Comments on: The Definition of Delusion http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 24 May 2012 09:14:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73337 Donagh Thu, 27 May 2010 09:22:54 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73337 Lorcan in Limerick was a great find for the Guardian journalist, ('cut to fuck' added for extra authenticity) and he reminds me of that bit in the Poor Mouth when Bónapárt Ó Cúnasa jumps in a ditch when he thinks he sees an Englishman coming down the road. On the point about Lenny's cuts being the equivalent of cutting 150bn out of the British economy - Jesus fucking Christ. Seán, I miss those beardy jokes. Apparently Martin Mansergh said on BBC radio in Feb that Ireland was fortunate when the crisis hit because the government doesn't have to face the electorate until 2012. One reason for having all the pain 'up front'. http://www.progressive-economy.ie/2010/02/no-laughing-matter.html Lorcan in Limerick was a great find for the Guardian journalist, (’cut to fuck’ added for extra authenticity) and he reminds me of that bit in the Poor Mouth when Bónapárt Ó Cúnasa jumps in a ditch when he thinks he sees an Englishman coming down the road.

On the point about Lenny’s cuts being the equivalent of cutting 150bn out of the British economy - Jesus fucking Christ.

Seán, I miss those beardy jokes.

Apparently Martin Mansergh said on BBC radio in Feb that Ireland was fortunate when the crisis hit because the government doesn’t have to face the electorate until 2012. One reason for having all the pain ‘up front’.
http://www.progressive-economy.ie/2010/02/no-laughing-matter.html

]]> By: LeftAtTheCross http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73335 LeftAtTheCross Thu, 27 May 2010 08:57:49 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73335 "they will surprise the people of Ireland in 2013 by saying the cuts are all over" Wrong. The cuts will be over in 2012, in time for the general election. “they will surprise the people of Ireland in 2013 by saying the cuts are all over”

Wrong. The cuts will be over in 2012, in time for the general election.

]]> By: Sean Baite http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73329 Sean Baite Thu, 27 May 2010 07:33:12 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73329 What's your Wiki-shadow site called Donagh - <i>Beardipedia</i> ?(I know it's been a while since the last 'beardy' joke - had thought I'd kicked the habit). Marianne Faithfull being somehow related to yer man Sacher-Masoch should be perhaps proposed as our next finance minister - in the light of all those 'pain' metaphors (self-inflicted or otherwise). She'd give us a better standard of come-all-ye than Cowen. What’s your Wiki-shadow site called Donagh - Beardipedia ?(I know it’s been a while since the last ‘beardy’ joke - had thought I’d kicked the habit).

Marianne Faithfull being somehow related to yer man Sacher-Masoch should be perhaps proposed as our next finance minister - in the light of all those ‘pain’ metaphors (self-inflicted or otherwise).
She’d give us a better standard of come-all-ye than Cowen.

]]> By: sonofstan http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73324 sonofstan Wed, 26 May 2010 20:42:35 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/05/26/the-definition-of-delusion/#comment-73324 Two quotes leap out from that Guardian piece -this from Lorcan in Limerick: <i>Irish people were used to shit homes, shit education, shit hospitals. In England, there is a cultural memory of things working. There is no cultural memory in Ireland of things working. The self-flagellation gene in Ireland is very strong – 'cut us to fuck because we're used to being the downtrodden victim'. We almost feel better for it.</i> And the fact that Gideon Osborne, were he to make cuts comparable in scale to Lenny's, would be looking for £150bn, rather than the £6bn he's actually aiming for... Two quotes leap out from that Guardian piece -this from Lorcan in Limerick:
Irish people were used to shit homes, shit education, shit hospitals. In England, there is a cultural memory of things working. There is no cultural memory in Ireland of things working. The self-flagellation gene in Ireland is very strong – ‘cut us to fuck because we’re used to being the downtrodden victim’. We almost feel better for it.

And the fact that Gideon Osborne, were he to make cuts comparable in scale to Lenny’s, would be looking for £150bn, rather than the £6bn he’s actually aiming for…

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