President Michael Daniel Higgins....what a man....

paddy147

...for sticking it up to the EU over austerity again.

Hes telling it like it is and he aint sugar coating his words either.:D:D







Are you listening Mr Kenny and Mr Gilmore...:rolleyes:

Sin City

Has he called anyone a wanker yet?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

C'mon, nobody takes Hobbits seriously.

Marsden

Don't have much respect for a tax wasting figure head. But its good to see there's someone who speaks out against austerity in Ireland. Its a pity he has no clout.

Fratton Fred

He obviously hasn't read his job description properly.

laoch na mona

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

C'mon, nobody takes Hobbits seriously.

fool of a took

Pilotdude5

He has no power.

donvito99

His middle name isn't Daniel, it's Dee.

MidlandsM

yeah, it's easy to give out about austerity to the EU when you get a 7 year highly paid job, free mansion in the park, and servants/cars/planes etc.....


..........yeah, he can relate to austerity alright......

ringadingding

It's a shame that the person without any real power is not taking any shît, whereas the ones in power , the ones who should be fighting like lions for the Irish people, aren't.

paddy147

donvito99 wrote: »

His middle name isn't Daniel, it's Dee.

And Homer J Simpson is JAY...:pac:




Daniel it is......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins

Foxhound38

Heard about this on the radio today - my thoughts were "finally we have a representitive who will stick up for us in office"

Oh course, then I got annoyed at the fact that he has little real power.

Anyone wish we could just let the President take charge of the country for a bit? He'd do a better job of it than Inda and the lads

lanyard

Oh right, a man earning €250,000 telling the Europeans how much we're suffering...

Foxhound38

lanyard wrote: »

Oh right, a man earning €250,000 telling the Europeans how much we're suffering...

So he should say nothing then? You'd be moaning about that too, wouldn't you?

crockholm

Foxhound38 wrote: »

So he should say nothing then? You'd be moaning about that too, wouldn't you?

Exactly, nothing...thats what this coxcomb seems to forget on a daily basis. He is not supposed to get into political arguements.

Foxhound38

crockholm wrote: »

Exactly, nothing...thats what this coxcomb seems to forget on a daily basis. He is not supposed to get into political arguements.

Wrong - he's not supposed to contradict Government policy. Nothing he said here contradicts stated Government policy with regard to decoupling banking debt from sovereign debt.

Far as I'm concerned he was doing his job

Fromthetrees

I love Mickey D H, since that one Mary something was President for the last 21 years it's nice to mix it up.

The Yanks just think we have an actual Leprechaun as President which can only be good for tourism and all that.

Is he still in that death cult since becoming el Pres???

Sergeant

That's the problem with Michael. He didn't read the job description and is still spouting his champagne-socialist nonsense.

oldyouth

I've a lot of time for Michael D. I think he is a genuine man of the people and shouldn't be judged harshly because he is highly educated and has a few bob.

Czarcasm

Fromthetrees wrote: »

I love Mickey D H, since that one Mary something was President for the last 21 years it's nice to mix it up.

The Yanks just think we have an actual Leprechaun as President which can only be good for tourism and all that.

Is he still in that death cult since becoming el Pres???

Emm, Mary Robinson served two terms in office, a total of 14 years, Mary McAleese served one term in office, seven years. Two different Mary's FTT

You couldn't be any worse than me anyway, I always thought the D. in Michael D. stood for "Dwarf".

crockholm

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Wrong - he's not supposed to contradict Government policy. Nothing he said here contradicts stated Government policy with regard to decoupling banking debt from sovereign debt.

Far as I'm concerned he was doing his job

I was always lead to believe that it was an apolitical post,something Hillery and McAleese did well,but if I am wrong,then you got me

mickdw

Czarcasm wrote: »

Emm, Mary Robinson served two terms in office, a total of 14 years, Mary McAleese served one term in office, seven years. Two different Mary's FTT

Emm, wrong. Mary Robinson served less than 1 term while Mary McAleese served the maximum 2 terms. The previous poster was being funny re the 2 marys.

Chuck Stone

Sergeant wrote: »

champagne-socialist nonsense.

Did your socialist education teach you to spell? Do you drive on socialist roads? Do you call those nasty socialist storm troopers we call 'the Gardai' if you're in trouble? Would you call those evil socialist firemen if you house was on fire?

