Tribe.net. Local Connections lorenzo http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#20cba5b3-7892-4315-9122-b601b236a8a2 2009-07-06T05:06:42Z 2009-07-06T05:06:42Z

best of luck to the Bulgies. .

lorenzo 2009-07-06T05:06:42Z Thought Leader http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#26bab375-6157-4267-ab99-c83686c07ce1 2009-07-06T05:00:01Z 2009-07-06T05:00:01Z

Boiko won. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8134851.stm

Thought Leader 2009-07-06T05:00:01Z lorenzo http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#3f7a53b2-f49c-4f50-b3fe-5ce358baf853 2009-07-04T05:54:53Z 2009-07-04T05:54:53Z

you could be right, might have botched it. . .

lorenzo 2009-07-04T05:54:53Z Thought Leader http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#89177e0f-7dd8-41b3-829f-c4fa586801f5 2009-07-04T05:52:43Z 2009-07-04T05:52:43Z

Euroland might regret growing the club too fast.

Thought Leader 2009-07-04T05:52:43Z lorenzo http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#7e226e2c-db90-4653-b14d-3309ea585adb 2009-07-04T05:11:16Z 2009-07-04T05:11:16Z

Boyko is a Ukrainian name, and actually stems from the name of an ethnic group. I always thought that was an interesting nickname, so I looked it up. .

lorenzo 2009-07-04T05:11:16Z lorenzo http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#1022c81a-f391-4025-a93a-be50e3b7269f 2009-07-04T05:09:12Z 2009-07-04T05:09:12Z

Bulgaria, Bulgaria. . .one of the soviet client states where state police and special forces thugs just slid right into crime and control. . .it will take a generation or more to root them out. .

lorenzo 2009-07-04T05:09:12Z Thought Leader http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#676b5edb-b86d-48e6-a6dc-c31f831c02c2 2009-07-04T04:41:37Z 2009-07-04T04:41:37Z

"The "tragedy of Bulgarian society today," German journalist Jürgen Roth writes in his book "Die neuen Dämonen" ("The New Demons"), is rooted in the "uninterrupted rule of a network of political, economic and criminal circles." According to Roth, the network is controlled by intelligence agencies and tolerated by naïve European politicians."

Thought Leader 2009-07-04T04:41:37Z Thought Leader http://conservativepoint.tribe.net/thread/60632a7d-6a57-426e-a333-4726321138c6#5db86c8a-2562-4fcd-a870-db4ed77819ba 2009-07-04T04:39:04Z 2009-07-04T04:39:04Z

some interesting insights. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,634095,00.html

Thought Leader 2009-07-04T04:39:04Z