Posted in fuckwits, muppets, Fine Gael, Property on Aug 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Enda Kenny was speaking yesterday about the economy. He was at the Humbert Summer School, and although he didn’t mention free laptops for schoolkids, or annual reports, or segregation, or hijabs, he did however criticise the government, calling it “devoid of ideas.”
Now, we all know about Fine Gael and ideas. The average Fine Gaeler has […]
Posted in fuckwits, muppets, Fine Gael on Aug 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
All this talk of Fine Gael and education got me thinking about their manifesto last year. So, I went onto their site and downloaded the thing. And what was the burning issue for Fine Gael with regard to education? Was it overcrowding? Was it underfunding? Was it maybe the deplorable state of assessment? Well, here […]
Posted in fuckwits, muppets, Fine Gael on Aug 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
Following on from comments by Bryan Hayes on segregation, and Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames on language tests at airports for immigrants, Fine Gael head office has released a video to help the Gaelicly-Gaels spot Johnny Foreigner when they see him - be it in the classroom, or at the airport, or on the train. (Small note […]
Posted in fuckwits, Current Affairs, Education, muppets, Fine Gael on Aug 20th, 2008 37 Comments »
Laughing my ass off at Brian Hayes’ comments yesterday about his proposal to introduce segregation to Irish schools. Dr. James O’Higgins-Norman, is quoted in todays Irish Independent as saying that the call for segregation was “clearly, although maybe not intentionally, racist in nature”. John Carr of the INTO said that the segregation call was “”discriminatory, […]
Posted in muppets on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought […]
Posted in Irish Times, idiotic, muppets on Jun 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Cheers to Gavin’s Blog for this one.
I’m just about to go to bed, but before I do, a quote from John Waters’ article in the Irish Times this morning.
There has been much said this past week about democracy and the will of the people. The people have spoken and the people cannot be wrong. But, […]
Posted in muppets on Jun 6th, 2008 8 Comments »
When I was a child, although this idea was rarely explicitly articulated, schooling and education were not regarded as co-terminous. There was a much broader concept of education rooted in the family, in the community, and in the traditions and rituals of Catholicism.
If you get a chance, have a read of John Waters´column in the […]
Posted in idiotic, muppets, Media on May 31st, 2008 6 Comments »
I met up with a friend of mine this evening and we headed into the Hut in Phisboro. While we were sitting and talking the topic of the WII fit came up. I was telling him that I was walking through the ILAC centre yesterday and there was a demonstration of the WII Fit going […]
Posted in Neo-liberalism, muppets on Feb 20th, 2008 4 Comments »
When it comes to informing the majority of working adults about where their real interests lie in our new neo-liberal society there is a wall of resistance that must be overcome. Its just too hard for some people to understand.
So when we argue, as we have, that the idea that almost everyone in Ireland […]
Posted in aesthetics, muppets, Bertiegate, Ahern, Bertie, Politics on Dec 20th, 2007 4 Comments »
although it may have been the norm there was nothing forcing people to follow the norm, he said some people dye their hair yellow some people put rings in their nose and that’s not normal’.
Bertie Ahern, the fucking brains of the operation, today compared his financial acumen to a fashion statement. He was talking about […]