The Jig Is Up: Irish Central Bank Governor

[Animavore]

Looks like we're England's bitch again :sighsm:

[Clinton Huxley]

Looks like we're England's bitch again :sighsm:

Make us a sammidge.

[stripes4]

Polish my shoes and wipe my English arse. Thankyou.

[Animavore]

you won't be laughing when you ask for the money back and Martin McGuinness says, 'What money?'
not laughing at all.

[klr]

Hold on ... general election in January, or thereabouts. The Green party (minority government party) are pulling the plug:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1122/politics.html

Let the political bloodbath begin ...

[DRSB]

Eating the Irish
By PAUL KRUGMAN

"What we need now is another Jonathan Swift."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/opini ... f=homepage

[Hermit]

Thanks for the link, Deersbee. That article answers the questions I had about the situation in Ireland, except for this one: What was the rationale for nationalising private (bank) debts?

[klr]

Thanks for the link, Deersbee. That article answers the questions I had about the situation in Ireland, except for this one: What was the rationale for nationalising private (bank) debts?

If I ever get an answer, I'll tell you. Of course, there are already lots of answers out there, but they tend to be mutually exclusive ...

Of course, everyone now is saying that it was crazy to guarantee all the bondholders up to the hilt. Except for those directly engaged in the current "negotiations", who are predictably circumspect whenever the question is put to them.

Things should become clearer in the next 30 hours or so, but that doesn't mean that they will be settled. Not by a long shot.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

International creditors will accept payment in Guinness. How many pints does £7 Billion buy?

The way things are going about one and a half.

I still want my drop!

Might have to revert to the non-cultivated variety if things carry on like this.

Does wild Guinness still grow in Ireland?

Ignoramus! It's mined for fuck's sake!

[klr]

It's now official, we are fucked. Thank you Europe. No wonder when you look at who we had at the negotiating table:



As to who has been (mis-)running the country for the past decade or so ...

[devogue]

A nice post on another forum...

We all know what is proposed in the ROI - the status quo with a lot more debt, the good times at an end but for a few. My proposal is the opposite direction -

1) Tell the IMF/EU to get stuffed.
2) Replace the current government with one selected from outside any current political party.
3) We all know who the culpable and corrupt are - jail them.
4) Plenty of houses to go around - cancel all mortgages, give every family their own house, debt free.
5) Get rid of all taxes and welfare and replace with a land value tax/citizen's income to pay for a basic public service of healthcare and essential services.
6) Aim to be self-sufficient in energy (and maybe food) production in less than a decade.
7) Allow small home grown businesses to thrive and form the new economy.

Send the message the the people are in charge, that they will create wealth for their country on their own terms and that spivs, chancers and wanabee politicians need not apply.

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/ ... pic=155268

Sounds good to me!

[klr]

A nice post on another forum...

We all know what is proposed in the ROI - the status quo with a lot more debt, the good times at an end but for a few. My proposal is the opposite direction -

1) Tell the IMF/EU to get stuffed.
2) Replace the current government with one selected from outside any current political party.
3) We all know who the culpable and corrupt are - jail them.
4) Plenty of houses to go around - cancel all mortgages, give every family their own house, debt free.
5) Get rid of all taxes and welfare and replace with a land value tax/citizen's income to pay for a basic public service of healthcare and essential services.
6) Aim to be self-sufficient in energy (and maybe food) production in less than a decade.
7) Allow small home grown businesses to thrive and form the new economy.

Send the message the the people are in charge, that they will create wealth for their country on their own terms and that spivs, chancers and wanabee politicians need not apply.

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/ ... pic=155268

Sounds good to me!

You didn't see that on Politics.ie by any chance? The more serious the situation, the more lunatics with crack-pot solutions crawl out of the woodwork.

Anyway, a brief synopsis, courtesy of Taiwanese news animation:


Surprisingly accurate, but since when have the Taiwanese liked Father Ted?

[devogue]

Well, it's good to see the Irish people taking matters in to their own hands and facing up to the enormity of the situation...

...by voting in Sinn Fein in Donegal.

[klr]

Well, it's good to see the Irish people taking matters in to their own hands and facing up to the enormity of the situation...

...by voting in Sinn Fein in Donegal.

Donegal people are odd, full stop.

[Hermit]

A nice post on another forum...

We all know what is proposed in the ROI - the status quo with a lot more debt, the good times at an end but for a few. My proposal is the opposite direction -

1) Tell the IMF/EU to get stuffed.
2) Replace the current government with one selected from outside any current political party.
3) We all know who the culpable and corrupt are - jail them.
4) Plenty of houses to go around - cancel all mortgages, give every family their own house, debt free.
5) Get rid of all taxes and welfare and replace with a land value tax/citizen's income to pay for a basic public service of healthcare and essential services.
6) Aim to be self-sufficient in energy (and maybe food) production in less than a decade.
7) Allow small home grown businesses to thrive and form the new economy.

Send the message the the people are in charge, that they will create wealth for their country on their own terms and that spivs, chancers and wanabee politicians need not apply.

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/ ... pic=155268

Sounds good to me!

You're joking, right? The author of those proposals is either a fucking nutcase, or taking the Mickey.