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It’s supposed to be nice weather around here - but we had to so far the weirdest summer: rains, storms and cold. The EM2008 in Switzerland & Austria suffered from this as well - as the image above demonstrate.
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It’s supposed to be nice weather around here - but we had to so far the weirdest summer: rains, storms and cold. The EM2008 in Switzerland & Austria suffered from this as well - as the image above demonstrate.
BBC News: Swiss hold crunch citizenship vote
Getting a Swiss passport is very hard - especially since the Swiss are very xenophobic and love their harsh and stupid rules to keep those evil foreigners outside.
It’s such a shame for such a rich country to be so ignorant. They Swiss always love to brag about their neutrality and "good deeds" - but overall they seem more like people who only like to get involved on their own terms and when it suits them. Otherwise they don’t care about the outside world and outsiders.
That spirit that rejected Jews at their borders during WWII is still very much alive. So far Switzerland has rejected any referendum to join the EU (and open it’s borders) - and right wing parties still get many votes each election.
Dear people of Switzerland - it’s time for a reformation of your attitude.
The Euro2008 is starting on 7th of June - and since I hate Fußball this is not going to be a pleasant month. Public viewing and screaming fans will mess up my favorite restaurants and cafes.
Switzerland and Austria are this years hosts - which is odd, but understandable, since both countries are too small to bear the full brunt of football hooligans by themselves. So they share the beer and vomit.
Here is an overview which countries are part of the tournament - hey you can even install some crappy widget on your blog or MySpace page - which I certainly won’t do.
If you are a real football nut, you be in pubs the next four weeks or you’ watch the live stream via the intranets (which will cost you €35 - they have already reduced it from €50) or you simply install FootieFox for Firefox (so your browser tells you what’s going on).
I just wish it was all over already.
The dream of the Jetpack is an old one - just strap enough power to a human’s back and he will fly. Yves Rossy - a longtime pilot and madman - decided to take the dream into the 21st century and built his own cool jetpack.
He sacred a lot of cows, when he screamed through the Swiss alps.
He might be a great dreamer on one side - but I like his pacifist approach on the other. The military asked him to deliver a prototype - which he promptly refused. It’s made for fun only.
Good man!
Yeah, kick those criminal foreigners out of our beloved country!
Swiss society is very conformist, conservative and very xenophobic. Although Switzerland is very rich it’s people are not big on sharing or international entanglement. Neutrality is obviously a national obsession - or rather a fanatical obsession not to get involved with anyone or anything.
So it’s no surprise that Switzerland is not part of the EU and loves it’s banking lifestyle so much that ripped of Jewish money has been held back for decades. Don’t get involved with those bloody foreigners.
I already have a bloody nose!
In a few days there is a general election in the land of Honey and Toblerone - and the rightwing SVP party seems to get at least 25% of the votes. That’s a huge in the political landscape, but shows the old Swiss conservative attitude.
Swiss cheese only for Swiss people!!!
Sure there is lots of protest - but it shows that in our complex times not only Americans are susceptible to hate and fear mongering a la Neocons. It works in any country.
Several hundred years of neutrality, too much Calvinism and isolation are a bad thing. Especially in our modern, fast moving and international world. Wake up Switzerland: xenophobia won’t get you anywhere and you are a part of this planet if you like or not. Neither the Alps nor Swiss armyknife or stupid election promises won’t protect you from that …