http://dublinopinion.com/2013/02/20/reits-and-the-irish-state/ Life should be full of strangeness, like a rich painting Fri, 24 May 2013 23:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://dublinopinion.com/2013/02/20/reits-and-the-irish-state/#comment-84616 Ain’t Nothing Change But The Weather | An Sionnach Fionn Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:34:36 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2013/02/20/reits-and-the-irish-state/#comment-84616 [...] Or do they wish to replace a failed Celtic Tiger economy with another certain-to-fail Neo-Celtic Tiger economy that is little more than a self-perpetuating Ponzi Scheme for the top 1%? And where does that leave the other 99% of the population who have nothing for their labour but bitterness and resentment? What then of any concept of social or communal responsibility by the majority when a minority can simply act as if they exist above such things? [...] […] Or do they wish to replace a failed Celtic Tiger economy with another certain-to-fail Neo-Celtic Tiger economy that is little more than a self-perpetuating Ponzi Scheme for the top 1%? And where does that leave the other 99% of the population who have nothing for their labour but bitterness and resentment? What then of any concept of social or communal responsibility by the majority when a minority can simply act as if they exist above such things? […]

]]> http://dublinopinion.com/2013/02/20/reits-and-the-irish-state/#comment-82499 willyrobinson Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:10:34 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2013/02/20/reits-and-the-irish-state/#comment-82499 Speaking of gangsters: You made the point before in an interview that CJ Haughey and his lot liked to walk and talk like Don Corleone but were in fact much more akin to poor old Fredo. Similarly Michael Noonan likes to play at being Eric Cartman, but does being so proud of 'taking one for the team' mean he's really a lot closer to Butters? As seen getting structural reform help from the troika here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwqXHo4v8k Speaking of gangsters: You made the point before in an interview that CJ Haughey and his lot liked to walk and talk like Don Corleone but were in fact much more akin to poor old Fredo.
Similarly Michael Noonan likes to play at being Eric Cartman, but does being so proud of ‘taking one for the team’ mean he’s really a lot closer to Butters?
As seen getting structural reform help from the troika here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwqXHo4v8k

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