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About LinkBacksThis kind of defeatist b()ll()x will change nothing. You're far far better than that, and don't feed me the 'realist' tripe either.Originally Posted by gombeennation
This kind of defeatist b()ll()x will change nothing. You're far far better than that, and don't feed me the 'realist' tripe either.
"Stay with me for five short hops, and I will take you from Colonel Gaddafi and Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, to the ‘Ireland for Europe’ campaign and questions about who is backing this Yes propaganda outfit being run by Pat Cox.
The connections will illuminate the sort of company with which the Yes campaign feels comfortable.
Start at one. The mass-murderer Megrahi has just been set free from prison in Scotland and returned to Libya.
Two, last week Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, admitted for the first time that a Libyan oil deal with BP was an essential part of the government’s decision to included Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal.
Three, the oil deal was worth $900m (€630m) deal and struck with BP six weeks after Megrahi was included in the prisoner transfer agreement. A report in the British press at the weekend said that BP had warned the Foreign Secretary that the failure to include Megrahi in the deal could damage BP’s interests, but BP denied actually mentioning Megrahi by name.
Four, up until last Tuesday, the chairman of BP was Peter Sutherland. In 2004, Sir Mark Allen, a Middle East expert, resigned from the British intelligence service MI6 to join Mr Sutherland’s BP for £200,000 (€230,000) a year. Six months before joining BP, Sir Mark chaired a secret meeting with the Colonel’s spy chief in London, which included discussion of the Megrahi case. It turns out it was Mr Sutherland’s ex-spook who then lobbied the Foreign Secretary. He urged his old friend Mr Straw to speed up an agreement over prisoner transfers, which had been expected to lead to Megrahi’s return, to avoid jeopardising a trade deal with Libya worth up to £15bn (€17bn) to Mr Sutherland’s BP.
Five, Mr Sutherland is a patron of ‘Ireland for Europe,’ of which Pat Cox is campaign director. The organisation’s website does not disclose the extent or source of its funding.
Me, personally, the only way I could stay in a room with someone who worked to get a billion-deal from the release of the man who killed 270 men, women and children in a fireball over Scotland is if I were wearing the kind of kit you’d wear to unclog London sewers.
However, Mr Cox and his Yes-to-Lisbon colleagues appear not to mind the smell coming off the BP recently-ex-chairman. I suppose that since Mr Sutherland is now one of the richest bankers on the planet Mr Cox is willing to hold his nose. That is the sort of pass you can get when you are also chairman of Goldman Sachs International, part of the globally-greedy Goldman’s which has famously and accurately been denounced in America as ‘a vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity relentlessly jabbing its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.’
Perhaps, since Mr Cox is a professional Brussels lobbyist running two lobbying firms which he has kept unregistered, maybe he doesn’t notice the smell.
Now, this Libya-Sutherland-Yes lobby connection should have been spotted long ago. I only spotted it when a No-to-Lisbon friend pointed out what the blogger CookieMonster wrote about it on politics.ie.
Until now I have been viewing Mr Sutherland just as a representative for Goldman’s and their tarnished reputation. And I do not forget his history a non-executive director and member of the remuneration committee of the Royal Bank of Scotland. You will remember Mr Sutherland’s RBS committee: it allowed Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive, to walk away from the wreck of the bank with a pension of £703,000 (€837,000) a year."
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
Feed-the-Greed don't do irony:
"Stay with me for five short hops, and I will take you from Colonel Gaddafi and Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, to the ‘Ireland for Europe’ campaign and questions about who is backing this Yes propaganda outfit being run by Pat Cox.
The connections will illuminate the sort of company with which the Yes campaign feels comfortable.
Start at one. The mass-murderer Megrahi has just been set free from prison in Scotland and returned to Libya.
Two, last week Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, admitted for the first time that a Libyan oil deal with BP was an essential part of the government’s decision to included Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal.
Three, the oil deal was worth $900m (€630m) deal and struck with BP six weeks after Megrahi was included in the prisoner transfer agreement. A report in the British press at the weekend said that BP had warned the Foreign Secretary that the failure to include Megrahi in the deal could damage BP’s interests, but BP denied actually mentioning Megrahi by name.
