The Green Party is fucked
As time goes by the more apparent it becomes that this current government is the most hapless and ineffective administration in living memory.
A Taoiseach with all the leadership skills of a dead guide dog, a Minister for Finance who seems to be more concerned with ensuring the jobs-for-the-boys boys stay protected and unaccountable for the horrendous litany of fraud and deception they have been involved in, a Tánaiste who inspires as much confidence as a blind pilot, and a plethora of cabinet members and front benchers who are so inured to the unscrupulousness that there isn’t even a hint of ruefulness about what’s going.
And alongside them sit the the Greens. John Gormless, Minister for the Environment, who has done nothing but make lightbulbs more expensive. Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, presides over a broadband infrastructure than would make third-world countries laugh and a government that gives away our natural resources to multinationals who want to build contentious pipelines.
It’s been quite clear for some time, if not all time, that there is a culture of cronyism, endemic corruption, bribery, fraud, and profiteering around Fianna Fail. From the top down it’s trickled into the way business is done and nobody bats an eyelid. It’s like we just accept it. ‘Oh, that’s what they do. That’s politics’.
Except in other countries there’s accountability. White collar criminals are sent to jail. Those who systematically defraud financial institutions go to jail. No matter how powerful you are, no matter who you know, no matter how much you earn.
Semi-state bodies are ripe with wrongdoing and misconduct. Yesterday an report into FÁS found that executives basically had carte blanche to do what they wanted with public money. It says ‘hundreds of thousands spent on luxury foreign flights which officials were not entitled to’.
Hundreds of thousands and not one member of the 17 strong board of directors thought to try and put a stop to it. Yet the report does not go as far as asking them to resign. Why should we be so polite? Sack the fuckers. Every single last one of them. And garnish their pensions until they’ve paid off what they spent.
What we’re seeing emerge now is the tip of the iceberg, I’m sure. We had a government awash with money for years, so their friends made money, and their friends made money, and it didn’t really matter how the money was being made once it was being made. And nobody really cared because times were good and SSIAs put money in pockets for holidays and cars and everything else.
It’s coming apart at the seams now. The sly wink and the chuckle about how corrupt our leaders are is not so funny when you lose your job, when thousands every week are losing their jobs, their homes, families being destroyed and everything else.
And all along the Green Party has sat there, twiddling its thumbs, bleating about how they can make a difference in government when quite clearly they can’t. They’ve had the chance to stand up and be counted, to show some balls, to show that they’ve got some morals, but they haven’t.
The longer they remain associated with this current bunch of charlatans and cheats the bigger the stain that will be left on their party.
If they have any credibility, any decency, they should withdraw from government, apologise for helping to facilitate this scandal and baton down their hatches when the public backlash comes. At least they might survive if there’s some sense of them doing the right thing.
As it stands they’re just FF lackies, enjoying the power in Leinster House and with any luck the public will make it quite clear what they think of that when the time comes to vote again.
February 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Thieves, liars and bandits – they always were and always will be. They should be outlawed.
February 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Twenty, Do you honestly think that any other political party would make a difference in government? It sounds like you are well versed in Irish politix so can you really not see that it doesn’t matter what party is in the driving seat. It’s not them who really make the decisions. As I said in a recent post, their puppets. controled by the staff who are suppose to be advising them. People think that the recent fuck up by Brian Lennahon…. excuse the spelling where he didn’t read all seven pages of a document that had been submitted to him was irrisponsible but that’s normal!
It’s the system that needs to be changed first. Then we should look at the parties involved. Believe me, nothing would make me happier than to see FF and the greens and every other party for that matter out of Lenster house because in my belief their all a shower of incompedant wasters.
http://www.digitaldarragh.com/post/There-goes-the-sun.aspx
February 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am
I’m not sure I have a great deal of faith in the other parties either but something has to give.
February 20th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I agree with every single word twenty. I sent the below to Trevor Sargent last week when the Greens voted with FF to suspend Roisin Shortall
Hello,
I live in North County Dublin. I have never voted FF in my life. I have always voted Green. That is in the past.
What the f**k kind of petty shite is this? Voting to suspend Shortall.
Charlie Haughey, Ray Burke and GV Wright were all caught with money sticking up their hole; you have your priorities up your hole.
You should be getting these FF imbeciles and Mary Harney – one of the biggest spoofers on the planet – out of power instead of concentrating on petty political point-scoring.
You’ve voted to suspend one of the few people who actually was doing her “patriotic duty.” – and not with a silly smirk on her face like Lenehin had on.
Mary harney said to your leader – “A bad day in power is still better than a good one in opposition” – you seem to have taken that to heart from the lady who let FF get away with murder for the last ten years.
Your moral authority is shot.
Rgds,
February 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Cheers Twenty,its friday the sun is shining in my part of the world.I was all set for a happy,funny, feces related post from you..
