Hungary 23-10-1956 - 23-10-2006 Magyarország

They only wanted to rule their own country, make their own laws, have their own democratic government, but they were still living in the 50's-60's and real freedomfight would have results so many years later. But they were brave against a Russian Bear that had it all. They fought, waiting for their allies to rescue them, but those allies never showed up, the cowards, but well, that was politics. More than 200.000 people fled the country, some of them living in Norway nowadays.

Although my grandfather was a sometimes unpleasant man, he showed heart once in a while and I remember he send two lorries with clothing, food, medicine, gasbottles and kitchen-equipment to Hungary via his other buddies. He said: "they will lose the fight, but what the hell, they're fighting for a just cause" (he was a resistance man himself once...)

And in the year 2006 it happened again, not as violent as in 1956 but as fierce and justified as before. This time to fight a lie. A former friend of mine worked 50 meters from the demonstration-site and had to pass it every day and told me about the good mood and the rage and the disappointments.And again the eyes of the whole world were upon Budapest, after 50 years. But news agencies most of the time focused on the wrong scene's, filming riots and not the real demonstrations, honest, indignant but peaceful. This time another Bear caused the problems, the EU. And a PM who admitted to have told lies (well nothing new here, all politicians lie...it's a known fact) about the economy.

Most of the former East-European countries should have waited a couple of years before asking to be a member of the EU. As EU-history is written, these countries will be taken horrible advantage of, they are robbed and decimated by vultures and their companies. And the average citizen is the victim of all this. But Hungarians are known for their fierce will and stamina, they will survive.

So today I congratulate these proud people with the commemoration of their heroic uprising but condole them being a member-state of the EU. Well, as one says: you can't have it all..................