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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will leave the European Union and position itself as the Switzerland of the north to protect its independence if Laura Huhtasaari, the presidential candidate of the eurosceptic Finns Party has her way.
She also told Reuters in an interview she wants to tighten immigration rules.
Don't know why so many of you are getting your knickers in a twist over this. Calm down; the equivalent will NEVER happen in the US. We probably won't even see a female POTUS in our lifetimes, so don't worry. The world isn't going to hell in a handbasket.
Maybe because the "feminist" governments that have run Sweden completely into the ground and turned into international joke?
Ah, so it's not about principle, it's about "who."
You support Trump, I presume, yet you think you're in a position to hold others accountable for a perceived dereliction of THEIR principles. That's pretty funny.
I'm not a political leader. I'm not the President of the United States. And, anyway, Trump doesn't HAVE any principles.
I'm not even defending the govt. but rather describing reality.
Could do with out the insults and zombie comments, especially coming from someone that started their post with a strawman and never addressed my content.
So, pray tell....when and where on this planet did the utopia you wish for exist?
She was more attractive that the socialist economic mess Britain was in during the 1970's with high inflation, strikes and nearly bankruptcy, culminating in the so called 'Winter of Doscontent'. So it was little surprise that the Tories under Thatcher won in 1979.
Thatcher was also more attractive than Labour leaders Michael Foot, a staunch left wing communist and later Neil Kinnock who she beat in the 1983 and 1987 elections.
Not sure why you think you'd get any argument from me.
Keep in mind -- and I think we've talked about this before -- a Conservative in the UK is not the same as a Republican in the US. As conservative or "right wing" (or however you want to call it) as Thatcher was by British standards, she wouldn't have proposed scrapping the NHS in favor of a completely private system, for example, would she? And I'm sure you wouldn't have wanted that, would you?
But to many US conservatives, the UK, even under Thatcher, is/was a left-wing nanny state with "socialist" healthcare, as is most of Europe. As a long-time poster on CD, you must know this.
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Don't try to calm them, don't try to pacify or console them. They DO NOT need to be consoled and told not to worry. They need to be shook up and need to smarten up and face facts.
Those who protest most vehemently have their knickers in a twist because this news about Finland has frightened them and was a wake up call for them that this can happen not only in other countries but in America too, eventually. Most American men and even some women are positively terrified and shaking in their boots at the very idea of all women as government leaders in any country. And now the looming potential of the equivalent of it one day happening in a future America - yes, it CAN happen ..... plus the strong probability of a female president in the even nearer future - yes, within their lifetimes - (OMG the Horror! THE HORROR !!! ) well, it's got them pooping in their pants and making like monkeys throwing the potty-mouth stuff around online.
You want to know what their fear is really about? It's about a bunch of scaredy cats terrified of maybe having all of their power taken away from them and being subjugated the way it has been done to women for so long. Because men did that, many still do it, they've convinced themselves that women in power will do it to them too. Damn fools.
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Exactly. In fact, such folks need to be told to stuff it if they don't like it, and get with the program.
Why I don't care that Finland's government is led by women.
Yes, your constitution. Every country has their own constitution, you know. Yours has nothing to do with theirs and yours is meaningless with regard to how the topic at hand might apply to you and your own country. There's nothing in your own constitution that says there can't be or won't ever be an American government made up of a majority or only women. It is entirely possible it could happen. It's also possible that one day the entire planet may be governed by mostly women instead of mostly men the way it is now. If that prospect is something that frightens you then you should know your constitution isn't a shield for you, it can't prevent it from happening in your country.
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Good for the girls, I'm sure they'll do a great job.
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) well, it's got them pooping in their pants and making like monkeys throwing the potty-mouth stuff around online.
