Tánaiste Moany Burton: IW protesters 'seem to have extremely expensive phones'

CaptainInsano · 09-10-2014 4:43pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Or maybe they are just unemployable scrounging troublemakers.

Yes let's just assume every single of them is an unemployable trouble maker. Let's also ignore the possibility that people are protesting on their day off, or work part time. We'll just go ahead and assume that anyone who protests against anything ever is a scumbag lowlife.

TheDoctor · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

Young Blood wrote: »

Must be nice to get paid 24k a year to troll boards.ie Mr 'I'm not Middle Class' Accountant.

Name calling. Nice

rubberdiddies · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

chupacabra wrote: »

If these "protestors" saw what life was like on this side of the European Union (the baltics) they would wise up fairly sharpish. Hopefully these new water charges will lead to reduced waste of water and hopefully go a long way to reducing the 41% of unaccounted for water in the system.

What waste of water? The only waste that's been known for many many years are the leaking pipes which are the responsibility of government.

As a child it was drummed into us not to waste water. Not to leave a tap running, to wash dishes in a basin etc. that was well before any talk of charges. I don't know anyone who willfully wastes water.

BoJack Horseman · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

Young Blood wrote: »

National Socialists that is

And you seem proud of it.

Young Blood · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

CaptainInsano wrote: »

Yes let's just assume every single of them is an unemployable trouble maker. Let's also ignore the possibility that people are protesting on their day off, or work part time. We'll just go ahead and assume that anyone who protests against anything ever is a scumbag lowlife.

That's the success of the Denis O'Brien media right there.

Tubbins · 09-10-2014 4:45pm

Young Blood wrote: »

Anyone beyond the 'Iron Curtain' is eastern to me.

If you ever experienced life in Poland you'd probably think more 'Yanks' than 'Soviets' in my experience. And their workforce trumps ours in many areas from what I've seen, in Science/Manual/Technical/Academic. They are a nation of hard working people with decent morals and priorities. Sad to see them the butt of any frustration.

Young Blood wrote: »

You can get a lot of smart phones for free if you take them out on billpay. Hardly the issue though.

That's a phone on credit loaded into your monthly cost, more expensive than buying sim free in the long run.

Celly Smunt · 09-10-2014 4:46pm

Young Blood wrote: »

National Socialists that is

So its the greeks you're after.

Young Blood · 09-10-2014 4:46pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

And you seem proud of it.

Very proud of it.

Kermit.de.frog · 09-10-2014 4:46pm

CaptainInsano wrote: »

Yes let's just assume every single of them is an unemployable trouble maker. Let's also ignore the possibility that people are protesting on their day off, or work part time. We'll just go ahead and assume that anyone who protests against anything ever is a scumbag lowlife.

Well why do these particular individuals come across as nothing more than trouble makers harassing gardaí and upsetting residents that want NOTHING to do with them and who they don't represent?

09-10-2014 4:48pm

you know what, id have more respect for burton and rabbite if they were absolut cu*ts who got in playing the numbers so to speak. but these two pre election where the peoples champions!! and what a U turn!!

remember rabbit on Prime time when asked about broken promises?? "Well that's what you say to win elections". why wasn't he marched to a cell there and then!! the attitude of em!! that's just admitting you pulled off a whopper stroke!!

Like selling me a fur mink coat and then when I get home I realise it's manky dog hair!! ah sure isn't that what you do to sell dog hair!!!

oooohhhhhhhhhh jasus!!!

Celly Smunt · 09-10-2014 4:48pm

Young Blood wrote: »

Very proud of it.

When did you move to Ireland from Germany so?

daveyeh · 09-10-2014 4:48pm

Idbatterim wrote: »

I posted similar a week or so ago, how in gods name after the boom to end all booms, do we end up with an appalling water infrastructure, dublin still without a propert intergrated transport system etc! Literally every cent was thrown at vote buying, even looking back and several years later, I have to ask myself was FF recklessness actually that bad or am I imagining it?!

FF buy off everyone regardless of merit, FG may not be perfect, but they are streets ahead of the rest of them in my opinion.

FG? Streets ahead? :pac::pac::pac:

BoJack Horseman · 09-10-2014 4:49pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It will be interesting to see how many will turn up on Saturday for the protest. The behaviour of some of the "protesters" leaves a very bad taste. Not only are they wasting valuable Garda time, they are damaging their "cause".

Well, from seeing a lot of the YouTube output it could be very interesting.

There will be a right clamour of groups vying to be in front.

If the likes of Eirigi are to the forefront it could be a very messy day.
Eirigi: imagine if the Iona Institute, the communist party & the BNP all had a grotesque baby.
shudder

Young Blood · 09-10-2014 4:50pm

Tubbins wrote: »

And their workforce trumps ours in many areas from what I've seen, in Science/Manual/Technical/Academic. They are a nation of hard working people with decent morals and priorities. Sad to see them the butt of any frustration.

This is the same tripe we were told to justify their presence in the country during the great property bubble.

You are the same kind of person who would say the eastern europeans are great bunch of lads while at the same time call these protesters wasters and dole scroungers.

I'm not buying it.

BoJack Horseman · 09-10-2014 4:52pm

daveyeh wrote: »

FG? Streets ahead? :pac::pac::pac:

Their addiction to cronyism aside, they've eliminated the €12bn primary deficit & Ireland is the fastest growing economy in the continent.

