I Want To Be Premier: Here Are My Principles!!!

and what is a normal European country?

If you were asking me, sleepless, Germany, UK or France would be my idea of a normal European country (better said, EU countries).

I think you (Vec Vidjeno) have a good chance to become a hero in e.g. Germany. Not many of my fellow citizens (I am a citizen of Berlin, Germany) are so optimistic as you are in calling their country normal. I think it is rather the tendency among (thinking!) Germans to call their ex role model country a Banany Republic.

Sometimes, if you would listen to German news, you might think they talk about Sebia, while actually talking about the most normal events of corruption, mismanagement and similar in the country.

Sorry, I didn't get the impression that things were going so badly in Germany. :)
Of course, let me try to be serious once more. What I was referring to, was a simple idea of a country in which ultraconservatives don't get 30% of votes, while socialdemocrats get only 22%, and actually there isn't any real right center party. That was my point. Of course, I still believe that German judicial system works well, and that the public prosecutor performs his duties when a law is violated.

you are generally right. I just don´t like the idea of the "Land of Milk and Honey Flowing in Abundance", as it is the general idea of Germany in so called 2nd and 3rd world countries. It is far not so unblamable as many may think, but certainly much. much more comfortable to live in than many other, even in Europe.

I simply allow myself to be critical to those I consider I am being part of ;-)

Uhm, ultraconservatives in the US got 54% of the vote in '04 ;)

Is that normal?

vec vidjeno, that u don't have any idea what r u talking about :-)))
(greetings to Dunjica :-***)

ps. btw, how was in Houston? ;;;-)))

Sehen wir uns im April in Berlin?

:-)))

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Ti bese ona sto si mislila da je Djindjic iscenirao atentat na samog sebe? Vracas mi uvredama zato sto sam ti rekao da se stidis, i tim glupavim (i besmislenim) pitanjem - nikada u Hjustonu nisam bio, i ne razumem o cemu govoris.

jesam, ja sam bas ta, sve sam priznala odmah i na licu mesta. ne vidim gde sam te uvredila ako kazem da neznas o cemu pricas. ici turisticki u pomenute zemlje i ziveti u istim je sasvim razlicita stvar, mada bih ipak volela da srbija izgleda vise kao bas te zemlje nego da ostane ovakva kakva je. i znam da nisi bio u hjustonu. s tim u vezi, sto se ljutis toliko? :-) tvoje prenaglasene reakcije Uvek teraju na sumnju vezanu za tvoj identitet, da li ti je to jasno? nije prvi put, a?
ps. mind your attitude&tongue and be well, as much as possible...

Uvredila si me time sto si mi rekla da ne znam o cemu pricam. To nije uvreda? I kakva sada sumnja u moj "identitet", o cemu govoris??
Pogledaj moje postove, ja ovde nikoga nisam uvredio, ali mi je zato receno da se "uvlacim u dupe" i da se "tornjam". Pokusavam da budem sto civilizovaniji mogu, ali vidim da je ovde opsta pljuvaonica. Kakve moje prenaglasene reakcije, molim te? Atentat na Djindjica je bio za mene jedan od najtragicnijih dogadjaja koji je Srbiju mogao da zadesi, zato sam ti ono rekao. Ako sam te time uvredio, sada se izvinjavam.
Jos uvek mi dugujes objasnjenje o "identitetu" i Hjustonu. Sta si uopste zelela da kazes??

sasvim. mada nije cudno da si bas mene napao tad, a? nisi me uvredio ali si pokusao. i stidim se zbog svojih misli ali ne zato sto si mi ti rekao da treba, stidim se vec 4 godine i to ce trajati...samo ti ne kapiras i dalje moju pricu o soli na ranu. zato ovako i reagujes. ali ko sto rekoh, abitno sasvim.

i da, slazem se da je atentat na djindjica najtragicniji dogadjaj za srbiju.
ne pratim bas sve ovo u meri u kojoj mozda ti to radis jer imam malo slobodnog vremena, ali eto, danas uz zakasneli obrok, otvorih blog...i grdno se pokajah.

i dalje tvrdim da je potrebno ziveti neko vreme u nemackoj/francuskoj/UK...da bi se shvatio sistem. evo npr, hamburg, milionski grad, jedan od najbogatijih u evropi, sa najbrzim internetom u evropi, ima O.Chaj.Nu i preglomaznu administraciju, sporu i nedostiznu. pri tom ne mislim samo na drzavni aparat. taj trend je pustio pipke i na privatni sektor. ko bi rekao?!

off.

ps. hint: da li znas sta je IP address, IP number?...mada je i to abitno :-) zaboravi...necu te vise komentarisati.

Znam sta je IP address, identifikuje kompjuter na mrezi. Opet, ne znam koje veze ima sa mnom. Ma, naravno. Samo ti prospi djubre na glavu, i onda nemoj da komentarises. Naravno, kao sto rece, sasvim ce mi prijati ignore.

Da, koja mi je IP address? Time hoces nesto da mi kazes?

