Lets do this with people power and good will

road_2_damascus · 06-02-2009 2:10am #1

Come on everyone, we now have an opportunity to make this country a better place, without having to hang on with baited breath to hear what flimsy ecconomic based solutions our so called leaders declare upon us each week.
Let us all, employed, unemployed, make a positive contribution to our country by taking action immediately. There is an abundance of work to be done in the country. Where you may ask? Everywhere is the answer. Let us show to the international community that Ireland will not take this crisis lying down, we have always weathered the storm and picked ourselves up in the eleventh hour. It is not the eleventh hour yet, but it could be if we continue to dwell on the negative and feel sorry for ourselves.
1. Look after our elderly neighbours. Have them over to dinner, fix up their houses that they cant afford to do on their pensions. Make sure they have fuel for the fire, they helped us create the country we now live in.

2. Share your skills. Rather than charge for work you do, excahnge a favour. Im sure that a compromise can be reached between people.

3. Volunteer. Dont just sign the dole and go home to play the PS2 or online poker, get out there and contribute, otherwise this country will crumble before our eyes.

Let us prove that money will not pollute our society.
Never see a need without doing something about it

gandhi123 · 06-02-2009 2:13am

you do know this is AH??:o

Run_to_da_hills · 06-02-2009 2:13am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

1. Look after our elderly neighbours. Have them over to dinner, fix up their houses that they cant afford to do on their pensions.

So you can move in with them when your house gets repossessed. :rolleyes:

KnifeWRENCH · 06-02-2009 2:14am

Meh. Apathy and selfishness have served me well for 19 years, I ain't goin' changing now.

Latchy · 06-02-2009 2:16am

'' We are the world , we are the children , we are the ones who make a brighter day , so let's start giving '' .............ah fcuk dis ****

deadhead13 · 06-02-2009 2:16am

Its cold outside.

One Cold Hand · 06-02-2009 2:19am

4. Lock yourself in a bomb shelter with a tonne of pot noodles, a roll of toilet paper and a few copies of hustler and wait it out.

Senna · 06-02-2009 2:21am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

Come on everyone, we now have an opportunity to make this country a better place, without having to hang on with baited breath to hear what flimsy ecconomic based solutions our so called leaders declare upon us each week.
Let us all, employed, unemployed, make a positive contribution to our country by taking action immediately. There is an abundance of work to be done in the country. Where you may ask? Everywhere is the answer. Let us show to the international community that Ireland will not take this crisis lying down, we have always weathered the storm and picked ourselves up in the eleventh hour. It is not the eleventh hour yet, but it could be if we continue to dwell on the negative and feel sorry for ourselves.
1. Look after our elderly neighbours. Have them over to dinner, fix up their houses that they cant afford to do on their pensions. Make sure they have fuel for the fire, they helped us create the country we now live in.

2. Share your skills. Rather than charge for work you do, excahnge a favour. Im sure that a compromise can be reached between people.

3. Volunteer. Dont just sign the dole and go home to play the PS2 or online poker, get out there and contribute, otherwise this country will crumble before our eyes.

Let us prove that money will not pollute our society.
Never see a need without doing something about it

Nice plan, wont happen in Ireland, but Disney might buy the story.

Steoob · 06-02-2009 2:25am

We've got to work for a better futu-u-u-ure,
We've got to join hands for tomorro-o-o-w.
Take the first step and you will see-e-e:
The future begins with you and me-e-e.

We can start to make a differe-e-ence
If we want it for our childre-e-en.
Recycle that can and plant that tree-e-e,
'cause the future begins with you and me-e-e.

The future begins with you and me-e-e.

Insect Overlord · 06-02-2009 2:26am

Pfft, communist :rolleyes:

/edit

nice Southpark reference Steoob!

amacachi · 06-02-2009 2:27am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

1. Look after our elderly neighbours. Have them over to dinner, fix up their houses that they cant afford to do on their pensions. Make sure they have fuel for the fire, they helped us create the country we now live in.

It's true, old people love voting Fianna Fáil.

Heisenberg. · 06-02-2009 2:28am

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KerranJast · 06-02-2009 2:31am

You'll have to prize my Euros from my cold dead hands. I didn't splurge during the Celtic Tiger and I'll be damned if I'm going to give up my hard earned cash to help out those who did. :mad:

road_2_damascus · 06-02-2009 2:39am

Im doing this as we speak... Im helping the homeless, and the elderly... interesting to see the responses so far. If I was in charge of the EU cheque book, I would have to say the the Irish have turned ungrateful and obnoxious...they deserve whats coming soon

Steoob · 06-02-2009 2:43am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

Im doing this as we speak... Im helping the homeless, and the elderly... interesting to see the responses so far. If I was in charge of the EU cheque book, I would have to say the the Irish have turned ungrateful and obnoxious...they deserve whats coming soon

dude, once again, THIS IS AFTER HOURS

Run_to_da_hills · 06-02-2009 2:45am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

Im doing this as we speak... Im helping the homeless, and the elderly... interesting to see the responses so far. If I was in charge of the EU cheque book, I would have to say the the Irish have turned ungrateful and obnoxious...they deserve whats coming soon

Why, because we voted no :rolleyes:?

KnifeWRENCH · 06-02-2009 2:55am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

If I was in charge of the EU cheque book, I would have to say the the Irish have turned ungrateful and obnoxious...they deserve whats coming soon

Ah c'est Monsieur Sarkozy, oui?

