Comments on: What we get up to at those demonstrations http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: paul http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9037 paul Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:34:26 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9037 I did a search for the words "feast" and "rare delectables" and I came upon this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/07/g8.japan?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront Gordon Brown is apparently doing all right, no wonder he's proposing harsh and cruel austerity measures for Iceland, someone has to pay for his "rare delectables." I did a search for the words “feast” and “rare delectables” and I came upon this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/07/g8.japan?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Gordon Brown is apparently doing all right, no wonder he’s proposing harsh and cruel austerity measures for Iceland, someone has to pay for his “rare delectables.”

]]> By: tom joseph akak tj3 http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9029 tom joseph akak tj3 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:48:19 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9029 what an amazing speech by Einar Már Guðmundsson and what a bunch of relevant comments on this after. No matter the position of each commenter, all taken together it is a discussion, a real discussion! Good god who ever heard of such a thing! I think (who cares) that the Icesave agreement was the best that can be expected by conventional politics. Though I (who cares) favor greater change, it is not going to happen yet, it may. Einar Már Guðmundsson is certainly talking about greater change than a compromise to keep Iceland in the international game of politics and finance. This is the end of an era just what the new era will be we cannot say but we could have intentions. Will we just respond to the debts of the past? Will we have no present or future? In the USA the corrupt nature of our politics and finance is staggering and the scale of it is unfortunate for Iceland. Iceland still can be a leader in going forward as the USA will probably not be. Will Iceland be better than be a slave to the crimes and debts and corruption of the recent past? I think that is what Einar Már Guðmundsson was asking. Am I reading this right? what an amazing speech by Einar Már Guðmundsson and what a bunch of relevant comments on this after.

No matter the position of each commenter, all taken together it is a discussion, a real discussion! Good god who ever heard of such a thing!

I think (who cares) that the Icesave agreement was the best that can be expected by conventional politics. Though I (who cares) favor greater change, it is not going to happen yet, it may.

Einar Már Guðmundsson is certainly talking about greater change than a compromise to keep Iceland in the international game of politics and finance.

This is the end of an era just what the new era will be we cannot say but we could have intentions. Will we just respond to the debts of the past? Will we have no present or future?

In the USA the corrupt nature of our politics and finance is staggering and the scale of it is unfortunate for Iceland. Iceland still can be a leader in going forward as the USA will probably not be.

Will Iceland be better than be a slave to the crimes and debts and corruption of the recent past? I think that is what Einar Már Guðmundsson was asking. Am I reading this right?

]]> By: maría http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9022 maría Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:40:20 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9022 So, what to do? How are Icelanders going to pull through? How are they going to overcome all the difficulties while at the same time keeping their awesome nature intact? How are they going to still be Europe's sanctuary? Because I can't see how you can recover from a situation like this withouth sacrificing an awful lot. It's sad. I don't know anything about the big things but I do know I discovered Iceland not too long ago in terms of my own implication in the problems of the inhabitants and my respect for the country as a whole, only to find them in this situation (my best friend living amongst them and all). By the way, talking about corruption: greetings from Spain................ So, what to do? How are Icelanders going to pull through? How are they going to overcome all the difficulties while at the same time keeping their awesome nature intact? How are they going to still be Europe’s sanctuary? Because I can’t see how you can recover from a situation like this withouth sacrificing an awful lot. It’s sad. I don’t know anything about the big things but I do know I discovered Iceland not too long ago in terms of my own implication in the problems of the inhabitants and my respect for the country as a whole, only to find them in this situation (my best friend living amongst them and all).

By the way, talking about corruption: greetings from Spain…………….

]]> By: pinkpackrat http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9018 pinkpackrat Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:05:20 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9018 Thanks Alda for doing that wonderful translation. That is one powerful speech filled with hard truth-- and the poem at the end says it all about character, pride, and love of country. Thank you thank you thank you! Thanks Alda for doing that wonderful translation. That is one powerful speech filled with hard truth– and the poem at the end says it all about character, pride, and love of country. Thank you thank you thank you!

]]> By: TMCD http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9017 TMCD Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:12:15 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9017 Thank you ever so much for the translation. Bless :) Thank you ever so much for the translation.
Bless :)

]]> By: Col Matheson http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9016 Col Matheson Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:30:06 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9016 I would like to believe that many of the students in Icelandic schools and colleges would have read this speech, if not, perhaps they should, it will serve them well in the future. Also it would be nice to believe that some might commit to memory, the short profound poem at its end. I would like to believe that many of the students in Icelandic schools and colleges would have read this speech, if not, perhaps they should, it will serve them well in the future. Also it would be nice to believe that some might commit to memory, the short profound poem at its end.

]]> By: alda http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9013 alda Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:21 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9013 Simon - it is true that the privatization process was riddled with corruption allegations - but that's just what they were: allegations. We didn't know a fraction then of what we know now. Simon – it is true that the privatization process was riddled with corruption allegations – but that’s just what they were: allegations. We didn’t know a fraction then of what we know now.

]]> By: Ljósmynd DE http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9012 Ljósmynd DE Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:53:45 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9012 Just to do Iceland justice: in case you should join the EU, you would definitely not be the country with the most corruption in the EU, howsoever this might be measured. ;-) Just to do Iceland justice: in case you should join the EU, you would definitely not be the country with the most corruption in the EU, howsoever this might be measured. ;-)

]]> By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9011 James Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:22:39 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9011 Lissa - 'Twas Isaac Newton who stated around 300 years ago "Tis mere opinion that sets a value upon money; we value it because with it we can purchase all sorts of commodities and the same opinion sets a like value upon paper security... All the difference is ... that the value of the former is more universal than that of the latter." But, then again, he was using that argument to justify creating an enormous amount of money from nothing (to fund an ongoing war) by introducing paper money to the UK! Lissa – ‘Twas Isaac Newton who stated around 300 years ago “Tis mere opinion that sets a value upon money; we value it because with it we can purchase all sorts of commodities and the same opinion sets a like value upon paper security… All the difference is … that the value of the former is more universal than that of the latter.” But, then again, he was using that argument to justify creating an enormous amount of money from nothing (to fund an ongoing war) by introducing paper money to the UK!

]]> By: Simon Brooke http://icelandweatherreport.com/2009/08/what-we-get-up-to-at-those-demonstrations.html/comment-page-1#comment-9010 Simon Brooke Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:22:34 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=2525#comment-9010 @Geo8rge <blockquote>I also do not understand why people who purposely invested in high yielding offshore banks are being made whole. People who invested conservatively are being punished to bail those people out.</blockquote> This, too, is an extremely good point. @Geo8rge

I also do not understand why people who purposely invested in high yielding offshore banks are being made whole. People who invested conservatively are being punished to bail those people out.

This, too, is an extremely good point.

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