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Matthew NimetzI first came across Christopher Hitchens' name on April 7, 1993 in an article, "Not Just Paranoid about Macedonia", in the now defunct newspaper, "The European".
Christopher Hitchens being waterboarded in Athens for suggesting that "Salade Macedoine" was a mixed vegetable salad rather than a 100 % pure Greek salad!
Since he is the only journalist in the world to support Greece's attempt to wipe ethnic Macedonians off the face of the map ... including the 50,000 strong minority in Greece ... (oh what a contrarian!) I assumed that he was he was a "snoty English upper class right wing twit journalist" who had never been to the Balkans. I was right on all accounts with the exception about him never have been to the Balkans.
Over the years, I have contacted "The Nation" to try to get Hitchens exposed as a Hellenophile pandering anti-Macedonian racist for reasons that may be apparent more to your journalists than to me ... to no avail.
By way of reparations, I suggest you do it now ... in honour of his passing.
Thank you and if you need any help ... don't be a stranger!
Although we obviously had our differences, I was pleased to see that the vast majority of the well-deserved establishment kudos that our friend Christopher Hitchens received after he died were not inconsistent with Christopher Buckley’s assessment that Hitchens was “the greatest living essayist in the English language.”
Skopje is Beautiful in the Spring:December 30, 2008
Greece has vetoed the entrance into NATO of the nation that calls itself the Republic of Macedonia, that the United Nations calls the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and that Greece refuses to recognize diplomatically. Greece insists that, in the U.N. General Assembly, the delegate from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia not be seated under the letter "M." I am not kidding -- Greece filed an objection to letter "M" seating. The nation in question then refused to be seated under the letter "F," insisting Former is not a formal part of its name. Provisionally, the nation is seated at the United Nations next to Thailand under the letter "T," using the "The" for seating purposes -- as if the country's name were The [Disputed Word] Yugoslav Republic of [Disputed Word]. (Note: The United Nations has a marketing slogan, see it by rolling over a language choice. ) The issue is expected to heat up soon, as the "The" nation applies for entry into the European Union. A Christmas Day news report, datelined Gostivar: "Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski believes accepting a geographical term for the name of Macedonia is a partial compromise in the name dispute with Greece."
Gregg Easterbrook
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Macedonians swim in the scenic Vardar in The (Disputed Word) Yugoslav Republic of (Disputed Word).
This absurd dispute is a small piece of a quarrel that arose because Greece asserts that the term Macedonia is historically Hellenic, though the Macedonians themselves are Slavs and nearly all of them live in the "The" country, whose capital is, of course, Skopje. Greece contends that it will continue to veto everything having to do with the new nation, which formed in 1991 during the collapse of Yugoslavia, until such a time when it might pick a name that does not contain the word Macedonia. But Greece, titles cannot be copyrighted! Anyone may publish a book called "Gone With the Wind." Any country can call itself France, though it's not clear what the incentive would be. In the spirit of international compromise, TMQ offers these alternate names for the new nation:
• The Republic Formerly Known As Prince.
• Steve. Wouldn't Steve be a cool name for a nation?
• An Obscure, Landlocked Mountainous Region Along the Vardar River.
• Emmanuelle. Really sexy woman's name might increase tourism.
• ROM. Subliminally suggests Republic of Macedonia, but the official name would be just initials -- like KFC -- thus frustrating Greece's objection.
• Skopje and So Much More!
• The Greatest Nation in Human History. This would force the United Nations to say, "Now we will hear from the delegate representing The Greatest Nation in Human History."
• The United States of America.
Leading national brand in the world, yet cannot be copyrighted.
By David Edenden
Dear Meto, on your US census form are you going to put down American-Macedonian or Canadian-Macedonian? You sound like a Canadian hockey player who was hit one too many times by the puck! What's this all about ... "I can't believe the image on the cover ..."?
Be an American-Macedonian for god's sake! Here is how it is done in the US ...
"As a result of the massive lobbying campaign by the "United Macedonia Diaspora", the employee magazine of the US State Department has a feature story on Macedonia along with a picture of a 13th century monastery on Lake Ohrid on its cover.
