Third or Fourth Reich
I have a small problem.
And before any of you smart arses start wittering on about blue diamond shaped pills, I have no problems at all in that quarter, thanks very much. Just ask Sharon Tina Herself.
No. My little problem is one of historical accuracy.
Yesterday I made reference to the Fourth Reich. Later in the evening, for various reasons I read one of last years scribbles [which was written before the Irish bailout and proved to be scarily prophetic]. In that piece I referred to the Third Reich.
And therein lies my problem.
As I understand it, the Third Reich is the period when Germany enters its next phase of domination. It was thus named by Hitler himself. However, he was [in case any of you didn’t know] singularly unsuccessful in bringing it to fruition.
So, did the Third Reich die with Hitler? Or did it fail altogether and was never born?
This is an important question.
I just want to know if the European Constitution Lisbon Treaty marked the birth of the Third Reich or the Fourth Reich?
It could be very very important to know this and to get it right.
People have been shot for less.
I think we are still on the Third one, don’t think it was ever declared dead, either way they have been successful this time.
But there maybe those that will argue that the Third did in fact succeed for a while. Should we write to Brussels and ask?
The Third was supposed to last a thousand years. It lasted what 12?
But, yes. It died with Hitler and the new German gov’t which followed his death. Seems a bit ungrateful to be going on about Hitler and the Reich when it’s German money that’s bailing out Europe.
TT – Europe isn’t bailing out Greece, Portugal or Ireland. What they are trying to do is to bail out the Euro, which is the only thing they are interested in. And look at the price we have to pay for their “help” – almost total loss of sovereignty. Because of the billions they have poured into our economies, they now own us.
~sidesteps any involvement as it would illistrate gaping holes in history knowledge and offers to go fetch drinkies~
Hey, Grandad, what do you think of this report.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Major-bid-underway-to-curb-flatulence-in-Irish-cows–124177994.html
I thought that Ireland was (near?) bankrupt. Do you really have enough spare cash for this nonsense?
I would have thought that the flatulance coming out of the bullocks in the Dial (Dail?) would have been more than that from the cows.
Yes, I did write bullocks and not bollocks!
But come to think of it, perhaps bollocks would fit better.
Cat – Mine’s a pint, thanks.
AGrandad – Aren’t we rolling in money here. After all, we just lashed out twenty million on entertaining a couple of people. What’s a few bob more to stop cows farting? Just so long as they don’t expect me to stop….
I don’t understand Ireland. You spent over 500 hundred years fighting for your independence and then turned it over to a bunch of unknown bureaucrats in Brussels. My wife is from Holland and she saw this trainwreck coming and got out 40 years ago. What am I talking for, we did the same damn thing two years ago.
Just suck it up and drink a couple extra pints! PS: I’m back!
Oldspook – To be honest, I don’t understand the Irish either. I am beginning to think that all this shite about “the heroes of Irish independence” is just so much claptrap brought about by an overindulgence in ale. And whatever about the past, the modern Irish are just too fucking wrapped up in X-Factor and iPods to give a shite. I despair.
Willie – Are ye buying? [were you away, BTW?]
At least you aren’t owned by the Chinese….
GD…I am buying while my meager pension holds out. I did decide to avoid everything power by electricity for awhile. That lasted about two weeks. This one-person protest proved nothing. (Really, forest fires all around Miss Pat and I forced a temporary move, for a bit.)