Four, up until last Tuesday, the chairman of BP was Peter Sutherland. In 2004, Sir Mark Allen, a Middle East expert, resigned from the British intelligence service MI6 to join Mr Sutherland’s BP for £200,000 (€230,000) a year. Six months before joining BP, Sir Mark chaired a secret meeting with the Colonel’s spy chief in London, which included discussion of the Megrahi case. It turns out it was Mr Sutherland’s ex-spook who then lobbied the Foreign Secretary. He urged his old friend Mr Straw to speed up an agreement over prisoner transfers, which had been expected to lead to Megrahi’s return, to avoid jeopardising a trade deal with Libya worth up to £15bn (€17bn) to Mr Sutherland’s BP.
Five, Mr Sutherland is a patron of ‘Ireland for Europe,’ of which Pat Cox is campaign director. The organisation’s website does not disclose the extent or source of its funding.
Me, personally, the only way I could stay in a room with someone who worked to get a billion-deal from the release of the man who killed 270 men, women and children in a fireball over Scotland is if I were wearing the kind of kit you’d wear to unclog London sewers.
However, Mr Cox and his Yes-to-Lisbon colleagues appear not to mind the smell coming off the BP recently-ex-chairman. I suppose that since Mr Sutherland is now one of the richest bankers on the planet Mr Cox is willing to hold his nose. That is the sort of pass you can get when you are also chairman of Goldman Sachs International, part of the globally-greedy Goldman’s which has famously and accurately been denounced in America as ‘a vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity relentlessly jabbing its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.’
Perhaps, since Mr Cox is a professional Brussels lobbyist running two lobbying firms which he has kept unregistered, maybe he doesn’t notice the smell.
Now, this Libya-Sutherland-Yes lobby connection should have been spotted long ago. I only spotted it when a No-to-Lisbon friend pointed out what the blogger CookieMonster wrote about it on politics.ie.
Until now I have been viewing Mr Sutherland just as a representative for Goldman’s and their tarnished reputation. And I do not forget his history a non-executive director and member of the remuneration committee of the Royal Bank of Scotland. You will remember Mr Sutherland’s RBS committee: it allowed Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive, to walk away from the wreck of the bank with a pension of £703,000 (€837,000) a year."
Coveney adviser's patriotism stressed to secure special pay - The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 16, 2012
"THE MINISTER for Agriculture stressed the patriotic credentials of his special adviser when securing a €130,000 salary for him, Freedom of Information documents have revealed. The adviser left after five months to work in England.
Simon Coveney wrote to Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin last March saying he needed to offer the salary, which breached the recommended €92,672 cap, and which made former Greencore executive Fergal Leamy the best-paid Government adviser outside the Department of the Taoiseach.
“Fergal has a strong commitment to public service and is anxious to contribute at a national level in our drive towards recovery"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
Of course he does ... at the right price!
"Get a life!", Pat Kenny.
Yet another Filthy Greedy hypocrite:
"Stay with me for five short hops, and I will take you from Colonel Gaddafi and Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, to the ‘Ireland for Europe’ campaign and questions about who is backing this Yes propaganda outfit being run by Pat Cox.
The connections will illuminate the sort of company with which the Yes campaign feels comfortable.
Start at one. The mass-murderer Megrahi has just been set free from prison in Scotland and returned to Libya.
Two, last week Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, admitted for the first time that a Libyan oil deal with BP was an essential part of the government’s decision to included Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal.
Three, the oil deal was worth $900m (€630m) deal and struck with BP six weeks after Megrahi was included in the prisoner transfer agreement. A report in the British press at the weekend said that BP had warned the Foreign Secretary that the failure to include Megrahi in the deal could damage BP’s interests, but BP denied actually mentioning Megrahi by name.
