"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” Napoléon Bonaparte
Getting things done? Ryan is a nincompoop who shows himself as the total technophobe in technophile clothes. Gormley is a simpleton and the ideal of the green party were washed down the political toilet with polluted water quite some time ago.
I had an interesting chat with a green councillor who has now gone over to Labour! Interesting stuff!
Politicians do not stand for anything beyond whatever they think will get them elected.
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” Napoléon Bonaparte
Politicians do not stand for anything beyond whatever they think will get them elected.
Without wishing to engage in personal disputes and their merits or otherwise, it is worth bearing in mind that gormless and co.'s election to government and elevation to Ministerial level was totally the result of lies and the deception of the 2007 electorate. Fact.
Their effectiveness in government is truly distinguished. Distinguished by the facts that they prop up and support the most incompetent and untrustworthy political party in the history of this State.
They have been party to and are as guilty of, the the betrayal of the poor, the old, the sick AND the young - the latter through the cut-backs in education.
It is very easy for the greens to pontificate while the Dail doesn't sit. It's their actions when it does that define their callowness.
Yep, but Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour were all telling the same lies.
Only the Greens were telling it like it was, as is clearly set out in the Planet Bertie speech.
The incompetent and untrustworthy Party that the electorate consistently return to Government over and over again.Their effectiveness in government is truly distinguished. Distinguished by the facts that they prop up and support the most incompetent and untrustworthy political party in the history of this State.
That is democracy for you.
The three establishment parties all supported the blowing up of the Construction Bubble in 2002. That bubble has now burst. The revenues from the bubble were used to increase Government spending, and now those revenues are no longer available.They have been party to and are as guilty of, the the betrayal of the poor, the old, the sick AND the young - the latter through the cut-backs in education.
It doesn't matter if People Before Profit became the Government in the morning, the fact that we spend more than we earn means that we have to cut back services.
As pointed out above, because of the Green Party the proportion of Government revenue that is spent on Education has grown from 16% to 25%.
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"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” Napoléon Bonaparte
Yep, but Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour were all telling the same lies.
[COLOR="Red"]Untrue!
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Only the Greens were telling it like it was, as is clearly set out in the Planet Bertie speech.
[COLOR="red"]Are you for real? Go look at that speech again![/COLOR]
The incompetent and untrustworthy Party that the electorate consistently return to Government over and over again.
[COLOR="red"]They got in with the support of your lying party![/COLOR]
That is democracy for you.
[COLOR="red"]No mate, that's stupidity and lust for power for you![/COLOR]
As pointed out above, because of the Green Party the proportion of Government revenue that is spent on Education has grown from 16% to 25%.
I[COLOR="Red"]sn't amazing how you can get the same statistics to bolster up both sides of an argument. Keep spinning, it'll make you dizzy but it's cheaper than smoking joints.[/COLOR] :mrgreen:
Politicians do not stand for anything beyond whatever they think will get them elected.