tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post8497606269762038469..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: If You Dig Long Enough, You'll Reach New ZealandK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-488439538300733162012-10-12T07:10:25.138-07:002012-10-12T07:10:25.138-07:00Good find!Good find!K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-74401922730139755832012-10-12T05:43:04.058-07:002012-10-12T05:43:04.058-07:00Maybe it is starting to cut a bit more across ideo...Maybe it is starting to cut a bit more across ideological lines than it used to, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_independentism" rel="nofollow">the push for Catalan independence has been going on since the 1920s, and is primarily being pushed by leftist parties</a>tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-7020693280556143612012-10-11T16:45:11.562-07:002012-10-11T16:45:11.562-07:00I would bet that support for the thing cuts across...I would bet that support for the thing cuts across ideological lines. Catalonia has the cash and they feel Spain is both a thief and a cultural imperialist.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-8414752250875140422012-10-11T13:26:03.084-07:002012-10-11T13:26:03.084-07:00The interesting bit is which parties are supportin...The interesting bit is which parties are supporting Catalonian independence:<br /><br />83.4 percent of supporters of regional premier Artur Mas’s CiU nationalist bloc, <br />92 percent of ERC Catalan Republican Left voters<br />96.1 percent of leftist-green ICV voters<br />60 percent of Catalan Socialist Party supporters <br /><br />What do all these have in common? They are all leftist/socialist parties (at least, Wikipedia says they are). It looks like people who hold the very ideology that is responsible for Spain's current predicament are also the ones who are most ready to cut off the rest of the country and throw them to the wolves.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-60387361273786489712012-10-11T12:47:23.773-07:002012-10-11T12:47:23.773-07:00seems to me catalonia decided the cart was too hea...seems to me catalonia decided the cart was too heavyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com