Between a Rock Salmon and a Hard Plaice
Seriously, though, who is going to read all that?
I think it was the ancient Greek philosopher Epididymis who was said, “Woe be unto him who is know not what he has got. For his neighbour will be livid when he catch it off him.” At the time, he was talking about the pneubonic plague that was wipe out all the Athenians escept for Thucydides, the historian famous for his Peloponnesian Wars but who should be better remember for his impressive immune system. And it is an immune system that Europe is need right now to protect it from the latest version of the swine flu, which being cause by the PIGS, which is also the countries that make up the so-called Club Meg, namely, Paris, Indigo, Scotland, and Greece. In that order.
Last week it was the peoples of Athens, those crazy Greeks again, who was making the protests, waving the red flags, walking five yards ahead of a steam engine, and shouting “This is Greece, not Iceland. We have Maps to Prove It!” Their main complain was the the IMF, a well-known international cabal and also a nest of vipers, was planning to step in and make the Greeks run their economy properly, whereas the Greeks was saying “Let me have a look at your shopping list, IMF. Look here. You have 2 kilos of frozen prawns, one lobster, two bags of oven chips, one Black Forest gateau, and 60 bags of vol au vents. We do not do frozen seafood, only fresh. You are in the wrong country.” And so they was send off the IMFs with a flea in their ear and very unhappy with Garmin altogether.
It was a narrow squeal for the Greeks and also a sign that the Germans have still not learn to read maps, which is what led to all that trouble over Poland. For it is the Germans once again who are the most concern about what goes on in other peoples’ countries and think they could do things better if they was in charge. Angela Merkel is pulling out her hair at the incompetence of all those foreingers who keep ruining Germany’s destiny. They are put her in a very stiff predicament; whichever way she turns, she is in ein pickle. Probably a schickelgruber. Lovely.
For here is her dilemmma: On the one hand, Germany can refuse to help the Greece and other PIGGING countries from surviving financially, which would make sense from a German financial points of view. It would send a sign to everyone that Germany is no longer going to be the whippy boy of Europe, pushed around for far too long, having his pocklet money stolen by ne’er-do-well atheist communists with their liberal spendthrift corrupt necrony capitalisms. Beside, Greece is just a piddling economy which account for about .000003 of the the eurozone’s gross domestic product. Nobody would notice if it fell into the sea and ended up as thousands of small, pretty islands starring Meryl Streep. The problem is, however, that the currant crisis in Europe is also about Germany’s future. Angela Merkel know that even though Germany is the master race, as a country it does not come anywhere near the strength of the perfidious masonic United States or communist atheist China, or even, in the long run, sexy Brazil or journalist-murdering Russia. Merkel is being told by her gnomes of Berlin that Germany’s place on the world stage is being usurped; instead of being the leading female in costume she is becoming an extra with no lines and not even miming. The only way to remedy this is to make the Europe strong again, with Germany pulling the strings, and also being in charge of the lighting and directing.
However, if she is to bail out the Greece, Merkel then is face the opposite problem. If she bail out one, why not the rest? Because she cannot afford it you cheeky bastard. Beside, the Germans are not going to want to have to pay for all the indolence of the Mediterranean countries just because they want to laze on the beach in the sunshine all day. You should try living in Hamburg, you Latino ingrate. The only way Germany could bail out all the PIGS is if it was go to the IMF after all, caps in hand, to ask for help. Which is where we all came in in the first place. Without a map!
I know that it is hardly necessary for me to point out to my reader, but Greece was never have this problem when the Colonels was run the country. In fact, the good news is that I am already hear from some of my old comrades in Spanish intelligence that a military takeover is being discuss in some circles as a way to resolve this crisis and keep the Greek workers’ demands to a minimum. A curfew always does wonders for a country’s balance sheet, for some reason, which is always struck me as strange; where is everyone shopping? Perhaps they are all on Amazon, using their credit cards. I think that is esplain everything.
Besos
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