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Showing posts with label minister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minister. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Dick's "huge moral imperative"

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Dick Roche, Minister for the Environment and the farce that is local government i.e. local administration by officials, has spoken of a huge moral imperative.

I don't know what Dick knows about morals but as for huge; he knows what that is.

Huge is the 30 foot long, 8 foot high posters of himself that were illegally erected recently in his constituency, not by Dick, but by some over enthusiastic supporters (of course they were Dick, one only has to meet you to see how people can become so over enthusiastic about you).

Dick says the world must follow the example of the EU in dealing with climate change.

In this regard the "flexible mechanism" that allowed EU states to buy carbon credits from the developing world had a double benefit: it allowed member states to set more ambitious targets for their own industries, while providing money for the developing world.

This money would incentivise vulnerable economies not to take in older "dirty technology" industries.

In other word it is a new era of purchased Luddites. All industry is dirty, so we will be buying up the 3rd world's chance to develop their economies by buying up their emissions from their mainly corrupt governments and give them money with which they can buy the products from us that they could have made locally for less.

It is a perfect example of imperial exploitation for the 21st century wrapped up as concern for the environment. Dick wouldn't know a moral imperative if one ran him over or if there was a 30 foot long, 8 foot high poster of a moral imperative in his front garden.
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Thursday, January 4, 2007

What have the PDs ever done for us?

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Pictured above: the entire PD party


What have the PDs ever done for us?

Tackled serious crime on our streets?

Nope!

Tackled the state of the health service?

Nope!

Reformed licencing laws and given Ireland cafe bars?
Nope!

Tackled the low standards of Fianna Fail?

Nope!


Delivered on the promised 2,000 extra gardai?


Nope!

Tackled Government waste on electronic voting and projects like the Bertie Bowl?


Nope!


Tackled the growing menace that is Richard Bruton?

Yes, but only to back out of it the next day!



Michael McDowell and Mary Harney as respective ministers for justice and health have had golden opportunities to tackle issues at the heart of Ireland's problems, namely Law and Order and the quality of our health and healthcare.


It is time to give them the Apprentice treatment i.e. "You're Fired!"


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