Political frustrations and Academical progress

Finally, after a slow start in this semester lacking courses, subjects and plans; today some hours with heroic fights against a non-cooperative bureaucratic system I ended up with specialization in Newer History, and for the first time I do look forward to get started. Not to be cruel against the History classes her in Bergen, but, from time to time you just want to run out of the lecture theatre during the break or even during the lecture, run to the Football Pub bring on a Rosenborg/Vålerenga jersey and start mocking the drunk Brann fans just so they may knock me down so I at least may feel that I’m alive. The Introduction course lectures were in my view a bloody parody on a dry dust collecting band of nobodies. It should be unnecessary to say that students in their early-mid twenties discussing which papers should be handed in for getting EXTRA social welfare in addition to the study loan. But, today I was granted place in the Specialization Class, with focus on...Irish History 1850 – 2000. Only knowledge demanded in advance: Able to understand English, and already be a student at the University. Beat that. Half year residence in Dublin, and already past a exam in Irish Political History. Beat that. Irish History and Irish Politics (Sinn Féin) another semester; I think I may live with that. Erin go Bragh!

Without this positive turning in my academic environment I took my first step into something that might be looked at as something close to a political statement as I joined the EU-Sceptic Movement. First political association and the Reason who made me tip over the edge: the liberalization of the Post Service. Perhaps unproblematic, but as most of EU’s economical foundation the belief that the common good emerges when the supply meets the demands are not in our interest in this matter. When the private marked are being allowed to compete with the public they need to put most of their resources where the marked, hence they who use the Post Service, are situated. Let’s look at this in a practical way: Svolvær in Lofoten have about 9.000 inhabitants (the entire municipality), and closest town (of some size) is Narvik, some 3,5 hours away by bus. They do have a airport who may get them to Bodø and Leknes, in addition they’re a harbour for Hurtigruten. That’s all, no direct contact with Southern Norway directly. If some there are going to send a letter to some relatives, say in Kristiansund, think about the costs of that single letter. Then, Lørenskog just outside Oslo with some 30.000 inhabitants with a population density of 450 per square kilometre, then somebody there are going to do the same. Think out those costs differences for the same service. The demands for Post services are, logically, largest in the urban areas, and less in the rural counties. Then two companies are going to compete each other for the costumers: where is the place where you would place your resources: to hold some 9.000 up north with such services, or the 900.000 living around Oslo? Where is the possibility for economic gains? The term A, B and C post suddenly gets a new meaning. Of course some companies may specialize in rural post services, but the lack of quanta will anyway push the prices higher because the costs of running rural a rural post system are much higher than a central one. I guess this problem are much larger in Norway then in most of the EU states; Ireland, Germany, UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria..it is geographical small countries with higher population than Norway. It is two different worlds. Therefore it hurts to see how the incumbent government, with the Centre Party (rural agrarians) in front, refuses to veto the EU Post Directive. It’s bloody disillusioning to see how the marked fundamentalism are spreading like a virus through our parties, and it’s bloody provoking to see the Conservatives time after time are proposing to amend the Constitution with support far into the Labour Party lines so it will be easier to enter the Union. You may only wonder why this isn’t looked upon as treason; they are not only demanding to set the rules, they are changing them as it suits them, and it seems like they do not care about the recent poll that told us that the NO side were in front of the YES side with 51 TO 36. I’m tired of just watching Labour continue their treason to the welfare system and the class they are proclaiming to represent. I’m tired of the Pro-European Movement are stealing the “solidarity” term. I’m have had enough of Union propaganda abroad and Union adoration by the elite and their companies and organizations. I’m perhaps only one but it’s time to fight back. Once we have –God forbid (I’m personally a atheist)- lost the referendum in the future, it’s over. Then we “have” to follow Brussels like it or not, I heard the rhetoric in Ireland, and that’s it. If it is class struggle they want, and a total lack of respect for the political system, let them get it, or we may just fight them, the Unionists, off again, and again, and again.

And, I'm not too found of the Israeli demand that we, the Nations who have given Development and Finacial Aid to the Palestine Authorities, are going to pay for the damage caused by the Israeli Army during this campaign. If I have read my history correctly, it was the Jewish people in Germany who had to pay for the damage to their property inflicted by the National Socialists mobs during the Crystal Night. The history repeats itself.