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Yeap. The same dude!
MCDowell, in the words of Cowen " if in doubt leave out" He and PD Philosophjy of free market ruined this country. He stood idly by and backed Bertie and his stories about winnings on nags, dig outs, Paddy the Plasterer and what have you. He paid the price and I would emigrtate if he ever came back into politics here. He is a divisive figure should be left on the scrap heap to be soon joined by Harney after her junket is over down under.
You'd think Kenny committed Treason and brought in IMF. Cowen had all in stitches in Galway at 3.30a.m.but he was "not impaired" -DD Power. FF=Publican páirtí an IMF.
True but it wasn't free market economics that ruined the country. It was me feinism dressed as free market economics. Free market economics does not believe in tax breaks for builders, or for any product if the market does not exist. In fact much of what the Pds stood for went against much of what they did.
McDowell himself is a barrister, possibly the most anti-competitive marketplace in Ireland. When proposals to introduce a bit of free market economics into it were raised, McDowell was chief amount those who said it would be wrong. No advertising. No Competition between Barristers - the "Cab Rank" rule. And more importantly no copmpetition to the Law Libriary's monopoly of the only institution which can provide barristers to our judicial system.
Indeed the PDs were far more unionised than Labour, not in policy, but definitely in practice.
It is not moderate free market or moderate socialism which ruins countries, but the inept practice of either.
Yes. There's a guy posts on P.ie, goes by the name Supermanpolitician who even starts threads about him.
Jellyfish show more spine than Gormley.
Showed unusual good taste and judgement for Fine Gael to have rejected his advances.
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Indeed.
We do have some cop on!
Is McDowell going to do a "Vincent Browne" and assault FG from the right because that party did not respond to his entreaties. That would be fun to watch. with two of the most unbalanced figures in Irish life attacking you, you must be doing something good.
I presume we will offer him a place on the SC & some juicy briefs to keep him in line. Add in a few consultancies for the missus and the the job is oxo.
Supermanpolitician:
It's quite simple. Free market economics gives certain people freedom to abuse capitalism even more than they ordinarily can. It is a cloud cuckoo land concept that is seriously detrimental to society in general and detrimental to even a business world that genuinely offers more freedom to the masses (free market economics merely replaces the restrictions of regulation with the tyranny of the elite).
Put it this way, even now, I prefer Gormley in that constituency to the idea of McDowell back again, and that is really saying something as I, like many others, am fervently looking forward to annihilation of the Green party in the next election (I would argue their support of FF is bad for even just the environment, even if they get silly "Green" measures passed - how the country is run is far more relevant to the environment).
WTF is he on about?The Seanad also has importance in the provision of checks and balances against the abuse of power by a temporary majority in the Dail, Mr McDowell said.
When did this ever happen?
Does he mean 1994 when Labour walked and joined FG and DL to form a government under John Bruton without a general election and Albert reynolds nominees still held their seats in the Senate?
The greatest threat to democracy comes from the fact that a determined government can do as it please and fiec the rest of us.
E.G. NAMA.
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