European Follies

In case you were inclined to believe the rumors that Eurocrats have solved their problems, consider this quote from today’s WSJ:

After a day marked by a brawl among Italian lawmakers, debating cutbacks in the country’s pension system, Italian Prime Minister Silvia Berlusconi took time out from the Brussels summit to call into a popular television show shortly after midnight, criticizing the European Central Bank and dismissing reports he plans to call for early elections.

A sign of the times

Apparently, Hallmark now has unemployment cards:

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And in another, even sadder, sign of the times, Hallmark has ID theft cards too:

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Some thoughts on Greece

So, I recently heard a joke about the situation in Europe. It goes like this (my apologies to whoever came up with it, I can’t remember where I heard it):

Q: How many European finance ministers and bureaucrats does it take to change a light bulb?

Wait for it……