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European Trudeaupia

By Robert on July 2, 2011 9:53 PM | 7 Comments

Every few days a podcast is released by BBC News entitled From Our Correspondent. The stories from around the world are sometimes weird but most often fascinating.

In this recent episode, pay close attention to the first two segments: the first is from Athens and the second from Strasbourg. Listen to the repeated tales of corruption and greed and incompetence. Then ask yourself whether the big government proponents in Canada want anything different.

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Richards in Vancouver | July 2, 2011 11:10 PM | Reply

Stick around until the end of that broadcast. Behold the quiet dignity with which the fans of the River Plate football club endured its relegation to second tier status for the first time in its very long history. A very model of decorum from which Vancouver's Canucks fans could learn much.
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Robert W. (Vancouver) | July 2, 2011 11:32 PM | Reply

Richard, I listened to that part too. Video here.

syncrodox | July 3, 2011 12:28 AM | Reply

Robert

I went to both links, read and listened. What I came away with was a sickly sheen of romanticism.

It's as if every one of the reporters involved imagined themselves the narrator of an english lit epic.

Piffle all.

Occam | July 3, 2011 9:36 AM | Reply

Big government - big graft - big nepotism - big Ponzi schemes - has it ever been any other way?

Robert of Ottawa | July 3, 2011 10:28 AM | Reply

The only way to conrol this is to take away the cookie jar. In othere words, have the government responsible for much less.

Jeff | July 3, 2011 11:25 AM | Reply

The Greek socialist culture is really hard to undo.

This is the same reason I left Saskatachewan. The politics can change, but the culture remains for years....decades.

The part about Greek youth aspiring to work for the government is very, very common in Saskatchewan.

Get a job with the government and you're "set for life". My Conservative voting parents still say things like this, despite my Dad being black listed by Roy Romanow for being hired during the Devine era.

Socialism looms so large and is so infesting that it takes a generation to effect new perspectives. The Saskatchewan Party will need at least 4 terms in Saskatchewan before it will represent true change in mentality.

As for Europe....it's basically over isn't it? Demographically as well as culturally and economically...Europe's fate is sealed. The real interesting thing will be Europe's future in the NEXT century.

The LS from SK | July 4, 2011 2:02 PM | Reply

No Jeff - the EU's future is only beginning as they discover the good and bad of the EU. They have lots of time to adjust to multicultural imbalances and only hope Canada can do a preemptive strike to laws.

Common currency = great. EU parliament and silly walks = BAD.

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