Do you have any cogent argument to push? I like having my comments put down by erudite commentary or at least pointed to some decent counter arguments.

If you want to throw mindless slurs about I can start with the Gipper, hover over to Hoover failing the great depression then stop on Nixon. Since I’m an equal opportunity basher, I’d mention Stalin — for good measure — just in case you think everybody sees the world in black and white like you seem do…

I’m no fan of KMB or Mintoff. I certainly wouldn’t have liked to lead the country in the 70’s either … me being a spineless liberal and all.

This is what’s happening in the UK now: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/01/jobcentres-tricking-people-benefit-sanctions

The third way? One of its arch-proponents visited Libya and thought what a great idea it all was because people seemed so happy.

The Swiss still have some questions to answer about monies from WWII. Our handling of the situation hasn’t exactly been laudable, so any Swiss comments can be taken with a pinch of salt.

Communism fell with the Berlin Wall, capitalism fell (again) with Wall Street (again).

Let’s hope the third way becomes mainstream.

Surprisingly, I found the Swiss very ‘au courant’ with the Maltese cross-legged posture. Also very disappointed. They appear to look upon the Maltese as ‘wussies’ who want keep all options open, just in case.

They expected a much more forcefull stance, being a member of the EU.

It highlights Mintoff’s greatest achievement in his seventeen years in power.

Not only did he succeed in having Malta recognised internationally as belonging to the Third World.

By the end of his term in office, Malta was a de facto Third World country.

Nobody who was around then and who had a modicum of grey matter nurtures any doubt about this whatsoever.

Very true.