η κληρονομιά της ΓΟΥΡΟΥΝΑΣ
http://www.rieas.gr/index.php?option...=29:first-page
"First, the results depicting all of Greece's eight, repeat, eight (8) lobbying contacts with the U.S. Government during 2008 at a cost of roughly $27,000. Seven of these eight contacts were prompted by the continuing saga of Greece trying to join the Visa Waiver Program, an issue of some importance to Greek travelers to the U.S. but, certainly, not one of any strategic significance. The remaining one contact was a routine call to a U.S. Senate staffer in an effort to influence the views on Greece of a senior senator.
While Greece was so busy spreading her word among American policymakers, Turkey, during 2007-2008, logged 1,601, repeat 1,601 contacts at a cost of more than $2 million! The table detailing these contacts is replete with names from both the House of Representatives and the Senate and it also reveals the careful Turkish targeting of specific pieces of legislation apparently deemed by Ankara's planners to have an influence on Turkish interests. This barebones information is enough to suggest that the Turks devote serious time and money to researching the intentions of the U.S. Government and poising themselves strategically to do what it takes to make the Turkish point of view heard and, hopefully, heeded by those who count in Washington.
Even the "republic of Macedonia" -- FYROM to Greece (and a steadily dwindling number of U.N. member states) -- literally a dwarf when compared to Greece, spent more than $150,000, or more than four times what Greece spent during 2008, to send out lobbyists on 121 occasions to talk to American policymakers almost exclusively on the so-called Macedonia "name issue" that continues to bar Skopje from attempting to join the EU and NATO. If anything, this data shows the "Skopjans" acting with much greater urgency than their Greek opposites, who, apparently, are unmoved by the vagaries of international affairs."
Στο μεταξύ η οκνή γουρούνα τρώει, κοιμάται, ρεύεται, κοιμάται, παχαίνει, κοιμάται και επίσης κοιμάται.
"Θαυμάζω την κομψότητα της μεθόδου σας. Πρέπει να είναι ωραίο να καλπάζεις με το άλογο των αληθινών Μαθηματικών, ενώ εμείς οι υπόλοιποι αγκομαχάμε στον ποδαρόδρομο" - ο Άλμπερτ Άινσταϊν στον Τούλλιο Λέβι-Τσίβιτα