Comments on: Bottling out http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: irishflirtysomething http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 irishflirtysomething Mon, 07 May 2007 11:14:05 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2271 Bloody hell, I go away for a few days and the govt is on the verge of collapse. Should I stay away a bit longer next time? Bloody hell, I go away for a few days and the govt is on the verge of collapse. Should I stay away a bit longer next time?

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 Grandad Mon, 07 May 2007 08:04:33 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2272 Hah! They <em>promised</em> a lot of things!!! Hah! They promised a lot of things!!!

]]> By: thepillionpassenger http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 thepillionpassenger Sun, 06 May 2007 20:54:13 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2273 It might be more of a blogger's election if a certain government 'rolled out' broadband to all as promised. It might be more of a blogger’s election if a certain government ‘rolled out’ broadband to all as promised.

]]> By: Ian http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2275 Ian Sun, 06 May 2007 19:30:27 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2275 Grandad, The opposition needs to get their voters disciplined to transfer properly. Daft things went on last time! If you are a sad person like me and into numbers, check: http://www.electionsireland.org/index.cfm Grandad,

The opposition needs to get their voters disciplined to transfer properly. Daft things went on last time!

If you are a sad person like me and into numbers, check:

http://www.electionsireland.org/index.cfm

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Grandad Sun, 06 May 2007 19:18:18 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2274 @Grannymar - I'm too old a dog to be changed. I would fight to the bitter end. Tony Gregory II. But I ain't going for election... ? @Dario - Please? Please? Please? Please? With a pretty cherry on top? @Grannymar – I’m too old a dog to be changed. I would fight to the bitter end. Tony Gregory II.

But I ain’t going for election… ?

@Dario – Please? Please? Please? Please? With a pretty cherry on top?

]]> By: Dario Sanchez http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Dario Sanchez Sun, 06 May 2007 17:41:29 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2276 I'm just after reading the <i>Sunday Tribune</i> - which has as much a hard-on for blogging as the <i>Sunday Indo</i> hates it - and it says that 2007 is being called the '<i>blogger's election</i>'. Yeah, this is the blogger's election in much the same way that a baby could fight Muhammad Ali in his prime. A website called irishelection.com gets 6,000 hits in a day - which proves that truly Irish people need something better to do than whinge about politics. Personally, I was thinking about seizing power and declaring a blanket ban on talking about politics. Anyone caught will be sent to live on the Blasket Islands. Want a ministerial position? Minister for Executing the Former Cabinet? I’m just after reading the Sunday Tribune – which has as much a hard-on for blogging as the Sunday Indo hates it – and it says that 2007 is being called the ‘blogger’s election‘.

Yeah, this is the blogger’s election in much the same way that a baby could fight Muhammad Ali in his prime. A website called irishelection.com gets 6,000 hits in a day – which proves that truly Irish people need something better to do than whinge about politics.

Personally, I was thinking about seizing power and declaring a blanket ban on talking about politics. Anyone caught will be sent to live on the Blasket Islands.
Want a ministerial position? Minister for Executing the Former Cabinet?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Grannymar Sun, 06 May 2007 17:06:46 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2277 Grandad If the electorate voted you in, would you change things or be changed by the system? Any young politican I know has gone in full of good intentions, only to slowly slip into the way of those who have gone before. Is there anyone who is a good honest politician? Grandad

If the electorate voted you in, would you change things or be changed by the system?

Any young politican I know has gone in full of good intentions, only to slowly slip into the way of those who have gone before.

Is there anyone who is a good honest politician?

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2284 Grandad Sun, 06 May 2007 15:15:07 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2284 I totally agree Dario. I always vote, because I think it is a duty to respect the rights granted by my forebears. But the reason we get the government we get, is that people vote for some geezer who fixed the pothole in their road, or because their family always voted that way. The electorate here just don't <em>think</em>. I totally agree Dario. I always vote, because I think it is a duty to respect the rights granted by my forebears.

But the reason we get the government we get, is that people vote for some geezer who fixed the pothole in their road, or because their family always voted that way.

The electorate here just don’t think.

]]> By: Dario Sanchez http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 Dario Sanchez Sun, 06 May 2007 14:33:34 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2283 While not voting would be a disrespect to those who died to get the vote, of the shower of pricks that are running right now, none are worth voting for. The sad thing is, you could have a fantastic, hard-working local candidate who's running for Fianna Fail. Vote for him, and you're casting a vote for Bertie. A true double-edged sword. While not voting would be a disrespect to those who died to get the vote, of the shower of pricks that are running right now, none are worth voting for.
The sad thing is, you could have a fantastic, hard-working local candidate who’s running for Fianna Fail.
Vote for him, and you’re casting a vote for Bertie. A true double-edged sword.

]]> By: Brianf http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Brianf Sun, 06 May 2007 14:08:55 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/05/06/bottling-out/#comment-2282 As I read this I kept stopping and double checking the names. I thought, for a second, you were writing a post about our state government. As I read this I kept stopping and double checking the names. I thought, for a second, you were writing a post about our state government.

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