Hey, what's one more deception, distortion, and lie, right, MSM?
Hope this isn't the same kind of "change" we saw in America with the election of Obama, that is to say NONE at ALL (or for the worse)!
"Socialists win Greek vote by landslide; Economy is the central issue for new government" by Elena Becatoros, Associated Press | October 5, 2009
ATHENS - Greece’s Socialists beat the governing conservatives by a landslide in yesterday’s parliamentary election. Voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousted Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.
Humbled by his New Democracy party’s worst electoral performance ever, Karamanlis, 53, resigned as its leader....
It's not left or right, readers.
PEOPLE ALL OVER the WORLD are SICK and TIRED of their LYING, LOOTING LEADERS!!!!
"The Five Boxes of Liberty
- The Moving Box—right of association, in particular territorially via migration
- The Soap Box—right of free speech
- The Ballot Box—right to a voice in your government
- The Jury Box—right to a trial by jury of your peers
- The Ammunition Box—right to threaten or use appropriate violence in self-defense
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Let's hope and pray it never comes to that last one, although it sure looks as it might. The four above have been so eroded as to make them meaningless and arbitrary.
George Papandreou, 57, now follows in the footsteps of his father, Andreas Papandreou, who founded his Panhellenic Socialist Movement party, or PASOK, and grandfather and namesake George Papandreou, both of whom served several terms as prime ministers.
“We bear a great responsibility to change the course of the country. . . . We know that we can make it,’’ Papandreou, a former foreign minister, told jubilant supporters lighting flares and waving PASOK flags depicting the party’s symbol of a green rising sun outside his party headquarters in central Athens....
Ah, enjoy the party, Greeks. I don;t want to rain on your fun today.
The result gives PASOK a comfortable majority of about 159 seats in the 300-member parliament, bringing the party back to power after five years of conservative governance....
Sounds familiar, doesn't it, America?
Papandreou will now have to deal with a faltering economy that is expected to contract in 2009 after years of strong growth, while the budget deficit will probably exceed 6 percent of economic output. In contrast to Karamanlis, who advocated an austerity program of freezing state salaries, pensions and hiring, Papandreou has promised to inject up to euro3 billion ($4.4 billion) to jump-start the economy.
However, his government will probably have to borrow heavily just to service the ballooning debt - set to exceed 100 percent of GDP this year - and keep paying public sector wages and pensions. Papandreou has pledged to limit borrowing by reducing government waste and going after tax dodgers.
And CUI BONO?
The BANKSTERS WIN AGAIN no matter WHICH SIDE of the AISLE you elect!!!
Thousands of cheering supporters mobbed a smiling Papandreou as he arrived at the central Athens headquarters while the results trickled in. Others drove through the city honking their horns....
Hey, have a good time tonight and tomorrow, Greeks. You deserve it.
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Just watch that political hangover. Take it from me, it can be a doozy!
The New Man:
ATHENS - Papandreou was making final decisions yesterday on his new cabinet, which faces the challenge of trying to revive the faltering economy and improve environmental protection. He is to be sworn in today, and will announce his appointments then.
With the economy expected to contract this year after years of growth, and a deficit likely to top 6 percent of the gross domestic product, Papandreou has pledged a stimulus package of up to $4.38 billion and says he will limit borrowing by reducing government waste and going after tax dodgers.
Many consider the Socialists’ victory as more a rejection of a failed government than a personal endorsement of Papandreou, but he won Sunday’s vote by an unexpectedly wide margin and a secure parliamentary majority....
Readers, who you going to believe?
Me or the misanalyzing, agenda-pushing newspaper?
Papandreou spent his early years in the United States and a large part of his youth abroad, as his father, who had returned to Greece and entered politics in the 1960s, was exiled under the 1967-74 dictatorship.
So he is ONE of OUR GUYS?
Related: Greece 1964-1974 KH
And just when he started to DO WHAT WAS BEST for HIS COUNTRY he gets a COUP, huh?
That's why the newspaper just skipped right over it, huh?
He obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from Amherst College in the United States and the London School of Economics, and was first elected to parliament in 1981 at the age of 29.
Hop, skip, and a jump away, readers.
With the magnitude of his victory, Papandreou now has a chance to silence his many doubters - though he still faces formidable obstacles because of the deteriorating economy, pervasive corruption, worsening crime, and terrorism.
Yeah, DEBT SERVICE and MORE BORROWING! That is a PROBLEM for ANY GOVERNMENT no matter what its titular form.
International ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said yesterday that Greece’s credit rating could improve if the new government implements a “clear, credible and sustainable’’ strategy to address the country’s debts.
Translation: If you PAY OFF the BANKERS they may ease up a bit.
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ATHENS - Prime Minister George Papandreou will personally handle foreign affairs in the Cabinet he announced yesterday, which merges portfolios, creates a new Environment Ministry, and places women in key posts.
Papandreou, 57, a Socialist, was sworn in after his crushing election victory over the scandal-battered conservatives, chiefly won on promises of reviving the country’s faltering economy.
He handed the key Finance Ministry to party spokesman George Papaconstantinou, 48, while Louka Katseli, 57, an economics professor at Athens University, was appointed to the new post of economy, competitiveness, and shipping minister.
Greece’s first Environment, Energy and Climate Change Ministry will be headed by Tina Birbili, a close Papandreou aide and one of five women among the 15 ministers named.
Papandreou, a former foreign minister and scion of one of Greece’s two main political dynasties, follows in the footsteps of his father Andreas and grandfather George, who both served several terms as prime minister.
After being sworn in by the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, at the presidential mansion, Papandreou walked to the neighboring prime ministerial office for the hand-over from outgoing prime minister Costas Karamanlis, who had run the country since 2004.
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