Nigel Farage On Greece

"... because stuck inside the Euro, you are going to be literally destroyed." An apt, if unwelcome, response to the question of whether things could be better if Greece were to float their own currency again. Yes, prices would rise. They're doing that now. But for those who only have a "stupid" setting, the only option is to double-down on stupid and do the same thing again and again (and this time, more so) and hope for a different result.

Wow. He's definitely the Simon Cowell of the Eurozone, saying what everyone really thinks, but is afraid to.

How many generations have to go buy before it clicks that you can't keep spending more money than you have?

In a weird twisted way I will get a small bit of satsifaction out of the "I told you so" when these countries head over the cliff, one at a time.

In the meantime, things are chugging along in Alberta. The RV dealers are very busy. Stopped at one place in Leduc on Tuesday and they can't order them in quick enough to keep up with sales.

I think Farage is great, but there never seems to be anybody sitting in the seats at the EU Parliament. This is a zombie government.

The best part: the little Greek traitor whining that the price of fuel would skyrocket, as if that would be Farage's fault. Farage was far kinder to him than he deserved.

Far more to the point would have been:

"I sincerely doubt that the member from Greece has any real interest in what fuel will cost in Greece when Greece exits the euro, because by the time it becomes an issue he had better be in London! The people of Greece know exactly who is responsible for turning them into Europe's beggar---and said so at the polls---and the member from Greece knows full well that once Greece regains her freedom, he and many others like him will not be welcome in Greece again for a long time to come.

"What is coming, whether the member from Greece likes it or not, is the greatest coup for human liberty since the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. Everyone in Brussels and Strasbourg and Frankfurt knows it. They know the fate of Nicolae Ceausescu who starved his people to pay off his debts. And that, I submit to you, is the real reason why all too many in Brussels and Strasbourg and Frankfurt are doing everything in their power to prevent it."

Not only are there lots of empty seats, it is obvious that no one is listening when they ARE in the seats.

I'm betting that they're thinking, "I understand why they killed the Old Testament prophets...."

Farage is that lone and lonely voice of reason. It like going into surgery. You know its going to hurt for a while but it will help you to regain your health.

None of these guys are elected. When Farage calls for a return to democracy he is really calling for abolishing this sham body that really does want one central European government. Good luck with that.

I listen to his speaches whenever I can. The EU guys hate him because he tells it like it is. His contempt of them is palatable and I don't think I have ever heard him "get it wrong".

The EU is a failure because it prevents the ordinary man from finding innovative solutions to the problems that come his way. It is an organization that stifles the human spirit.

Let it be a lesson for those in America who are voting this November.

Initially truth is bitter, but in turn it is sweet at the end. Untruth, on the other hand, is a little sweet at the beginning, but in turn very bitter at the end.

Buddha

The cost of goods will stay the same, regardless if you paid in Euro's or Drachma's. You would pay more in Drachma's since they would be worth half but you would have twice as many of them, assuming you havent already taken the Euro's in cash from your bank account.

look at the big picture. if more and more people dont' think for themselves, or become drones of the government, then controlling the masses will be easier.

As Ann Coulter has said, "The truth cannot be administered with novocaine".

A friend recently returned from a holiday in Greece;
- the streets are lined with people trying to sell household items for cash or trade
- universal depression amoung the people
- official wanted $20 for a 2 minutes ferry ride, when they decided to take a walk along the coastline instead the official came out of his booth and wanted $10 for the walking space...

Time for a vote.

I propose we clone Nigel Farage several thousand times and replace all the politicians in the world with his clones.

All in favor?

Having lived for some time in the UK before returning to Canada a few years ago, I'm not quite so enamoured by Farage or UKIP as others might be and less willing to be impressed by isolated sound bites.

In this instance however, I find Farage's metaphor both ingenious and apt: "killing the patient to save the cancer".

@JJM:

I can't argue with that - all I've heard from him are sound bites, I have no idea what he's like as a politician. That said, the world could still use more politicians who are willing to be both blunt and honest.

"Having lived for some time in the UK before returning to Canada a few years ago, I'm not quite so enamoured by Farage or UKIP as others might be and less willing to be impressed by isolated sound bites."

JJM you will have to elaborate a bit on that for our own edification.

Nigel Farage survived assassination attempt,plane crash. UK Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/8173447/Nigel-Farage-plane-crash-pilot-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-Ukip-leader.html

UKIP, the British Tea Party?

"For real, the Italian PM in 2000 was a former commie (Massimo)." Not surprising, and it seems that many former commies have come through the back door to further their agenda. Wasn't Bouraso, one of the two top EU bureaucrats, a former Maoist?

If one thing is true from human history. The truth is never welcomed without violent upheaval.

The Euro is a great instrument. If one nation's government thinks that it can borrow indefinitely to fund all sorts of social programs, crippling the nation's productivity, Greece is the response.

Moving to a sovereign currency will not force Greece to change its ways. In fact, it will maintain them. Its government will have free reign to do what the US, Japan, China and every other big government economy may do with a currency they are free to manipulate.

Of course, the Greek politician wishes to remain in the Euro only because he thinks Greece can squeeze more money from Germany to retard or avert the massive internal reformation towards a freer domestic market and a far lower government presence.

But when Germany refuses, Greece will with speed discard the Euro. And Greece will look forward to initial disruption followed by more of the same durable problems.

Greece has the means within itself to change its wasteful ways. Slash taxes and borrow from your people. But to borrow from your people, one must reform. And Greece's favoured leftist elements will not give up their privileged status.

So the circus continues.

GM

Why use a bad video copy when the original is so clear?