Barry :
One thing is for sure, the political Right in Europe has come back to life.
Two reasons, the economic mess and the issue of Islam.
FINALLY people are waking up to the real dangers posed
by Muslims to our way of life in the West, to democratic values,
and to common decency.
Who can say ? Maybe Americans are also waking up. For that to happen
what also is necessary is a major shift in opinion away from support of
Obama.
This just might be happening.
At any rate, anti-Islam legislation is now accomplished fact in Switzerland
( the minaret ban ), Belgium, where the burka has been banned, and in
France
where everything is in place for a similar ban except for final procedures.
Conceivably the proposed mosque at Ground Zero may awaken Americans
although , so far, official reaction has been right out of the Quisling
playbook.
Or the Neville Chamberlain appeasement playbook. All in the name, of
course,
of ideals of toleration, and harmony of faiths.
As for Wilders, remember what happened in the USA when E.V. Debs, the
Socialist
candidate for prez , was thrown in prison for his opposition to American
participation
in WWI. by Woodrow Wilson. There was a major uproar in the country and
Debs, in 1920, received approximately 1,000,000 votes ( when the electorate
was much smaller than it is now, about 3 or 4 % back then ). Ultimately it
was
Republican Warren G Harding who pardoned Debs. Harding, otherwise corrupt,
nonetheless respected the First Amendment.
If Wilders is further persecuted something similar might happen in the
Netherlands.
Billy
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In a message dated 6/10/2010 10:24:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Great news from the land of wooden shoes and daffodils. My only question
would be, with Geert on trial for "insultng Islam" how does this play
either for or against his poltitcal future. In the US we know that once
you become a disgraced politician the only thing you can do is the late
night pundit circuit, or in the case of DC mayor Marion Barry you can wait
a few years until the whore/crack debaucle dies down and get re-elected by
the same people you screwed the first time.
I admire Geert Wilders for his truthful and very brave stand against the
Islamization of Europe, but could you do something with that hair please,
Geert?
Barry
PS, a great book on the last 40 years of Europe and the immigration
problems leading up to today is called "Eurabia" by Bat Ye'or.
>
> Surge for Dutch anti-Islam Freedom Party
> ("BBC," June 10, 2010)
> Amsterdam, Netherlands - A Dutch anti-Islam party has more than doubled
> its
> seats in parliament in a national vote, though it is unclear if it will
> take part in a coalition.
> Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders said he wanted to be part of
> government.
> The election saw the centre-right Liberal Party (VVD) emerging as the
> largest party, one seat ahead of the centre-left Labour Party.
> The Christian Democrat party of outgoing Prime Minister Jan Peter
> Balkenende suffered a big defeat.
> Weeks of coalition negotiations are expected to follow the election.
> With more than 99% of votes counted, the VVD had 31 of 150 seats, while
> Labour had 30.
> As the party with the most seats, VVD leader Mark Rutte could now become
> the first prime minister from his political camp since World War I.
> Headscarf tax
> The unexpected big winner was the anti-Islam Freedom Party, the PVV,
which
> took its number of seats from nine in the last parliament to 24 - its
> best-ever finish.
> The campaign had been dominated by a debate over the economy, which was
> thought to have eclipsed immigration as an election issue.
> But the strong showing for the Freedom Party, led by the controversial
> Geert Wilders, is a sign that immigration was still a powerful theme,
> correspondents say.
> Mr Wilders has campaigned to stop the "Islamisation of the Netherlands".
> He wants the Koran banned, and has suggested a tax on headscarves worn by
> Muslim women.
> "Nobody in The Hague can bypass the PVV anymore," he said on Thursday,
AFP
> news agency reported. "We want to be part of the new government."
> The Netherlands is the first country in the eurozone to vote since a
> crisis
> erupted earlier this year over the single European currency, amid
> concerns
> about debt in Greece and other southern states.
> The Dutch economy was contracting for a year before the country emerged
> from recession in the third quarter of 2009.
> Mr Rutte has advocated steep budget cuts, a pared-down government and a
> reduction in benefits for immigrants.
> "The Netherlands can emerge stronger from the crisis by taking measures
> now," he said after the vote.
> The VVD, which had 21 seats in the outgoing parliament, had topped
opinion
> polls for several weeks. Labour lost two seats compared with the
previous
> elections in 2006.
> Balkenende quits
> Final results will not be declared until 15 June, when all overseas votes
> have been counted.
> Without an outright majority in the 150-seat parliament, the VVD and
> Labour
> will now have to try to forge a coalition with at least two other
> parties,
> the BBC's Geraldine Coughlan reports from The Hague.
> Mr Rutte has reportedly said he would not exclude any party from a
> possible
> coalition. During the campaign, he said he would have a coalition in
> place
> by 1 July if his party won - though analysts questioned whether this
> would
> be possible given the closeness of the result.
> After the Christian Democrats plummeted to a historic low, outgoing
leader
> Jan Peter Balkenende resigned his position as party leader and said he
was
> quitting politics - though he also said he would stay on as caretaker
> prime
> minister until a new coalition was formed.
> The party won 21 seats, 20 fewer than at the last election in 2006.
> Mr Balkenende described his party's crushing election defeat as
> "disappointing".
> "The outcome is clear. I've told the president of our party that I will
be
> resigning as party leader and that I won't be serving as a member of
> parliament," he said.
> The election - the fourth since 2002 - was called after the centrist
> coalition government, between the Christian Democrats and the Labour
> Party,
> collapsed in February.
> The government fell when Labour withdrew from the coalition after
refusing
> to extend the Dutch contribution to the Nato force, as outgoing PM
> Balkenende wanted.
> Dutch troops are therefore expected to leave Afghanistan by August.
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