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Lies, from president Zapatero

By: psr, 2009-02-15

The following is an excellent article by Juan Manuel de Prada (www.juanmanueldeprada.com), published in spanish newspaper ABC on February 2, 2009, after the spanish president, Rodriguez Zapatero appeared on a TV show where a live audience can ask him anything they like.

Don’t swallow that lie, Izaskun
JUAN MANUEL DE PRADA
Monday, Feb 2, 2009

Much has been said about the many lies that president Zapatero, as he often audaciously does, spewed during his appearance in the TV program “I’ve got a question for you”. But it’s a known fact that current times demand stone-faced small-time politicians, and president Zapatero, no doubt, shines above any of his competitors to satisfy such demand. Zapatero unashamedly said he hadn’t promised full employment for his current term in office, and also that …

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Fire

By: psr, 2009-02-15

Australia has been hit by enormous wildfires, and not-so-wild ones too. Now authorities suspect some of those fires were actually arson. This seems to be a recurring theme everywhere in the world where supposedly wildfires break out. It’s the same story in the U.S., Greece, Spain and many other countries.

However, this time in Australia, I was very happy to hear the prime minister, Mr. Kevin Rudd, call things by their name. He has called the fires “mass murder”, and he is absolutely right, although he’s probably referring only to the human lives lost in the fires. His words are perfectly applicable to the murder of wild life in the scorched forests, both fauna and flora. Finally a government official (the …

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“Revolution” as an end in itself

By: psr, 2009-02-01

This weekend (Jan 31, 2009) Madrid has seen at least two public demonstrations related to the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution: one on them in favor, the other against it. As usual, there’s people for everything.

All Cubans I’ve met, in the U.S. and Spain, are against Castro’s dictatorship, so I’ve never met an advocate of the “revolution” who could explain to me what’s good about it… but it seems its advocates speak of the revolution as an end in itself, not a means. They seem to imply that what is important is that a revolution took place, regardless of its outcomes.

However, a “revolution” is drastic change done for a purpose… but it’s not clear that the revolution 50 years ago in Cuba had any positive impact …

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Embarrassing European Union

By: psr, 2008-12-14

Ireland and a few other European countries decided to ask their citizens in referendum to ratify (or not) the EU Lisbon Treaty. Other countries simply voted in parliament.

In June 2008 the majority of Irish said “no” to this treaty, while the rest of Europe voted yes. The single “no” vote meant, in theory, that the treaty was not accepted (officially all 27 EU member states had to vote “yes” for the treaty to be approved).

So… what to do when the vote is not what you want it to be? Just make people vote again, and see if you get the result you want this time! That’s exactly what the European Union proposed Ireland to do, and it seems Ireland has agreed to …

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Terrorism culture on the streets of the Basque Country

By: psr, 2008-12-11

The latest assassination by ETA in Azpeitia has drawn the attention of politicians and the general public again on the fact that ETA (through its other name, ANV) rules that and several other city halls. It’s been suggested that ANV (ETA) must be removed from those city halls, and that is indeed necessary because it should not have been allowed in the first place (let us keep in mind that the socialist party (PSOE) allowed ANV to run in the latest municipal elections in some city halls, but not in others).

It’s important to point out that city halls and national governments in the last several years have their share of blame for failing to take all necessary action (in many cases for failing to do anything at all) to …

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Public demonstration to denounce public stealing

By: psr, 2008-11-18

The state budget (public money of the Spanish people) is plagued with items destined for subsidies of all kinds. There are public subsidies to finance private economic activities which do not benefit society nor the country as a whole. There are public subsidies for deficitary businesses that cannot stand on their own. There are public subsidies for private film industry productions that insult part of the very society which is paying for those subsidies. There are subsidies financing inefficient energy sources. Public money is also thrown away on car races, paying musicians at town fairs, paying for so-called “art works”, paying for regional politician’s whims, and paying to support politics of repression on part of the population, among many other ways of wasting …

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2008-11-18 | Economy - Rights - Spain | Trackback | No Comments »

Spain: DVB-T for nothing

By: psr, 2008-11-01

Mass media is the nicest toy for a politician. No better tool exists for mass control of people, regardless of the type of content: news, documentaries, sports, arts, or anything else. Almost any of it can be sprinkled with political messages, and it’s in the interest of politicians to control the mass media market, as much as they can, to convey the political messages and ideologies they want to impose on people.

Some leaders manage to assert complete control minimizing market freedom (only state-owned TV or radio channels exist at a state-wide scale), while others maneuver around market freedom by constraining the reach of given channels to certain areas of territory.

In Spain, the advent of DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, or TDT by its Spanish name) failed to …

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2008-11-01 | Braindead - Rights - Spain | Trackback | 3 Comments »

More proof of the crappy Spanish justice system

By: psr, 2008-09-10

As the city mayor in a Spanish city once very correctly said, justice in Spain is a joke. A genuine joke. They prove it every once in a while, both on the part of the criminal law, designed to care for and protect criminals rather than protecting society, and on the part of judges pronouncing sentences.

Today, the joke is demonstrated by the fine imposed on judge Rafael Tirado, who failed execute the imprisonment sentence of a known pedophile.

On this occasion, the joke is four-fold:

The investigation on that judge (and about the mistakes that kept the criminal free) has only been done as a result of a death caused by the criminal while he was irregularly free. Had he not committed any other crimes, most likely the judge …

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2008-09-10 | Rights - Spain | Trackback | No Comments »

Let us establish the death penalty

By: psr, 2008-08-17

Late last month (July 2008), it became known that the U.S. would execute the death sentence of soldier Ronald Gray after his conviction for rape and murder.

The decision is correct and must be applauded. The death penalty should be applied more frequently in similar cases. The execution of such criminals may not necessarily heal their victims, families or society, but execution is the just response from society to individuals who have completely violated the rules of society, showing utter contempt for those people who became their victims. There is no possible reintegration. It is necessary for society to have mechanisms to get rid of such cancers. Such elements are not worthy of cure; they are rather malignant tumors to be removed completely from society.

Apart from the possible deterrent …

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2008-08-17 | Europe - Rights - Spain - World | Trackback | No Comments »

Brainwashing in the Basque Country.

By: psr, 2008-07-20

Politicians, the media and the public usually speak about several concepts, mixing them up, ultimately diverting attention from the real problems.

Basque nationalist politicians often talk about the “basque conflict.” For the average Spaniard this might be “the problem of ETA”, but it seems to refer rather to a sort of discrimination suffered by the Basque Country, not being a state in itself but part of another. It seems that this conflict never refers to frequent ETA blackmailing on Basque companies, which forced many people to emigrate from the Basque Country. Within the Basque Country, children are taught that the Spanish state oppresses the basque people, and in some cases, the killing of those who seek to deny the existence of such oppression is justified and defended. In …

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Lies, from president Zapatero

Fire

“Revolution” as an end in itself

Embarrassing European Union

Terrorism culture on the streets of the Basque Country

Public demonstration to denounce public stealing

Spain: DVB-T for nothing

More proof of the crappy Spanish justice system

Let us establish the death penalty

Brainwashing in the Basque Country.

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