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State of the Nation address thread

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    #392
    chucken1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    Solnskaya wrote: »
    No I didn't. Anyway, I'm not being anti Irish, I love my country, but most of the people I deal with daily are well educated and worldly, yet those who represent us seem to be a self-serving gang of gob****e5 - why do so few of the bright, intelligent Irish people head into politics? Why does it seem to be the domain of Crombie wearing, gombeen cattle dealers?

    You want all politicians to sound like David Norris???


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    #393
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    You've never been to Mayo then, I take it.. believe me, Enda Kenny's accent is an uber posh Mayo accent.
    I work with two Mayo men, and both are well spoken. I don't really care about his crap acent as much as the crap he spouts for foreign consumption. A British politician would eat him for breakfast- he wouldn't get elected to the local council. He comes across as oily, childish and dim. I was embarassed for Ireland listening to him.


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    #394
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    hondasam wrote: »
    What is this?

    That's your opinion and you are welcome to it. You have a problem with Irish people in general it seems.
    I know you can Post, Sam, but can you read?


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    #395
    Fishooks12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    Solnskaya wrote: »
    No I didn't. Anyway, I'm not being anti Irish, I love my country, but most of the people I deal with daily are well educated and worldly, yet those who represent us seem to be a self-serving gang of gob****e5 - why do so few of the bright, intelligent Irish people head into politics? Why does it seem to be the domain of Crombie wearing, gombeen cattle dealers?

    Haha, yes you did. How can you champion the "well educated" in this country if you can't spell.

    (Your Ninja edit didn't fool me)


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    #396
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Solnskaya wrote: »
    I work with two Mayo men, and both are well spoken. I don't really care about his crap acent as much as the crap he spouts for foreign consumption. A British politician would eat him for breakfast- he wouldn't get elected to the local council. He comes across as oily, childish and dim. I was embarassed for Ireland listening to him.

    The British politicians are all so great. You are wrong about him and you know it.
    Why would you be embarrassed for Ireland, stupid statement.


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    #397
    earpiece
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    Solnskaya wrote: »
    Yes, yes I am - employing a fully Irish workforce on a "foreign" contract. And paying the Tax on their wages to our government, who come across as a bunch of thick spivs.

    Well OP, you have strong opinions and some conviction, perhaps you should run for office next time out, and show us how it should be done.
    I await your national address.


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    #398
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Solnskaya wrote: »
    I know you can Post, Sam, but can you read?

    What is it I'm supposed to read? you are anti Irish.


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    #399
    chucken1
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    earpiece wrote: »
    Well OP, you have strong opinions and some conviction, perhaps you should run for office next time out, and show us how it should be done.
    I await your national address.

    Me too. What accent will it be in though? ;)


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    #400
    Diabhal Beag
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    Stopped reading after "Inda". Can we not make our points without resorting to deliberately misspelling his name for teh LOLs?


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    #401
    Fishooks12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    Nothing like the musings of an armchair intellect on our leaders accent to keep help get this country back on track


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    #402
    Fishooks12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Stopped reading after "Inda". Can we not make our points without resorting to deliberately misspelling his name for teh LOLs?


    +1,000,000

    Makes AH look like that idiotic political column in The Star


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    #403
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Haha, yes you did. How can you champion the "well educated" in this country if you can't spell.

    (Your Ninja edit didn't fool me)
    err, I didn't edit the spelling, I edited the spacing to keep you happy. Anyhow, I don't care about his spelling, I care about his crap, primary school presentation when it comes to making an important speech. I know a lot of people with heavy accents who do not come across as idiots-Gurdiev for example, or Pierce Doherty, or Sean Gallagher. I don't agree with what they say often, but I don't cringe when they open their mouth. Michael D Higgins has a severe accent, but I can (mostly) listen to him speak without chewing my collar.


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    #404
    Solnskaya
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    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Stopped reading after "Inda". Can we not make our points without resorting to deliberately misspelling his name for teh LOLs?
    Good. I hate it when you read my posts anyway. It's creepy.


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    #405
    Fishooks12
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    Solnskaya wrote: »
    err, I didn't edit the spelling, I edited the spacing to keep you happy. Anyhow, I don't care about his spelling, I care about his crap, primary school presentation when it comes to making an important speech. I know a lot of people with heavy accents who do not come across as idiots-Gurdiev for example, or Pierce Doherty, or Sean Gallagher. I don't agree with what they say often, but I don't cringe when they open their mouth. Michael D Higgins has a severe accent, but I can (mostly) listen to him speak without chewing my collar.

    Sure you didn't, funny how the spelling is different in my quote on the first page though. :rolleyes:

    You obviously didn't learn about the spacing either did you?


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    #406
    hondasam
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    chucken1 wrote: »
    Me too. What accent will it be in though? ;)

    Posh private school.


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    #407
    chucken1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    Solnskaya wrote: »
    err, I didn't edit the spelling, I edited the spacing to keep you happy. Anyhow, I don't care about his spelling, I care about his crap, primary school presentation when it comes to making an important speech. I know a lot of people with heavy accents who do not come across as idiots-Gurdiev for example, or Pierce Doherty, or Sean Gallagher. I don't agree with what they say often, but I don't cringe when they open their mouth. Michael D Higgins has a severe accent, but I can (mostly) listen to him speak without chewing my collar.

    What is a good accent for you?? We'll all try it for a while. It might catch on.


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    #408
    Skullsri
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Skullsri


    Instead of the op running for the dàil maby he would be better off taking himself over to england and running for government thare and he can feel sorry for his english "mates"


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    #409
    Gyalist
    Registered Users Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Gyalist


    For a speech of such national significance, it was poorly delivered. In general, the standard of public speaking by Irish politicians is quite poor and this has nothing to do with their accents or intelligence.


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    #410
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Sure you didn't, funny how the spelling is different in my quote on the first page though. :rolleyes:

    You obviously didn't learn about the spacing either did you?
    Obviously not. Story here is that people in other countries judge us on the calibre of our politicians. They do not represent us. In my view, of course. Your view may differ, but you are a lug anyway, so who cares.


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    #411
    PseudoFamous
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    OP is KeithAFC in disguise.


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    #412
    KeithM89_old
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    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    +1

    Bit rich for this guy to be calling anyone stupid when he can't even spell "leprechaun", "buffoon" or "disingenuous"
    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Well no I wasn't being sarcastic considering you spelt those words wrong in your OP

    So yes I would call that an area you "fall down in"
    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Sure you didn't, funny how the spelling is different in my quote on the first page though. :rolleyes:

    You obviously didn't learn about the spacing either did you?

    No one likes a grammar nazi so shut it


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    #413
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Skullsri wrote: »
    Instead of the op running for the dàil maby he would be better off taking himself over to england and running for government thare and he can feel sorry for his english "mates"
    Yeah, good one. Cussed me there. I'm scarleh thare, I am. MY point was, the people I meet every day, and my family, and the people I work with, are pretty much all intelligent, well able to speak their mind, would be well able to conduct themselves and speak to any person they met, yet our leader comes across as one step removed from the bogs. WTF.


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    #414
    Fishooks12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    No one likes a grammar nazi so shut it


    Nor do I but found it necessary to point out the mistakes given the preachy nature of the OP

    Apologies


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    #415
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Nor do I but found it necessary to point out the mistakes given the preachy nature of the OP

    Apologies
    Preachy? I'm feckin embarassed, not preachy. Jasus. Anyway, shut it Enda. I told you, you're embarassing.


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    #416
    Dudess
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    gigino wrote: »
    in this country, the quality of people who go in to politics is very low.

    If only we had a Michael O'Leary leading the country.


    Yeah.

    Let's get rid of all the self-serving, media-whoring politicians who are only in it for the power, the money & to look after number one and replace them with Michael O'Leary, the self serving, media-whoring businessman who is only in it for the power, the money & to look after number one.

    That's a great idea, Ted.
    But he'd tell it like it is - in a no nonsense style. Etc.


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    #417
    IrishKev
    Registered Users Posts: 575 ✭✭✭IrishKev


    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Sure you didn't, funny how the spelling is different in my quote on the first page though. :rolleyes:

    You obviously didn't learn about the spacing either did you?

    The post you're talking about isn't the OP's, its starbelgrade's.


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    #418
    starbelgrade
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    gigino wrote: »
    O'Leary made a tiny airline in Ireland Europes - if not the worlds -most successful airline. Ryanair is worth billions and is a major success story - one of the few household Irish business names in Europe.

    And our politicians achievement is ?

    I don't think Ireland's politicians achievements are all that great, but you can't compare running a business to running a country - governments are not in the business of making money, nor should they be... they are there to manage economies but must also do so with a sense of social responsibility.

    If Ryanair brought social responsibility into the equation, they would not be the successful business they are now.

    Margaret Thatcher tried running the British economy like a business & when she left power she had almost broken the spirit of the nation & nearly left the country bankrupt.

    Even Michael O'Leary has said that he would not make a good politician because he only has his own interests at heart, which is what makes him an exceptional businessman.

    You could say that politicians only have their own interests at heart too, but I'd like to think that we should at least try & elect people who aren't so blatantly self serving.


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    #419
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    "Difficult decisions aren't easy"

    Captain Obvious (Enda Kenny)


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    #420
    billybudd
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    Would a sterile Ballsbridge accent be better? your attitude stinks of the boom years where it was style over substance, if you think other nations judge us by our accents then your sadly mistaken, they judge us on our actions and our actions have not been good.


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    #421
    billybudd
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    Dudess wrote: »
    But he'd tell it like it is - in a no nonsense style. Etc.


    Disagree, he would be as self serving as the others within time.


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