AlmightyCushion · 06-02-2009 3:05am

road_2_damascus wrote: »

PRICK

Watch the abuse. It won't be tolerated here.

road_2_damascus · 06-02-2009 3:17am

Steoob wrote: »

dude, once again, THIS IS AFTER HOURS

Sorry for my outbusrt! All the best, and thanks for reading my original post, again, apologies. I feel strongly about this. Thanks

badabinbadaboom · 06-02-2009 3:26am

Once people get out of the materialistic celtic tiger mindset it might happen.
However I currently do not see any needs that I can fill, and I dont hear the required gentle violin music which will play during the montage of trees being planted and old peoples houses being repaired.

Seriously though I wish it was a reality, instead of all this talk "kick out the government" etc, how about just making the world a nicer place in the mean time?

Gone West · 06-02-2009 3:45am

get a blog.

Professey Chin · 06-02-2009 4:30am

Steoob wrote: »

We've got to work for a better futu-u-u-ure,
We've got to join hands for tomorro-o-o-w.
Take the first step and you will see-e-e:
The future begins with you and me-e-e.

We can start to make a differe-e-ence
If we want it for our childre-e-en.
Recycle that can and plant that tree-e-e,
'cause the future begins with you and me-e-e.

The future begins with you and me-e-e.

This is pretty ghey.
Back in the pile?? BACK IN THE PILE!!!!!

dey tuk uur jerbs

tech77 · 06-02-2009 6:54am

What kinda thread title is "let's do this with people power and good will".
Ghey...

road_2_damascus · 06-02-2009 1:10pm

badabinbadaboom wrote: »

Once people get out of the materialistic celtic tiger mindset it might happen.
However I currently do not see any needs that I can fill, and I dont hear the required gentle violin music which will play during the montage of trees being planted and old peoples houses being repaired.

Seriously though I wish it was a reality, instead of all this talk "kick out the government" etc, how about just making the world a nicer place in the mean time?

You are right... airwaves have been dominated by politicians and commentators engaging in one-up-man-ship and political points scoring, leave them at it; hopefully some desperate, semi-detatched suburban Mr. Smith, will appear in the Dail soon armed with an AK47 and rid us of the lot of them as in the film, Falling Down.
As for the tree planting gentle violin music, Im afraid we dont share the same vision mate. I know some people that need home help and they dont have any. Imagine not being able to open a f*king tin because of the arthritis in your hands, I know a woman that has to walk 2 miles to the shop, she is almost crippled and depends on lifts from passing traffic. She is 80. Meawhile we choose to fill our houses with useless junk and distractions, and our bodies full of recreational drugs and alcohol, the country is now, full of spoilt w**kers, that sit infront of Playstation, smoking up and drawing the dole, and complain of having to take a drop in their lifestyles..if you people are reading this, you know who you are. Ly in your stuppered state while you can staring at the box n the corner, it will be very different times come April

Steoob · 06-02-2009 1:25pm

whats happening in april?

road_2_damascus · 06-02-2009 1:43pm

Steoob wrote: »

whats happening in april?

Dollar crash
this is one of hundreds of similar clips on the subject...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djgH9wA-JSU

ScumLord · 06-02-2009 1:55pm

road_2_damascus wrote: »

I would have to say the the Irish have turned ungrateful and obnoxious...they deserve whats coming soon

Cake?

Your right though, what annoys me about this recession is people did their work, paid their money and did nothing wrong. It's not like the actual make up of workers changed or we did less work. Why do we rely on such a brittle system like the world economy. How can a completely imaginary thing destroy real physical work.

The hole system is wasteful and isn't in the best interest of the people. While we've got allot from it really all we've gotten is the crumbs off the 1%.

MT2 · 06-02-2009 3:17pm

I'm with you OP! Good for you!

stovelid · 06-02-2009 3:28pm

road_2_damascus wrote: »

2. Share your skills. Rather than charge for work you do, excahnge a favour. Im sure that a compromise can be reached between people.

I hear ya.

I'm sick of offering odd jobs to the convent school next door in exchange for a go on some of the sixth-years, and no joy.

Their cynicism and materialism sickens me.

Turd Ferguson · 06-02-2009 4:04pm

1. Look after our elderly neighbours. Have them over to dinner, fix up their houses that they cant afford to do on their pensions. Make sure they have fuel for the fire, they helped us create the country we now live in.

Have them over for dinner...you mean eat them?
And for the fuel you can use things such as jumpers, wooden legs, priceless heirlooms, wigs, medication etc...

2. Share your skills. Rather than charge for work you do, excahnge a favour. Im sure that a compromise can be reached between people.

I tried that before. Kicking an 87 year old womans ass in Halo is alot less fun than you would think

3. Volunteer. Dont just sign the dole and go home to play the PS2 or online poker, get out there and contribute, otherwise this country will crumble before our eyes.

I agree. Even though you dont get paid you can always rob these old people. Most of them have alzheimers so they probably wont even notice, and the majority have some pretty expensive and rare stuff that you could make a bundle on if you sell through eBay

road_2_damascus · 11-02-2009 3:37pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Have them over for dinner...you mean eat them?
And for the fuel you can use things such as jumpers, wooden legs, priceless heirlooms, wigs, medication etc...

I tried that before. Kicking an 87 year old womans ass in Halo is alot less fun than you would think

I agree. Even though you dont get paid you can always rob these old people. Most of them have alzheimers so they probably wont even notice, and the majority have some pretty expensive and rare stuff that you could make a bundle on if you sell through eBay

Great user name, by the way, your kind should be put down like a rabid mutt

Lets do this with people power and good will

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