Sa zadovoljstvom editujem ovaj komentar. Ovo o IP adresi shvatam kao pretnju, jer se njome moze (posredno) saznati identitet nekoga. Samo, pazi - to jedino moze biti ucinjeno preko internet provajdera, ako postoji sudski nalog. Dakle, ti meni pretis otkrivanjem mog identiteta na nelegalan nacin.

Nelegalno - krsenje zakona - ko to radi - kriminalci...

pricas u prazno i napadas u prazno i Opet reagujes prejako. zato i budis sumnju. otomepricam.

Ma budim sumnju u sta?? Da li bi bila ljubazna da mi kazes u sta, konacno, sumnjas?
Zasto si inace pominjala IP adresu? Preko nje se hvataju pedofili na mrezi, kriminalci koji ostavljaju tragove.

Ooooh please please please stop the food fight.

I know that it has nothing to do with this particular topic, but I have to mention an event some days ago at a party. There were around ten of us Serbs, two Americans one of which was American Jew. As we started talking about something completely irrelevant, we ended up shouting, talking over each other ending with not really knowing who was saying what. And the Jewish-American said:” O, you are shouting just like us.” The woman left and the rest of us continued. The reason I mention this was the constant arguing among us, wherever we are.

I apologize for this exchange between Bol and myself, somehow, out of the blue, I was accused of... something. I still don't know what it was. But, never mind.
Just to say I believe it was not just a food fight. I have been threatened here, and you could have seen it.
Once again, my apology.

it's off now...

O TEMPORA, O MORES !!!!

Ti ne znas gde sam ja bio, gde sam ziveo, sta sam video. Imam valjda pravo na misljenje. A slucajno se zadesilo da je dobar prijatelj mog oca preko 30 godina ziveo u Kelnu, pa sam slusao price. Mozda imam pravo na osnovu toga da izvucem zakljucak, sta mislis? Ili je to nekim kodeksom zabranjeno?
Ti imas neku aluziju, samo ja ne razumem koju. I ne mozes, kao sto sam ti rekao, da znas gde jesam, a gde nisam bio.

I guess you don't mean all EU countries, the status of more recent members is not quite 'normal', i.e., some are more equal than the others, but that would be another topic for some. I would paraphrase someone saying that the idea of(norm)ality of certain EU countries is constructed in itself against the background of 'abnormality' of others especially the former Soviet block or ex-YU. What is ipposite of 'abnormal' is just that, not necessarily something ideal.I lived in two of the countries you listed (for extended periods, not as a tourist or student etc.). There is no normality - if by 'normality' you mean the political, economic and social stability. My impression is that one (citizens) always have to fight hard to get closer to stability, regardless of whether some countries have longer tradition of democratic institutions etc., or not. All the countries you listed have problems on local, regional, international level - and the problems were never (and will never be) definitely solved. They are always in process of becoming less or more satisfactorily dealt with. One cannot win the elections or whatever and expect that the changes will happen just by the mere fact that the power changed hands. What impresses me is the engagement of citizens first on the very local level, where all the change begin, sometimes with success sometime not. But the point is a neverending fight for democracy.

sto da ne?

I always think it is a great sign of respect if we speak the language of the host.

Still, you are the host on this blog and in that respect English would be as appropriate.

blog James Lyona od sada pristupacan svima, bez obzira na znanje engleskog! Domacin bloguje na srpskom.

Lyone, ovde ste već čini mi se deceniju i po, lepo govorite srpski jezik, mnogo bolje nego meštani sa KOSMETA.

moje pitanje glasi: hoćete li napustiti Beograd kada bude najzanimljivije ovde, to jest kada Kosmet bude nezavisan po volji medjunarodne zajednice, a bogami čini mi se i po volji političara iz Beograda !?

ali to znaci da onda nesrpskopricajuci komentatori i blogeri ne mogu da ga prate...shell we continue then or...?

da, zanimljivo pitanje. Ali, moji argumenti su slijedeci:
a - ovdje je rijec o ponudi James Lyona da se kandidira za premijera Srbije. Znaci - tema je unutrasnja stvar Srbije i tice se ljudi kojima je materinji jezik isti, u kojoj je govorni jezik srpski (sto se mene tice, to je OK ;-))))
b - koliko je relevantno (necu reci: vazno) da nesrpskopricajuci komentatori i blogeri ucestvuju u ovom blogu?
c - od covjeka koji zivi vise od 2 godine u jednoj zemlji bez pardona ocekujem da (pro)govori jezik domacina. JL je u regionu mnogo duze i njegov srpski je da mu vecina stranaca moze pozavidjeti.

Priznajem, malo je paradoksalno da se bas JA zalazem za srpski gdje god je moguce (na blogu), zar ne? Kad, eto, ne samo da svi trpe moj hrvatski, nego se cak i dobro razumijemo ;-))))

I pose. With Tito.

meni se ucinilo da s Titom pozirate u Hrvatskoj, ne u Srbiji.

Osim sto se neprihvatljivo izrazavate cak i o ljudima koji to nisu zasluzili (u BiH npr. - HR CSS)

irvas, I doubt you know what decent is.

...well come on now, I was doing him a favour.

James, you are not pissed off with me, aren't you?

YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE..., OR ARE YOU NOT ?!

Wearing a wet t-shirt is not advisable. You might catch cold.

that you can be such a caring person...