All politicans accepting bribes in Ieland ? protest video

One generation of Politicians in Iceland have been bribed,in one way or the other,and all political parties are party of thiefs.
This is the opinion of many Icelanders these days.
One proffesional actor , mr. Benedikt Erlingsson says today.
He is one of many hundred that demand that charges against protesters that where arrested last year, be dropped.
BUt the protesters had a constitutional right to go and visit parliement.
They did not use violence, but where ,becuase they where protesting,charged with attacking parliement.
The could face one year to life in prison.
But if ministers ,that could be charged for doing nothing during the crisis, and proven to have done wrong things for ICeland,the maximum prison sentence is 2 years.
Good to be in parliement and make the laws .

Here are a few protest videos i took last year.
More are on my youtube.com/dorisig

Poverty increasing in Iceland - photos

According to news today, the Icelandic church has had 2578 family requests for assistance.
In 2008 , there where 570 requests for assistance from January to march that year.
But this year , the same time, 2578 familys requested assistance from the Church.
Many children are in these familys.
On wednedays,when food is distrubited , about 1000 to 1500 individuals come and ask for food.
And behind every individual ,there is usually a family.
Poverty in ICeland is getting to be a big problem here in Iceland.
The goverment promised to help the public, and no help is being seen yet.
11.000 thousand children have parents that are unemployed .

But to travel to iceland is a good thing.
Everything is cheap,and here is a link to a guesthouse i Iceland , at a good location in the country side - Guesthouse

Are bribes used in Iceland political parties ? videos

Now the great discussion here in ICeland,is money to party memebrs from big companys.
Before every parliement election,those running for office,get money to support their election.
This money is used to ,advertise,make pamplets and so ,to insure that people will vote for you.
But do the money givers get anything in return ,after you have been elected ?
Can this money be called " bribe " ?
Now lists are going public,about who and how much money the politicans got from big companys.
Former mayor got over 4 million kronas, and member of parliement has 25 million, and so on.
If you give someone money,dont you whant something in return ?
In other countries ,if a politician uses goverment money to pay for a taxi, he will resign.
If a foreing politician ,uses goverment money to buy chocolate, he will resign.
But in Iceland , if a politican makes a major mistake, well , buisness as ususal.
Corruption in Iceland  is in every political party.
More in some Politial parties ,but it is in every Political party.
But they will still be elected, because of how strong the party loyalty is in Iceland.
Does not matter what they do , you still elect them into parliement.

Here is a video of a protest in Iceland last year.

IMF approves Iceland,video and photos

A Professor at eh Iceland University,Njörður p. Njarðvík,wrote a articel in a local newspaper.
In it , he says, that the black ( truth ) report,comforms how bad the situation in ICeland is .
The corruption so massive ,that the public does not trust the goverment,parliement or any of the goverment institutions.
Iceland must change its system.
New constitution and new rules on how to govern the country.
Yesterday ,there was the weekly protest,and not many attended.
The IMF has approved the economic plan that the goverment has put forward.
Not everybody lieks the IMF , as you can see on the video.
This i took last year,and now the graffity is gone.

Volcano making trouble of Icelandic aviation.

Now the wind direction around the Volcano in ICeland,has closed the INternationla Airport in Keflavik,and also the airport in Reykjavik.
All international flights where moved to Akureyri, wich is in the north part of ICeland.
Coast Guard plane and helicotper where also moved to Akureyri.

But the forecast is now , that Akureyri will probably close also,and KEflavik at the same time, wich leaves one INternational airporp,and that would be Egilsstadir ,in the east part of ICeland.
No decisions have been made ,about if all aviation domestic and foreign ,will move to Egilsstadir.

Here is a photo of the volcano this morning, and you can see on a web cam here vodafone.is/eldgos

Protests at parliement member private home yesterday - video

Last night , a small group of people protested at the home of former Mayor of Reykjavik,Steinunni Valdísi ,and now member of parliement.
The protesters want her to resign,and claim that she has taken part in corruption,on a political level.
That she got money support for her election for mayor few years ago,and after becoming mayor, made land deals with those same supporters that donated money  to here election.
Last week this same group where protesting at the home of former Minister of Education and vide chairman of the Independence party , becuase of stange loans ,that where not payd.
She resigned last week ,as party vice chairman , and also as member of parliement , for a while.
Children where present at the protest yesterday  ,and it was a peaceful protest .
Police came ,and warned the protesters, and said that this looked like a threat to Steinunn Valdísi .
This was the third evening  that they where protesting at her house.

Jon Stewart fixes problem with the Volcano name in Iceland . video

Eyjafjallajökull volcano here in Iceland ,is still on.
But it looks like it is changing modes.
Going from ash volcano , to lava volcano.
That means less ash,more lava.
And foreigners are having problem saying the volcanos name.
Why , i dont know, but here is a clip from the Dayli Show with Jon Stewart, and he , of course fixes the problem with the name.
And Jon Stewart is a genius,and the greatest news reporter on this planet.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Volcanolypse 2010
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

And here is a video i took a few weeks ago , before this volcano erupted, but the other one,nearby erupted.
The highest point of the glacier ,is where the volcano now is erupting.
And below , a video i took of the volcano in March .