Posted on 09/15/2008 10:25:43 PM PDT by WesternCulture
My Scandinavian brothers and sisters in Norway and Denmark were raped by Nazi Germany during WWII.
Finland was viciously attacked by the troops of Stalin, an army mostly consisting of young Russian farmer sons who never where told why they had to go to Nordic territory and have their throats slit in the cold winter night by a "puukko knife".
These small countries, small even from my nation's perspective (I'm Swedish), fought back like hell and in the end they triumphed.
Look at the performance of these countries of today.
I'm not asking anyone to whine over the hardship the populations of these Nordic countries have endured.
But just about how idiotic is this?:
- In the years following WWII, papers like Reader's Digest "instructed" the nation of Norway how to run their own economy.
Yes, this is exactly what a nation that recently has been occupied by ruthless Nazi troops and is striving to re-organize as a nation is in need of: advice from some putative expert in the field of economics employed by a paper that strives to entertain American housewives.
Do average Americans housewives of today know how the Norwegian GND/capita of today compares to that of other nations?
In any case, Norwegian prosperity of today is definitely NOT all about oil. Poor Libya (housing about the same population as Norway) has more oil than Norway does and is way poorer..How come?
Furthermore:
- All sorts of American media, as well as other kinds of satanic ignorance target my nation, Sweden, out of the likewise ridiculous reasons as Norway is under constant attack.
Just because Sweden of today is a much better run place than the havoc surrounding the editorial offices of Wall Street Journal, Washington post etc and furthermore is a nation more devoted to Capitalism than most other nations are, does this mean we deserve to be attacked by herds of ignorant journalists on a daily basis?
(- Yes, it's true average Swedish families own two houses and drive around in what would be viewed as luxury cars in other countries. What is Wall Street Journal going to do about it?)
My personal opinion is that all other countries could learn a lot from the way in which we Vikings organize our societal life and no, it has little to do with European Socialism.
We believe in individual freedom and freedom of enterprise like few other cultures do.
Do Swedes deserve to be well off?
Yes, we do and if any disorganized nation like Fascist Russia of today sincerely wishes to disagree with us, JAS 39 Gripen fighter planes will cloud their skies, stealth subs will sneak up on their coasts and the nation that today leads the world in heavy truck production will demonstrate EXACTLY what this would mean in terms of spewing out tanks.
I respect and love average Russians, but their leaders have chosen the wrong path.
The Kreml elite can try and outsmart us all they want.
Vikings don't bow down to megalomaniacs.
Maybe a little war is just what Scandinavia needs right now..
With our kind of financial resources and competence in terms of weaponry, we ought to do more in the field of the WOT.
While I loathe most American, Western European as well as Russian media, I claim all of Europe ought to give full support to the US in the WOT.
At all costs.
Swedish soldiers have died in the WOT (Afghanistan).
Little does the world care about, or even notice this outmost sacrifice for the cause of freedom.
Not even in our own home country, anyone seems to care.
At large, Western Civilization of today isn't yet prepared for a long war.
Islamism is a severe threat.
Neo-Fascist Russian expansionist endeavors are too.
So is ignorance.
We will triumph in the end. But before doing so, we will have to aquire the will of being triumphant.
It is still possible to teach the average Westerner of today things like true self respect.
Furthermore, it is is possible for Western Civilization to, again, defeat evil.
However, after having done so, journalists will go on making fools of themselves.
Correction:
“..Norwegian GNP/capita..”
- Sorry, most beloved neighbors!
Which means they eat stuff that no other fish would eat.
Which means they excrete stuff that is pretty obnoxious.
FReegards!
The legendary Finnish puukko knife, a weapon which proved highly usable for fending off Russian invaders some decades ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puukko
We don’t care for the MSM either they all seem to have gone over to the dark side. America will support their allies. Oops, I mean trust in the fact that Conservative Republicans will support America’s allies.
I’m a news junkie, so it pains me to say that most news writers are retards.
But that isn’t the root of the problem because wisdom isn’t dependent upon education or even intellect. Its rooted in a moral understanding of reality, and a practical understanding of reality. Add to that a sense of history, a sense of the transcendent, an appreciation for the tragic and the beautiful, thats where wisdom lies. And something in the way we educate our writers and our people in general leaves them myopic in the ways that matter most.
They can’t see what they can’t see. They don’t have the tools.
So they write and they write, they report and report and somehow never seem to get it right; they look without seeing. They see what they expect to see.
Well said.
Anyhow, while most fish can survive even in a polluted river or in a dirty, unclean aquarium, reproduce and so on, the only thing such waters are good for in terms of human development is enabling the drowning of a journalist.
(I believe this to be the best thing I’ve ever written:D)
You are probably not old enough to remember your political “ancestors,” Hjalmar Branting, Rikard Sandler, Per Albin Hansson, Tage Erlander, Olof Palme, Ingvar Carlsson, and until 2006 Goran Persson, all socialists, and absolutely NOT for capitalism!
(- Yes, it's true average Swedish families own two houses and drive around in what would be viewed as luxury cars in other countries. What is Wall Street Journal going to do about it?)
Living in the U.S 25 years, though I still have an apartment in Malmo (Mariedalsvagen,) with many friends there and families in Skane, I don’t know very many who owns two houses or drive luxury cars. We have one Lincoln Town car, one Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (7 persons) station wagon!!
My personal opinion is that all other countries could learn a lot from the way in which we Vikings organize our societal life and no, it has little to do with European Socialism.
I think it has ALL to do with European Socialism, and I would NOT exchange my Swedish societal life for anything from my American societal life, other than I would definitely chose the Danish as a second!!!
