Fianna Fail are out of government but a change of government doesn't solve all our problems no not by a long shot the next little dictator that needs to be de-throned is that bastard Ryan Tubridy not only is he a FF man throughandthrough but he and RTE have made an unholy mockery of the Late Late Show which was a shining beacon back in Gaybo's time Gaybo had class and he had balls he wasn't afraid to ask the hard questions and he broke so many taboos in this country like about the gays and sure didn't he launch Boyzone who were brilliant but now Tubbers and before him Pat Kenny have made an absolute dog's dinner of the Late Late getting celebrities in to talk to other celebrities about their personal experience of the economic crisis and ignoring abortion because they're completely detached from reality altogether only a few weeks ago while this country was in the throes of a leadership crisis they had Jim Corr and some ponce from the United Kingdom Independence Party saying how 9/11 was faked and climate change is a hoax well no one doubts that America had a hand in knocking over those towers but there are more important things to be talking about than a secret race of lizard people who control the world.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Morning
It's morning.
Ireland has awoken from an awful dream, covered in metaphorical sweat and with the proverbial duvet hanging from the rhetorical celing fan. The final death throes of this awful regime played out last night as Brian Cowen dropped the ceremonial Disprin into the traditional giant glass of water, thus dissolving the 30th Dáil.
As I wander the streets of my city this morning, a burden seems lifted. Certainly this country is still in crisis. The damage that has been done will not be easily repaired, but at least we can now attempt to 'dig up' rather than widening the hole.
For the first time since 1997 this country is no longer under the sway of a Fianna Fail government. The election to come seems certain to deliver an alternative, whether that be a Fine Gael majority, a Fine Gael-Labour coalition, Labour-ULA, FG-SF or an alliance between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Fathers For Justice Party, for the indefinite future we will not have to look at a grotesque FF parody of what a leader should be.
In my joy this morning I interviewed several 'Members of the Public' for their views on the collapse of Fianna Fail and the Election to come.
Tom Doyle, Assistant Vice President (Self Employed)
I think it's absolutely fantastic. I always hated Brian Cowen and never voted for him. Of course I voted Seamus Brennan in 97' and 02' and 07' but that's because he was great on local issues and sure didn't he die aswell. Who will I vote for now? I don't know, my family would never forgive me if I voted socialist and sure look at your man Enda, would you want him as Taoiseach? Ha! I suppose I just wont vote at all. Or maybe Fathers For Justice down the ticket...
Sister Immaculata Concepta, Nun (Unemployed)
God I wish I could vote for Dev. Maybe a write in ballot for Dev.
Shane Robinson, Homeless Man, (Self Employed)
What? You have to press this one if you're going to Sandyford. Do you have a Euro for a hostel?
Donald Kehoe, Taxi Driver (Borderline Unemployed)
I suppose whatever Independent is the most poorly educated, has the largest criminal record and the least chance of getting in. There's a fella I like in my area who running from his jail cell in Mountjoy. I think he set fire to a Guard or something. 'Put him in to get him out' and all that.
Well, the People have spoken it would appear. They don't want Enda for reasons they can't articulate. They dont want Fianna Fail for reasons too crude to publish. They dont want Labour out of some lingering fear of the Red Menace. The question we ask over the next few weeks is, who do they want?
Ireland has awoken from an awful dream, covered in metaphorical sweat and with the proverbial duvet hanging from the rhetorical celing fan. The final death throes of this awful regime played out last night as Brian Cowen dropped the ceremonial Disprin into the traditional giant glass of water, thus dissolving the 30th Dáil.
As I wander the streets of my city this morning, a burden seems lifted. Certainly this country is still in crisis. The damage that has been done will not be easily repaired, but at least we can now attempt to 'dig up' rather than widening the hole.
For the first time since 1997 this country is no longer under the sway of a Fianna Fail government. The election to come seems certain to deliver an alternative, whether that be a Fine Gael majority, a Fine Gael-Labour coalition, Labour-ULA, FG-SF or an alliance between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Fathers For Justice Party, for the indefinite future we will not have to look at a grotesque FF parody of what a leader should be.
In my joy this morning I interviewed several 'Members of the Public' for their views on the collapse of Fianna Fail and the Election to come.
Tom Doyle, Assistant Vice President (Self Employed)
I think it's absolutely fantastic. I always hated Brian Cowen and never voted for him. Of course I voted Seamus Brennan in 97' and 02' and 07' but that's because he was great on local issues and sure didn't he die aswell. Who will I vote for now? I don't know, my family would never forgive me if I voted socialist and sure look at your man Enda, would you want him as Taoiseach? Ha! I suppose I just wont vote at all. Or maybe Fathers For Justice down the ticket...
Sister Immaculata Concepta, Nun (Unemployed)
God I wish I could vote for Dev. Maybe a write in ballot for Dev.
Shane Robinson, Homeless Man, (Self Employed)
What? You have to press this one if you're going to Sandyford. Do you have a Euro for a hostel?
Donald Kehoe, Taxi Driver (Borderline Unemployed)
I suppose whatever Independent is the most poorly educated, has the largest criminal record and the least chance of getting in. There's a fella I like in my area who running from his jail cell in Mountjoy. I think he set fire to a Guard or something. 'Put him in to get him out' and all that.
Well, the People have spoken it would appear. They don't want Enda for reasons they can't articulate. They dont want Fianna Fail for reasons too crude to publish. They dont want Labour out of some lingering fear of the Red Menace. The question we ask over the next few weeks is, who do they want?
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