A constitution without the people

France voted no in the referendum, why we ask.
People didn't say no to the constitution itself, I doubt the majority even read a word of it, they are simply saying no with their guts and it's also a reaction against the sitting goverment with Chirac and Rafarrin, Rafarrin will probably take the fall for this one and no doubt we will see Villepin take over the gov't. Just a guess but it's basically only in Sweden a sitting gov't can lose a referendum and remain in place like nothing happened. Chirac has seen himself as the informal leader of EU, the French always had an affinity for grandeur, he will no longer be that. Calling to a referendum and lose will not be a feather in his cap. Chirac is finished and I hope we won't see more of him now.

I was hoping for this constitution to pass but as soon as countries started talking about referendums I knew it was doomed, people simply do not like change and most are convinced that EU is bad.
In Sweden for example the sitting gov't has blamed all ill things on EU, or had others do it for them without bothering enlighten anyone as to the true facts, the result has been that people instinctivly do not like it anymore, they don't have a clue about it they just don't like it.
Experience shows that referendums will not work, people are simply to stupid to be able to make an educated choice, this is why we have parlamentarism here, we elect politicians that are supposed to make these choices for us because it is their job to do so.
The whole thing is actually infuriating, we need the new constitution, we need to move away fron the stifling veto rules that for decades has paralyzed the UN, we need the majority rule and we need to define EU in order to be able to be competitive, the way it is now it will wither and die soon because all countries politicians blame EU for everything that goes wrong or for "uncomfortable" decisions when cutting back social security due to overinflated gov't.
One positive sidenote is that the new constitution will probably be more liberal/conservative since the winds of change are blowing over Europe, in time for the next EU meeting Germany and Sweden will probably have liberal/conservative gov't, we will see what happens then...

Sincerely
Mr Silence Dogood

A wall between us

The Swedish minister for foreign aid has spoken out about the Israeli wall being built to protect Israel from more suicide bombers. This is a translated quote from the Swedish Daily Dagens Nyheter.
"The Wall is completely incomprehensible, I cannot express in words how madly insane it is. I have seen pictures and maps but it is not the same as to see it in real life"

The wall has been built by Israel since the Palestinian authority seems unreluctant to deal with the terrorist issue itself, even allowing Hamas to run in general elections with the blessing of Jamtin and EU. The fact that Hamas is a terrororganisation supporting and sending these suicide bombers to Israeli cafés, discos and buses to kill innocent youths, women and children seems to go right past Jamtins conscience, apparently she feels guilt by association is enough to continue to support a terrororganisation.

When asked how the Swedish goverment would react if Hamas would be a part of the Palestinian Authority after general elections regarding the million crown aid they are receiving she answered:
"Hamas has won their majority in democratic elections and the Swedish goverment feels this should not affect the aid we are giving the Palestinian authority, at least not until we know how the organisation will develop in their new role, we will follow the development and decide later"

Meanwhile Sweden is subsidizing suicide bombing in Israel, I guess Carin is very happy with this development and wish she could increase the 473 million Swedish crowns we send, or at least ship over some of those German Leopard II tanks that are rusting due to the Socialist cutbacks of the armed forces.

The fact that we can influence how Hamas will develop by witholding aid seems not to be an option for her, I wonsder how many bombs they can build with the Swedish grants.

The fact that the wall actually works is not an argument for her, but just look at the graph here



Sincerely
Mr Silence Dogood

Blogging News service

A group of Bloggers led by Roger L. Simon are thinking about creating a news service by Bloggers, i.e. a Reuters or AP of the Blogging community.
I think this is a very good idea, there are many bloggers out there that have news with perspectives that we don't get from the Mainstream Media, also this will probably do a lot to make Blogging more known to people.

I see some worrying things though.

1. Blogging cannot be made a Mainstream Media outlet, we already have that in all the news services and TV channels. The independence, curiosity and brash fullness paired with a disregard of "established" media must be maintained, I would rather see the news service as more of a channel for different interesting bloggs "to get out there"

2. We must realise that Bloggs are biased, they will have to be since they are written by people, the news service cannot lay claim to be impartial or unbiased since that is not the heart and soul of Blogging.

3. I rather not see a US slant, there are thousands upon thousands of Bloggs out there in the world talking about different subjects, how about a Mongolian blogg talking about the perilious relationship with China, or Taiwanese Bloggs. George Bush in all honor but there are other interesting things happening out there that needs a spotlight on them.

Link to the proposal by Roger

Sincerely
Mr Silence Dogood

Swedish Mujahedeen?

Has Terrorism come to Sweden?
Do we have to be afraid of a terrorist attack on Swedish soil? Is this a huge conspiracy?



Woha there! I don't think we have to be overly worried about that part. A conspiracy is very hard to hide, also I don't put very much credibility into this threat.
Most Muslims are not extremists and the few who are will probably not be able to pull something like this off.
This is all verbal masturbation by a few who don't have the conviction or courage to actually go through with something like this.
It is easy to put up web pages and scream on the Internet, but to actually plan something and also go through with it is very hard. The right wingers as a group does not have the organization to pull something like this off. People who commit acts of terror come from a different background, they all feel they have nothing to lose and can sacrifice themselves in doing something like that.
I can believe that there might be a nut ball out there that would try to kill Runar (the priest that voiced the belief Mohammed was a pedophile and started the whole Brou-ha-ha) but there is simply no breeding ground in Sweden for extremists of this type, they lack the incentive so far in doing anything.

The threat of violence is always more intimidating than the actual act in itself. They will not act as a organization because they have a lot more to lose than gain on doing anything. These web pages are all just designed by one cowardly person trying to intimidate others, his/their goal is to generate media attention and thus scare people.

We don't have to be worried about any terrorist attacks as yet on Swedish soil, that will happen first when a situation is desperate enough, our society gives to much incentive to "not rock the boat".

Sincerely
Mr Silence Dogood