We believe in individual freedom and freedom of enterprise like few other cultures do.
That is only a half truth, that came into play in 2006 with P.M. Fredrik Reinfeldt who moved his party from the right to center!!!!
Swedish soldiers have died in the WOT (Afghanistan)
Tragically, how many?
Islamism is a severe threat.
Unfortunately Sweden is a prime example of opening its doors for them, especially in Malmo!!!!!
So is ignorance.
I agree completely, so please do us a big favor and read your post over and over and over again!!!!!!
Furthermore, it is is possible for Western Civilization to, again, defeat evil.
In doing so Sweden and other Eurabian countries need to learn to close their doors from integration of Muslims!!!!!!!
I’d say the most scary thing regarding (leading) journalists is that they are among the most well educated of us all while their prime mission is feeding all of us lies.
If it wasn’t for the European and American media, Americans and Europeans would today be the best of friends (and maybe I’m misguided about Russia of today because of how this nation is portrayed in Western media?).
Anyhow, while average Westerners of today are aware that Germans during the days of Hitler were brainwashed into believing whatever their media told them to be true, the very same, “enlightened” Westerners of today believe everything that established media report to be reliable information.
When European PC media decided to portray Al Gore as the Saviour of the Planet, few critical voices were heard and since then very little of scrutiny and debate has took place regarding Dalai Lama II.
Some writer probably heard about Norwegians eating bark bread during the occupation & wanted to help.
Actually, a few years back there was a rash of articles extolling Gore as an intellectual giant, there was hardly an article written during that time that didn't gush about what enormous brainpower the man supposedly had.
My impression was that he was actually pretty dim. He didn't understand anything he was talking about, but since journalists understand even less than he, they assume he's a genius.
For anyone paying attention, they stood exposed for the intellectual midgets they were.
I don't know about European journalists, but American journalists are not the most educated; quite the contrary, they are the least educated.
Its not like they study Western Civilization, or history, or philosophy in any depth, and then take their post-grad in journalism. No, they study "journalism" itself for 4 years, while writing in the school newspaper. On that thin education they are then supposedly qualified to write the "first draft of history" and lecture the rest of us on things they know nothing about.
I hope euro journalists are at least a little better qualified. But it won't surprise me if they are not. And, as I say, education doesn't confer wisdom, sadly.
“You are probably not old enough to remember your political “ancestors,” Hjalmar Branting, Rikard Sandler, Per Albin Hansson, Tage Erlander, Olof Palme, Ingvar Carlsson, and until 2006 Goran Persson, all socialists, and absolutely NOT for capitalism!”
- I’m not a Social Democrat, but anyhow, if all of these Social Democratic political leaders really were Communist, why did they allow Capitalism?
Palme opposed the attempts at socializing Swedish business life which mainly were planned by certain parts of the very powerful Swedish trade unions.
Today, few Swedes believe in any of the “alternatives” to Capitalism that exist.
“Living in the U.S 25 years, though I still have an apartment in Malmo (Mariedalsvagen,) with many friends there and families in Skane, I don’t know very many who owns two houses or drive luxury cars. We have one Lincoln Town car, one Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (7 persons) station wagon!!”
- I don’t know what kind of people you know in Sweden, but perhaps you wish to deny an average Swedish family owns a nice, well built house in the city and a summer house as well?
Maybe Americans own all of the nice houses in Sweden, including these ones:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_slott_och_herres%C3%A4ten_i_Sk%C3%A5ne
Concerning car consumption, I’ve performed a little research of my own:
http://freerepublic.info/focus/f-news/1951658/posts
“..Fredrik Reinfeldt who moved his party from the right to center!!!!”
- Moderaterna of today are in many ways more “radical” than they were in the early 1990s. At that time, they didn’t cut taxes like they are doing now (- and more tax cuts will probably be made) and they didn’t strive to reduce the influence of Unionism like they presently are doing.
Sweden is far from perfect, but judging from what I have seen and become aware of concerning other countries, Sweden is the most livable and most successful Capitalist economy (in terms of per capita performance) on Earth, despite having received too many Muslim immigrants.
no problem with me.... sounds like college :)
Especially in Sweden, where our old VW bug quit running. They soon had it repaired, and didn't charge more than we could afford -- which wasn't much. Will never forget that.
Now -- Norway and Denmark are members of NATO, which means they routinely contribute a share toward defending the West. God bless them for that.
Sweden, on the other hand was neutral throughout the World Wars and Cold War, and economically more socialist than any other country this side of the Iron Curtain.
So, Sweden has stood alone -- neither east nor west, neither fish nor fowl, contributing to no one else's defense, and with no one else to come to Sweden's aid, should you ever really need it.
Yes, of course, the Swedes insist they really do their fair share -- with UN peacekeepers, humanitarian aid, etc. All well and good.
But the defense of peace and freedom sometimes requires pure blood and guts -- or, we might even say, the old Viking berserker spirit.
And when the Vikings are called to line up for battle, where are the Swedes? Oh, they're off nursing the sick, and giving Peace Prizes to terrorists, for Christ's sake. Yes, those are worthy causes no doubt, but sometimes wildly inappropriate, imho of course.
It’s a committee from the Norwegian parliament that award the nobel peace price. The other ones are awarded by the swedes.
From my layman point of view, I don’t understand what is there to learn specifically journalistic. There is got to be a list of dos and don’ts like check your sources, don’t lie, etc. Everything else is ability to write in clear language. So indeed, I’d value a broad education better than some specifically journalistic (whatever it is).
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