Category: politics
jack & condi
they embrace as the leader salutes
when i was a kid elections were more fun
FF used drop brown envelopes in the door asking for donations, and would call back with in the hour for it, like the Easter Dues, i kid you not. FF had more stickers than anyone else (bring back jack ’77) Fine Gael had more candidates than anyone else (5 candidates in a four seater?) Labour…
apt xmas card from Fine Gael
I got an Fine Gael xmas card…. its a picture of a polar bear (not seen around these parts since the ice age, like FG) the bear is falling flat on its face. hear John Deasy on the WLR podcast.
Haughey Moriarty Baldoyle & Iraq
some people on the news at one on rte radio complained about the availability of the moriarty-tribunal report. sure its in PDF here as the Planning Tribunal (the other tribunal into payments to politicians) is looking at the Baldoyle lands module, I scanned the moriarty-tribunal report for Baldoyle (where i live). 3-16 On 19th February,…
The Constituency
RTE podcasting goes from strength to strength, hear here ‘The Constituency’ presented by Rachael English (the ex wonderful voice of tea time intelligent current affairs) This episode features Dublin North where Clare Daly of the Socialist Party is polling well. RTE now has about 30 podcasts in its podcasting offering. And I like to listen…
Invade Mars
there is water on Mars water means life life means dinosaurs dinosaurs mean oil invade mars
budget day 2 card trick by Cowan
two things I have thought about the budget (wednesday in Ireland). if the finance minister (brian cowan) takes 1% of the bottom rate of tax he takes it off the top too.. its automatic. you follow my simple economics here… so watch this simple bud get day tax trick, take 1% off the top and…
Christmas Card from TD in November
I got our first Xmas card today. Its from a Dublin North East TD. The self confessed third socialist in the Dail, himself, Martin Brady sent in the earliest xmas card. Martin is not used to been early, he turned up 10 minutes late on the radio, 10 minutes into a panel debate he was…