Thursday, November 27, 2008

Viva La Iceland!

How come I never saw these protests covered in my Zionist War Daily?

Or these?

"Viva Iceland!

It may be over for the U.S., but the people of Iceland aren't taking this financial crisis lying down. They at least are trying to hold their political leaders accountable:
    Thousands of Icelanders demonstrated in Reykjavik on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank Governor David Oddsson for failing to stop a financial meltdown in the country.

    It was the latest in a series of protests in the capital since the financial meltdown that crippled the island's economy.

    Hordur Torfason, a well-known troubadour in Iceland and the main organiser of the protests, said the protests would continue until the government stepped down.

    "They don't have our trust and they are no longer legitimate," Torfason said as the crowds gathered in the drizzle before the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. ...

    ... A young man climbed onto the balcony of the Althing building, where the president appears upon inauguration and on Iceland's national day, and hung a banner reading: "Iceland for Sale - $2.100.000.000", the amount of the loan Iceland is getting from the IMF.

    The rally lasted less than one hour and as daylight began to wane, demonstrators drifted away into the nearby coffee shops where the price of a cup of coffee has shot up to 300 kronas in the last few weeks, up by about one third from before the crisis struck, as the currency has tumbled.

    Opposition parties tabled a no-confidence motion in the government on Friday over its handling of the crisis, but the motion carries little chance of toppling the ruling coalition which has a solid parliamentary majority.

    "I've just had enough of this whole thing," said Gudrun Jonsdottir, a 36-year-old office worker.

    "I don't trust the government, I don't trust the banks, I don't trust the political parties, and I don't trust the IMF. We had a good country here and they've ruined it."
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Ich bin ein Icelander!