Szeptember Végén Part I

Guys, you know that feeling when you're hungry, thirsty, and still sleepy from 9 hours of sleep, and then you turn on your computer, sit down, and instead of having breakfast, you blog another dead-end blog entry? No? Well I do, 'cause that's what I'm doing right at this moment.

Because of all the events going on in Hungary, and due to the high degree of possible misinterpretation that can occur, (considering some of us might not even be able to find Hungary on the world map) [notice the clever use of "us" to make this subtle reproach salonfähig]
I just thought I'd fill you in on my point of view.

First, a brief history of Hungary.

The Hungarians were a happy and strong people who (among other deeds) burned down St. Gallen and controlled much of today's Slovakia, Romania, Croatia and even Austria until the Turks came. We faught valiantly against the Turks until there were almost no Hungarians left to fight valiantly, which is when they occupied our country. After waiting about a century, the Austrians, along with the rest of Rumsfeld's Old Europe called the Haubsburg Empire, kicked out the Turks, but decided to stay for the next few hundred years. There was a revolution in 1848 which was put down, but afterwards, we got some rights anyways, cause the Haubsburgs got scared. After the turn of the century, when whole Europe got bored of all the abundance, prosperity and peace, all men who had hitherto only seen and disscussed war in the fin-de-siecle bordellos and salons marched off excitedly to WWI. After the war, we lost two-thirds of our territory, which prompted us to join another war, WWII, which we, like some despairing gambler upping the ante, also lost (of course, the example of Poland shows that it doesn't really matter if you win or lose, it matters how close you are to Russia). The Russians decided to stay, and there was a revolution in 1956 which was put down, but afterwardss, we got some rights anyways, cause the Russians got scared. Then, in 1989, communism collapsed, and since, Hungary has mainly been ruled by the socialist party, who are the same people who in communist times were most enthusiastic about wearing their cute red uniforms, if you catch my drift.