Fianna Fail

Responding to damning criticism by the Comptroller and Auditor General over the €900,000 pay off to former FÁS Director General Rody Molloy, Tanaiste Mary Coughlan said on RTE (8th report).

We wanted to ensure that we did not find ourselves in a litigious situation whereby we would still be discussing this matter in the context of court proceedings as opposed to moving on in the best interests of the people who work for FAS and in the best interests of the taxpayer.

The first thing to be said about our incompetent Tanaiste is that she’s a liar. It has been established that she and Cowen lied regarding the question of legal advice surrounding Molly’s resignation.

With this in mind I don’t believe a word this woman says in the above quote. I believe the government took €900,000 of taxpayer’s money and gave it to Molly to keep his mouth shut.

What continues to astonish me is the abject docility of the Irish people. It seems our politicians can glibly throw out any excuse or lie to hide the truth with no fear whatsoever of possible consequences.

When low grade politicians like Coughlan make statements like the one quoted above they are in effect saying to the Irish people.

We have come to believe that you, the Irish people, are so stupid that you will believe anything we say no matter how ridiculous, no matter how dishonest and we will continue to treat you with the contempt that such stupidity deserves.

Giving the recent poll which indicates a dramatic rise in support for Fianna Fail I am beginning to believe they’re right.

I see former Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue has been appointed to the Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs.

Such bizarre appointments are not unusual in Irish politics. For example, the corrupt Fianna Fail politician Liam Lawlor was once appointed to an ethics committee.

Brian Cowen initially rejected an inquiry into the banking crisis because of the damage it could cause to the country’s international reputation.

On the Sunday Supplement this morning Mary Hanafin said that not having an inquiry could cause damage to the country’s international reputation.

The truth is that it is this political hypocrisy/dishonesty that has destroyed the country’s reputation.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin made a royal sweep down the stairs to announce to the nation that lone parent allowances are to be phased out.

It’s not a financial issue she glibly lied; it’s a social policy issue. She gave three reasons for this new ‘social policy’.

The child of a lone parent is four times more likely to be in poverty than in any other family.

The lone parent herself is most unlikely to take up full time employment because she becomes quite attached to the social welfare payment.

The payment mitigates against stable relationships and marriage.

Am I getting over sensitive or is this an incredibly arrogant and patronizing attitude towards those receiving welfare allowances?

“Fuck you” said Green TD Paul Gogarty to Labour TD Emmet Stagg during a hot budget debate in the Dail.

The Irish Independent provides a full list of words that are prohibited in our (corrupt) parliament.

• Brat, acting the brat
• Buffoon, buffoonery
• Chancer
• Communist
• Corner boy
• Coward
• Fascist, fascist minister
• Gurrier
• Guttersnipe
• Hypocrite, bloody hypocrites, hypocrisy, etc
• Rat
• Scumbag
• Scurrilous, scurrilous speaker
• Yahoo

In a way this list makes sense because it reflects a reality that our incompetent and corrupt politicians would prefer to ignore. Take the chancer Bertie Ahern for example.

While the most severe budget in the history of the state was being debated he was traveling around Kerry promoting his rag of a book.

To ensure the comfort and safety of this hypocritical scumbag the screwed taxpayer is forced to provide him with a limousine, driver and two bodyguards.