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hahaha, if only all the media were so honest...

Old Nov 28th 2010, 3:29 pm
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...gotta love this headline from the irish daily star...


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...gotta love this headline from the irish daily star...

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Default Re: hahaha, if only all the media were so honest...

if they were honest, they would have used a much stronger word.

looks like my middle east sojourn is going to continue for a lot longer than i expected, I can't see myself back working in Ireland anytime soon.
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if they were honest, they would have used a much stronger word.

looks like my middle east sojourn is going to continue for a lot longer than i expected, I can't see myself back working in Ireland anytime soon.
no, i think the word gobshite sums it up beautifully...yeah, it's a mess there for sure, isn't it, how much longer will the government last though, you wonder...

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Default Re: hahaha, if only all the media were so honest...

Originally Posted by Madam Medusa
no, i think the word gobshite sums it up beautifully...yeah, it's a mess there for sure, isn't it, how much longer will the government last though, you wonder...

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They claim they will have an election after January, once they pass the budget in December. However Irish politics (except for the more marginal/radical/ ex terrorist/marxist types) is hugely middle of the road, so voting one crowd out and electing another as far as I think, is just changing the faces nothing more.
Elections produce low turn outs because people see no difference between brand X or brand Y (apart from the party supporters of course), I however like most people with some sort of brain voted with my feet, and left.
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They claim they will have an election after January, once they pass the budget in December. However Irish politics (except for the more marginal/radical/ ex terrorist/marxist types) is hugely middle of the road, so voting one crowd out and electing another as far as I think, is just changing the faces nothing more.
Elections produce low turn outs because people see no difference between brand X or brand Y (apart from the party supporters of course), I however like most people with some sort of brain voted with my feet, and left.
....... and of course the Irish voters have realised that the big decisons are taken, and important strings are pulled, in Brussels, not Dublin.
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Default Re: hahaha, if only all the media were so honest...

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....... and of course the Irish voters have realised that the big decisons are taken, and important strings are pulled, in Brussels, not Dublin.
well they were apathetic even before the EU or IMF stepped in, so I suppose this will further increase the sense of no control of our own destiny..

though perhaps we shouldnt have control judging by our record so far..
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