Amadeus Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 If you're into your European politics, then the name Jörg Haider should ring a few bells. Well, he is no more and I know a lot of people who won't be mourning much.. Austrian Far-Right Politician Haider Killed in Car Accident Joerg Haider, the leader of Austria's right-wing Alliance for the Future of Austria, died in a car accident early Saturday, police have confirmed. The accident occurred near Klagenfurt, capital of the province of Carinthia where 58-year-old Haider was governor - around 2 am (0000 GMT), police official Meinhard Schiller told German news agency dpa. Haider was driving by himself when his car veered off the road and flipped over after passing another vehicle.Police are still investigating the cause of the accident, in which no one else was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Well this goes that show that not only the good die young. Couldn't have happened to a nicer chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmannin Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Maybe he was trying to run down a gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltire Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Amadeus was quick in getting there to take the photo of the crash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Amadeus was quick in getting there to take the photo of the crash! I thought it was the Princess Di Mercedes at first - does not give much confidence in that brand. Austria seems to have bred some extreme politicians - could this be because Vienna was besieged by the Turks? I guess if you live at the western end of invasion routes your world view may be different to island dwellers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I thought it was the Princess Di Mercedes at first - does not give much confidence in that brand. Apparently he was going twice the speed limit when he crashed. Same as Henri Paul. I don't think it's the brand that is the fault, just the knobs who generally drive them. (Present company excepted, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 One of the halls in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart (well worth a visit if you ever get the chance) is full of Mercedes that were owned by famous people. My girlfriend failed to see the funny side when I said that the car they had from Princess Di (one of these) wasn't the Mercedes I associated with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don fugazi Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Pissed apparently: One for the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 The BBC seem to be hinting that Haider (married with two children) had a long-standing (no pun intended) sexual relationship with his successor, Stefan Petzner... BBC - Haider was ' The Man of My Life'- Petzner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 The BBC seem to be hinting that Haider (married with two children) had a long-standing (no pun intended) sexual relationship with his successor, Stefan Petzner... BBC - Haider was ' The Man of My Life'- Petzner Hardly surprising - how often have those standing for 'family values' been shown to be total hypocrites? It seems there's one rule for them and another for everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 It's ironic that, under the regime of his beloved Hitler, he would have been rounded up and sent to a concentration camp (or "punishment camp" as he preferred to call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanna Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 hallmarks of a gov assasianaton that. nice to see them (allegadly) hit a proper target this time. wonder if the bnp leaders are next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 hallmarks of a gov assasianaton that.nice to see them (allegadly) hit a proper target this time. wonder if the bnp leaders are next. Yeah - the government arranged for him to get publically pissed in a bar, have a drunken argument with his boyfriend in the same bar and then drive home in a hissy fit at twice the speed limit whilst still drunk. They're damned cunning those government assassins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanna Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 come on.. think outside the box. Spiked drink. tamper with the car. You have to make em look like accidents or suicides nowadays.. just look at that british government wmd dude. (allegedly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 come on.. think outside the box.Spiked drink. tamper with the car. You have to make em look like accidents or suicides nowadays.. just look at that british government wmd dude. (allegedly) Dream on. Drunk speeding Nazi wraps car around tree - that's the real story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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