Four, up until last Tuesday, the chairman of BP was Peter Sutherland. In 2004, Sir Mark Allen, a Middle East expert, resigned from the British intelligence service MI6 to join Mr Sutherland’s BP for £200,000 (€230,000) a year. Six months before joining BP, Sir Mark chaired a secret meeting with the Colonel’s spy chief in London, which included discussion of the Megrahi case. It turns out it was Mr Sutherland’s ex-spook who then lobbied the Foreign Secretary. He urged his old friend Mr Straw to speed up an agreement over prisoner transfers, which had been expected to lead to Megrahi’s return, to avoid jeopardising a trade deal with Libya worth up to £15bn (€17bn) to Mr Sutherland’s BP.
Five, Mr Sutherland is a patron of ‘Ireland for Europe,’ of which Pat Cox is campaign director. The organisation’s website does not disclose the extent or source of its funding.
Me, personally, the only way I could stay in a room with someone who worked to get a billion-deal from the release of the man who killed 270 men, women and children in a fireball over Scotland is if I were wearing the kind of kit you’d wear to unclog London sewers.
However, Mr Cox and his Yes-to-Lisbon colleagues appear not to mind the smell coming off the BP recently-ex-chairman. I suppose that since Mr Sutherland is now one of the richest bankers on the planet Mr Cox is willing to hold his nose. That is the sort of pass you can get when you are also chairman of Goldman Sachs International, part of the globally-greedy Goldman’s which has famously and accurately been denounced in America as ‘a vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity relentlessly jabbing its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.’
Perhaps, since Mr Cox is a professional Brussels lobbyist running two lobbying firms which he has kept unregistered, maybe he doesn’t notice the smell.
Now, this Libya-Sutherland-Yes lobby connection should have been spotted long ago. I only spotted it when a No-to-Lisbon friend pointed out what the blogger CookieMonster wrote about it on politics.ie.
Until now I have been viewing Mr Sutherland just as a representative for Goldman’s and their tarnished reputation. And I do not forget his history a non-executive director and member of the remuneration committee of the Royal Bank of Scotland. You will remember Mr Sutherland’s RBS committee: it allowed Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive, to walk away from the wreck of the bank with a pension of £703,000 (€837,000) a year."
Varadkar sought €135,000 for adviser - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 28, 2012
"MINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar wanted to pay his special adviser a salary and benefits package worth more than €135,000, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin described the pay rate sought as “rather high” and warned that it could “reopen discussions on cases already settled”. A “compromise” of €105,837 was approved, well above the recommended €92,672 cap."
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.
This u-turn by government just won't go away.
Best things in life may be free but not when it comes to Ministers and their advisers - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 28, 2012
"Howlin has received strongly worded Civil Service advice that “any further slippage” on special advisers’ pay will bring costs up to the previous administration’s controversial level of €4.4 million."
Why did Minister Phil Hogan drop the independent review into planning irregularities within Dublin and Cork city councils and Carlow, Meath, Galway and Cork county councils ?
What really shows how inept our government is, Reilly now has taken on a person at €3000 a week to tell them how to get rid of some of the patients on trolleys in our hospitals, at the same time he is cutting the hours of carers to the old and the sick. The shameful carry-on of this government must be exposed. I do not believe anyone voted for this. They get their massive majority then they give us the two fingers,
Where is this reported?
Why did Minister Phil Hogan drop the independent review into planning irregularities within Dublin and Cork city councils and Carlow, Meath, Galway and Cork county councils ?
Was reading this article in the Examiner today, it shows the harsh reality of cuts and austerity measures pushed upon us by FG+Labour ,with a number of people writing to enda kenny, showing their anger at the pay rise he sanctioned for ciaran conlon.
Some sample letters below article.
‘I’m angry, not for me, for everybody’ | Irish Examiner
"You think thats bad,theres one lunatic that posts on there 40-50 times a day..He's alone..in bad company!
A friend of mine who is a long-time FF activist commented to me over the weekend, 'with Fianna Fail you always knew where you stood. You were dealing with gangsters. You knew it, they knew it and they knew you knew it. Fine Gael are gangsters too, but without the experience of government that Fianna Fail has, so inexperience in doing the wrong thing the right way will shaft them in the end'.
I'm inclined to agree.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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