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Austria's Haider dies in accident

Ruhe in Frieden, Herr Haider

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Jörg Haider (January 26, 1950 – October 11, 2008)[1] was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia and Chairman of the "Alliance for the Future of Austria" (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ).

Haider was a long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). Although he stepped down as the FPÖ's chairman in 2000, he remained its major figure until he founded the BZÖ in April 2005. He was subsequently expelled from the FPÖ by its interim leader Hilmar Kabas.

Oh that Haider!!

KING

Don't be a Haider Hater.

Was he assinated by the Obama Campaign or the McCain Campaign? I'm telling you, it's a set up

Nothing is significant on a message board. Just like this thread, anyone can make a title slap up a link and prey on someone's response, just like this.

As for the subject, who the hell really cares? Not many in this country. Carry on boys, carry on.

Well obviously you are not the end all be all of what is significant. Anarchy felt this guys death was important news so I am giving him the chance to tell us why.


KING

Haider was a scary scary man. Hopefully this is the end of his radical extremist party. I'm not going to say I'm happy to see someone die, because I'm not, but he was truly a frightening figure.

Austrian officials fear neo-Nazi 'pilgrimage' for Haider's funeral

Published Date: 13 October 2008
By ALLAN HALL
IN BERLIN

AUSTRIAN officials are hoping the family of far-right extremist Joerg Haider will hold a private funeral to prevent neo-Nazis turning any public burial into a pilgrimage of hate.
Vienna has announced that public buildings in the capital will be draped in black flags when the body of Mr Haider, 58, is interred.

However, yesterday it was still unclear whether national government representatives would be attending any funeral or remembrance service for Mr Haider, who died in a car crash early on Saturday morning.

Mr Haider courted controversy by praising aspects of the Third Reich and was a hero of ultra-rightists across Europe.

One Austrian civil servant said: "The spectre of thousands, or even tens of thousands, of his supporters marching on Carinthia (the state where he was governor] to say farewell to him would be as unwelcome as it would be dangerous."

The populist right-winger – architect of the Alliance for the Future party, which scored 11 per cent of the vote in Austria's general election two weeks ago –

was driving at nearly 90 mph, more than twice the speed limit, when he crashed, it was revealed last night. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by emergency workers.

His death came as Austrian political parties were still horse-trading about how to govern the country following no clear victory for any single bloc. The Freedom Party that Haider brought into government in Austria in 2000 won, together with his new party, almost a third of the vote, making them a potent force.

Police rejected "wild" conspiracy theories swirling around the cause of the crash. They say the car was "virtually obliterated" after it smashed against a concrete post and a fire hydrant.

Thomas Koperna, director of the hospital where Haider's body was taken, said he suffered a broken spine, a virtually severed left arm and massive chest and head injuries.

http://news.scotsman.com/world/Austrian-officials-fear-neoNazi-39pilgrimage39.4583990.jp

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Even if you had...the difference is, you aren't running for the 2nd highest office in this country, she is.She has put herself up for that criticism. Right or wrong, it is what it is.

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True, but the other simple truth is that when Bill Clinton started to run for the presidency the first time he didn't know squat about foreign affairs.. nothing. He had to be coached on all of it, countries, leaders, geography, conflicts, histories, etc... He knew a great deal about economics but almost nothing about foreign affairs... I guess he was either a better student or had longer to prepare than Palin...

To be honest, I'll bet that 90% of the governors in this country can't tell you the leaders names of more than 10 countries and those are the ones that are in the news all the time......