Rhetorical questions btw.

kraggy

lanyard wrote: »

Oh right, a man earning €250,000 telling the Europeans how much we're suffering...

And if he sat on his arse up in the Park doing nothing you'd be complaining then too.

Endless Nameless

I haven't been on here for like two weeks and a duplicate of the thread on the first page back then is on the front page again.......

tipptom

Well ,he did make a promise before the election that he would not do this as everyone suspected Mickey D just would not be able to help himself from spouting on the issues of the day.
Is it another case of Labour making promises they know they cant keep because"thats what you do before elections to get elected.

Ava_e

Higgins dismantled this idiot and his unconditional US support for Israel

tritriagain

As far as I know he has 3 pensions on top of that. Who better to comment on hard times

Legs.Eleven

OP, I started on a thread on this a few weeks ago. They're a tough crowd. Good luck!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=84209264

GalwayGuy2

http://www.thejournal.ie/michael-d-higgins-speech-european-parliament-873314-Apr2013/

Link to the full speech.

Social Cohesion, Union, and solidarity are lovely words, but I wonder what he means by them. Does he want a federal Europe? Europe to be bound by the social, rather than the economical and political?

Also, he seems to have a venerated view of the past, and, rather than create a new climate for the future, wants to go back to the "good 'Ol days."

And, the only solutions he speaks about is "Capitalism is bad". That's the too long to read version:P

My name is URL

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

He has no power.

http://i.imgur.com/JaxxSXX.jpg

B0jangles

:pac: "Lads, lads, listen..."

:pac: "I've a great joke about Michael D. Higgins"

...

.....

:pac: "Lads, seriously, it's reeealy good."

:pac: "You know the ways he's a bit short?"

:pac: You might even say..."

(Ready for it???)





:pac: "He looks."

:pac: "Like a HOBBIT!!!"

:pac: "or a DWARF!!!"


:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

also

:mad: rabble rabble rabble "champagne socialist" rabble rabble rabble.:mad:

paddy147

Ava_e wrote: »

Higgins dismantled this idiot and his unconditional US support for Israel

"A W^NKER WHIPPING UP FEAR".......last few seconds of broadcast

Micky D just tore that chap a new ar5ehole allright.:D:D

hmmm

Unless he has found a magic pot of gold that will pay for our public service, social welfare and public services, we're going to have to live within our means.

And I'm pretty tired of being lectured about "os-ter-it-tee" by union leaders, tv presenters and people like Michael D earning hundreds of thousands of euros, most of which is paid by for by taxpayers.

Sergeant

paddy147 wrote: »

"A W^NKER WHIPPING UP FEAR".......last few seconds of broadcast

Micky D just tore that chap a new ar5ehole allright.:D:D

Neither of those two goons comes out well as a result of that interview.

tayto lover

Sergeant wrote: »

That's the problem with Michael. He didn't read the job description and is still spouting his champagne-socialist nonsense.

Oh he spoke out against your party Fine Gael then ??? How dare he.

paddy147

hmmm wrote: »

Unless he has found a magic pot of gold that will pay for our public service, social welfare and public services, we're going to have to live within our means.

And I'm pretty tired of being lectured about "os-ter-it-tee" by union leaders, tv presenters and people like Michael D earning hundreds of thousands of euros, most of which is paid by for by taxpayers.

Maybe we could get one of the TDs or ex TDS to do "The Secret Millionare" programme...;):pac:




We could get Brian Cowan to work in behind a BAR...:pac::pac::pac:


Or even get Ivor Callily to work in an O2 or Vodafone Phone shop.;)

Marsden

paddy147 wrote: »

Maybe we could get one of the TDs or ex TDS to do "The Secret Millionare" programme...;):pac:

That's a good one secret millionare featuring Bertie. Following him around saying "Bertie we know your a secret millionare"

"Millionare, me, I'm a simple potato farmer these days"

paddy147

Marsden wrote: »

That's a good one secret millionare featuring Bertie. Following him around saying "Bertie we know your a secret millionare"

"Millionare, me, I'm a simple potato farmer these days"

or a plasterer named Paddy??:pac::pac::D


In fact eh...

Ahere,stall the ball lads....



