EU commission president Barroso blames eurozone crisis on US banks

EU commission president Barroso blames eurozone crisis on US banks. One thing super-smart expert technocrats seem to have in common the world over: they all blame someone else for their problems. Hey Jose, which US bank designed the Monopoly Money known as the “euro” and let Greece into your clown club? More here. If the Eurozone fails, it’s because it deserves to.

This post was last modified on June 19, 2012

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  • They must be trying something out of "Dear Leader's" playbook, blame someone else.

  • In 1994 this country officially could no longer make that claim. Different policies. Most forgot, and some were just out right lazy, and took their eyes off the ball.

    • That's like blaming a fire for making heat and light, and destroying your woodpile. Take a look at who built it up, and who lit the match.

      Still pissed about glass-steagal.

      • He's only got one line, and we've heard it. A few times. Get something new, John. Or shut up.

  • "G20 summit: Barroso blames eurozone crisis on US banks"

    In other news...

    "Obama campaign secretly vetting J.M. Barasso to replace Biden on 2012 ticket as Veep, cites his adeptness at blame-game as #1 factor."

  • Fun Fact: The euro was designed to kill the dollar as the reserve currency. It was a declaration of economic war on the USA.

    We should do everything in our power to make sure the euro dies a long and painful death.

  • Of course there can be no fault of ze europeons for their own ills. Zey are enlightened, like burock pipe! When the big evil country from thousands of miles across the ocean comes and rescues your dipshit countries from one of your own big evil countries, and does it yet again, when you let that big evil get big and evil again not 20 years later, everything that goes wrong for your wonderful little eutopia, of course it is the fault of all those dead Americans and their children for rescuing your sorry asses the first two times. Europe can burn. I really don't give one shit. In fact, I'd rather find reading about and watching it from a distance interesting. A learning experience, even.

  • "this crisis originated in North America and much of our financial sector was contaminated by, how can I put it, unorthodox practices, from some sectors of the financial market."

    Blame le Bush?

  • Sorry Mate, I do not think people are buying what you are selling.

    Let's say the United States does NOT ask for all that money we have given to European nations for the past 60 years...and we'll call it even...