You would not believe what had to be done to convince the delicious Stephanie Rowlands to write this article, and sneak it past the admirers of "Greek culture" at the State Department. Rest assured that boundaries were respected and everything was consensual."
Can't wait to hear the question of the of the Greek journalist at the State Department briefing on Monday ... fun times.
By David EdendenSarkozy Offers Help in Mideast Talks -
I guess Sarkozy is ignorant of the fact that the people in the "Middle East" can read newspaper accounts of his sniveling performance at the NATO meeting in Bucharest.
What a pathetic tool!
Sarkozy:
Both brothers were married to Greeks. The younger one was married to a fair haired, good looking woman, (probably a Vlach ... as my mother would say), while the older one was married to someone that looked like Maria Callas ... you know the type ... a real Greek.
It turns out when he arrived at the house both brothers and their families were waiting for him. The brothers first starting talking to him in Greek. Since he did not speak Greek, they switched to English. He also did not speak English. There was an awkward pause and they then started to speak in Macedonian.
The good-looking wife of the younger brother, naively started asking, in a chirpy voice, what language are you speaking? How did you learn to speak this language. How come you did not tell me you spoke another language. Probably realizing that is must be the language they speak in "southern Serbia" she said that she want to learn this language. The two brothers totally ignored her, as did her sister-in-law.
The jaw of the wife of the older brother ... dropped. It seems that she must have immediately realized that she had unknowingly been married to a "Slavic Gypsy Pig" for all these years.
Yikes!
He sent his fiance to a tutor to learn Greek, before the wedding, because they were going to the "Greeks Islands' for their honeymoon. They would also go to the old village" to show the new bride to his grandparents.
The wife said to the Macedonian:
"You Macedonians are weird. They sent me to a tutor to learn Greek, but every time my in-laws come over they only speak Macedonian. What's the point"
Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis with the legendary Greek Basketball player Dick Dickopolos, lovingly known as "Big Dick"
By David EdendenPiteous Greece to sue Indiana Jones over Macedonia
This is a funny article. It is produced by MINA, a new English language Macedonian news site.
I don't know what MINA stands for, nor do I know who funds it, nor do I know the names of any journalists who are associated with it. In addition the "two column" news format which tries to mimic a newspaper (and is favored by many news sites such as Slate) is really annoying to read on a computer. They should look to Salon, or better still, The New York Review of Books as a model.
To the journalists of MINA, don't change anything else, just combine the two news columns into one.
Having made some constructive suggestions, I think MINA is the best English language Macedonian news site around. It has a active comments section which is moderated so that idiots do not ruin it. My suggestion is for MINA to approach the The EU and US for funding. I assume they will be refused because the truth hurts ... about the plight of ethnic Macedonians in Greece
Indiana Jones may end up in Court. Legendary archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) uses Macedonia's constitutional name in his latest movie when speaking of treasures of the Ancient World.
One can only imagine the reaction of poor Greeks. Dora Bakoyannis, the Greek Foreign Minister fired off a protest letter to legendary director Steven Spielberg for that particular scene in the movie. According to Bakoyannis, Spielberg needed to explain for what Macedonia he is speaking of, upper or lower! Dora had been persistent in her letter, asking to either remove the scene or fix it! If all this doesn't turn fruitful, Greek PM Costas Karamanlis will sue Spielberg for 'misuse' of the name Macedonia.
This is a guest post by Martin Niemoeller
First they came for the Macedonians,
and I did not speak out, because I was not a Macedonian.
Then they came for Oliver Stone,
and I did not speak out, because I was not a Hollywood film director.
Now they’ve come for the lesbians…
By David EdendenMarvin P. Bush
In case anyone is interested, Margaret Bush ( the former Margaret Conway Molster) is the wife of Marvin P. Bush, brother of George W. Bush.
I just thought some people would like to know.
By David EdendenThe Cartoon Of The Day
A very clever cartoon from a Greek newspaper demonstrating the Bush administration's support for Macedonia's membership in Nato thanks to Macedonian support for the War on Terror.
US support for Macedonia will evaporate if Barack Obama is elected president. Here is why!
