Asylum seekers attacked yesterday
Fremskrittspartiet
It is alarming to see that “Fremskrittspartiet” has slowly become the biggest political party in Norway. more that 30 % of the Norwegian population would vote for them according to a recent poll.
“Fremskrittspartiet” or “the Progress Party” is a populist, liberalistic party committed to tax reduction, free market economics and deregulation of the economy, stricter limits on immigration, closer cooperation with NATO, the USA and also Israel in foreign policy.
What is so alarming?
“Fremskrittspartiet” or whatever party which first and foremost wants to build up walls towards immigrants, and put a hold on foreign aid, are parties I am careful to support.
Norway is taking giant leaps every day towards becoming the richest country on the planet. While Nations in Africa and Asia are taking giant leaps in the opposite direction, we decide to vote for a party that wants to escalate that progress? Or is recession the final outcome?
Money and resources towards refugee camps are not of high priority. The fact that we put our asylum seekers, and refugees in tents is a shameful act.
The result has been a sting of violence and inhuman living conditions in many of these centers.
Yesterday Asylum seekers were attacked seemingly by other refugees in an asylum center in Norway.
are Norway and USA the same ?
Norwegians, like most Europeans have been strongly critical of how, and why “Christian America” voted for, and elected president Bush.
Bush and the Republicans won a lot of votes from the evangelical block because of the following thinking:
“If a candidate is right on issue A and issue B, support him without reservation,” which carried the tacit message, “These issues are so important –don’t worry what he says about issue C and issue D.”
Sadly the evangelical christian vote in Norway are doing the same thing.
In the name of tax reductions, and lower fuel costs, the poor in the world will suffer more than they do today, in the name of “me first” another girl will sleep in a tent without her parents, in Oslo!
What is a Norwegian?
I thought being a Norwegian involved putting others first, being hospitable, sharing our resources and lives with the “least of these”, I thought we didn’t own our land, but were given it by God to share with the rest of our world?
Was i wrong?
What actually happened to Norway?
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