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Day: November 27, 2011

The Euro is Dead

November 27, 2011 / / 0 Comments

I said so a few days ago, and events of the last few days have confirmed my earlier opinion.

This is what has gone wrong in Greece, and I suspect, in the other PIIGS nations;

Germany could, maybe, perhaps, still come to the rescue by funding more bailouts and propping up the European Central Bank as it prints more money.

But the present government, Angela Merkel included, know they will be booted out at the earliest opportunity if they take that course.

Politicians may take action that will result in their losing the next election if they believe strongly enough it is the right thing to do.

German politicians are not that convinced. They have an obligation to their own country which will outweigh their obligation to a vision of a united Europe which most Germans do not share anyway.

It’s finished, Angela. Just give it up. Rip off the band aid and get the pain over.

Islamist Regimes = Skidmarks on the Undies of Life

November 27, 2011 / / 0 Comments

‘Judgement day has come!’ ‘We will kill all the Jews.’

Some of the chants repeated at a rally in Cairo.

It is simply nonsense to suggest, as some have done, that Muslims hate Jews because of Israel. Muslims have conducted campaigns of extermination against Jewish populations since Islam began. The mufti of Jerusalem looked forward to working with Hitler in extending the final solution into the Middle East.

No matter who is elected in Egypt, or any of the other ‘Arab Spring’ countries, they will not be able to meet the people’s expectations of improved economic conditions. It will be necessary to find someone to blame. No prizes for guessing who that will be. Israel, the US, and any other Western countries which have diplomatic relations with Israel.

We in the West like to imagine that democracy will solve most problems, because most people are basically decent. That much is true – most people are basically decent. But Islam encourages its followers to act like Muhammed. Muhammed was a serial murderer, rapist and torturer. He had sex with a nine year old girl when he was in his fifties. He grew rich by raiding neighbouring towns and villages. This is not a good example on which to build a just society.

Democracy is not just a matter of elections. Unless there is an underlying commitment to tolerance of diverse religious and political views, and a commitment to the rule of law, then elections will be no more than make up on a melanoma.

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