i disproved your original hysterical theory with some facts about what the government is doing, you go for the tried and tested rubbishing of what you cannot deny.
hague1cmaeron   
12 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

That is what i have heard. It is now far more easier to set on up.

Sheesh, democracy in Poland is 20 years old. You can't expect miracles from a country where the people are fundamentally socialist in nature.

You don't try to introduce a bill that will charge people to jump the Queue for treatment in a socialist country. If you would that to people they would scream blue murder and call you a fascist, in addition to a snob and then attack your manner of speaking, like in my favorite socialist example: Britain

In Poland by contrast you can get away with that because it is not a "fundamentally socialist" country, and that is what Kopacz and the rest of PO is doing.

if you look at the electoral math, there's absolutely no way that PO could reform labour law.

Well with fat Fedak in charge of labour, it is going to be a bit hard, but after the election when the arithmetic changes a bit who knows.

BTW: I would like to know what is your view on the recent changes regarding the banning of political TV ads and billboarding by PO.

 This is my view: PIS base will be unable to get inspiration from hate ads on TV and will be less motivated.
 PIS people are older so they will be unable to distribute hate filled election literature as easily.
 With a 2 day election cycle, a higher turnout will be more beneficial to PO.
 With the PO having cut government subsides to political parties by a half, means that PO will have a bigger election war chest.

I thought it had recently changed from being some "special health care facility" to being a normal creche?

this is what they have actually done:

Aby umożliwić młodym matkom szybszy powrót do pracy, rząd ułatwił zakładanie żłobków, tworzenie punktów i zespołów przedszkolnych (liczba miejsc dla przedszkolaków zwiększyła się o 190 tys.), wydłużył urlopy macierzyńskie do co najmniej 20 tygodni i wprowadził urlop ojcowski.

rough translation: enabling a quick return to work for young mothers, the gov made it easier to establish nurseries, the creation of extra preschool places( the number will increase by 190 thousand). They prolonged maternity leave to at least 20 weeks and they introduced paternity leave.

So i think it is fair to say that this pretty much punctures the OP's hysteria bubble, as well as the nonsensical rubbish put out by the pretentiously named Hitman.

I would strongly encourage anyone interested in open debate, to read this article in wyborca. To asses to premier's assessment of his governed. I find it very fair.

That is the actual article: wyborcza.pl/1,75478,9242023,Tuska_metoda_malych_krokow.html
hague1cmaeron   
8 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

VIVA LA REVOLUTION.....Jeszcze Polska nie zginela.

Try seeing a doctor(:

Name one other government that is more successful in the EU than the current Polish government. With reason, facts and figures to back up your choice, if you can't may i recommended that you shut your yapper and talk about things you know more about.
hague1cmaeron   
8 Mar 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

Nice attempt a trying to deflect from the late president's pardoning of a crook linked to his son in law.

I agree with the policy if you are on welfare, you should not be subsidized to have children. That is the policy that operates in Germany under recent changes. Perfectly sensible, and can only be opposed by a leftist.

In addition to the above mentioned policy, they have increased the number of places available to preschools as well as making it easier to set up a preschool. It is also worth bearing in mind that although they have increased the VAT rate on other things, thy have lowered VAT on food.
hague1cmaeron   
8 Mar 2011
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [422]

Gazeta Wyborcza is unashamedly against PiS and everything they stand for. Is that really a problem, given the latest revelations about Marta Kaczynska's husband?

Its just go to show that the late president or at least the people around him were crooks.

You expect people to take notice of the website you provided? Seems like a link to an ammetaur conspiracy theorist.
hague1cmaeron   
17 Feb 2011
History / Was Daniel Fahrenheit a Pole? [138]

Poles are a proud people we are proud to be Polish.

That is not a good example of Poles though.

That sums it up quite well.
hague1cmaeron   
12 Feb 2011
Life / Weird names Polish parents give to their kids [43]

My grandfather offered my dad 1,000 dollars to name me Hipolite after my great grandfather. My dad said "no way in hell".

If I was your dad, that would be your name(: