The Taoiseach is up in front of the Mahon Tribunal today to explain where all those great big lumps of money came from. Continuing the theme, is the leader of the country – a man who signed blank cheques for Charlie Haughey, let’s not forget – :
a) The victim of a witch hunt
b) Fortunate to have such great friends who give him suitcases full with cash
c) A complete and utter shyster
d) A lying knacker
e) Looking to be punched in the testicles like his hero Sir Alex/Alec Ferguscunt
c, d, and e, or seedy for short. a summary of bertie “simpson” ahern’s testimony today – “i didn’t do it, no one saw me do it, can’t prive anything”. the little greasy cunt is a congenital liar, not surprising seeing as how that is the definition of politician.
prove, not prive. doh
It would be interesting to see how many people believe what he says about that money.
Put me down as a no.
a) The victim of a witch hunt
Heh he he he he
all the above
you are a hard man Twenty. Hard but fair.
If Bertie gets the sack do you think Josie Mourhinyo wuld take the job?
can you not kick him in the heart like a good old pirate – or see if he can beat Dave’s tampon eating record?
Could you be talking about the longest serving Taoiseach since Dev, a skilled and highly respected politician and negotiator, a peacemaker, the architect and guardian of the most (only?) prosperous period in this state’s history? I think the pilot, though late off the blocks with his comment, was onto something.
highly respected ????? LOL
“Put me down as a no.”
Me too.
The man is congenitally mendacious.
Come on Sean, it’s time for your medication and nap.
b) Fortunate to have such great friends who give him suitcases full with cash
Give me a B please Bob.
Whent Twenty gets filthy rich he’ll be handing out suitcases full of cash to all of his friends. What a wonderful man he is!
I don’t know anyone who believes what he says about the money… even those who voted for Fianna Fail/him… unfortunately I know some of these people.. It’s a bit like living in London where you’re never more than 10ft away from a rat.
I’m correct in saying we’re talking about a maximum of, say, 50k? Small fry, especially considering what went out on back then.
There’s no suggesting that he has accepted any money more recently, like since the ethics committee was set up. He knows that accepting money, in todays climate, would be unacceptable.
So, I think that he is the victim of a bit of a witch-hunt. Or perhaps just an over reaction by people who never again, want a politician to get away with what Charlie got away with.
But this is in no way comparable to what Charlie did.
I’m probably in a minority here, as the done thing seems to be just to condemn him regardless.
Peadar… this ‘oh well’… ‘they were all at it’… ‘that’s how it was back then’ is unmitigated shite.
If all the people who were dodging tax, and the people were bribing politicians and officials, were behaving morally then the rest of us would not have been screwed by the tax rates of the time.
I was on the PAYE march. 250,000 of us were on it because we were being screwed by a generation of people at the ‘top’ of Irish society who refused to pay their way like the ‘ordinary people’.
These pillars of the community, led by cunts like Des Traynor, bled this country dry. And they made us pay on the double when our basic health entitlements – that we had paid contributions towards – were reduced and new charges were introduced. And hospital wards were closed. Need I go on.
We lived through that because we were robbed by wealthy people who refused to pay their due. People who hid their assets, just like Bertie Aherne.
being serious – the foundations of the state were rotten. What did you expect from a party that was in power for generations by bribing people by giving them 30 acre farms ?
I think it should be “Pillocks of the community”, not pillars
if he gets sacked can i have the job , i would love all that cash in a envelope stuff , and i would do the job for fuck all , like its not hard work is it , lets sack the fucking lot of them put them on the dole see how they like it pack of cunts
or f) The Progeny of Anal sex….
I hope they roast the greedy, lying, slippery, snivelling cunt. And I mean that in the ‘premiership footballer’ sense of the word…
If it’s proved that he doged tax he should be sacked and perhaps even locked up. But as yet there is no prove.
‘I was on the PAYE march. 250,000 of us were on it because we were being screwed by a generation of people at the ‘top’ of Irish society who refused to pay their way like the ‘ordinary people’.’
Yes and the people you speak of are extremely wealthy and should be targeted.
Bertie is not extremely wealthy.
Why? Perhaps he did pay his way.
Maggot,
“highly respected ????? LOL”
Yes, particularly in Europe.
I’m sure he is well thought of by the likes of Silvio Berlusconi…
Well, you know. Those Nazis who went on the run and stayed hidden for years after the war, why prosecute them after the fact?! After all, that’s just what they did in 1940′s Germany! Rubbish excuse.
And besides, 50k back when Bertie accepted it is the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of Euro now. If he takes a tenner, he’s breaking the law. And deserves to be prosecuted for it.
He should fall on his sword, repeatedly.
Maggot,
He sucessfully negotiated the proposed European constitution, that affords him serious kudos in Europe.
Peadar, cop on. Have the wealthy family of Des Traynor, or the family of Charles Haughey, or the family of any of the dead mohair suit brigade offered any reparations? I think not.
