1 posted on
03/01/2004 8:41:50 PM PST by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
2 posted on
03/01/2004 8:46:20 PM PST by
Paleo Conservative
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To: RWR8189
3 posted on
03/01/2004 8:47:47 PM PST by
Paleo Conservative
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To: RWR8189
So Germany is going back to free week long spa visits at govt expense for everybody again?
Sell your Euros before the rush.
4 posted on
03/01/2004 8:50:20 PM PST by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand... if you are French raise both hands.)
To: RWR8189
The result was being blamed largely on Mr Schroeder's unpopular reforms, which include cutting some welfare benefits.Now, why do I have the instinctive reaction of disagreeing with the BBC's spin here?
I'm no expert on German politics, but I don't think people who want more "welfare benefits" are likely to switch over to the generally more conservative Christian Democratic Party. Could the real issue have been... taxes?
To: RWR8189
In the closing days of his last election, Schroeder's America-bashing speech in Hamburg was received with wild applause. I'll bet he never dreamed they'd turn on him.
7 posted on
03/01/2004 9:07:53 PM PST by
Bonaparte
To: RWR8189
Weird that the reforms Schroeder has pushed look so conservative...
8 posted on
03/01/2004 9:10:09 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Schroeder helped beat up a cop in the early 1970s)
To: RWR8189; ValerieUSA; blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion
"no, not a ping. What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards?" "A palindrome?" "Yeah." "That's not a palindrome! The palindrome of 'ping' would be 'gnip'!"
10 posted on
08/19/2004 10:18:56 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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