Every Time An American Goofs, Iceland Loses a Krona

See what you caused, Mr. Joe American mortgage holder? Who would have imagined that any number of Americans not paying their mortgages would ultimately lead to Iceland having a female and gay prime minister, the abandonment of the krona currency, and the desire to forsake Icelandic independence and join the European Union?

Buoyed by an election victory that gave a strong popular mandate to her three-month-old caretaker government, Iceland’s prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, told cheering supporters early Sunday that she would move to protect the country’s battered economy by applying soon for membership in the European Union.

(N.Y. Times )

Is this not more evidence that not cleaning your plate has a direct causal relationship with starving Africans?  Yes moms and dads, have your kids make their beds or Russia can implode.