Monthly Archives: September 2009
The clock is wrong
My poo clock is all off. Normally I’ve done at least one before midday. Today, so far, nothing. This is worrying. Very worrying indeed.
Boris Yeltsin is a legend
From today’s Indo: Boris Yeltsin got so drunk during a 1995 visit to Washington that Secret Service agents found him a few hundred feet from the White House clad only in his underwear and trying to hail a cab because, … Continue reading
Ryanair error message
About as helpful as their check-in staff. [photopress:ryanair.jpg,thumb,pp_image]
Adverbaciously
Richard Logdon woke with a start. ‘My God’, he thought breathlessly, ‘someone is shining an enormous light in to the room’. He rubbed his eyes, pupils smallening at the brightness. Then it struck him, like a parent softening up a … Continue reading
Grrr
There are many things which make me angry. This government, everyone in the government, other people, other people’s friends, footballers, people who don’t understand what the indicators in their cars are for, taxi drivers (most of whom belong to that … Continue reading
Other people are cunts
See there’s a conference in Dublin about childhood obesity? Apparently Ireland is home to Europe’s largest, in every sense, collection of pre-pubescent porkers. This is because Irish children are cossetted sloths, who eat badly and are ferried here, there and … Continue reading
NAMA debate
Have been watching this all afternoon. Lenihan’s proposals and performance laughable. Using quotes from Obama pathetic and people were actually laughing at him in the house. He was heckled like a shit stand-up. Richard Bruton and Joan Burton have essentially … Continue reading
It’s gonna start getting ugly
As the Lisbon vote gets nearer and nearer you can’t help think that the campaigning, the propaganda, the media blitzes and everything else is going to start getting nasty. Yesterday it emerged that UKIP Party was getting involved. According to … Continue reading
Confused somewhat
Ad on the radio: “Why use another directory enquiries service when 11890 will text you the number for free?! See our website for pricing information”. I’m pretty sure I know what free is supposed to mean. Stupid fake Dev.
More on O’Donoghue
So today’s Indo reports that John O’Donoghue has hired his own political advisor on a €90,000 salary despite using the fact his position is ‘non-political’ to avoid answering questions about his outrageous abuse of expenses. That’s a fucking cushty number, … Continue reading
So today’s Indo reports that John O’Donoghue has hired his own political advisor on a €90,000 salary despite using the fact his position is ‘non-political’ to avoid answering questions about his outrageous abuse of expenses.
That’s a fucking cushty number, isn’t it?
“You sir, are my political advisor. You have a monthly salary of €7,500″
“Splendid. Would you like some political advice?”
“Not at all, sure my office is non-political”.
More waste. Honestly, if this man had a shred of dignity he’d resign, but then politicians here don’t do that. Despite all the corruption, the overspending, taking advantage of the expenses systems, the planning kickbacks, sheer ineptitude and everything else, when is the last time a politican resigned rather than just wait for everything to blow over?
I can’t remember.
John O’Donoghue wrote a letter to the members of Dáil Éireann to explain the media coverage of his expenses. Not once did it occur to him to apologise to the public for spending our money to provide himself with a lifestyle only he felt he should be entitled to. It is arrogance of the highest order yet it remains unchecked.
The problem is that these people are answerable to nobody. We know the FF party are not going to deal with it. I mean, if they make an example of O’Donoghue there’d be plenty more shitting their pants and it’d make even bigger hypocrites of them considering what they’ve let go in the past.
It’d be nice to see an opposition leader with the balls to say O’Donoghue should resign. Again the problem is that they’re all afraid. If Gilmore or Kenny does that then they’re in no position to resist if it’s discovered one of their boys has been a little over-zealous their expenses. And they cannot be sure that’s not the case so there’s no pressure, bar what you see in the media and online.
So the system has to change. It’s very easy to ensure politicians expenses are correct. A system where they have to provide receipts. A system where they have to clock in and out of the Dáil so they can’t claim attendance fees and overnight stays when they weren’t there. A system where all the money they claim is checked and that information made public.
Simple. That is transparency. Then we can see who does what for our money. OUR money. When they spend our money we are entitled to know how they are doing it, when they are doing it, how often they are doing, with whom they are doing and everything else. When they’re going to fleece us and tax the shit out of us in the next budget then to let this issue go on without addressing it is unacceptable.
Still, bottom line is that John O’Donoghue should resign. He’s a disgrace. A relic of the olden days and unless we condemn these self-entitled thieves to the past then things will never get better.
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Finally, if you haven’t bookmarked Gavin’s Blog then please do so. What he’s been doing with the FOI documents and ensuring stories like O’Donoghue have, at last, got the kind of media coverage they deserve is fantastic.
Keep it up, Gavin.