European Tribune - Comments

Unbelievable | 98 comments (98 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Here's mine (4.00 / 4)

Klaus quotes Crichton in his editorial, seemingly unaware of the irony:

the greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 08:10:03 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Here's mine (3.80 / 5)

To distinguish reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda, listen to the politicians and not to the scientists.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 08:13:52 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Here's mine (none / 0)

Or, to paraphrase Ayn Rand, "A is B."

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 08:19:22 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Here's mine (4.00 / 4)

War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strenght.

Havel took care of number one, and Klaus is giving us number three.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 08:26:26 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Here's mine (none / 1)

The man does seem to have a black belt in doublethink.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Jun 14th, 2007 at 08:37:24 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Unbelievable | 98 comments (98 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

. Home
. About
. Contact
. New User Guide
. FAQ
. ET Editorial Guidelines
. Search
. Search (Google)

Username:
Password:

. Make a new account
. Reset password

Recommended Diaries

Recent Diaries

Socratic Economics XII: Utopian Government Finance
by Zwackus - May 25
213 comments

A Star is Born
by ChrisCook - May 23
23 comments

$1,000,000,000,00
0 or what we must remember
by Metatone - May 19
69 comments

The balance of anger and fear
by Frank Schnittger - May 17
44 comments

Stable pricing is to metaphysics as variable pricing is to...
by Upstate NY - May 16
8 comments

A little American intercine battling
by rootless2 - May 14
27 comments

Another NRW election
by DoDo - May 13
118 comments

Bundesrat saves PV (and loses Röttgen)
by DoDo - May 12
18 comments

The mainstream German Magazine Spiegel asks, has the US mixed ...
by Democrats Ramshield - May 10
27 comments

Short Term Climate Forces: Black Carbon, Methane, and...
by gmoke - May 9

Twenty days of Crisis for Cameron
by ceebs - May 9
22 comments

SYRIZA and the Eurocrats: a letter of intent
by talos - May 9
363 comments

French Parliamentary Elections: a look under the hood
by Bernard - May 8
59 comments

Sunday Train: The Rock Island Line is a Mighty Fine Iowa...
by BruceMcF - May 6
18 comments

Greece election day II - Election diary and info
by talos - May 6
129 comments

Greece: Election day I - some background
by talos - May 6

Why haven't we had WWIII yet?
by Migeru - Apr 30
258 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series

Click for full list