News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

I could not care less about a view of Poland in the eyes of the foreign nations. Why should I?

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

Worse then Walensa with his "left leg" and faliure of decommunisation? I don't think so.
He'll just let Tusk do whatever he's bloody will and it is going to hurt us economically pretty deep but Poland will survive. Hitler and Stalin combined have not managed to destroy Poland :-)

Maybe even something good comes out of it? If PO goes too far, the outrage can facilitate creation of some real right wing party. Who knows?

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

PiS was rather lefist, now didn it? It could be considered right wing only by Polish standards. I mean something like UPR, but without Korwin Mikke's dumbfucery.

Part of Europe? Sure, always was. But EU is more and more commie so Poland should start to keep some distance.

FRD, we survived crisis pretty much unscaved despite Tusk's best efforts.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

It remains to be seen. For now it looks like he is going to kiss Tusk's arse daily. But mabe he'll develop some sort of backbone... Stranger things happend.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

But during communism every penny was being send to Russia, so no wonder that infrastructure crumbled. We can rebuild our country ourselvs, thank you very much.

And, as France Telecom owning TPSA shows, foreign owner will just try to milk the franchise dry. Why should they care about people in some "ex-communist shithole"?

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]


It just let us speed up things a little. More then a little. Good roads is a nice thing, no denying this, but I could live without them well enough. On the other hand, my brother in law worked in TPSA as technician, once they had a meeting with France Telecom's trade union representative. When asked when the wages of a Polish employees of the France Telecom will be equal to that of a French ones, she answered, without so much as a flinch, "Never".

That why I wonder if it was wise to get into EU in the first place.

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]

But it was not "Maybe in 50 years". It was "Never".

News / Will Komorowski be Poland's worst ever president? [72]


It is matter of attitude. Are this "ex-comunnist shithole" dwellers the same people as we, praud Erenchmen or not. If you can hear something like that from trade unionist, what can be expected from a manager?


You must be very young.

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

I have a hard time telling US English form UK one. Like, I do know that one nation uses "apartament" and the other "flat" but at the moment cannot remember exactly who. "Ass" and "arse". "Push ups" and "press ups" (these are "pompki", right?). I usually treat these words as synonyms.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [19]

A manly man have to get stone drunk at least once a week. If not, he is just a gay.

News / EurAsEC - first step to revival. What Poles think? [8]

Yeah, time to join an ssociation of poverty stricken countries. Indeed a great future awaits there, ahead...

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

Is donky arse too?

Food / Do Polish beers contain adjuncts? [34]


Wow, actually someone likes Żywiec Porter? While I like porters, Okocim is the only good Polish dark beer I know of (Strzelec is just bearable), it showed in Polish shops again recently, but I find Żywiec Porter godawful. It tastes like soup. Better then Lech porter used to be though.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

I many times have seen reportages describig cases like that in Polish TV. This Jugendamt thing is apparently notorious for stealing children of Poles living in, and even sometimes just visiting, Germany. Sadly, for some reason our government refuses to take any steps about it.

It was strongly suggested that neo nazism is prevalent in the ranks of Judgendant, but I don't know how much truth is in it.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

Apperantly if parents do not have job and rent one room flat it is reason enough to take away a kid and not lest parents talk with their child in Polish.

There are thousands cases, check here:
jugendamt-wesel.com/CEED_eng.htm

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

They would like to return to Poland, many of them at the very least. But that would mean leaving their kids in Germany.
It is not just Polish issue, really. Check this:
il.youtube.com/watch?v=EfVJplQQQx4&feature=related

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

Again, it is not just stupid Poles hating Germans. Here is a story about Jugendamt, the great agency that was set up in year 1939:
en.kendincos.net/video-yt_eCPxV3ax_xcLA-en-part-1-4-sscandalous-jugendamt-philecia-jackson-interview.html

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

I tried, I really did, but I could not find any English language source describing Jugendamt as something nice. Google something like "jugendamnt", "agency". All I have found was like "jugendamt destroying families" "kidnapping children" and so on. Up until tonight I had no idea how widespread it is.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

Sorry, I dont speak German. I am bad, bad Pole and I have never lernt your language. Probably out of spite?
But keep in mind that I did not post any links in Polish. And there are milions of them. And not a single one say s nice word about it.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

As I understand CEE is an association of parents wronged by Jugendamnt. Frankly, if my kid was stolen from me by some foreign agency, I would go to the witch hunt too. Nothing bad about that.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]

Still, the sheer number of cases is appallig. I refuse to believe that all of them are bunch of liers. And the fact that Poles need to speak to theirs kids in German, even if neither kid nor parents speak German is clear sign of Jugendamt's ill will.

And no, not even half of the articles originates at CEE.

One come to wonder how angels from Jugendamt find the time to do anything good. Harming so many people got to be full time job. German efficacy, I guess.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]


This single case is just tip of the iceberg. If some rules do not make any sense, one needs to ignore them, or, at the very least, bend said rules just a little. If one has something even remotely resembling heart, that is. Instead Jugendamt workers are showing only hostility towards everything that is Polish. Just like you do:


Are you related to the Jugendamt or it is just typical German attitude?

Are you familiar with the term "Germanization"? It seems, this is the thing he not wants to be done to his children.

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]


???(Kondzior is scratching his head in befuddlement)Why?

Don't get me wrong, I find this cross situation fairly amusing, don't care one way or the other, but your statement sounds absurd to me.

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

No, no. You got me wrong. I kind of understand the reasons behind the decisions, even if I think that both sides are overreacting. Seriously overreacting.

What got me stumped was "public representative space should be free from any religious symbols". It is rather broad statement and I do not see any logic behind it. Unless one is fanatical atheist.

Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

Frankly, if there was an offer about tickets "na ostatnią minutę", I'd probably think that I am supposed to pay more for them, because I'm so late :-)

Also, someone mentioned "non stop". It may be a borrowing, but it is the time honored borrowing. It was widely used as long ago as in the late seventies. Maybe even earlier, I woudn't know, but I am using this word all the way from my childhood...

Life / Why is cheating at schools in Poland accepted?! [155]

Creating your own "ściąga" or "bryk" (I do not know the English equivalents) is a great way to learn before an exam. I mean, you must put all necessary data on tiny pieces of paper. How not to remember it after that. I always created "ściągi" and never needed them, but knowing that this data it in my right sleeve, and that piece of info in the left sock was helping to cool down my mind before a serious exam... ;-) You are telling me that only Poles do such a little nasty things? Really?

Life / Why is cheating at schools in Poland accepted?! [155]

So your teacher did know what she was talking about. Holier than thou, arn't we?

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

Zed, Belka is a thief. Simple as that. Or you have forgoten about his tax? I don't. Belka is the reason I would never, ever vote for the SLD again.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [94]

Jacek Dukaj, the true successor of Stanislaw Lem. One thing, his books are not for humanists. (Humanist- guy who was not inteligent enough to cope with some sort of real science).

Food / Russia vs Poland Vodka war [70]

Poland vs Russia? Finland has the best vodka today.