Saturday, 3 January 2009

Saturday, 3 January 2009

Cartoon 'Ireland Punches Above Her Weight'

click here to go to the blogFeelings in Ireland are running high. The arrogance of the EU is starting to rile the quiet independent spirit of the Irish. This cartoonist has managed to put into picture form the anger rising in Irish hearts against the unreasonableness of the EU. A picture is worth a thousand words. Ireland should adopt this cartoon as the banner of the movement to keep its freedom from totalitarian tyranny. Declan Ganley and other campaigners should place it in their literature. It is powerful. 

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Europe On The Brink

click here to go to the blogTucked in alongside the Economist Magazine's Europe leader 'Supersarko leaves the podium' , lies an innocuous sounding piece titled 'Baltic Brink'. The focus is all on Latvia and its problems defending the Lat's link with the Euro...An IMF bail-out is currently taking place. It might be simpler, you might think to devalue the Lat. But here's the problem. 85% of loans to Latvian households are denominated in euros and other foreign currencies.

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