Comments on: Merkel urges stronger fiscal ties for EU. Meantime Conservatives oppose EU. https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9150 ER Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:53:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9150 Exactly! Exactly!

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9143 TB Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:20:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9143 Yeah, Chris Matthews, Think Tank. Get serious. Yeah, Chris Matthews, Think Tank.

Get serious.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9142 ER Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:17:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9142 EDITED:I never read them. I don't need to read every article pumped out by the Heritage Foundation to know what their political position is. And I can spout off all I want to, it's not like you've never brushed off an article or idea as not worth considering because you didn't like its source. Remember the Chris Matthews kerfuffle we had the other day? Not only did you not like his views on Gingrich, then you pooh-poohed him and changed the subject, and then you got all huffy because I refused to discuss the subject you had changed to. So don't go cobra on me... EDITED:I never read them. I don’t need to read every article pumped out by the Heritage Foundation to know what their political position is.

And I can spout off all I want to, it’s not like you’ve never brushed off an article or idea as not worth considering because you didn’t like its source.

Remember the Chris Matthews kerfuffle we had the other day? Not only did you not like his views on Gingrich, then you pooh-poohed him and changed the subject, and then you got all huffy because I refused to discuss the subject you had changed to.

So don’t go cobra on me…

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9136 bowser Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:28:05 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9136 They are remarkably candid. America can bully individual European nations much more easily than a more monolithic EU. They are remarkably candid. America can bully individual European nations much more easily than a more monolithic EU.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9132 TB Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:16:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9132 <p>What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to?</p> If you have no idea what the Heritage Foundation is, you might want to look into it before spouting off. What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to?

If you have no idea what the Heritage Foundation is, you might want to look into it before spouting off.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/12/02/merkel-urges-stronger-fiscal-ties-for-eu-meantime-conservatives-oppose-eu/#comment-9129 ER Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:45:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5730#comment-9129 Who is this Heritage Foundation, and what gives them the right to decide what the American national interest is, and what suits it? They never consulted me. Never trust any organization that uses emotionally loaded and unassailable terminology to describe itself. Be particularly suspicious of terms like Heritage, Freedom, Patriot, Enterprise, Liberty and so on. The implication is that if you don't agree with them you are opposed to those virtues. I suppose next they'll be telling us if you don't wear an American flag lapel pin you must be a commie. They're just carpet salesmen and two-bit Rotarians with bow ties and heroic delusions of grandeur. Sort of a Mothers of the American Revolution, for Junior Achievement types. "Right Wing Think Tank" is a contradiction in terms. Who is this Heritage Foundation, and what gives them the right to decide what the American national interest is, and what suits it? They never consulted me.

Never trust any organization that uses emotionally loaded and unassailable terminology to describe itself. Be particularly suspicious of terms like Heritage, Freedom, Patriot, Enterprise, Liberty and so on. The implication is that if you don’t agree with them you are opposed to those virtues. I suppose next they’ll be telling us if you don’t wear an American flag lapel pin you must be a commie.

They’re just carpet salesmen and two-bit Rotarians with bow ties and heroic delusions of grandeur. Sort of a Mothers of the American Revolution, for Junior Achievement types.

“Right Wing Think Tank” is a contradiction in terms.

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