Comments on: Belgium Explained To Slovenes (And Whoever Else ) In Ten Easy Lessons http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/02/17/belgium-explained-to-slovenes-and-whoever-else-in-ten-easy-lessons-8/ sex and politics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:32:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: How Europe Got A Belgian Council President (Guest Post By Dr. Arf) | SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/02/17/belgium-explained-to-slovenes-and-whoever-else-in-ten-easy-lessons-8/#comment-192579 How Europe Got A Belgian Council President (Guest Post By Dr. Arf) | SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:13:42 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/02/17/belgium-explained-to-slovenes-and-whoever-else-in-ten-easy-lessons-8/#comment-192579 [...] economic crisis – was going to run Europe, who would be running the country? One name popped up : Mr. ‘800.000 Votes Can’t Be Wrong’, Yves Leterme. And the mere mention of the man prompted francophone newspaper Le Soir to literally impose its [...] […] economic crisis – was going to run Europe, who would be running the country? One name popped up : Mr. ‘800.000 Votes Can’t Be Wrong’, Yves Leterme. And the mere mention of the man prompted francophone newspaper Le Soir to literally impose its […]

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]]> By: ARF http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/02/17/belgium-explained-to-slovenes-and-whoever-else-in-ten-easy-lessons-8/#comment-48584 ARF Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:17:21 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/02/17/belgium-explained-to-slovenes-and-whoever-else-in-ten-easy-lessons-8/#comment-48584 ADDENDUM : Right after I sent in this post, news came that Leterme was in hospital with an intestinal bleeding. He was operated on and will probably be allowed to leave Intensive Care tomorrow. The guy apparently does everything to insure he won't be PM by March 23rd, because he'll be out for at least six weeks. The reactions of both his esteemed colleagues and the media was for the most part hilarious to sometimes bordering on the ridiculous, because politicians generally don't know how to handle such events and the media is of course looking for juicy quotes, even if they hav to instigate them.For example, one VRT journalist asked VLD minister Karel De Gucht, a heavy hitting Letere critic and aiming for new elections : "This would suit some people, wouldn't it?" De Gucht's, visibly irate, rebuttal : "Such questions shouldn't be asked! We have a deontological code to adhere to and I believe the press does too." Yup, it just doesn't get dull over here. :mrgreen: ADDENDUM :

Right after I sent in this post, news came that Leterme was in hospital with an intestinal bleeding. He was operated on and will probably be allowed to leave Intensive Care tomorrow. The guy apparently does everything to insure he won’t be PM by March 23rd, because he’ll be out for at least six weeks. The reactions of both his esteemed colleagues and the media was for the most part hilarious to sometimes bordering on the ridiculous, because politicians generally don’t know how to handle such events and the media is of course looking for juicy quotes, even if they hav to instigate them.For example, one VRT journalist asked VLD minister Karel De Gucht, a heavy hitting Letere critic and aiming for new elections : “This would suit some people, wouldn’t it?” De Gucht’s, visibly irate, rebuttal : “Such questions shouldn’t be asked! We have a deontological code to adhere to and I believe the press does too.” Yup, it just doesn’t get dull over here. :mrgreen:

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