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About LinkBacksEvery TD that votes for this bailout should be hung. This issue is as big for the country as the treaty Collins brought back.Originally Posted by He3
Every TD that votes for this bailout should be hung. This issue is as big for the country as the treaty Collins brought back.
The list of names will make for some very interesting reading.
As will the Seanad list of names.
Micky Fingers, as he is known, should really shut up and get lost. Could tell you a few stories out of school about him. Next in line in the whole "anglo" debacle.
Don't forget:
- Biffo and Lenihan
- John Hurley (Central Bank)
- Patrick Neary (IFSRA)
- Mary Finan (ESRI)
- David Doyle (Sec. Gen. Dept. Finance)
- all the banks' CEOs and Chairmen
I want to see heads rolling.
Here is the IT Pol Corr's take on the current state of those who will be among the key 'instruction givers' to Mr Somers.
Since Cowen has taken over, Government Buildings has been dysfunctional, with officials struggling to come to terms with the new man's moods, needs and demands. The Cabinet is operating little better. Most Ministers know little of what is going on and only find out at the last minute, if even then. FF Ministers' once useful weekly pre-Cabinet meeting has deteriorated into little more than a disorganised morning huddle over coffee. Up to now, some have spoken about a triumvirate involving Cowen, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan. In truth, it does not exist - not in any meaningful sense, at any rate. In fact, the relationship between Cowen and Lenihan is frequently fractious, or ill-at-ease.
Coughlan, who in one evening at the height of the over-70s crisis destroyed 20 years of political capital earned with FF backbenchers, is increasingly irrelevant. One could be forgiven for thinking that they are the only Fianna Fáil Ministers in Government, given the near-invisibility of others.
The invisibility is partly pique at being left in the dark, and partly sound political judgment by those who do not want to be hanged for the mistakes of others.
Cowen's future could be decided by the results of the June elections, or by Lisbon; but, more likely, the die will finally have been cast months before then.
Tough decisions and a clear message urgently needed - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 03, 2009
If my arithmetic is right, I think that last line is a way of saying Cowen has about 90 days to save his skin.
'Personally, I find the notion of changing our constitution in exchange for a loan absolutely disgusting'. - Tin Foil Hat
Odd thing in the print version of Hennessy's paper today. His article is followed by a line saying Stephen Collins (the paper's Pol Ed) is on leave. Yet the lead story on page one and a long inside follow-on interview with Cowen are both penned by Collins. The interview is a plea by Cowen for public support.
What is the story behind the story? Is Stephen on a busman's holiday? Is the Times riding two horses?
Last edited by He3; 20th November 2010 at 01:08 PM.
'Personally, I find the notion of changing our constitution in exchange for a loan absolutely disgusting'. - Tin Foil Hat
Even if he got down on his knees crying and tried to kiss the people of Ireland's shoes, we should still kick him in the face.
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