What an Accident, Huh...
(Publication Date: October 16, 2006)
Because of the possible train wreck in Turkey’s EU negotiations, EU officials, “plunged into gloom,” are searching for solutions and offering suggestions with all the warmth of a great friend(!).
Their only fear is
that the negotiations will be disrupted.
That is why they work
around the clock.
Our dearest, closest,
bosom-buddy EU friends are doing everything they can to reach a solution in Cyprus, too; in other words, they’re thinking of us as well, bless them. (Sometimes I think I’ve been unfair to those perfect (!) people in my column; I hope they’ll forgive me.)
Look at Finland, thinking
up solutions and using its head to reach an outcome.
Do you think Finland is the
only one with people who can think about this?
Nooooo.
Olli Rehn, the European
Commissioner for Enlargement, is another one who can think.
In his statement the other
day, he said:
“The coming months and years may be the last window of opportunity for the Cyprus problem.”
Well done!!! What a
statement, huh.
While you’re still thinking
it over, our last chance may be slipping away...
Good heavens, what
children mothers give birth to these days...!
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Despite all this hard work
and thinking, aren’t there dissenting voices?
Of course there are.
For example, look at what
the Financial Times newspaper, published in England, wrote: the EU’s obvious mistakes and the dispute between the parties living in Cyprus could soon pose an obstacle to Turkey’s EU membership process.
The EU’s obvious mistakes, they say...
Look at what the Financial Times newspaper has gone and done... oh, honestly...
They’re working around the
clock to prevent a possible crash, and dissenting voices are coming from within their own ranks; isn’t the media always like this?
As far as we know, the EU
doesn’t make mistakes. (Meanwhile, I don’t understand who makes up these stories out of thin air... But if I catch them...)
Now what we need to do
is listen to Olli Rehn and make the most of our last chance...
Otherwise, what will become
of us? I don’t even want to think about it.
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So, is this how the EU
wants us to think?
Do they think we’re
thinking this way?
Are we fools? Or do they
think we are?
You can’t help saying,
“What an Accident, Huh!”
They want us to accept
everything, as if we were children, with talk of a train accident possibly happening, and so on; they’re trying to present it as a fait accompli.
I suppose we need to say
it again, clearly and plainly...
Hey EU, hey US, hey UN...
we’re not falling for this anymore...
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LTB
If someone asks you for
something and promises you certain things in return for doing it, then if that person follows through, the only thing to say about them is, “They’re an honest person; hats off to them.”
That is probably what
should be said about LTB President Mr. Bulutoğulları.
The Social Housing
project was necessary for our country; it is important that it be realized.
But I have another concern.
I want the city where I
live to be clean.
I don’t want garbage
piled up along roadsides, on vacant lots, in back streets, and so on.
I’m also tired of the
collection workers’ very casual attitude: “If you don’t leave the garbage neatly piled up, we won’t take it, you know.”
I don’t want to be ripped
off anymore; I’ll pay a cleaning tax, the municipality will collect it from me, but my neighborhood will still be filthy.... I’ll pay a lighting tax, but none of the streetlights on my street will work.
I hate criticism for its
own sake, from people sitting comfortably where they are.
My proposed solution:
inspectors are appointed for everything. They can certainly be appointed for these matters too.
Those responsible would
then learn what the shortcomings are.
Of course, what I’ve said
doesn’t apply only to LTB; it applies to all our districts.
Come on, let’s clean up
our cities.
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