tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post509388532280311671..comments2024-03-27T15:55:32.875+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: Four years of PiS Michael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-29452481474142984912015-10-27T07:29:05.553+01:002015-10-27T07:29:05.553+01:00One of the key issues for the economy is whether P...One of the key issues for the economy is whether Poland can move from being viewed as a place to invest because of cheap labour to being a place to invest because land prices are low. One if not the only reason England is so expensive is because of land and property values which bear no relationship to economic reality. These land values drive up production costs, distribution, retail and hence the cost of living. <br /><br />So lets see whether anyone in the new government notices. Depends I guess on who heads up the really key ministries (Finance, Industry and Farming).<br /><br />Not a fart's chance in hell I guess of moving to a modern educational system.AndrzejKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-1037844867770862512015-10-26T21:20:45.550+01:002015-10-26T21:20:45.550+01:00@ Andrzej K:
Problem with PO was 1) Too many peop...@ Andrzej K:<br /><br />Problem with PO was 1) Too many people left behind. Despite EU funded projects, a fair wind economically, there has been a slight rise in inequality (the EU farm subsidies notwithstanding). 2) Tapegate. Sikorski, Rostowski et al did PO no favours behaving the way they did, using the language they did - not gentlemanly, not civilised - glad to see the back of them in hindsight. 3) After Tusk's departure for Brussels, PO lost drive and direction. Drift and fudge, weariness and cynicism that was plain for all to see.<br /><br />I'd prefer to see PiS with a majority, so that they can take full responsibility for their programme. If they screw up, they can be sure the voters will take revenge on them next time round.<br /><br />@ Anonymous<br /><br />Good stuff! First time in eight and half years that someone's bothered to pour their heart out on a blog comment!<br /><br />My three regular PiS-supporting commentators have an average age of 50. Yes, I do believe in a genuine dialogue. I think you're going a bit far - things will subside. I felt such rage ten years ago when Poland voted for Lech Kaczyński and then for the PiS/LPR/Samoobrona government. I'm more sanguine this time round.<br /><br />Dr marcin. The economy has grown significantly, unemployment has fallen significantly, Poland has improved significantly in the main global indicators (Doing Business, Corruption Perception Index, Competitiveness Index, UN Human Development Index etc).Michael Dembinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-38627703614121255572015-10-26T18:09:32.183+01:002015-10-26T18:09:32.183+01:00The big question is how much damage will such a go...<i>The big question is how much damage will such a government do over the next four years.</i><br /><br />Improper big question. Accurate is, how much damage such a previous government has done throught of last eight years.dr Marcinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-72947299221065662052015-10-26T09:42:17.268+01:002015-10-26T09:42:17.268+01:00Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ...
For some time you...<b>Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ...</b><br /><br />For some time you tolerated moronic young PiS-heads on your site - I assumed that they were your friends' children.<br /><br />Thinking that you were promoting dialogue and therefore a better democracy, you were, instead, really giving these nutters legitimacy.<br /><br />Now we have the consequence: an absolute majority for a party based on total lies and hate. Black is white and white is black.<br /><br />Less than one in five of the population chose them; yet they have an overall majority: WTF?<br /><br /><br />Nothing these people say is true. You can see it in their eyes when challenged. These people know that they are liars. They did not expect to win. But liars can convince themselves that their lies are the truth. Then they demand others are convinced of their lies. They don't want to/can't come down. Then they shoot everyone who doesn't agree.<br /><br />This is exactly how Hitler came to power. And never left. <br /><br />Until made to.<br /><br /><br />They have learnt it every Sunday. <br /><br /> - Q: Why do so many WWII era Polish emigrees in London (not neccessarily great English speakers) choose to attend their local "English" RC church, rather than the nearby Polish one?<br /><br /> - A: All the "real" Polish priests are dead. The "middle" generation, i.e. those that were initially genuine believers, but were leant on heavily by the Kremlin (post Wojtyła), have either drank themselves to death or did themselves in more directly.<br /><br /><br />So, go and listen to these fuckheads, aka Polish priests. They are no more priests than you or I. They are well-paid Putinbots (as are PiS and Orban etc in general): driving flash cars, taking direct instruction from Moscow. <br /><br />"Turn left at the next junction; turn right at the next crisis I've created."<br /><br /><br />This is why Palikot had such initial success - most Poles know that most Polish priests are totally bogus. Freeloaders at best, but really corrupt; all the way to murderous paedophiles. <br /><br />They will always cover each others' arses, cum what may. There may be a few genuine ones left, but they're old and frail and reliant on the young.<br /><br /><br />"The western media are already talking about the 'right wing' winning power - I equate 'right' with Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, privatisation, freedom and a tough stance against trade unions. If we're talking 'right' as in General Franco, then we're nearer the truth - the Big State and the Catholic Church, not deregulation and empowerment of the individual.<br /><br />['Poland lurches to the right' bleats the Guardian. Hang on just one second - PiS's economic policies would gladden Jeremy Corbin's heart. Cut retirement age! Handouts to miners! Raise social security payments! Stop privatisation!]"<br /><br />But for years you've muddled the water between left and right wrt Poland. This has no meaning from a London POV.<br /><br /><br />The fascist parties have won. You question Kukiz. His only policy is to turn Poland into a dictatorship. Look up what fasci are.<br /><br /><br />Your half-hearted endorsement of Petru (you got the party name wrong, accidentally, incidentally), I took as a tacit acceptance of defeat. Zakopaliście Kopaczową.<br /><br /><br /><b>Half the population didn't vote.</b> <br /><br /><br />For many reasons, but lethargy is the first. These numbats (including Heniek i Zieniek, according to your POV) are mirrored in the UK. <br /><br />From Tony Benn's "if voting changed anything, they'd abolish it" to "they're all the same", the populace has been convinced NOT to vote. <br /><br />By whom? And to whose benefit?<br /><br /><br />What the future?<br /><br /><b>Może O Coś Zrozumię</b> - de* paartij ow de* fjułtrzer!**<br /><br /><br />Whilst watching live tv at 8am, the faszyści show their form (big ears) - will Szydło be PM? - no comment. TVP pronounce PiS as peace rather than pis or piss.<br /><br />Heniek<br /><br />* not possible to transliterate th<br />** who says Polish uses too many letters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-10739818110648432282015-10-26T09:01:24.735+01:002015-10-26T09:01:24.735+01:00The worst of it is that less than 20% of the popul...The worst of it is that less than 20% of the population entitled to vote will have imposed their out of date socialist economics and right wing reactionary world view on the remaining 80%. And even worse the Polish Church will entrench in its views which are totally contrary to the breath of fresh air blowing from the Vatican.AndrzejKnoreply@blogger.com