Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:00:25 -0500 From: Dan <dannospamam.com> Subject: Re: GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden
On 5/27/2005 12:21 AM, Shane Almeida wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:19:22 +0100, Pooh Bear wrote: > >>Dave Hinz wrote: >> >>>So the guy watches the polls, does something popular, and calls >>>for an election? That's an _interesting_ way to do it. >> >>Actually he did something *unpopular* ( supporting the Iraq war ) and >>his majority in Parliament was slashed ! >> >>Seems that one went over your head or wasn't reported in the US. Kinda >>proves my point actually ! > > > Hm. Over *our* heads? That's interesting, because it seems you're the > confused one. > > Dave was talking about Germany. You know, it's that country on mainland > Europe, kind of south east of the UK and across the North Sea. The > Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, you may have heard of him, opposed the war > in Iraq. Does that ring a bell? Well, he just called an early election. > Maybe you should watch the news. I hear the BBC is good. Do you get them > over there? Schroeder is on his way out. It's the economy, stupid!