http://www.publicinquiry.eu/2008/09/17/pds-drown-in-fianna-fail-sewer/ Examining corruption in Ireland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.publicinquiry.eu/2008/09/17/pds-drown-in-fianna-fail-sewer/comment-page-1/#comment-169326 ferdia2010 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:03:11 +0000 http://www.publicinquiry.eu/?p=892#comment-169326 My belief is that very few people will mourn the passing of the PD's. A party that was unashamedly for the rich and the better off whilst the rest of the population should be content with low wage rates and go live in a shanty town. In later years the PD's were little more than a "whipping boy" for fianna fail and now they must be wondering if the Greens will take their place. My belief is that very few people will mourn the passing of the PD’s. A party that was unashamedly for the rich and the better off whilst the rest of the population should be content with low wage rates and go live in a shanty town. In later years the PD’s were little more than a “whipping boy” for fianna fail and now they must be wondering if the Greens will take their place.

]]> http://www.publicinquiry.eu/2008/09/17/pds-drown-in-fianna-fail-sewer/comment-page-1/#comment-169251 spacedog Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:07:49 +0000 http://www.publicinquiry.eu/?p=892#comment-169251 PD's "values" always took a back seat to placating business interests above the interests of the people they were elected to represent. they tried to put a modern airbrushed face on political corruption, by adopting the globalisation economic model, Michael McDowell's attempted implementation and support of of phone tapping, data retention, mandatory identity cards, and excessive police powers in his criminal justice act. The PDs tried to replace one kind of corruption with another, cleaner kind of corruption possible, where political donations from lobby groups were legalised or loopholed into legality. mush like in the united states. fianna fail like to do it the old fashioned way, in the pub with a handshake and a wink. PD’s “values” always took a back seat to placating business interests above the interests of the people they were elected to represent. they tried to put a modern airbrushed face on political corruption, by adopting the globalisation economic model, Michael McDowell’s attempted implementation and support of of phone tapping, data retention, mandatory identity cards, and excessive police powers in his criminal justice act. The PDs tried to replace one kind of corruption with another, cleaner kind of corruption possible, where political donations from lobby groups were legalised or loopholed into legality. mush like in the united states. fianna fail like to do it the old fashioned way, in the pub with a handshake and a wink.

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