"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- Winston Churchill.

Yesterday was both a good and bad night.
( Post-election chill )

If you want to test your knowledge of political history - and have your beliefs in good and evil stirred a bit, go thou to http://www.politicalcompass.org/iconochasms

I'll never think of these people the same way.

I like it that they've updated www.retsinformation.dk and given it a new look.

I don't like that they've transferred the entire database of Danish laws in effect - which works as THE reference for politicians and 'ordinary people' alike - erroneously, so a lot of laws seem to have been signed on January 1st, 1753. Like the King's Law from 1665 and ( Read more... )

Today is Constitution Day, marking that on June 5th 1849, King Frederik VII 'gave' the Danish people a free constitution ( Read more... )

Although it is a very Americanocentric test - "I think the American government should subsidize our small farms." - Hell yes! Why not? *GG*

You are a
Social Liberal
(76% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(26% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Strong Democrat (26e/76s)

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Why does this picture of Fogh make me want to write an absurd near-future dystopian sci-fi NaNo?


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The European Parliament should be located in Brussels only.

It costs European taxpayers approximately €200 million (£140 million) a year to move the Parliament between Brussels/Belgium and Strasbourg/France. As a citizen of the European Union, I want the European Parliament to be located only in Brussels.

Click here to sign the petition: www ( Read more... )

Tonight, 4th of May, we put candles in our windows. On this night, 61 years ago, Denmark was liberated from the Nazis by the Allied forces (thanks mates!), and the journalist Johannes G. Sørensen read aloud the happy tidings - 20:35 from BBC, London:

"I dette øjeblik meddeles det, at Montgomery har oplyst, at de tyske tropper i Holland, ( Read more... )