If I were a Fianna Fail Minister I would be embarrassed to go abroad to meet my peer group. I’d put a bag over my head. I’d put on an accent and pretend I was…
Monthly Archives For October 2008
THIS is how to run a country!!
Si! Is Mohamed el-Hutt, the proud and once-mighty king of Morocco, sat with one of his smoking hookahs, played by Mariah Carrie, American songbird and daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Booby Fischer. His real name,…
Is the End of Western Civilization As We Are Knowing It!!
Has been a really appalling week for the human race as I espect you have seen. First, last Sunday, Lewis Hamilton win the world car racing championship by coming fifth in Brazil, and now on…
October 30th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
Does anyone believe the Government know what it’s doing? I’m not talking about the budgetary U-turns or that sinking sensation one gets when viewing images of the troika of Lenihan, Coughlan and Cowen on our…
The legacy of the Progressive Democrats… a more competitive left in Irish politics. Unfortunately
There is a blunt irony to the fact that as the Progressive Democrats leave the political stage, their socio-economic and political project largely made void by the financial events of this Summer, the competitive aspect…
October 29th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
Sarah Carey suggests the Government listen to the Opposition. Agreed. As a rule, we should all listen to each other. Of course, Sarah employs a sleight-of-hand. When she says ‘opposition’, she specifically refers to ‘Richard…
October 28th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
The fiscal meltdown is the result of our economic decline, not the cause. It seems straight-forward enough, but let’s put it another way: our fiscal imbalance is a symptom of our economic malady, not the malady itself. …
Darfur: the dangers of celebrity imperialism
Darfur: the dangers of celebrity imperialism A measured summary of perspectives on Darfur which disputes the indiscriminate use of the word 'genocide'. With authorities such as Rony Brauman, co-founder of Médicins sans frontières, Alex De…
October 27th Lunchtime: The Recession Diaries
If there’s one country where ‘tax’ is an even dirtier word than in Ireland, its the good ‘ol USA. To argue for higher taxes in Omaha is no more popular than in Artane. And, yet,…
Things are going to get much worse – Morgan Kelly | Irish Times
Things are going to get much worse – Morgan Kelly | Irish Times Continuing his series of articles in the Irish Times which look at the banking sector and the Governments bail out with striking…
Cultural Dyspepsia
As a teenager watching Clive James on the TV of a Sunday night, I was never quite sure what to make of his combination of sparkling wit and sneering sarcasm. He was undeniably funny and…
October 23rd Morning: The Recession Diaries
To kick public sector workers around the block is in danger of becoming an officially recognised sport; bloated, inefficient, over-paid – and don’t even mention pensions. Tony O’Brien is opining on the best instrument – scalpel or chainsaw -…
There is Only One Iron Man!!!
Eat Your Heart Out, Padre Pio!! Si, is well-known American actor Tony Danza, who play Robert Stack, aka Iron Man in the new Hollywood blockbuster movie, also, coincidentally, called Iron Man. Once again we see…
Chavez: ‘A Subversive in Miraflores’?
Chavismo and democracy The assertion that Venezuela has become a more democratic society under Hugo Chavez is bitterly contested. We can pass over the repeated claims that Chavez is a brutal dictator who has turned…
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