But you are having a Protest meeting…balls..
Right.Grumpy head on..
February 20th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I voted fucking Green, thinking if they held the balance of power they could do some good and keep the gov honest.
Man I was fucking deluded, I can’t WAIT for those cunts to knock on my door next time round…
February 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am
see the banks have started to repossess houses now.
at best its naive but didnt we just help them keep their houses.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am
In fairness i think some of the greens are sickened by their own party.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:27 am
If The Greens step down form the Govt.Would that mean a General Election would have to be called by Biffo?
February 20th, 2009 at 10:31 am
“Except in other countries there’s accountability. White collar criminals are sent to jail”
Watch this space – says I more in hope than expectation. There is a guilty plea to price fixing up for sentencing in the Central Criminal Court on Monday – a White Collar Thieving Cunt and his company. He was part of a car sales cartel that cost the Irish consumer millions over about eight years. What a fucking brass neck it takes to maintain a conspiracy of 20 or so individuals for eight years. How dumb were we?
Will he get jail? my bollix! I’m betting on a fine of about €20,000 by way of post-dated licence for his gouged out profits and a suspended sentence of three months.
February 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am
No one, not one single person, has ever gone to jail in Ireland for a tax crime. Beverly Flynn, who facilitated the crime, is back in government. Enough said.
February 20th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Beverly Flynn is a fucking disgrace and anyone who voted for her should be ashamed of themselves.
February 20th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Well said.
The Greens are the new PDs.
My own thinking is to get involved in the local/European elections in June – get as many FF+Greens out of political office.
February 20th, 2009 at 11:56 am
The answer is simple – Vote Unionist !
( The moral being – politicans everywhere are cunts and crooks – just some are less blatent)
February 20th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
It’s hard to argue with what you write about Irish politicians in general,Twenty, and I am very disappointed in the Greens especially,because I expected a lot of them, but bear in mind what Machiavelli wrote: “In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.”
February 20th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
My own thinking is to get involved in the local/European elections in June – get as many FF+Greens out of political office.
How involved?
Unionist, heh.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
The Golden Circle are “heroes” – http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0220/banks.html
February 20th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I couldn’t give a fuck about the Greens. I want to see FF destroyed. Those fucking cunts have wrecked our country for decades. Patriots my hole.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
But even with all this going on, when we’re seeing how corrupt they really are, there’s a large percentage of people that will still vote for them. And vote for them. And vote for them.
Of course I’d love to see the fuckers pay for it properly but I don’t think it’ll happen.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
itchybollix Says:
February 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am
“No one, not one single person, has ever gone to jail in Ireland for a tax crime”.
Not quite true, CAB have had a couple of convictions and jail time. Goes to show what a pack of ineffective cunts there are in Revenue that it takes another agency to do their work.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Work for candidate(s) who are not mired in corruption.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
The sister just dropped me off a packet of Jammy Joeys -she wants a favour – am I corrupted ? You bet!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Twenty for president
February 20th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Mr Twenty, thank you for your interest in the Green Party. For future reference, my name is spelt thus: Gormley.
Now, if you excuse me, I have to go back to being rogered by Brian and the lads.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Lads we are missing the real victim in this..
Yes that right,The West Coast Rapper Karupt!
What will he do if we stamp out corruption?
He had a similar problem in 1994 when for a split second he was accused of giving a fuck about a bitch and i qoute:
“If Karupt gave a fuck about a bitch,
He’d always be broke,
He’d never have no Muthafuckin’ Endo to smoke”
I mean if we go after corruption,their is going to be innocent victims..
..I’ll get me coat…
February 20th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Twenty, you’re right about there being gobshites who will vote for FF no matter what they do!
As for the Greens, when this house of cards finally collapses, it will bury them and they will NEVER get the chance to smirk and preen on telly, as TDs or anything else, ever again.
They are a shower of preaching, uptight, power hungry, ruthlessly ambitious con men and women!!
February 20th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
at least an election might take our minds off things.. But for the people who voted for FF last time, who are the alternative? Kenny and the boys? Or those utter cunts that are labour? I’m thinking of moving to Africa where they have politicians you can vote for!
February 20th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Meanwhile,back in reality land..
Crimes against humanity do not go unpunished..
http://tinyurl.com/bjkwdd
Disgraceful..
February 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Jesus Christ
February 20th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Yez are all great at bitching’ about FF, but what will yez do when that other shower of cunts Fine Gael get into power? West fuckin’ Brits the lot of them!
February 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Fill3r…
“Meanwhile,back in reality land..
Crimes against humanity do not go unpunished..
http://tinyurl.com/bjkwdd
Disgraceful..”
Fuckin’ hell. 60 quid in 1984 and he’s up for sentencing. WTF???
He should have just borrowed a couple of hundred million and he wouldn’t be in this pickle.
Seriously, though, that article right there is a valid reason to violently pull the system apart. It’s almost funny, it’s so ridiculous.
But it’s not funny. Not even a little bit.
Maybe it’s not real. Tell me it’s a joke thing.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
… the poor would be born without arseholes.
http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/ideysnmhey/
February 20th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
There are so many layers of Irony in that article that the universe could implode if we arent careful..
February 20th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Anyone know how to make a Molotov cocktail?
February 20th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
3 shots of vodka, 1 brandy, lime juice, soda water, brown sugar and …
…oh.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Now where did i leave that Rage against the machine cd? Oh there it is-check
..Ché Guevara t-shirt -Check
Socialist Workers party placard- Check
Phone credit to call daddy- check
Right,lets have a spoonfed-cunt revolution..
February 20th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Someone wants to know how to make a Molotov cocktail. The original design is here. The company that made them is still in business, but nowadays better known for Finlandia Vodka.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail
February 20th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
chuntzu Says:
February 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
itchybollix Says:
February 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am
“No one, not one single person, has ever gone to jail in Ireland for a tax crime”.
Not quite true, CAB have had a couple of convictions and jail time. Goes to show what a pack of ineffective cunts there are in Revenue that it takes another agency to do their work.
let me qualify that chuntzu; No white collar person. Though, as someone once said “it’s ok to drink your drug”
February 20th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
You’re back – brilliant! I need to pay more attention.
February 20th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
indeed Boyo, indeed
February 20th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Er, the Green Party’s ratings actually went up in the latest set of opinion polls….
February 20th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Those crazy Germans !
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090220/tod-oukoe-uk-germany-teeth-1a5e080.html
February 21st, 2009 at 3:15 am
Good luck tomorrow, Twenny!
February 21st, 2009 at 8:09 am
I dicovered the real origin of the word “politics”
It comes from “poli” which means “many” and “ticks” which means “bloodsucking parasites”…
February 21st, 2009 at 8:14 am
“maggot Says:
February 20th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Those crazy Germans !
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090220/tod-oukoe-uk-germany-teeth-1a5e080.html
Hee-hee, but do you think it couldn’t happen in Ireland?
If you ever get a dick transplant, be sure and pay your bill at once or they’ll come to repossess it.
February 21st, 2009 at 11:15 am
To be fair, you were never really a supporter of the green party anyway. Even if they did everything you asked you’d still abuse them.
I agree with what you say though.
February 21st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Brilliant! I took Roderick in DW (Green Candidate) to task after the last election when the Greens abandoned same-sex civil marriage and opted for the partnership approach from the Soldiers of Density (you may use that term, if you like!) and I was immediately persuaded that the Greens would sacrifice any principle in the name of getting into power. They’re now finished, and so will Biffo and the bigfoot crew come the next election…. keep up the great commentary… love the new book too.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
I always thought african politicians were the only ones that behaved like that. Except for the names and places what you have described is the politics in south africa.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 pm
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-nation-faces-ruin-as-our-tds-squabble-1649050.html
a source close to the government is quoted as saying:
“An all-party government, drawn from the main parties for a three-year period, with the possibility of extending it, is what is needed.”
“A new national government would need some exceptional powers for at least three years to insulate it against the unpopularity of the decisions that have to be made.”
so there we have it – FF dont want to face the electorate.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:51 am
While I agree that it would be sensible to have parts of the Opposition in Govt instead of Heckling from the sidelines.THe fact is that the current front bench FF’s should be sacked or resign..
June 7th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
with any luck the public will make it quite clear what they think of that when the time comes to vote again.
Clever clogs!
June 8th, 2009 at 9:17 am
[...] his seat on Dublin City Council. Ha and indeed ha. And the Greens, talk about paying the price.I wrote something a while back saying they’d suffer for their association with the most inept, crooked government of all [...]
June 8th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I want this shower to remain in power, they created the f**ckin mess now let them sort it out. As soon as that is done vote them out and make sure they never return.
These c**ts insist on pandering to the Public Sector, with their guarenteed jobs, guarenteed pay increases, guarenteed pensions. There are only 350,000 of them. We’ve now got 400,000 unemployed and soon to be 500,000. If they had sacked 100,000 of them and given an increase in social welfare to the 400,000 they could have bought the election. They are that thick they cant even do the maths.
October 12th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Fandabidosy political system, 2% of the vote and you get to make the most important decision in the history of the country.
The green party should be shipped en mass to the north pole to act as Santas helpers for evermore.
Programme for goverment my fuckin hairy Scots arse, programme for holdin on to the power we should be nowhere near.
Time for a mass demonstration to end this fuckin madness, do what it takes to get these cunts out.