From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2011-01-22 12:04 There are different conclusions that different people can arrive at from the Tucson massacre. From the event, after some cosmetic corrections, not a few of us can confirm conclusions that they had always needed to have verified. As so often, frequently the concept came first, the convenient and creative corroboration could be picked off the shelf thereafter. Some of the twisted interpretations that circulate support the thesis. The news-management of the event tells less about the facts than about the way stories are built. One of the popular containers into which the tale is stuffed has to do with the “hate” which allegedly obsesses America. Accordingly, especially in Europe, “hate propaganda” is when someone criticizes Obama or some of the Democrats. The civic duty postulated by the fans abroad is that, by adhering to civility and good political manners, one is to support Obama. The enthusiasm is to be as ardent as is the officially sanctioned approval here. From the desk of Dirk Crols on Sat, 2011-01-22 11:54 This week, on 19 January to be more precise, the European Parliament issued a resolution, submitted by the socialist, green, liberal and communist fractions (the "European pink"), condemning Lithuania for its alleged discrimination of homosexuals, and calling on the Lithuanian parliament to withdraw a draft law that would punish the "public promotion of homosexuality". According to the authors, their resolution was triggered by "a series of worrying events" like the adoption of a Law on the protection of minors against the detrimental effects of public information and an attempted ban by local authorities on holding gay pride marches. In the future, gay prides should be allowed everywhere and minors should be able to access information about homosexuality freely. From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Thu, 2011-01-20 23:36 A quote from Daniel Hannan in the European Parliament, 19 January 2011, reading from his book "The New Road To Serfdom - A Letter Of Warning to America": Faced with a choice between democracy and supra-nationalism, the European Union almost always opts for supra-nationalism and nowhere is this clearer than in its policy in the Western Balkans. We are maintaining to all intents and purposes protectorates in Bosnia, in Kosovo and arguably even in Macedonia for the sole purpose of preventing ethnographic boundaries along the lines of what local people there would choose.
Lessons From Tucson
Homosexuality And European Values
No Democracy Without National Identity
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