The Tsunami is upon us

It is evident from listening to recent media coverage that the full realisation of the disaster about to befall our country is, finally, beginning to hit home.

Panic is now the dominant emotion running through all the (totally irrelevant) discussion on what needs to be done to save ourselves.

The following are some quotes from my assessment of the crisis since October 2008.

Musings while waiting for the Tsunami

October 23, 2008

We’re in a moment just like that before a Tsunami strikes. The sea is sucked out a great distance from the shore and people, in their ignorance and excitement, rush out to stare at beached fish flapping about. There’s absolutely no realisation of what’s just beyond the horizon.

In the shadow of the Tsunami

April 8, 2009

Irish citizens are beginning to realise that their politicians are incompetent and to a large extent, corrupt. They are beginning to realise that our corrupt system of administration will always give priority to favoured sections of society.

They are beginning to realise that in the coming year or two they are going to be stripped clean of most of their assets.
The question is – will they tolerate it?

The tsunami is about to strike

October 21, 2009

Countless thousands are going to lose everything. The Government will not succeed in resolving the crisis; they simply do not have the experience, vision or intelligence to deal with such a massive crisis.

The country’s economy will end up administrated by the IMF and/EU bureaucrats, we will, effectively, lose our sovereignty. There will be no return to normality in the short or even the medium term. Ireland is looking down the dark tunnel of a prolonged and dangerous depression where it’s every man for himself.

The best Irish citizens can hope for is that the coming tsunami, as it destroys all their wealth and dreams, also sweeps away the entire rotten system and all those who support and defend it.

All talk about the crisis is now irrelevant – it’s too late. All talk about an election is irrelevant – it’s too late. All talk about a national government is irrelevant – It’s too late.

The people of Ireland need to focus on just one thing at this time – the complete destruction of the corrupt political and administrative system that has betrayed Ireland.

Only then can we begin (for the first time in our history) to build a real democratic republic.

McCreevy infected by 'ethics' disease

Reports are coming in that former European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has been admitted to an institution for the criminally insane.

Sources say that McCreevy became confused and went a bit mad after an EU ethics committee insisted that he take his responsibilities seriously and resign from his position as director of a London bank.

The ethics committee had informed McCreevy last August that his position represented a conflict of interest and that he must resign.

A spokesman for the lunatic asylum said that while Mr. McCreevy had been provided with a dictionary and now understood the meaning of the word ‘ethics’ he was, tragically, clinically incapable of actually acting out the concept.

A spokesman for the Irish government said that although ‘ethics’ had infected all other Western democracies, Ireland, principally through the unceasing efforts of Fianna Fail, was entirely free of the dangerous disease.

Citizens have been warned to keep a sharp lookout for any signs of the deadly infection and report any incidences to the Minister for the Prevention of Ethical Diseases – Senator Ivor Callely.

Home

During my adventure to Australia I took off and landed in the following airports – Abu Dhabi (twice), Sydney (three times), Uluru (Ayers Rock), Melbourne and Singapore. From the smallest to the largest all these airports were modern, well designed and efficiently run.

At Dublin, traffic congestion resulted in a wait of nearly half hour on a taxiing runway before disembarking. We were then processed in a dirty, pokey immigration area accompanied by a background noise from a tinny PA system apologising for the chaos caused by the accidental triggering of an alarm system.

I was home.

When will someone go to prison?

FitzPatrick still living high life

Every week our Government steals €210m from us and gives it to Sean FitzPatrick’s ruined bank, so that he and the rest of his ilk can carry on living the high life.

The NAMA scam was set up to assist them — those who passed on good tips to Bertie and co in the Galway tent of corruption.

Who shared in the millions of euro for the so-called advice that Cowen and Lenihan sought to pull this con on the people?

Why are the debt collectors not sent after the people who owe the money? Why is FitzPatrick still living in the lap of luxury?

When will someone go to prison?

James Rogers
Rosslare, Co Wexford

Irish Independent
Monday September 06 2010

Callely: Formal complaint

To Whom It May Concern,

I wish to formally lodge a complaint under the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995.

The complaint concerns an article in the Sunday Tribune newspaper on the 22nd August 2010 which outlined the following expense claims made by then junior minister, Ivor Callely.

Claimed 5,000 miles per month in expenses during his term as junior minister at the Department of Health even though he lived less than three miles from his office.

Claimed for the 5,000 miles (the maximum allowed) even when he had been out of the country on government business, including March 2003 when he was away for at least eight days on trips to France, England, Malta and Slovakia.

Claimed the maximum allowed mileage for May 2003 even though he spent seven days in the US during that month.

Claimed for more than a dozen dining expenses at the Leinster House restaurant. These particular claims were questioned by the department but were eventually paid out.

I request that these claims be investigated to clarify what appear to be very serious inconsistencies.

I include below a full reproduction of the newspaper article

Yours sincerely

Anthony Sheridan

28th August 2010

Gardai: Waiting for political instructions on the Callely case

On the 4th of August last Paul Gogarty TD went to his local Garda station and requested that an investigation be launched into Senator Callely’s expense claims.

Over three weeks on and we’re still waiting for the Gardai to begin an investigation.

Here’s what’s happening.

The Gardai are delaying any investigation in the hope that the matter will be resolved politically.

The politicians are desperately trying to get rid of Callely before he further exposes just how corrupt the expenses system really is.

The Gardai will take no further action until they receive instructions from their political masters.

This is how things are done in a banana republic.