Greece 'far right' rejects austerity after 'socialists' capitulate!

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The Greeks are in for hard times, but their government officials acted like accountants for Enron, so what did they expect would happen eventually? Furthermore, they will still be better off than most of Africa.

This whole tragedy is like the postponing of a death sentence on myriad occasions thus far. Just get it over with already.

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Germany is the real villain here.

No, the real villains are the people in Greece's government who one-upped the Enron accountants in the realm of fraud. Germany and the rest of the EU trusted Greece, and Greece betrayed that trust.

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some footage from the class war:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-13/greece-votes-in-favour-of-austerity-plan/3826308

Law enforcement needs to start responding to deadly force with deadlier force, or the whole nation is going to be up in flames before you know it.

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Austerity:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/athens-in-flames/100244/

Austerity? More like "discovering there is no such thing as a free lunch."

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At this point, if I were in Greece, I would be voting KKE. They might be unreformed Stalinists, but the cult of Marx is better than that of Market.

Well, at least some California Democrats are honest about their true ideology. Kudos.

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Austerity:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/athens-in-flames/100244/

Austerity? More like "discovering there is no such thing as a free lunch."

No. It's clear to anybody who isn't already a delusional market-cultist that the Greek government is complicit in the sadistic punishment of its own people. They're, among other things, firing tens of thousands of people. Not as an unfortunate side-effect. As the whole point.

Then again, you might not mind that, since you are on the record in this thread as exhorting the Athens Police to massacre civilians. Which, come to think of it, is probably being floated as an entirely proportionate response to the threat to The Markets.

Government officials in Greece engaged in Enron-style accounting fraud to get into the Euro, and then they continued the facade for years and years until, like Bernie Madoff, they could no longer keep up the illusion. Government officials are solely responsible for the state of Greece. Government officials thought they could essentially lie, cheat and steal with impunity. They were wrong. There is no free lunch, and nobody is going to just hand them a "do-over" slate, especially not the people of the nations who were betrayed by Greece. The other members of the EU trusted Greece, and Greece betrayed that trust from the beginning and just kept increasing the severity of the deception until the house of cards fell down. Actions have consequences. The Greeks made their bed, and now they're going to have to sleep in it.

Blaming somebody/something else for your mistakes/problems is the easiest thing in the world to do, but the free market/bankers have nothing to do with any of this. This is merely an example of government corruption and its consequences.

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I miss him already.  I'm hoping to see him on T-shirts in Chatachuck market soon though.

I like this image:

Is your Gaddafi man-crush for real, or are you joking?

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I miss him already.  I'm hoping to see him on T-shirts in Chatachuck market soon though.

I like this image:

Is your Gaddafi man-crush for real, or are you joking?

Real of course.  What's not to like?

Crimes against humanity? For example, ordering and/or helping terrorists blow up a Scottish airplane and bomb a German night club with American soldiers in it?

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Austerity:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/athens-in-flames/100244/

Austerity? More like "discovering there is no such thing as a free lunch."

No. It's clear to anybody who isn't already a delusional market-cultist that the Greek government is complicit in the sadistic punishment of its own people. They're, among other things, firing tens of thousands of people. Not as an unfortunate side-effect. As the whole point.

Then again, you might not mind that, since you are on the record in this thread as exhorting the Athens Police to massacre civilians. Which, come to think of it, is probably being floated as an entirely proportionate response to the threat to The Markets.

Government officials in Greece engaged in Enron-style accounting fraud to get into the Euro, and then they continued the facade for years and years until, like Bernie Madoff, they could no longer keep up the illusion. Government officials are solely responsible for the state of Greece. Government officials thought they could essentially lie, cheat and steal with impunity. They were wrong. There is no free lunch, and nobody is going to just hand them a "do-over" slate, especially not the people of the nations who were betrayed by Greece. The other members of the EU trusted Greece, and Greece betrayed that trust from the beginning and just kept increasing the severity of the deception until the house of cards fell down. Actions have consequences. The Greeks made their bed, and now they're going to have to sleep in it.

Blaming somebody/something else for your mistakes/problems is the easiest thing in the world to do, but the free market/bankers have nothing to do with any of this. This is merely an example of government corruption and its consequences.

You have such contempt for the Greek government, yet you have exhorted the Greek government to kill Greek civilians, publicly, in this thread.

Just pointing that out. Not to you, but to the rest of the forum should they be interested in this fact.

The current administration in Greece actually brought to light a lot of the corruption, although one has to wonder if they would have continued the facade if circumstances allowed it. In any case, the politicians currently in charge are not solely, or even largely, to blame for the current crisis. Their predecessors and much of the bureaucracy is really to blame. In any case, the Greek government now needs to maintain law and order, or risk having the entire nation going up in flames. The protesters are using deadly force, and have actually killed innocent women in banks, and anytime protesters use deadly force you need to respond with deadlier force if you want to get the situation under control.

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In any case, the Greek government now needs to maintain law and order or risk the entire nation going up in flames. The protesters are using deadly force, and have actually killed innocent women in banks, and anytime protesters use deadly force you need to respond with deadlier force.

Small gubmint!

So if you were in Greece, you would rather see anarchy than restoration of law and order?

It should probably only take a few warning shots, some close calls, to get the protesters back into a peaceful protesting mode, which is their democratic right. But they do not have the right to firebomb buildings and law enforcement officials. At this rate, it's only a matter of time before the protesters kill more people. They've already killed a couple of innocent women who just happened to work in a bank.

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Now, I happen to suspect that reintroduction fo the drachma is the least bad of the bad options. But they don't have good options.

I agree, and I believe the sooner this happens, the better. The world needs to be sent a signal about what happens when your government operates like Enron. And the Opebos of the world need a lesson in what really happens when you increase your monetary base by a spectacular margin.

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I think it is safe to say that nobody really attacks Opebo. He is not serious enough to be taken seriously. And this is coming from Romneybot 2012!

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You object to the "Your Lordship"? Because that's the only name I've been calling you.

The only thing he does not like about "Your Lordship" is the fact that only you refer to him as it. He secretly fantasizes about becoming the next Colonel Kurtz.

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Don't be ridiculous. An obscure reference would be saying that Greece should have been more Larry and less Balki. Watch and learn.