Riga, presently a bordertown of Europe, could become the capital city of Europe tomorrow. Brussels is not the only city to make the claim to be the leading city of Europe, even if it is Europe's capital at present.
[1] This blog is about Riga fighting its way from bordertown status to become one of the leading cities of Europe.
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The vision of Riga as painted by the Harmony Party and other political parties of Latvia (the Latvian mindset not excluding) is nearsighted. It does not enter the political mindset of the present leaders of Riga that Riga could be tomorrow's capital city of Europe. The party that will present Riga in its full potential has not yet been founded.
If a political party promoting Riga is formed, it's name is likely to be Riga Capital, or RC when abriviated. The initials rhyme with Royal Crown (of Europe). Perhaps this is not as profound as Riga Jerusalem, which Bishop Albert envisioned in the 13th century, but it is close enough in terms of elevation over present realities.
At this time, the politicians of Riga and Latvia are diverting the minds of Latvians from taking a step into the future by trying to focus everyone's mind on the Latvian/Russian divide. The result is myopia, a perception of Riga as exclusively a major airport and/or a major shipping port. One of the results is a shrinking city in population as well as in wealth.
Riga of today has no geopolitical vision of itself. No one apparently has thought of renting Riga out to the Chinese--as the Chinese rented out Hongkong to the Brits--except for this blogger. If this is "way out in the left field", then this is what this blogger will attempt to right, and bring to the centre of attention. This blog will not exclude the Swedes, or Germans, or English, or Russians from upping the Chinese bid when it is made. Nor will the blogger evade the question of transferring the capital city of Latvia from Riga to Jelgava, a city that serves as shrinking Riga's bedroom not far to the south of it.
At the time of the writing (20th of September, 2011), a few days after the election of the 11th Saeima of Latvia, a body politic of "the same old parliamentary crabs" is taking seats at the Parliament Building of Latvia. Presiding over the crab filled building is a President deeply compromised to the banking industry. Not far from the Parliament and the President is the Harmony Party, pretending to be a rooster with its legs in a honey pot, even as its nose is in an adjacent hole in the wall http://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/Hole-On-The-Wall-psd41797.png .
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| A panoramic view of Riga. |
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The vision of Riga as painted by the Harmony Party and other political parties of Latvia (the Latvian mindset not excluding) is nearsighted. It does not enter the political mindset of the present leaders of Riga that Riga could be tomorrow's capital city of Europe. The party that will present Riga in its full potential has not yet been founded.
If a political party promoting Riga is formed, it's name is likely to be Riga Capital, or RC when abriviated. The initials rhyme with Royal Crown (of Europe). Perhaps this is not as profound as Riga Jerusalem, which Bishop Albert envisioned in the 13th century, but it is close enough in terms of elevation over present realities.
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| Brussels the frog. |
Riga of today has no geopolitical vision of itself. No one apparently has thought of renting Riga out to the Chinese--as the Chinese rented out Hongkong to the Brits--except for this blogger. If this is "way out in the left field", then this is what this blogger will attempt to right, and bring to the centre of attention. This blog will not exclude the Swedes, or Germans, or English, or Russians from upping the Chinese bid when it is made. Nor will the blogger evade the question of transferring the capital city of Latvia from Riga to Jelgava, a city that serves as shrinking Riga's bedroom not far to the south of it.
At the time of the writing (20th of September, 2011), a few days after the election of the 11th Saeima of Latvia, a body politic of "the same old parliamentary crabs" is taking seats at the Parliament Building of Latvia. Presiding over the crab filled building is a President deeply compromised to the banking industry. Not far from the Parliament and the President is the Harmony Party, pretending to be a rooster with its legs in a honey pot, even as its nose is in an adjacent hole in the wall http://www.officialpsds.com/images/thumbs/Hole-On-The-Wall-psd41797.png .
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