:pac::D

ilovesleep

Fair play to him. I hope something comes of it and someone here at home or even at a european level sits up and listen.

There are so many people up and down and all around the country all with various circumstances who are in dire financial situations.

I know for me, I don't much over dole money and have no debts so aside from normal bills kept to a minimum my money gets zapped up pretty quick every week. I'm in a good position - single, living at home with no kids.
I can't imagine what it's like for other people. Especially those with families.

Austerity is also going to lead us around in circles leading to more unemploxment and pushing deeper into the sh1ts.

siltirocker

tritriagain wrote: »

As far as I know he has 3 pensions on top of that. Who better to comment on hard times

He's relinquished two of them, and slashed his Presidential salary.

mathie

siltirocker wrote: »

He's relinquished two of them, and slashed his Presidential salary.

Slashed it to €249,014

How does he get by?

paddy147

Regardless whether he is on 250k or 1 euro 50 cents...fair fcuking play to him for raising the matter and making some of the EU leaders and officials feel uncomfortable.

Eamon Gilmore didnt look that pleased with Micky Ds outburst on RTE News yesterday


So fair to Micky D for speaking out and continuing to do so,as our president.

Hes the only one with some balls on him to stand up and say it like it is.



The rest of them are just guttless whimps who dont have a pair of balls between the lot of em.....(apart from the several Labour defectors)

fishy fishy

fair play to him - at least somebody is opening their gob and telling it like it is.

I wonder is he ashamed of his beloved labour party and how they have reduced themselves to a bunch of sniveling ar*selicks. He should be.

Pity he didn't speak out more while he was in the labour party - they may not have ruined themselves like they did if they had a positive leader like himself.

this place needs to wise up and stop the crap.

sbsquarepants

mathie wrote: »

Slashed it to €249,014

How does he get by?

Well, he did keep one of his 3 pensions too apparently, so moneys not as tight as it first looks!

In fairness to wee mickey though, it's more than the likes of enda "don't ask me about my teachers pension" kenny or any of the other clowns running the show have done.
Bear in mind the average industrial wage in this country is something like €32k - region of a months wages, expenses and dubious pensions for the bold enda for example. None of our fearless leaders have even a passing aquaintance with reality, they are so far removed from the day to day effects of their decisions that they basically cease to exist for them.

gustavo

MidlandsM wrote: »

yeah, it's easy to give out about austerity to the EU when you get a 7 year highly paid job, free mansion in the park, and servants/cars/planes etc.....


..........yeah, he can relate to austerity alright......

Hate that argument tbh

Jester252

Its easy for him to complain when he doesn't have to deal with the issue. Just sit in his house in the park and watch the money come in while the people in the Dail have to work with the EU and our debt.

fishy fishy

Jester252 wrote: »

Its easy for him to complain when he doesn't have to deal with the issue. Just sit in his house in the park and watch the money come in while the people in the Dail have to work with the EU and our debt.

how long has he been sitting in the house in the park....oh ya, a few months :rolleyes::roll eyes:

sad post.

Yamanoto

Jester252 wrote: »

Its easy for him to complain when he doesn't have to deal with the issue. Just sit in his house in the park and watch the money come in while the people in the Dail have to work with the EU and our debt.

If he did have to 'deal with the issue' as a T.D. in the current Government, I'd imagine he wouldn't hold back from expressing precisely the same opinion.

Hannibal Smith

Jees ....people moan when people don't speak up....some one speaks up and he's torn to shreds.

He could just sit back and say nothing. As it is he's standing up (again) against austerity. He may have little power, but look at enda kenny, he promised he'd sort this mess out and he's completely ballsed everything up and hasn't a clue how to manage his government.

So good on Michael D....thanks for speaking out...hope he keeps going with it.

WayneMolloy

Yamanoto wrote: »

If he did have to 'deal with the issue' as a T.D. in the current Government, I'd imagine he wouldn't hold back from expressing precisely the same opinion.

He was a sitting TD for four decades up until spring 2011. We needed him to speak up a long time ago - but barely a whimper left his lips. He was happy to sit in the back and trouser the loot. And the loot has gotten lottier - he is now on 249,000 euro plus expenses per annum. Cha-ching.

Its not the presidents job to take political positions on such matters. It seems to me like he is angling for a role - perhaps a position in the UN? He is a career politico, afterall.