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EU Countries Wary of 'Sick Man of Europe' (Germany)
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| October 30 2002
Posted on 10/30/2002 4:35:07 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Surely I'm not the only one to remember how the Germans were wringing their hands a few years ago about how the Italians and the Spaniards were going to drag them down....
To: general_re
Socialism and prosperity just don't co-exist.
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posted on
10/30/2002 5:32:15 PM PST
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gcruse
To: knighthawk
Add me please!
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posted on
10/30/2002 5:34:27 PM PST
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DB
To: knighthawk
The Government's share in GDP has risen from 39 per cent to 48 per cent. The welfare state. They ain't spending on defense, that's for sure.
Unemployment has increased from 150,000 to about four million.
Minimum wage laws can be a b*tch, can't they?
To: gcruse
What? I'm pretty sure that the Germans have
assured us that they've nailed down this whole "social democracy" thing, and they can be
rich socialists.
After all, wishing will make it so, right? ;)
To: general_re
I'm pretty sure that the Germans have assured us thatthey've nailed down this whole "social democracy" thing" as the country's Red-Green coalition
fights recession with tactics popular with
socialist administrations of the past. "
Well, then that oughtta fix it, nein? <chortle>
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posted on
10/30/2002 5:43:30 PM PST
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gcruse
To: knighthawk
Instead of West Germany bringing East Germany into the fold of democratic prosperity, it looks as if West Germany has decided to join East Germany in righteous poverty.
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posted on
10/30/2002 5:43:38 PM PST
by
Cicero
To: gcruse
Everything old is new again...
To: knighthawk
ITS THE JEWS FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!oh, that was our excuse last time........ITS THE EUROPEAN UNIONS FAULT!!!!!!!!! (SARCASMOFF)
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posted on
10/30/2002 7:05:47 PM PST
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gdc61
To: knighthawk
In Spain, where the Conservative government has stimulated impressive economic growth and delivered on budget...What a shocker!
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posted on
10/31/2002 11:38:04 AM PST
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facedown
To: knighthawk
Red Green coalition, you mean this guy is now running Germany?
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posted on
10/31/2002 11:43:46 AM PST
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
What's their platform, "all we need to fix the economy is some duct tape?"
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posted on
10/31/2002 11:44:40 AM PST
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dfwgator
To: knighthawk
Knighthawk, can you add me to the European list, thank you.
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posted on
10/31/2002 11:45:43 AM PST
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Happygal
To: knighthawk
Germany isn't the "sick man of Europe" - France is. It's France - not Germany - where young Moslem immigrants now gang-rape young local women so frequently as a "rite of passage" that it has inspired a noun ("le tournant") and commonly torch transit buses and even private cars.
To: knighthawk
Please add me to your ping list.
To: knighthawk
Please add me to your Europe list.
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posted on
10/31/2002 12:33:53 PM PST
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Siobhan
To: Siobhan; BlueLancer; Happygal; DB
All on the list now!
To: gcruse
Of more concern....the EU and NATO aren't compatible.....something's gotta give...
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posted on
10/31/2002 3:51:13 PM PST
by
ken5050
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