Posted in Irish election, Media on Apr 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
I thought I’d listened to all of Morning Ireland this morning but I completely missed the bit about Ireland’s politicians looking for votes in cyberspace and more importantly the fact that they decided to quote Ben in it.
They quoted a bit from the beginning of the Down the Rabbitte Hole post.
“Five months […]
Posted in Fine Gael, Irish election on Apr 2nd, 2007 16 Comments »
We do not deserve this shit.
Kenny and his cohorts, the mindless platter of docile amadans and free-styler bullshitters, spent the weekend sucking on each other rancid, fecit-encrusted colons, and at the end of it all offered us a contract.
“I’m going†said Kenny “ to offer you something the people of Ireland have never had before. […]
Posted in Irish election, politics/Ireland, Bertie on Mar 25th, 2007 6 Comments »
Did Tayto Ahern get his grasp of economics from Peter Ridsdale?
Currently lying bottom of the championship, heading for relegation to the third division (I just can’t get used to the new-fangled names), Leeds FC were once one of the top teams in the Premiership.
Under Dave O’Leary, Leeds FC never finished out of the top five, […]
Posted in PDs, Property, Irish election on Mar 21st, 2007 9 Comments »
There is a common misconception that the PDs are somehow an ideologically-driven party – a shamrock-shaped soufflé of Margaret O’Thatchers and Friedrich MacHayeks, ‘promoting fairness by pro-competition, pro-consumer policies.’
The reality, however, is that the PDs treat ideology the way a school kid answers questions in Irish composition - search for the key words […]
Posted in Irish Labour History, Irish election on Mar 12th, 2007 No Comments »
There are so many holes in our knowledge of Irish labour history as to warrant its own brand of cheese. The most glaring omission, and the one that leads to the most problems regarding labour’s identity, is that we do not have a history of the working class in Ireland. Not enough research has been […]
Posted in Fine Gael, Irish election on Mar 12th, 2007 No Comments »
“I really do have love to give; I just don’t know where to put it.”
Donnie Smith, Magnolia, 1999.
Well fuck me with a broken snooker cue. Fine Gael have gone and surpassed themselves this time. It took me a while to recognise the 15ft face that stared at me from Dalkey station billboard, but when I […]
Posted in Labour, Irish election on Feb 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
If Pat Rabbitte was chasing fifteen minutes of fame, it worked.
Not only has his tax cut grabbed all the political headlines, it has left the Government with nothing but limp-wristed and Steve Stautonesque retorts. Watching Bertie struggle to provide a critique on Monday, I was sure he was going to say that as everyone […]
Posted in Labour, Fine Gael, Irish election on Jan 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!
Five months to go – maybe less – and Labour finds itself stuck in the mud of the Mullingar accord.
Trapped at 12 per cent in the opinion polls, surrounded on three sides in Dublin by Fianna Fáil, its only escape route has been blocked by Enda Kenny, […]
Posted in Fine Gael, Irish election on Jan 27th, 2007 No Comments »
On the day that the government issued an embarrasing rehash of spending plans and flogged ideas, Enda Kenny decided to spend his time flying kites.
Last week, Bertie, Mcdowell, and Cowen got up in front of the nation and said ‘WE HAVE NO NEW IDEAS. OUR BALLS ARE UNGUARDED. WHY DON’T YOU HAVE A GOOD […]
Posted in Fine Gael, Irish election, politics/Ireland on Jan 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
…Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with […]
