news.yahoo.com - 2/20/2009
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BRUSSELS The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday. Klaus, whose country now holds the rotating EU ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 2/21/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Europe's last serving Thatcherite, Czech president Vaclav Klaus,
made a speech to the EU's sham parliament on...
Thursday. It was a fine speech, in fact, so fine that it enraged the thugs, scolds, crooks, and placemen who make up so much of the world's ...
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Was It Something He Said?
cqpolitics.com - 2/24/2009
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CQ TODAY PRINT EDITION – CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS Feb.
23, 2009 – 8:18 p.m. Presidents’ First Speeches to...
Congress Focus on Parts of the State of the Union By Bennett Roth, CQ Staff Lawmakers will arrive early in hopes of grabbing center-aisle seats, ...
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Presidents’ First Speeches to Congress Focus on Parts ...
pajamasmedia.com - 2/20/2009
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VACLAV KLAUS AGAIN: Czech President Compares EU to
Soviet Union. “The European Union has turned into an...
undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech ...
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... VACLAV KLAUS AGAIN: Czech President Compares EU to Soviet Union. “The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday.” ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/19/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Czech President Compares EU to Soviet Union The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday. […] Klaus is known for deep skepticism of the EU and has refused to fly the EU flag over his official seat in Prague during the Czech presidency, saying the country is not an EU province. He said current EU ...
Scrubbing the News for Obama
The Anchoress —
... it. But he should be called on it. Everyone lazily and conveniently blaming this disastrous economy on Bush should read this link and the last one. And put Bizzy Blog on your blogroll.
Did I say “Celebrate Free Speech”? I meant CELEBRATE FREEDOM WHILE YOU CAN:
Taxing by the mile. The old American tradition of taking a road trip somewhere for the hell of it? Gone.
Vaclav Klaus: tells Europe they’re like the old Soviet Union. Hey, Val, we’re catching up!
Are ...
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