A violent nationwide general strike to protest the austerity measures required by the EU as a condition of the next bailout. What a nation of hirsute, ouzo-swilling, guvmint-addicted junkies. They haven't done anything for world civilization since the age of Sophocles. Let 'em go under.
Q: How do you separate the men from the boys in Greece? A: With a crowbar!
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:22 am
by Pwns
Heard something that the retirement age for many greeks is 50. Wow.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:08 pm
by CID1990
I was listening to BBC radio on the way back to DC from Boone today. They broke down the vote in the Greek parliament. Their MPs are about 52% - 48% conservative vs. socialist. I loved hearing the comments from the Socialist MPs about how their social spending could have been supported, but but but... it's those corporatists that keep getting in the way of the utopia that runaway social spending can create if they are just allowed to have their way!
This is going to happen everywhere, by the way. No government is going to change until the reality of the situation is unavoidable.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:22 pm
by CitadelGrad
Greece's creditors are rolling over the debt and doing nothing more than delaying the inevitable. They might as well default now and get it over with. The markets have largely priced in a Greek default anyway.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:23 pm
by CitadelGrad
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Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:27 pm
by Ivytalk
What's with all the Citadel interest in the Greeks?
Q: Why do Greek men hate to leave their mother country?
A: Because they were reared there, and they hate to leave their little brothers behind!
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:42 pm
by CitadelGrad
Merle Hazard is a Harvard Man, I believe.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:35 pm
by Ivytalk
CitadelGrad wrote:Merle Hazard is a Harvard Man, I believe.
You mean Merle Haggard? Wrong. And he's not Greek, so what's your point, Knobbo?
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:46 pm
by CitadelGrad
Ivytalk wrote:
CitadelGrad wrote:Merle Hazard is a Harvard Man, I believe.
You mean Merle Haggard? Wrong. And he's not Greek, so what's your point, Knobbo?
No, I'm talking about Merle Hazard (John Shayne) who is indeed a Harvard Man.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:42 pm
by kalm
CitadelGrad wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:
You mean Merle Haggard? Wrong. And he's not Greek, so what's your point, Knobbo?
No, I'm talking about Merle Hazard (John Shayne) who is indeed a Harvard Man.
Right over Ivy's head.
You're video's are awesome C-grad.
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:00 am
by Ivytalk
CitadelGrad wrote:
Ivytalk wrote:
You mean Merle Haggard? Wrong. And he's not Greek, so what's your point, Knobbo?
No, I'm talking about Merle Hazard (John Shayne) who is indeed a Harvard Man.
Never heard of him.
The Unabomber was also a Harvard man, so...
Re: Those Wacky Greeks!
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:55 am
by Grizalltheway
Ivytalk wrote:
CitadelGrad wrote:
No, I'm talking about Merle Hazard (John Shayne) who is indeed a Harvard Man.
Right over Ivy's head. 
