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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Man Who Changed Iceland - The Message For Greece. [View all]
Published on Jul 22, 2012 by vigilantchannel
The man who forced the government of Iceland to resign and kicked out the IMF representatives from his country, Hordur Torfarson, is now teaching meta-modern democracy throughout Europe.The rest of the world would benefit from following the example set by Iceland: Arresting the corrupt bankers who are responsible for the current economic turmoil.
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The financial crash in Iceland in 6 minutes according to ABC´s 20/20. (Youtube)
Iceland economic crisis documentary (Youtube)
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and Obama uses a presidential form of a 'bill of attainder' to execute, without habeas corpus, U.S.
stockholmer
Aug 2012
#15
Yes, the people are mostly to blame. And here we do not have the excuses other
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#24
Who else is getting sick and tired of hearing it's "brave" to go against the "solutions" put forth
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#5
Mr. Torfarson, would you consider making a trip to the US for several speking engagements? There
Citizen Worker
Aug 2012
#6
I was wondering if Ice Land was threatened with Marshall Law if they did not pay off the bankers
midnight
Aug 2012
#7
the reverse, the government would have been over-run, plus many of the banksters fled the country
stockholmer
Aug 2012
#13
No, it was the Bankers and their collaborators in Government who were threatened
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#25