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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 9. January | 177 comments (177 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch (none / 1)

I wonder what the job qualifications are for being an EU or UN or whatever "observer." Seems like there might be a lot of openings...

by asdf on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:30:38 PM EST
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LOL (4.00 / 4)

The job will imply being taken in chauffeur-driven limousine to some control room in an industrial outpost, shown somes pipelines outside, and told to look at a dial, with numbers that you have no way to tell if they are doctored, comprehensive or relevant...

It's all a joke - a vast face-saving exercise so that the crisis can officially end while the underlying issues are being ignored, once again.

Oh, and maybe the Russians and Ukrainians will manage to extract some money from the EU for their pains. It can't hurt to try, for sure...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:24:06 AM EST
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Re: LOL (none / 1)

Having worked on gas production rigs (Frigg field in the North Sea) and plants (in the Emirates), I think along the same lines. You have to be very familiar with the plant to know where and what you should monitor. And it takes months to get this knowledge, So a freshly arrived "observer" can easily be duped...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:43:53 AM EST
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Re: LOL (none / 0)

Except that next time when there is another accusation of gas being siphoned off by Ukraine, people will start asking questions in the European Parliament about the EU inspectors...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:48:51 AM EST
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Re: LOL (4.00 / 2)

Distraction accomplished.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 06:03:09 AM EST
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Re: LOL (none / 0)

That is true. When this flares up again, maybe none of the people responsible (for instance, Barroso, Piebalgs, Sarkozy, Topolanek...) will still be in office.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 07:10:17 AM EST
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