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Homo The First Gay Head of State
Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Please welcome the first (openly) gay head of state, Johanna Sigurdardottir. Of course, she will only run an interim government for a bankrupt nation with a population of 300,000—but you've got to start somewhere. And that somewhere is Iceland:
The first government collapse of the global economic crisis is about to yield the world's first openly-gay leader. Johanna Sigurdardottir, a former air hostess, is expected to be sworn in as Iceland's Prime Minister by the end of the week.
Her moment in the international spotlight comes at the most horrendous moment in her nation's recent history. As the global meltdown began, the collapse of Iceland's grossly over-leveraged economy was followed smartly by the implosion of its banks and currency. Now its government has gone the same way, the first to succumb to the backwash from the crisis.
Change doesn't come until you need it most. America's economy crashes and we elect a black man. Iceland drowns in an economic tumult and picks a lesbian. Hooray for silver linings.
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A charismatic black man and a foxy lesbian. Perhaps the earlier failures to bring change were media issues, not moral ones.
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Iceland is so unusual. Their overextended economy fell in the shitter, and the citizens' response has largely been a sense that the whole country must quit trying to be too big for its britches, set aside materialism and return to a semblance of modesty.
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Dang, if Hillary had won the nomination then the first (not openly) Lesbian.... Oh, I'm gonna stop right there.
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Uh, she's head of government. Not head of state. The President of Iceland (the head of state of Iceland) is Olafur Ragnar Grimsson.
Granted, as head of government in a parliamentary system of government, Prime Minister Sigurdardottir will hold a great deal of political and government power (Presidnet Grimsson is largely a figurehead), she ain't no head of state.
Granted, as head of government in a parliamentary system of government, Prime Minister Sigurdardottir will hold a great deal of political and government power (Presidnet Grimsson is largely a figurehead), she ain't no head of state.
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When I first read @1, I thought it was a joke about the picture. Then I realized it was referring to Obama.
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An economy in the shitter can be a relative thing. With abundant geothermal energy everywhere, they keep the lights on, heat their homes and businesses, grow food in greenhouses, have large public pools of lovely steaming water, and may actually be able to pull off a hydrogen infrastructure to power their motor vehicles. They'll come out of this quickly. Even that pesky ice is disappearing.
Just imagine if we had an economy that didn't twitch, tremble, and wilt at every zig and zag of oil prices.
Just imagine if we had an economy that didn't twitch, tremble, and wilt at every zig and zag of oil prices.
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Wow. Scandinavians facing economic ruin and starvation -- we know what THAT lead to 1000 years ago!
I predict Iceland will seize and resettle Greenland; perhaps Newfoundland, too.
Certainly with global warming the timing is right this time.
I predict Iceland will seize and resettle Greenland; perhaps Newfoundland, too.
Certainly with global warming the timing is right this time.
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@11, yes all of those things are great. And all of them are leveraged/mortgaged/whatever to the hilt. Sure, they'll pay it back -- but with an economy based on fishing and tourism, it'll take a while.
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Icelandic women are really solid. Very... jeez, I don't even know how to say it in English. Both feet on the ground, look you straight in the eye, take no guff. Bjork is perhaps the exception, because she's so fluttery.
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You're a freak, Mr. Boehner.
Anyway, it's amazing how her civil union with a woman seems to be something Icelanders don't give a hoot about.
According to an article I read in Associated Press, she is HELLA POPULAR with a 73% approval rating.
Contrast that with the way the former prime minister, Haarde, had his limo splashed with eggs. Haarde is married to a woman.
Whether one has relationships with the same or the opposite sex should not matter --- that is just how it should be.
glossypov.blogspot.com
Anyway, it's amazing how her civil union with a woman seems to be something Icelanders don't give a hoot about.
According to an article I read in Associated Press, she is HELLA POPULAR with a 73% approval rating.
Contrast that with the way the former prime minister, Haarde, had his limo splashed with eggs. Haarde is married to a woman.
Whether one has relationships with the same or the opposite sex should not matter --- that is just how it should be.
glossypov.blogspot.com
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Good news about the new prime minister, but Icelanders aren't focused on her or anyone's sexual orientation. They put her in because she's smart, level-headed, and popular. They need a savior right now, and she seems closest to it.
It's actually tragic what has happened in Iceland. The currency is worthless; the country can't afford to import food (or much of anything). They went from one of the richest countries in the world essentially to a third-world country overnight. People's life savings have been lost, suicides are up. There is a humanitarian crisis looming. It's bad, very bad.
It's actually tragic what has happened in Iceland. The currency is worthless; the country can't afford to import food (or much of anything). They went from one of the richest countries in the world essentially to a third-world country overnight. People's life savings have been lost, suicides are up. There is a humanitarian crisis looming. It's bad, very bad.
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This is what life in Iceland is like
http://www.lewiz.org/wp-content/uploads/…
Now, live with yourself!
http://www.lewiz.org/wp-content/uploads/…
Now, live with yourself!
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is there an icelandic version of the onion to run their own version of this story?
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_bri…
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_bri…
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#21
and of course, as a woman leader, foxy it at the top of the criteria
doubt she would fuck you under any circumstance, as Queer Nation used to say - get used to it
and of course, as a woman leader, foxy it at the top of the criteria
doubt she would fuck you under any circumstance, as Queer Nation used to say - get used to it
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