Monarchs Glen

Beware, it's a Belgie

Hey man, the Belgians gave us the FAL(Fusil Automatique Léger). For that we are eternally indebted!

The Right Arm of the Free World!

They also gave us waffles. So thats a +1.

However waffles gave us waffle houses, so thats a -1.

The real question is, will this President bow to the Japanese too?

Is it bad that I had NO clue the Europeans were electing a President?

I think the Swiss got it right for staying solo.

(I tried to think of that big word, autonomimous but I don't know how to spell the damn thing.)

No, you don't. Ironic given your libertarian leanings.

I didn't vote him in? *sigh*

*edit* On a positive note at least Tony Blair didn't get it

Sillies, we don't elect our president. Seeing what democracy does to the US, we decided to quit it and just appoint someone

I know. That was my point.

Mind you...seeing what damage democratically people can do, who get voted in, not sure why i was complaining

Personally i don't see the advantages of adding more layers of bureaucracy to an already over-managed system. Think its time to move away from "democracy" in its current format. Not sure what would be good mind you, barring the impossible ( benevolent despot! )

Even if he's probably better than Blair or Balkenende, I'm not particularly fond of Van Rompuy. Woulda preferred a Scandinavian (if we'd want things to go properly) or an Italian (if we'd want to have a laugh).

Anyways, as long as it's not an Eastern European, Frenchie or someone from the Balkans, I'm cool with it.

I don't think his function will be THAT important. If it's even going to be more than just ceremonial...

While we're sort of on the subject.

Can someone explain to me why we always invade countries than set them up with a Parliment system instead of our own? And why we don't give them a copy of our Bill of Rights?

Hmmm?

Now that there is a European President, this shall be much easier.

Mr. European President - presently, I have a large 'laser' over Earth, which shall proceed to burn a hole in the 'ozone layer' of the earths atmosphere.. that is, unless you pay me..

ONE MILLION DOLLARS

-DUM DUM DUUUUMMMMMM-

Atla wrote:While we're sort of on the subject.

Can someone explain to me why we always invade countries than set them up with a Parliment system instead of our own? And why we don't give them a copy of our Bill of Rights?

Hmmm?

Because secretly you realise that your system sucks?

Shame that someone didn't put Obama into the nominations. Maybe we could have offloaded him onto you guys instead.

You people love his sort of policies more than we do.

But in our electoral system those who are all talk don't get elected.

Nope, we only elect those who go out to markets and shake hands!

Not necessarily markets. Also shopping malls, random busy streets, squares, etc.


And for some reason we like our politicians to be boring, gutless and (worst of all) Christian.


*scratches head*


Except for the Italians and the Swiss. They are slightly better than us.

I thought politicians who only talked, we're all of them?

No we're not.