Not bad for a 1000-year-old lesbian ...
What will be interesting to see/read is if (and what kind of) she tries to implement some variety of agenda. For example, if the gays from this country try to invade Iceland (on pilgrimage or the like).
I say that because Iceland is very "unique." They have done a whole lot, at least as of the '80s, to keep their culture very, very insulated from the rest of the world. Not in an Iranian style of repression, but they didn't want to become swallowed up by American culture (from Keflavik or Rejkavik) and, to my knowledge, from European culture either.
ok,.... um
Inaugural address:
“We haven’t got a colllective pot to pi** in but if and when we do my butchy woman and I will be the first to squat over it.”
Great, I guess she's the Scandinavian Idol candidate, much likek we had an American Idol candidate last year...
As I understand it, there’s not much for this country to do but go back to fishing. The banking bubble has been completely deflated.
As I read this, the Social Democratic Lesbian Alliance trails the Left Green movement somewhat. I am not seeing any conservative hope here. There is no Rushlimbaughsdottir in the running.
This must be quite a relief for all those guys who tried to hit on her forty-five years ago in college, they thought she was ‘frigid’!
One s**tty government after another. Hopefully at least Gordon Brown is a dead man walking while Harper will stay on.
I understand that the people of Iceland speak a language that has been virtually the same for over 1000 years. A pure Nordic language.
One aspect of this cultural difference is this lady’s name. We are familiar with names like Petersen and Jackson (son of Peter and son of Jack) but her name means “daughter of Sigurdar”. I don’t know of any other places in the world where “daughter” is tagged onto the end of a name.
I was working out in the gym the other day, and Fox News was talking about how the credit crisis had affected the whole world, even Iceland. They went on and on about Iceland. Now I know why.
not guilty...
Dumb question...but why is her sexual orientation of note? Wouldn’t her politifcal positions by of more import than her amorous ones?
“much of Iceland’s political class were pilloried over the financial crisis engulfing the country.”
Not sure what all pilloring entails, but I’m pretty sure we should have done the same with the politicos who got us into this. I hope it goes well.