tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post6121094154345069382..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Waiting for SiegfriedAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60810176991211322732012-11-27T15:57:05.908-08:002012-11-27T15:57:05.908-08:00It's a beast that feeds on us, in one way or i...It's a beast that feeds on us, in one way or in another. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-27054940711206924402012-11-27T15:55:10.284-08:002012-11-27T15:55:10.284-08:00I fear so, Antisthenese. The process seems to be ...I fear so, Antisthenese. The process seems to be well underway. I've drawn parallels in the past with the decline and fall of the late Roman Empire, which I do not think completely out of place. People of my generation have never had a say on Europe. In fact those who have, at the youngest, are now in their mid-fifties. My parents voted for continuing membership in 1975. They believed they were being sold an economic union. <br /><br />They were deceived; most people of that generation were deceived over the EU, either deceived or wholly self-serving. The whole project is based on mistrust of the people and mistrust of democracy. Altogether its an intolerable situation. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64339772990157663602012-11-27T15:49:30.605-08:002012-11-27T15:49:30.605-08:00Subsidized by taxpayers or low cost third world la...Subsidized by taxpayers or low cost third world labor, little difference really.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-64623882312284860402012-11-27T15:47:03.727-08:002012-11-27T15:47:03.727-08:00Even Bilbo cuts a more heroic figure than Cameron,...Even Bilbo cuts a more heroic figure than Cameron, Calvin. :-) Oh, I'm looking forward to the movie, on general release here just before Christmas. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-41222307104571979952012-11-27T09:13:08.719-08:002012-11-27T09:13:08.719-08:00I am caught in a dilemma when it comes to the EU I...I am caught in a dilemma when it comes to the EU I am an ardent supporter of the concept; increased prosperity through an enlarged free trade home market, greater security through unity and collectively a powerful voice in world affairs. However I hate the EU in what it has become; it is destroying wealth and wealth creation and therefore impoverishing most Europeans, it is more protectionist than it is free and it is sowing discord and disharmony. It is undermining democracy although we had already started that process prior to the current construct of the EU it is now merely accelerating the process. The EU went wrong because it was built on substandard foundations. Those foundations are it's member states who over the last seven decades have been following social democrat and illiberal policies and practices. If we had maintained and built upon free market capitalism and libertarianism and sustainable social care the EU would now I believe be a very different entity and would be working as it was envisioned. The EU is a failure and will eventually crumble how and when that is hard to predict but I suspect it will not be at all pleasant and will be sooner rather than later. It will of course take most of it's members with it.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72758052297371891842012-11-26T17:12:00.136-08:002012-11-26T17:12:00.136-08:00When it comes to outwitting dragons, better Bilbo ...When it comes to outwitting dragons, better Bilbo than Siegfried.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com