View Full Version : The Country is Coming Apart at the Seams
Belgium, that is:
"In their tailored suits and silk ties, they appear unlikely rebels. Their 67-year-old leader, Remi Vermeiren, is the retired president of one of Belgium's biggest banks. Today, along with nearly half of his Flemish compatriots, he advocates slicing the country in half, creating two independent nations: Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north and French-speaking Wallonia in the south.
"We are an expensive, inefficient country," Vermeiren said, settling into a moss green leather chair in one of the Flemish De Warande club's tranquil sitting rooms. "For a while, 'separatist' was a dirty word. Now there are almost daily discussions about it."
As the 27-member European Union strives to become a unified political and economic counterweight to the United States, the bloc's own seat of government -- the Kingdom of Belgium -- is in the midst of a cultural and governmental crisis that is pushing the country ever closer to a breakup. "
LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092002629.html)
On the bright side, Belgium was actually mentioned in a leading U.S. national newspaper. /ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
"We are an expensive, inefficient country," Vermeiren said
DoubleXL
09-21-2007, 04:23 PM
They better buy a sewing kit.
That's Morris-like comedy.
Good stuff.
Funny stuff.
Good, good stuff, that.
Speedy, I can not repeat this enough : This has been going on 177 years, a Belgian does not even pay attention to it anymore.
Mentioned nowhere in this site :
http://www.gva.be/nieuws/binnenland/
Again, Speedy trying to understand something he knows very little to nothing about.
The article totally refutes your sad attempt to shift focus away from the fact your country is on the verge of collapse.
Denial 101.
How much do you want to bet it's not going to collapse? Let's see if you dare to back up your hollow words with a serious wager.
Wait...I thought this wasn't even happening? Now it can be wagered upon???
So, what is the wager?
It's not happening. But since you seem so convinced of yourself, I am sure you would not mind a wager on this "event".
So when, according to you, is it going to all fall apart?
Not soon enough.
That work?
Speedy can't come up with any date, time or event.
Soundbear
09-23-2007, 10:29 PM
The guy's country is involved in a war that has gone on longer than their involvement in either of two world wars, that he can't tell us the end of, and you want him to predict this!!! Wow!!!
You guys are all bonkers.
Bonkers, I tell ya!
Crusty
09-23-2007, 10:45 PM
um ... I agree with Aydeloof ...
Speedy is attacking another country to cover up his own failing country. Hrmmm What a surprise.
Geez, all you guys are right.
I really need to look inside myself to see what I'm really trying to accomplish here.
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Just kiddin'!!! You guys are a hoot!!!!! /ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wavey.gif
Love you guys! /ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
Striker
09-24-2007, 05:05 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Speedy the Arrogant Parrot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The article totally refutes your sad attempt to shift focus away from the fact your country is on the verge of collapse.
Denial 101. </div></div>
Ya and America is just bursting at the seems
Great comment, backed up with so much information one has no choice but to agree with your in-depth and intellectual tour de force of an answer.
Striker
09-24-2007, 07:08 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Speedy the Arrogant Parrot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great comment, backed up with so much information one has no choice but to agree with your in-depth and intellectual tour de force of an answer. </div></div>
Easy Gilligan.............they'll save you someday
1. Speedy makes a comment about a failing country
2. Some one points out that his country is in no better shape
3. We provide facts and documents
4. He blames Canada, and pastes ridiculous articles that hold no water, he make's in fun of cartoon pictures, makes light of our healthcare, and just about anything else Canada is. To hide his true feelings of him wanting to be Canadian.
5. We prove him wrong, he resorts to name calling and character assasination, and then accuses us of doing so.
Bottom line?
He's an US citizen posting on a Canadian board.
Bottom line?
He's an US citizen posting on a Canadian board...on an Internet created by the U.S. military.
Next!!
Even at current levels, the U.S. budget deficits are not all that high by historical standards as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product. Since government borrowing is ultimately paid back with taxes, the size of the economy is a pretty good measure of the government’s ability to raise those taxes.
Today, the deficit represents about 3 percent of total U.S. GDP. By comparison, in 1943, at the height of borrowing to pay the cost of fighting World War II, the deficit came to something like 30 percent of U.S. GDP
LINK (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15377059/page/2/)
Return of Too Many Daves
09-25-2007, 05:45 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Speedy the Arrogant Parrot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bottom line?
He's an US citizen posting on a Canadian board...on an Internet created by the U.S. military.
Next!! </div></div>
Yeah well you're posting in English. Give us our language back, you numpty!
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