Sitting here reading the new study saying that Bulgarians among the most positively disposed towards Russia.

Is it surprising?
Never have I heard so much insulting and purposeful humiliation coming from Russia, as I see every day in just such "ex-pat" forums.
Why is it that westerners act with us, as if they are training their dogs?
As if the more of the so called "sticks and carrots" - i.e. treats and smacks, you do, the better we will learn to behave...

That never works! All it does is breeds hate that accumulates over the years.
Have you noticed how the more I insult and generalize about westerners, the more I confirm your negative stereotypes about BG?

Well, what makes you think that it works any different for us?

"В България хората, които смятат, че американското влияние е нещо добро, е намалял от 66 % през 1991 г. на 36 % през 2009 г, сочи още изследването."

This is part of the study and it says that in '91, 66% of all Bulgarians saw the US infuence as positive.
In '09 that went down to 36% - surprisingly high if you ask me.
This is what all those State Department "progress reports" and Joe Blow's constant Commie references would do... don't blame us...

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That's how easy is to kook things up - Google baby!
I am sick and tired of all sorts of western garbage, generalizing about us at every step.

Everything that happens in BG is "only in BG" to them.
A little generalization is good for them - a little taste of their own medicine.

".. if you did this in your day to day life, I am sure you would be rewarded richly, go on try it?"

.. nice to know that you care... I wish I could return the courtesy...

Oh Valeri why be so bitter about Westerners? Clearly you are correct in all your knowledgeable observations of the USA immunity litigation likely by Googling "US Presidential Immunity", bravo!

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"I too lament the fact that we don't seem to get too many intelligent westerners in BG".

Please do yourself a favour Valeri and stop generalising, if you did this in your day to day life, I am sure you would be rewarded richly, go on try it?

Jon:

"Sound like a horrible left-over from the communist regime to me."

I am sure it does, Jon, and I too lament the fact that we don't seem to get too many intelligent westerners in BG.

Presidential (Prime Ministerial) immunity is a fact in many non-communist societies, including the US.


"By the decision of the Court in Mississippi v. Johnson,724 in 1867, the President was placed beyond the reach of judicial direction, either affirmative or restraining, in the exercise of his powers, whether constitutional or statutory, political or otherwise, save perhaps for what must be a small class of powers that are purely ministerial.725"

Also:

"The President is absolutely immune in actions for civil damages for all acts within the “outer perimeter” of his official duties.735 The Court’s close decision was premised on the President’s “unique position in the constitutional scheme,” that is, it was derived from the Court’s inquiry of a “kind of ‘public policy’ analysis” of the “policies and principles that may be considered implicit in the nature of the President’s office in a system structured to achieve effective government under a constitutionally mandated separation of powers.”736"



In the case of Clinton's pre-election legal troubles:

"In Clinton v. Jones,743 the Court, in a case of first impression, held that the President did not have qualified immunity from suit for conduct alleged to have taken place prior to his election to the Presidency, which would entitle him to delay of both the trial and discovery. The Court held that its precedents affording the President immunity from suit for his official conduct — primarily on the basis that he should be enabled to perform his duties effectively without fear that a particular decision might give rise to personal liability — were inapplicable in this kind of case."

What is this immunity from prosecution all about? I understood that members of parliament and state employed staff are all Bulgarian citizens. At what point do they give up all their normal rights and obligations to the law? Sound like a horrible left-over from the communist regime to me. You know...all men are equal, but some are more equal than others..