as far as their national currency, its not unheard of for a country to
atleast CONSIDER the use of cryptocurrency.
On Monday, September 8, 2014, doug <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Silent1,
I am a member Yougov, but they didn't give me the chance to vote
in any of their polls on Scotland. Doesn't surprise me in the
slightest that the "Yes" lot are using such tactics...I dare say,
so are the "No" vote...who is the biggest. And why is it all so
urgent...tomorrow is another day. Long before the referendum, I
watched the various debates in the parliamentary committees on the
Scottish question...one could see then how the arguments were
going to pan out. I loved the currency question, when it came up
at in the Financial Committee. Completely flummoxed the Scottish
Civil Servant, I was surprised that Salmond got caught out on it,
he is a wiley politician if there is one.
It will be interesting to find out how the social media has been
used by all the Parties, institutions and organisations, and how
much it will influence the outcome. I dare say that some academic
will be doing a report on it.
Regarding The West Lothian Question...I fully agree. I don't see
why the M.P.s representing Scottish constituencies should be
allowed to vote in the Westminster Parliament on what are English
questions. The issue has been raised many times by the Scottish
nationalists, they drew Cameron's attention to the contradiction,
but it was ignored, too busy fighting and funding foreign wars and
supporting the U.S. and the Al Quaeda Liberation Front in Syria.
If Cameron had paid more attention and put more money into the
kitty, then perhaps his Conservative/Liberal government and their
"Better Together" cronies would be in a stronger position, both in
England as well as Scotland. English Nationalists, little
Englanders and UKIP popping up everywhere.
I loved the crack made by a member of the public at one of the
debates between the Scottish P.M. Alex Salmond and the "Better
Together" leader, Alistair Darling. He asked Mr. Darling why we
weren't better together now, rather than getting on better in the
future...difficult one to answer...got a big laugh...:-).
ATB
Dougie.
On 08/09/14 19:15, Silent1 wrote:
Just a small note regarding polling, a lot of the yes voting
camp were getting people the sign up to yougov (the main
referendum polling agency) a few months ago so it can't be
taken to be all that accurate.
I'm indifferent to Scotland leaving or staying I'd rather the
West Lothian question was sorted though.
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Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 6:43 PM
To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cryptome] Scottish Independence?
Dear Colleagues,
With the recent polls giving the "Yes to Independence" vote a
small
majority for the first time in the referendum on
nationhood....which has
shocked a number of their English "betters" and surprised the
Scots Nats
even more. I was just thinking about the strategic
implications for the
Western powers if the Scottish people do decide to leave the
UK and
strike out on their own. It would certainly mean some kind of
changes
to NATO, to 5 eyes, to various Western alliances, and
England's position
in the world. it is a different proposition arguing world
politics and
sending armies to Afghanistan, Iraq and such like, as a "little
Englander" nation rather than the United Kingdom. One can see
why Obama
wants Scotland to stay as part of the UK, what with the
polaris bases
and storage facilities and other US listening posts based
there. There
are a lot of Scots wanting rid of these facilities and would
rather
spend the money on "proper" jobs like tourism and protecting the
environment. I wonder if Obama and the NSA will offer pots of
money for
a new Scottish C.I.A. and NSA to work in alliance with GCHQ
and the
secret intelligence service. I wonder if the S.I.S. will
consider us as
friendly aliens". I wonder if the S.I.S. and the security
service,
considers all of those who support yes and vote yes, as
enemies of the
state, radicals and targets of operations...
It is interesting to note, too, that the very Conservative
Westminster
parliament, after being very negative about the Scots being
able to do
without the support, expertise and money from the English
parliament,
that the Conservative politicians are now offering all sorts
of carrots
to keep the Scots in the kingdom. And this is being
done...AFTER...some
of the voting has already taken place. That wouldn't be
allowed to
happen in a UK election, yet it is being forced upon the Scots. i
wonder how the Scots will react to it. The same thing
happened with the
Poll Tax, the Scots bore the brunt of it.
All the stops are being pulled out at Westminster, the dirty
tricks are
starting, and I dare say that the U.S. embassy will be
sticking its oar
in as well...
Maybe the Scots should use the dollar...rather than the
pound...:-).
Food for thought.
ATB
Dougie.
P.S. I am not a nationalist, nor am I for or against
independence. Just
like being a member of the E.U. I don't have a clue whether
it is a
good or a bad thing. Personally, I think small is beautiful.
