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Sun May 13, 2012, 09:34 PM

mia (3,101 posts)

40. Heard this interesting story about Iceland on NPR a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/27/151467850/when-should-a-country-abandon-its-own-money

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Why have we heard nothing about this incredibly important development in Iceland? News black-out?!? [View all]	Cal33	May 2012	OP
Why is obvious. Iceland did what we all should have done.	Warren Stupidity	May 2012	#1
+1,000. nt	BlueIris	May 2012	#24
Here is a good link for more Iceland details.	xtraxritical	May 2012	#69
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	May 2012	#2
. . .	Tansy_Gold	May 2012	#9
hi miss tansy...	xchrom	May 2012	#11
It's nice to see	Tansy_Gold	May 2012	#30
Thank you for posting. K&R	think	May 2012	#3
Yes thank you for posting.	AnnieK401	May 2012	#10
Many thanks, and a hearty welcome to this group, Annie!	Cal33	May 2012	#53
So that we can continue to be fed an incorrect definition of democracy	dickthegrouch	May 2012	#4
What's with the arbitrary dig at Egypt?	Hissyspit	May 2012	#5
An email a bit over a year old, I'd think	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#25
Because Iceland refused to bail out and reward the economic criminals. Europe and the US	sabrina 1	May 2012	#6
Sure am glad there are people like you who keep themselves well-informed about what's going on	Cal33	May 2012	#20
Not totally peacefull	tama	May 2012	#7
By the way, for those who don't know what "skyr" is,	Lydia Leftcoast	May 2012	#14
No news black-out -- the Iceland response to the economic crisis has been covered. For example:	pnwmom	May 2012	#8
Thanks for the info. Yet, on the whole, few Americans seem to be aware of the enormity of what had	Cal33	May 2012	#16
Yes, it can be done. But the particular path that Iceland took	pnwmom	May 2012	#18
The path we have taken has not worked too well for millions of Americans though.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#23
I did have a student mention the rewriting of the Iceland constitution	Hissyspit	May 2012	#26
In May 2009,	chervilant	May 2012	#62
I had been hearing worries about derivatives for several years	pnwmom	May 2012	#64
Indeed,	chervilant	May 2012	#68
Paul Krugman has been talking	edhopper	May 2012	#12
think I heard Thom Hartmann talk of this	rurallib	May 2012	#13
Perhaps you should pull head out of hole	Riftaxe	May 2012	#15
You are right. I do read foreign news -- but only once in a while. It's not often enough.	Cal33	May 2012	#17
On re-reading i was a bit too snarky i think	Riftaxe	May 2012	#21
Because the global money changers are afraid of the scenario.	stubtoe	May 2012	#19
Because it's ICELAND fercrissakes with...	TreasonousBastard	May 2012	#22
There are perhaps 300 books, 25-50 movies, hundreds of thousands of pages of	jtuck004	May 2012	#27
EXACTLY !!	dougolat	May 2012	#67
Clinton passes Commodities Modernization Act on the lobbying of Larry Summers. Later	jtuck004	May 2012	#77
What the...?	secondvariety	May 2012	#38
k & r	red dog 1	May 2012	#51
The stood outside parliment and threw rocks at their elected officials not the banks.	jtuck004	May 2012	#28
Maybe if we had thrown a few rocks our politicians would have been motivated to do their jobs and	leeroysphitz	May 2012	#31
We don't need to cast stones, just votes. n/t	jtuck004	May 2012	#76
You want to bet the right-wingers are going to up the percentage of their fraudulent votes much	Cal33	May 2012	#78
I have no doubt they will use every trick in the book. They are getting better and better, and	jtuck004	May 2012	#80
I agree with you. I also believe the right-wingers are incapable of thinking in terms of what's	Cal33	May 2012	#81
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#29
Why isn't this mentioned, you ask?	truedelphi	May 2012	#32
Gays can't all marry, things aren't great and I see no reason that advancing social progress	leeroysphitz	May 2012	#33
bullshit.	provis99	May 2012	#34
You are getting only agreement from me. n/t	truedelphi	May 2012	#73
What do you mean?	Doctor_J	May 2012	#45
They're afraid others will follow Iceland's example. - K&R n/t	DeSwiss	May 2012	#35
I agree the media has not discussed Iceland enough. The reason is that the lesson of Iceland is	limpyhobbler	May 2012	#36
If you have heard nothing, reconsider who you listen to.	L. Coyote	May 2012	#37
Power to the people	KT2000	May 2012	#39
Heard this interesting story about Iceland on NPR a couple of weeks ago.	mia	May 2012	#40
Because it worked!	obxhead	May 2012	#41
Iceland has fewer people the Raleigh nc.	bowens43	May 2012	#42
Now THAT is how you take your government back. nt	SunSeeker	May 2012	#43
Pssh. We can't even get a single corrupt governor out of office	Doctor_J	May 2012	#44
For things to succeed in this country, it will take a lot of time and much more effort. Did you	Cal33	May 2012	#52
Iceland has 250,000 people. So you are	Lucky Luciano	May 2012	#46
Why not?	leveymg	May 2012	#58
We're actually in a much better position to be the agent of change on a global scale	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#59
There are many more examples of democracy which should put the United States to shame	Dack	May 2012	#47
Do they have oil?	progressoid	May 2012	#48
The stuff of dreams:	chill_wind	May 2012	#49
"Icelandic Govt. has initiated an investigation to bring to justice those responsible"?	red dog 1	May 2012	#50
The government has taken on massive debt to solve the crisis	OnlinePoker	May 2012	#54
To those who say "Iceland" can't happen here, two words: New. Deal.	Peace Patriot	May 2012	#55
devastating, but thank you. ..nt	dougolat	May 2012	#82
Oh, I do agree with you and say I hope that Iceland can and will happen over here. I believe	Cal33	May 2012	#83
I don't think there's much difference between the Pukes then and the Pukes now...	Peace Patriot	May 2012	#84
Thanks for your well-written and very knowledgeable post. You've got me re-thinking about	Cal33	May 2012	#85
Iceland setting a bad example. Who do they think they are, Chile?	leveymg	May 2012	#56
Without violence and bloodshed, how are the media supposed to recognize it as news ?	eppur_se_muova	May 2012	#57
My home county in Maryland has over three times the population of Iceland.	Burma Jones	May 2012	#60
K & R & a huge yes, yes, yes! One can hope, but it surely seems THE way to clean up. nt	mother earth	May 2012	#61
But that might give us ideas. nt	TBF	May 2012	#63
When people protest in America, they get beaten and arrested.	valerief	May 2012	#65
I guess those lying, cheating Neo-Cons, Corporatists and Tea Partyers are highly	Cal33	May 2012	#66
trying to do that here would be like herding cats. nt	shireen	May 2012	#70
Thom Hartmann talks a lot about what is happening in Iceland,	Cleita	May 2012	#71
Thanks for the info. Will be looking him up.	Cal33	May 2012	#72
For the same reason the news failed to cover Michael Jackson's death.	jobycom	May 2012	#74
I remember Michael Jackson's death, but not Iceland's change of government and re-writing	Cal33	May 2012	#79
There was an interesting wrinkle ...	Quasimodem	May 2012	#75
Spam deleted by ScreamingMeemie (MIR Team)	wenziga	May 2012	#86
Because a plutocracy does not only ignore that kind of news	Rex	May 2012	#87

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