Sarcozy of France wants more power to 'help' Greece
Today, while reading my morning dose of news, I came upon two articles on the European Union’s ‘desperate’ attempts to stop the financial meltdown (which they call a ‘contagion’) of Greece. I knew I would find something there, but the first article only gave the outline of events. So I read the second article. And there it was. Just like I knew it would be. But later about that. Let’s start at the beginning. The article opens with:
“BRUSSELS — Euro zone leaders were set to give their
financial rescue fund sweeping new powers to prevent contagion and help Greece
overcome its debt crisis, according to the draft conclusions of an emergency
summit on Thursday.”
The way I describe ‘instinct’ to my children is to have them imagine two antennae on their foreheads. I tell them, “When they wiggle, trust them. The more you trust them, the better you will come to understand them.” Well. My antennae not only wiggled, but they danced the two-step! “Sweeping new powers”, huh? That is never good. I read on. (more…)
