Striking Against the Moon

From the desk of Elaib Harvey on Mon, 2008-10-06 15:52

Brussels is convulsed in a general strike, that has closed down the metro, buses, trains, some schools and lord alone what else, the stroll across the grey city this morning was quiet as the Brusselaars took the opportunity to blame the Unions for not being able to get to work. Why are they striking?

They are protesting about the increase in the cost of living. They may as well be striking against the moon. In this moment of financial madness to strike against the rise in commodity prices is bananas in the extreme, pointless, expensive and self defeating.

Outside the Bourse in the centre of town, Nescafe had set up a merchandising stall, that was doing a roaring trade with the various Trade Union reps. The Socialist, Liberal and Christian Democrat (yes officially humanist but they are still Christian Democrats) unions all have different uniforms and make quite a colourful display, if in a 'Habitat' primary-colours fashion.

Congratulations

Submitted by Rudyard Kipling on Tue, 2008-10-07 07:54.

My cincere congratulations to all belgicists, unionists and pocolists.

Today, for the second day in succession, the governing powers of a small country in Europe managed to get in the TV news of the largest country in Asia.

Yesterday, it was with an item about a major bank that almost went bankrupt, taken over by neighbouring countries.
Today it was about a countrywide strike. I saw empty train stations and streets, full of people wearing colorful garbage bags. 

In China, it's hard to understand what's going on in belgium,
and most of all: why ?  
Belgium is making great markering these days [not]

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To govern a big country is like cooking a small fish.
Stir as little as possible.
- Lao Zi, Daode Jing 256 BC

Pigs at the public trough

Submitted by onecent on Tue, 2008-10-07 00:49.

We are in a global financial meltdown and leave it to the union parasites to want raises. The pigs at the public trough have no shame. And, it's the same in the US too.