The key to all of this accumulated wealth is public office, either directly or indirectly.
‘If he takes a tenner, he’s breaking the law.’
what the fuck!
Haaaaa ha haaaaa. This is so funny. The Irish bitching and moaning to a fictional character on a blog about the people they put in power. The same Irish who elected their current president in 2004 without an election. You can’t drive without killing each other and you have the highest suicide rates in Europe despite the fact that you disguise some suicide deaths. Whose present students have to prostitute themselves to make money to survive college who will be Ireland’s future thereby ensureing that your future is already fucked. Literally. It reminds me of that old joke that used to do the rounds. Why was Jesus not born in Ireland? Because they could not find three wise men and a virgin.
‘Peadar, cop on. Have the wealthy family of Des Traynor, or the family of Charles Haughey, or the family of any of the dead mohair suit brigade offered any reparations? I think not.’
I’m not disagreeing with that aspect of what you’re saying. Everyone new they were corrupt, their wealth was obvious.
Bertie isn’t loaded. He hasn’t got millions stashed away in foreign bank accounts, no matter what anyone says. If he had the tribunal would have found it.
It isn’t fair to compare Bertie to Charlie and that’s what makes it seem, to some people, like a witch-hunt.
At least judge him on what he’s supposed to have done, not on what other people have done
But we seem to have found another witless cunt to add to the collection. Welcome, Sarah.
sarah
what paradise island do you come from
Cheers twenty.
Well said, Twenty.
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Everything I said was true does anyone read newspapers? You can read can’t you?
I can’t believe Twenty called me a witless cunt. I swear to God I almost came when I read it, my friends will never believe me. Thank you so much. I do have a cute little cunt and I am witless.
Okay…Which one of you left the door open on your way in?….
I for one am taking huge offence about that witles cunts comments about our president..sure everyone knows Mary McAleese is a lovely woman.
Google the words Ireland and president love.
‘I do have a cute little cunt’
ye right. I’d say its more like the cunt of an elephant after its been raped by a T-rex
Witless, I meant witless, I can’t type when I’m laughing so much..
Where is fatmammycat when we need her?
The T-Rex is extinct Peadar you silly sausage.
Extinct: (of an animal or plant species) having no livng representative; having died out.
Silly: Lacking in good sense; absurd; frivolous; trivial or superficial.
Silly: Lacking in good sense; absurd; frivolous; trivial or superficial.
Thats you honey
Extinct
I wish
Sarah is Irish. She is looking for attention.
Bertie’s a legend so he is.
Seriously.
Who cares. He elected, he’s the boss and there’s darn all anyone can do about it.
Guys, who gives a shit? There is a story about Daniel O Connell (remember the history, Liberator, Catholic Emancipation and all that..) During election time 150 years ago he was on his horse on a road near Cahirsiveen, a labourer peasant who was breaking stones at the roadside recognised the great figure and asked eagerly “Who’s going to win the election Mr O Connell?” The hero of our history books replied “It does’nt matter to you my man, you’ll still be breaking stones”.
Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose (or someshit like that)
“I do have a cute little cunt”
We’ll just refer to you as that cute hoor from now on then.
sarah ; i bet your cunts like a roofers nail bag ,
C’mon lads, Sarah may be a bit unusual to the lot of ye (jesus we’re talking to a girl… what’ll we do??? fuckin’ abuse her… right…) but try and use the small brains ye’ve been born with and use a bit of wit to win her over. Ye were doing so well until she stepped into the pool now ye’ve gone and made a show of yerselves in front of the whole fucking world. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Great to meet you Sarah, sorry for your trouble.
Snookertony, you’re right of course, people who go trolling around blogs looking to get a rise out of people deserve sympathy and understanding.
I wish I could understand why they do that.
Bertie? Typical Northsider, a credit to his community.
I’m still waiting for Twenty’s post on World Gratitude Day
What about the new Disney film about Celia Larkin, The Lying Bitch in the Wardrobe.
I was NEVER in the wardrobe and if I was I was co-ordinating outfits and never saw any big bag full of cash, so there..
Celia darling, you looked fabulous the other day. I miss your little visits to St Luke’s. You were HOT. And worth every penny of that cash, but fuck am I paying for it now. I knew this house cover was never going to wash, but shite, I have to stick with it now. I’ll just keep giving them a hundred variations. Eventually they’ll get pissed off. But hey, I miss your visits to St Luke’s. You were HOT.
Defiantly (e) Looking to be punched in the testicles like his hero Sir Alex/Alec Ferguscunt. But beware, rumor has it that he spent £30,000 on gold plating his bollocks back in the 90’s so you might wana ware a steel toe cap booth!
Oh Bertie, getting all flushed and breathless… but there again MEH! Didn’t take you long to get over me and hook up with a camel’s kneecap!
Ah look. So he took the price of three houses in cash from his buddies while he was the Minister for Finance. So he changed the law to make sure the same buddies got millions in tax-breaks.
So fucking what?? Begrudging cunts.