Just Say Nej

Andrew Stuttaford offers a compelling defense of Sweden's refusal to adopt the Euro.

Comments

[Jason Ligon]

They tried to regulate the curve of a banana?

[R.C. Dean]

I know, Jason, there's a joke in there somewhere.

[dude]

Hey baby, wanna regulate the curve of my banana?

[Lars]

Excuse me, Sven, but I suspect that your banana is non-regulation. Please remove it so that it can be measured. I have the necessary tools in my briefcase.

[david f]

nej tack!!!!!

what stuttaford calls "obnoxious" comments by prodil would be called "nazi" if these were germans talking.

the EU is the bureaucrat's, political elites', the special interest groups' wet dream. their mode d'emploi is to keep asking the people in these "democratic referendums" to acquiesce and make all decisions go farther away from the people. then they go to their little mink lined offices in brussels, and wax philosophical on how the US and "neoliberals" are killing the world.

when denmark was voting on maastricht in 1992, both mitterrand and kohl threatened denmark with "if the danes know what's good for them..." comments. the french were even worse after norway rejected the EU a few years later -- "norway would have to crawl..." was the comment, i believe. (bjornstark as stuff like that in his archives -- he's a norwegian, so he'd be a good source for that).

sweden's original "yes" was a huge disappointment, but at least they and the danes showed some balls, for a change, in standing up to the euro-dr evils...

cheers,
drf