Empresa de la Señal de Océanes (EOS), the official Portuguese news agency, recently published the news that the Portuguese government is making the largest financial contributions to the Atlantic Ocean. This is the largest contribution ever made by Portugal to the ocean and it will be funded by a 10-year tax break on oil products, as well as other new taxes and subsidies.
Wow. I don’t normally dig into Portuguese politics, but this is huge news. So it’s not like Portugal is the only European country that’s getting into the game. It’s important because it’s the first time that the government of a country anywhere in the world has committed to taking on the role of being the ocean’s “empress” on the ocean. I’m hoping it’s not another example of the EU trying to become the world’s police force in the fight against climate change.
Portugal is a very small country and so its not like the EU is going to be doing the world a favor by being a super-powerful police force. The problem is that it is a very large country and the EU is a very small country and so the EU is going to be the problem. So instead of having a unified Europe, Portugal is going to have a super-united, but not super-powerful, EU.
Of course, now that I think about it, the EU is so corrupt that it is doing the exact same thing that the US is doing, which is to police the world. This isn’t a big surprise, but I can’t tell you how often I hear people say how much they hate the US. They are all too happy to tell me how much they hate Europe, the EU, and the US.
Portugal is one of the few countries that have the right of veto in the EU, and they are probably quite happy with the EU’s new approach to law enforcement. The EU is taking away the right of veto in the EU from only the biggest countries. It makes it much easier to break apart smaller countries. I am not saying the EU can’t be reformed, but the country-state model is what its for.
The EU has a long history of corruption and it is a good thing. But let’s not forget that the US was once part of the European Union. The US is just as corrupt as the EU is, so what we need to do is go back to the good ol’ days, when the US was more or less a free and independent country instead of a supranational entity.
I think the biggest advantage the US has over the EU is that the EU has a much bigger and better internet. But that does not mean the EU is evil. I am from the EU, and I think the internet is a good thing.
I hate to break it to you, but you are not a member of the EU. You’re an American.
Well, that explains why there are different ways that people are able to access the internet. Some people get their internet service from the US, and others from the EU. And if you live in the EU, you have to register with the EU, which is a lot easier and less expensive than the US.
To access their internet I have to be a permanent EU citizen. I have to have a special EU passport. If I want to use my personal email, I can. If I want to use my social media accounts, I can. I can even stream my own porn videos on my phone. As soon as I go to a website that is not the EU, I can’t access it.