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I find it striking that Al-Jazeera (the Arab news network?) did cover it and show an awsome interview with the Icelandic President. "A too strong financial sect

I find it striking that Al-Jazeera (the Arab news network?) did cover it and show an awsome interview with the Icelandic President. "A too strong financial sector takes all the 21st century talent and that is bad" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=51-Jfh6ADH0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5...

ax_ 14y ago
It's interesting how he mentions that the IT- and high tech sectors blossomed after the collapse of the financial sector, as engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists no longer where working in banks.
- jokull 14y ago
  Same happening in Finland now. Except it’s Nokia partly dismantling.
AnthonBerg 14y ago
Icelander here. There is nothing awesome about our president. He may seem like a cool guy, but for example he allowed himself to be a PR whore for the banks before the bust, tarnishing the presidency. Now he's all tough on banksters ... ? The guy put MEDALS - ACTUAL MEDALS - on the corrupt bankers. Here he is giving the Icelandic Order of the Falcon Cross Medal to the two highest-level execs of Kaupthing Bank: http://lydveldi.blog.is/img/tncache/250x250/ce/lydveldi/img/utflutningsverdlaun2005_01.jpg http://lydveldi.blog.is/img/tncache/250x250/ce/lydveldi/img/... [edit - no, this is the Iceland Commerce and Export Award 2005 he's giving to them - here's a picture of the falcon-cross medal ceremony in 2007: http://www.forseti.is/media/orginal/aeae7417f17892d.jpg http://www.forseti.is/media/orginal/aeae7417f17892d.jpg - 4th from the right is Kaupthing head Sigurður Einarsson; Björgólfur Guðmundsson received the medal in 2005 (can't find a picture)] Then he tells lies on behalf of the country in interviews, saying Iceland is doing this or will do that, stuff that just isn't true. He fabricates stuff. As president. Appearing in official capacity. Even if all he did was to speak overly strongly outwards as effectively-powerless president, thus jeopardizing international relations that officially represented people in actual powers are handling - even if he did only that I would be outraged and would wish for him to resign. He's not just a loudmouth - he's a goddamn liar. Fuck Ólafur. I understand that people like him. He's charismatic. Thing is that as he is using his time as precident for self-serving PR, he's effectively on a taxpayer-funded campaign to clean up his image and make people like him. You're not aware of his background so he looks good. Please check the guy out before you support him; He hasn't earned any kind of respect yet.
- digitalengineer 14y ago
  Crap. Just another professional politician then I suppose. They should serve two terms: One in office and one in jail...

ax_ 14y ago

It's interesting how he mentions that the IT- and high tech sectors blossomed after the collapse of the financial sector, as engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists no longer where working in banks.

jokull 14y ago
Same happening in Finland now. Except it’s Nokia partly dismantling.

AnthonBerg 14y ago

Icelander here. There is nothing awesome about our president. He may seem like a cool guy, but for example he allowed himself to be a PR whore for the banks before the bust, tarnishing the presidency. Now he's all tough on banksters ... ? The guy put MEDALS - ACTUAL MEDALS - on the corrupt bankers. Here he is giving the Icelandic Order of the Falcon Cross Medal to the two highest-level execs of Kaupthing Bank: http://lydveldi.blog.is/img/tncache/250x250/ce/lydveldi/img/utflutningsverdlaun2005_01.jpg http://lydveldi.blog.is/img/tncache/250x250/ce/lydveldi/img/... [edit - no, this is the Iceland Commerce and Export Award 2005 he's giving to them - here's a picture of the falcon-cross medal ceremony in 2007: http://www.forseti.is/media/orginal/aeae7417f17892d.jpg http://www.forseti.is/media/orginal/aeae7417f17892d.jpg - 4th from the right is Kaupthing head Sigurður Einarsson; Björgólfur Guðmundsson received the medal in 2005 (can't find a picture)] Then he tells lies on behalf of the country in interviews, saying Iceland is doing this or will do that, stuff that just isn't true. He fabricates stuff. As president. Appearing in official capacity. Even if all he did was to speak overly strongly outwards as effectively-powerless president, thus jeopardizing international relations that officially represented people in actual powers are handling - even if he did only that I would be outraged and would wish for him to resign. He's not just a loudmouth - he's a goddamn liar. Fuck Ólafur. I understand that people like him. He's charismatic. Thing is that as he is using his time as precident for self-serving PR, he's effectively on a taxpayer-funded campaign to clean up his image and make people like him. You're not aware of his background so he looks good. Please check the guy out before you support him; He hasn't earned any kind of respect yet.

digitalengineer 14y ago
Crap. Just another professional politician then I suppose. They should serve two terms: One in office and one in jail...