BOND YIELDS CHEESE AGAIN

We the People of This Country are Disgusted,

Turning on the radio in the mornings you could be forgiven for getting confused between the Irish bond yields and Cowen's approval rating well I tell you I'm surprised at how high both of them are sure isn't the country about to go bust and the only people we can borrow from are those fellas who send you dodgy emails from foreign places and everyones saying that we can't pay the debt and isn't that one Merkel going on about how Ireland is in the toilet but sure we owe her a lot shes holding the country together with both hands and sure isn't Germany doing well but thats because they never had Fianna Fail to ruin their boom with the corruption and the cronyism and that awful Charlie McCreevy with his tax cuts well you can't cut taxes and increase spending you big thick smug mentaller you should have been sent packing back in 1998 and sure it's a terrible pity we voted out John Bruton sure there was an honest man who did good him and Ruari Quinn ran the country well and just because they tried to put a tax on children's shoes and look at the fellas we put in instead led by that scoundrel Bertie and the deregulating arseholes the PDs although poor Harney was attacked again and there were eejits throwing cheese at her and I know the cheese thing was off the wall but thats no excuse to start lashing Charleville at the poor woman even if she is supporting FIANNA FAIL.

Hello, Welcome and Cead Míle Fáilte

A note from our president and editor, Thómáis Ó Donnághchínnéitígdh,

Hello, Welcome and Cead Míle Failte to The People of This Country. My name is Thómáis Ó Donnághchínnéitígdh and I am the Founder, President and Chief-Editor of this little "Venture". You may have enjoyed the opinions and wise words of our staff writers over the past few weeks, I certainly have (!). Mr. Murtagh and Mr. Prendergast are not exactly "P.C." but they speak with the true voice of the people.

Yes, 'na Daoine atá Ísteach sa Tireanna Sin' (The People of This Country), thats what it's all about. We here at the People feel that the voices of This Particular Country have gone unheard for rather too long. While you may say 'Marbh le Tae agus Marbh gan é', we remain confident that our "small" contribution will go "a long way" towards getting this country back on the "right track".

You won't be hearing much from me on this little "Blogosphere", I will leave the "Grass-Roots Rhetoric" to my friends Mr.Prendergast and Mr.Murtagh. They say more with their simple words than I ever could with one of my extended Manx Gaelic poems, although the good people at the Áosdána might disagree (!).

With that in mind I should introduce our august writing staff, as the bard says, 'Ar Scath a Cheile a Mhaireann na Daoine'.

Peter Prendergast (B.A. Hons) is a longtime Dubliner who has never been reticent in airing his views. He is a much respected expert in the areas of Popular Dissent and Ethical Engagement. He serves as the "Moral Compass" of the blog, frequently "bringing us down to earth" when our rhetoric becomes obsessively "Duaisceart". He will deal with a wide range of subjects, from the Bank Bailouts to the rescue of Anglo-Irish, and everything in between (!).

J.Murtagh (B.Sc) is a Kerryman from just west of Valencia Island. He has a wide variety of interests, including confrontation, dispute and discourse (both healthy and unhealthy). He currently lives on a combination of the old age pension and a college grant but his views on the welfare state are just to the right of Margaret Thatcher. To quote himself 'Spongers like me are destroying this Country.' Murtagh has some surprisingly Socialist views, but only when it comes to the topic of whether he should be forced to pay for anything. Failing to make the distinction between those who have traveled and members of the Travelling Community, Murtagh is inherently suspicious of those who carry a passport, or have traveled beyond the Kerry frontier.

With that dispensed, let me tell you a story. One year ago, on the then embryonic discussion program 'The Frontline', a brave and noble being stood as a bulwark against the corrosive and entropic force of presenter Pat Kenny. On that day the founding spirit of this site was born, as Peter, J. and myself spontaneously decided to break our self imposed vows of silence and speak out. This man was the driving force behind us, his spirit keeping us going at times that all we wanted to do was quit. I leave you only with the video of the incident, and with the words of the great Greek philosopher Aristotle who stated 'Ní raibh bhRome deanta isteach aon lá'.

CHEESE BY-ELECTION STORM

We the People of This Country are Disgusted,

Ah here come on now is the government trying to be ridiculous they come out with a plan to give free cheese to poor people well you must be joking me the People of This Country not able to afford Christmas presents for the kids because of Fianna Fail and Cowen and now he tells us it'll be alright because he's giving us cheese well you can sod off with your cheese you big ignorant thick and sure the People are about to deliver their verdict in Donegal but where are the other three elections and wheres the general election Cowen the People want you out of office and at least that McDaid had the decency to bow out but sure isn't he getting an awful big pension well you'll all be on pensions now because we're voting you out and there's a storm about to hit Dublin but it's nothing compared to the storm that'll hit FIANNA FAIL.