Hobbs Advises Irish Youth to Emigrate

[Factorem]

Was at Eddie Hobbs tonight (as organised by the Dublin University Entrepreneurial Society).

I wasn't quite expecting a full hour of peak oil theory... Rather apt that it was held in a lecture theatre.

Anyway, he was asked by some blondie little one (quite cute) what the "youth of today" should do. His reply was to get the hell out of this banjaxed country and move to Oz or Canada, Oz if you like the sun. Re-assess whether you ever want to home again in 2010/2011. He also said you'd be mad to even consider buying a house for the next couple of years.

He's a funny bloke all the same and a good speaker -- far more amusing than some of the academic monotony that goes on during the day.

[Big Bobo]

Entrepreneurial Society? Bunch of cnuts no doubt

[Factorem]

Entrepreneurial Society? Bunch of cnuts no doubt

If you ask me, it's pretty entrepreneurial to get Hobbs to speak without having to fork out €10,000.

[Rebus2008]

Was at Eddie Hobbs tonight (as organised by the Dublin University Entrepreneurial Society).

I wasn't quite expecting a full hour of peak oil theory... Rather apt that it was held in a lecture theatre.

Anyway, he was asked by some blondie little one (quite cute) what the "youth of today" should do. His reply was to get the hell out of this banjaxed country and move to Oz or Canada, Oz if you like the sun. Re-assess whether you ever want to home again in 2010/2011. He also said you'd be mad to even consider buying a house for the next couple of years.

He's a funny bloke all the same and a good speaker -- far more amusing than some of the academic monotony that goes on during the day.

Any chance he suggested Cape Verde and then offerde the finance package for a nice 100k one bed.
Hobbs and his ilk are examples of how this country lost the run of itself in many ways. Classed a guru for the workng classes. Don't make me luagh. He was just fortunate that there were enough dopes in this country who couldn't figure out that you need to earn slightly more than you spend and needed to be told it on TV in front of the nation. No rocket science here..move along

[PhoenixIreland]

I can't get a job, and I'm a part time college student with no qualifications so I could do ******************************g anything.

So god help people with a degree and real job experience.

In that context this advice seems apt to me.

At this point I'd like to post this again:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Jc-frhJ1Y]YouTube - Fianna Fáil Party Political Broadcast[/ame]

[CookieMonster]

At this point I'd like to post this again:

YouTube - Fianna Fáil Party Political Broadcast

That is FANTASTIC! Is there one thing mentioned there which is still the cas now?

[goosebump]

Asking Hobbs for career advice is like asking a forgetful monkey not to eat your bananas.

[Outlander]

Plus ca change.

I graduated mid 80s and got on the boat with the rest...

[CookieMonster]

Asking Hobbs for career advice is like asking a forgetful monkey not to eat your bananas.

50:50 that the forgetful monkey will forget he likes bananas.

[PhoenixIreland]

That is FANTASTIC! Is there one thing mentioned there which is still the cas now?

Well..now...

• The young guys paying a registration fee thats nearly 1/3 of what full college fees would be and will be lucky to find a job when he graduates.
• The old people got the their medical card taken away and the cost of their medications went up.
• The young couple probably lost most of the value of their home, at least one of them probably lost their job and are waiting 14 weeks for Social Welfare.

....and they''d all probably vote the same way again.....thats the sad part...



ps does anyone remember Eddie telling us that removing the ban on below cost selling would mean higher prices....what happened to that?