tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post3910413428764031390..comments2023-04-12T13:49:38.219+03:00Comments on My Big Fat Greek Life: Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie, Screwed Markozy and Made Them Crybollybuttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15576835810755107181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-41167418844688562442011-12-29T17:23:31.824+02:002011-12-29T17:23:31.824+02:00Hey bollybutton!I recently discovered your blog an...Hey bollybutton!I recently discovered your blog and it's exactly what I was looking for, how a love-refugee like you:)criticises the whole crisis story.<br />"Georgie is an evil genius."<br /><br />OK, I cried here.<br />I also would like to answer to a question you had typed a looong time ago.We he Greeks have a unique way of thinking:Don't you dare to make of us, coz only WE have the right to make fun of ourselves.<br />Tragic, I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-40492907634210907612011-12-06T13:02:50.916+02:002011-12-06T13:02:50.916+02:00I was glad to find your blog, very interesting to ...I was glad to find your blog, very interesting to read it.<br /><br />In my opinion, lowering the debt by 50% as an action itself was not such a surprise - the EU would not left Greece in such sutuation, at least because this way they could give you some hope and lower the copmlaining.<br /><br />All the riots and merging anxiety is made by yourself. Here it seems that more truth is in this post (http://eugenia.queru.com/2011/06/20/regarding-the-greek-situation/), that most of the problems rise from Greeks themselves. <br /><br />Probably the positive thought in this is that first, you are not the only country facing the crisis, and if the rumour about the 2nd wave of crisis is true, it will be even worse. Secondly, the nation has to take part of the blame of its problems in every country of the world as well. We wote for what we wote and we most of the time are too much interested in our personal benefit.<br /><br />Here is my blog, where I, as a short time inhabitant of Greece, express my thoughts. http://greeceanddebtcrisis.blogspot.com/Ievahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464799914716196422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-48841715546944870852011-11-07T13:06:51.402+02:002011-11-07T13:06:51.402+02:00Thank you ever so much for returning. I think most...Thank you ever so much for returning. I think most of your options are right at the very same time. This is the Greek drama at its best. You can forget all of the Turkish TV-series played on prime time on Greek TV and have some from all over the news. I´m holding my breath here (until I turn blue). ;P<br /><br />Jan <br /><br />http://athenspassion.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-15381661750146321842011-11-05T13:54:31.575+02:002011-11-05T13:54:31.575+02:00I can't sleep, so I turned the computer back o...I can't sleep, so I turned the computer back on.I hope the swelling on your face went away. <br /><br />My brother-in-law, a financial advisor, made some derisive comment about Papandreau over in British Columbia, Canada, ten thousand miles away. I bet if not for this crisis, with Greece always in the news even here. he would have had no inkling of the name of the Greek Prime Minister. His analysis of the problem was that Greeks pay no taxes and don't have big businesses. He also said it was a good thing I visited Greece already for there will be no Greece quite soon. He raises the topic of Greece with me in an amused sort of way for he wonders why I am so interested in it, probably thinks I am interested in some guy from Greece or something. <br /><br />I don't think Greece will go extinct. Nations suffer all sorts of calamaties and continue to survive. I am sure those alive when Greece fell due to the Ottoman empire thought it was the end, yet Greece still exists. <br /><br />While tax collecting might be a problem (and heck even in Canada there is a black market and billions are lost in taxes each year due to people doing things for cash) in Greece, I think an equally big problem has been its EU partners selling it goods and giving it easy credit to buy all those goods in spite of knowing about its tax collecting problems. <br /><br />I wonder why the nations helping Greece with its bailout are imposing all these conditions that are causing the economy to shrink further. When Germany got bailed out by North America after starting that nasty war, there weren't such conditions. One condition of it not being allowed to have an army really helped it have more capital for business. Apparently, Germany has gone bankrupt several times and has been bailed out. It seems like Greece really did get used by its richer neighbours and now is being made into a whipping boy so others can see what happens if they don't pay back what they were lent to buy goods made in the lands of the money lenders. <br /><br />For me, what is the most valuable resource of Greece is the Greeks, even though some Greeks scare the %%%%% out of me right now for they have turned to violence against immigrants , robbing fellow Greeks, etc. I think with Europe's history of wars that have killed tens of millions per war, Europe should be more responsible and help Greece so it does not sink into some ugly war-like situation where among other things tons of immigrants will be killed off. <br /><br />I am not a communist or even against capitalism, but I do believe at some point human beings have to realize that an endless appetite to sell, sell, sell even to those who can't afford it can't lead to anything but ill and maybe even the destruction of the species in the end. There has to be something to temper the limitless appetite for wealth by the producers and for things (which mainly end up creating bigger garbage dumps) by the consumers. We think of ourselves and our children but can't see a few generations down or even 20 years. Heck, those that got Greece into this mess by joining the Eurozone couldn't even see 12 years down the road, couldn't see that they were being colonized, and would be used as a zone for holding illegal immigrants to stop or decrease their spread into the rest of Europe (the Dublin Treaty). <br /><br />The EU doesn't give a shit about you guys. You have to learn to be independent and strong on your own and be who you are.<br /><br />Anyway, so ends my rant. Good luck to all those in Greece, the working class people anyway. The rich never have to worry for their money always can fly to other lands and be safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-89628100224725279102011-11-03T05:31:12.417+02:002011-11-03T05:31:12.417+02:00Thank you for returning, I hope the baby is well.
...Thank you for returning, I hope the baby is well.<br />Interesting analysis, it is really hard to understand the whys. However, I believe, is putting this out there, because in his heart of hearts, he does not want to be the one who sold out the nation's independence, such as it's been since Independence. Perhaps, the agreements signed can be nullified, control of the Aegean with her mineral & energy resources will remain Greek- as for the return of the drachma, it is not only old ladies- at least common people were able to live, and remittences of a dollar would buy the bread for the week. Contrast that to 2003, when a cup of turkish coffee went up 400% overnight. At least we still have our land, and we are not giving it up to the Germans, or the French who all had a bigger hand in the corruption scandals of late- we have suffered immensely as a people, but , God willing will survive- perhaps Germany can send back the gold stolen, compensate us for the 500,00 and up deliberately starved- my husband's young uncle, cousins, and bridegroom- brother-in-law- were all killed in Sparta in mass blocades- my father-in-law refused to claim the pittance that Germany sent for his brother who could have helped with the widowed mother, the four sisters all in need of dowries-his sister who died in 2009, while we were in Greece, walked for Spart to Tripolis to demand her brother back, which they refused, my mothers said the women of the surrounding villages came with flowers to bury the dead, but were denied the bodies- my husband in 1960 lost his 9 year old brother to an Italian grenade, & injured him triggering a life long condition- where is our, and everyone else's compensation, how about the British hit on the demonstrators in Athens 1944, december, because they supported EAM & didi not want the King and his Nazi wife back- where Churchhill said that Greece will never decide her fate? <br />I can not speak for the PM , why he is unable to punish anyone, but he is the boy who watched the colonels break into his house, attack his siblings, suffered exile- we want what's right, whether we return to the drachma is a side issue- again thanks for the blogmolon lavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524651141741611515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13460251.post-39839663802550728172011-11-02T17:20:16.569+02:002011-11-02T17:20:16.569+02:00"Georgie is an evil genius."
Whahahaha!..."Georgie is an evil genius."<br /><br />Whahahaha!! Sorry, way too funny. If this drama ever gets picked up by Hollywood, I know just the actor that can perfectly embody Georgie-smiling-innocently-slash-evil genius: ladies and gentlemen, I give you John Malkovich!Sofia K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04088180810048341867noreply@blogger.com