The far left have opposed this at every turn even vowing to reverse it.

Pick your poison.

Uriel. · 09-10-2014 4:52pm

To be fair to Joan, and I am so far away from being a Joan or Labour supporter, although she didn't convey it well... the question does have to be asked where all of these people get the time to protest on weekdays. The presumption being that they are not working. If they are not working, how do so many of them afford such luxury items as smartphone, ipads and the like....

Celly Smunt · 09-10-2014 4:52pm

Young Blood wrote: »

This is the same tripe we were told to justify their presence in the country during the great property bubble.

You are the same kind of person who would say the eastern europeans are great bunch of lads while at the same time call these protesters wasters and dole scroungers.

I'm not buying it.

Buy it,they're doing more for the country than the protestors.

keith16 · 09-10-2014 4:52pm

A woman who is completely out of touch with reality. Recent quotes (that I will paraphrase):

On job-bridge abuse: "I suppose it's up the schools themselves, it would be disappointing if job-bridge is being used in that way"

On the McNulty / Seanad debacle: "It's a matter for Fine Gael"

And now this.

She is supposed to be a leader of our country and this is the type of indifferent, entirely pointless stuff she comes out with?

Joan and her sad of excuse of a party will be shown the door soon enough and I for one can't wait.

Willfarman · 09-10-2014 4:53pm

I don't believe this is anything more than gifting a new crowd of buffoons a licence to print money.
However these protesting wasters have ruined any chance of momentum of support from real working class people..ie people who actually hold down jobs and run small businesses.. If I refuse to pay my water charges now I'm afraid I'm going to be tarred with the same brush as these scroungers so I'm going to end up complying I would say.

Young Blood · 09-10-2014 4:55pm

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Buy it,they're doing more for the country than the protestors.

I don't equate the 'country' to low life business people and landlords who hire cheap labour and exploit ordinary decent Irish people

Neither do I equate the country with how well the economy is performing. I'm no whore

CaptainInsano · 09-10-2014 4:55pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Well why do these particular individuals come across as nothing more than trouble makers harassing gardaí and upsetting residents that want NOTHING to do with them and who they don't represent?

None of us can answer that. You can't speculate about people's personalities that you know nothing about. The fact remains that you genuinely believed that they would violate the terms of their supposed benefits that every single one of them is apparently on, by protesting. Which hilariously sums up how little you know about the system that you're accusing them of abusing. We'll also ignore the fact that you can't possibly know if even a single protestor is on the dole, but minor details and that.

09-10-2014 4:56pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Their addiction to cronyism aside, they've eliminated the €12bn primary deficit & Ireland is the fastest growing economy in the continent.

The far left have opposed this at every turn even vowing to reverse it.

Pick your poison.

if you take that statement and compare our economy to a fire, yes it's growing fast but fine gael/labour are using the honest folk as coal to feed a fire they sit back and take credit for, whilst toasting their own arses!!!

TheDoctor · 09-10-2014 4:56pm

Young Blood wrote: »

I don't equate the 'country' to low life business people and landlords who hire cheap labour and exploit ordinary decent Irish people

Neither do I equate the country with how well the economy is performing. I'm no whore

What is an "ordinary decent Irish" person

folan · 09-10-2014 4:57pm

TheDoctor wrote: »

What is an "ordinary decent Irish" person

Kevin Spacey?

TallGlass · 09-10-2014 4:58pm

Don't forget they get free tablets in the Dail.

http://www.thejournal.ie/leinster-house-already-provides-tablets-for-tds-527957-Jul2012/

Do they pay for anything in the Dail ? Should we really have to pay them wages if we provide everything they need to live/work?

CaptainInsano · 09-10-2014 5:00pm

Willfarman wrote: »

I don't believe this is anything more than gifting a new crowd of buffoons a licence to print money.
However these protesting wasters have ruined any chance of momentum of support from real working class people..ie people who actually hold down jobs and run small businesses.. If I refuse to pay my water charges now I'm afraid I'm going to be tarred with the same brush as these scroungers so I'm going to end up complying I would say.

Yes honest hard working people will turn up with pitch forks at your door if you refused to pay, they'll think you're just like the wasters on the television and chase you out of town. Get a grip, no one gives a sh1t if you pay or not.

BoJack Horseman · 09-10-2014 5:00pm

rusty cole wrote: »

but fine gael/labour are using the honest folk as coal to feed a fire they sit back and take credit for, whilst toasting their own arses!!!

Pointless rhetoric that means absolutely nothing.

Dissapointed in you Rust.

BoJack Horseman · 09-10-2014 5:02pm

folan wrote: »

Kevin Spacey?

Caoimhin O'Spaiseach

09-10-2014 5:02pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Pointless rhetoric that means absolutely nothing.

Dissapointed in you Rust.

well it's true I feel. but on a different note, I totally disagree with the polish bashing if that helps any!!!:D

Young Blood · 09-10-2014 5:04pm

TheDoctor wrote: »

What is an "ordinary decent Irish" person

The kind of citizen that wouldn't sell out his people to make a quick profit

Tánaiste Moany Burton: IW protesters 'seem to have extremely expensive phones'

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