Mary Harney and The Fat

briantwin · 20-02-2008 08:06PM

rubadub wrote: »

She probably does though, since I imagine by the state of her, that she is her own dietician, and doesn't have a fuking clue.

Good point although i can only imagine the extent of her dietary knowledge is Goes on Fork->Goes in Mouth ->Chew (optional) ->Mary is Happy

Lockstep · 20-02-2008 08:21PM

Best thing about a blowjob from Mary Harney:

You know she's gonna swallow.

Gran Hermano · 20-02-2008 09:13PM

Gridlock wrote: »

I heard that Pavarotti left her all his clothes!!:D

You misheard, it was Duffy's Circus that donated their old big top to her.

Terry · 20-02-2008 09:26PM

kickoutthejams wrote: »

She's bringing sexy back.

Yeah, but only because it got caught in her gravity field.

Lockstep · 20-02-2008 09:37PM

Terry wrote: »

Yeah, but only because it got caught in her gravity field.

Quote of the week.

EamonnKeane · 20-02-2008 10:31PM

I think it's worse that she's Minister for Health yet at no point of her career prior to that held a managerial position of any kind in any hospital. She did "Modern Studies" (modernism?) at uni and then became a professional politician, so she can't really be expected to know anything about healthcare. Doesn't she pay a team of advisors €3m a year to tell her what to do? In my view, the current system of doling out ministries and junior ministries as favours to incompetent TDs whose only real skill is vote-getting has resulted in the complete failure of all those departments where deep knowledge and comprehensive planning is required i.e. transport, health. Why not elect cabinet members directly?

Bottle_of_Smoke · 21-02-2008 12:17AM

I don't really care, but can you imagine the stick she'd get if she had Victoria Beckham's body.

And Harney will be facing a lot more health complications due to weight. It's a funny old world/

Padraig Mor · 21-02-2008 09:33AM

Dragan wrote: »

The reason they are in a tatters is because Mary is a **** Minister. Not because she is in poor health.

I reckon Harney is probably the only capable minister in the Dail. She'd find things a lot easier if she wasn't hamstrung by Bertie "I bend over for unions" Ahern at every opportunity. The health service is in tatters beacuse of lazy overpaid nurses, doctors, managers, physios, pharmacists, administrators and pretty everyone else involved - none of whom will budge an inch on change.

tallaght01 · 21-02-2008 09:46AM

RoundyMooney wrote: »

You heard it here first folks.

The health service is fooked 'cos Harney is overweight :rolleyes:

LOL

She looks after the health of a population, not the health of individuals.

She's a dire health minister, but it ain't coz she's a chubber.

I don't imagine the CEO of aer lingus or british airways or whatever can fly a plane.

larko · 21-02-2008 09:47AM

Would we be having this discussion if we had a slim minister for Health who was a smoker? Or maybe liked a drink? Both a burden on the health service too.

I'm not so sure we would.

In saying that, I do agree that her weight isn't ideal given the sector she is representing. It doesn't do her any favours with her critics and the job is hard enough as it is without adding to it.

Lockstep · 21-02-2008 10:19AM

I disagree with the idea she's a competent minister.

Health service is a shambles and her ideology of privatisation wouldn't be my idea of how to fix it.

Rb · 21-02-2008 10:33AM

tallaght01 wrote: »

She looks after the health of a population, not the health of individuals.

Exactly.

I really don't get how people don't understand this in the first place though.

21-02-2008 12:06PM

Dragan wrote: »

Eh, someones own physical condition has **** all to do with the role.

She is paid and employed to run the Health Services. Not be healthy.

The reason they are in a tatters is because Mary is a **** Minister. Not because she is in poor health.

Yeah but its the very least she could do is look after herself

Dave! · 21-02-2008 12:16PM

The very least ANYONE could do is look after themselves! She's employed to manage the health service, not to be the model healthy citizen. Her weight it irrelevent, her job is not to give you medical advice, that's the job of a doctor. She just has to make sure that you have efficient and fair access to that doctor.

Beerlao · 21-02-2008 01:30PM

put the fork down, b!tch !

Dudess · 21-02-2008 01:49PM

My mum's a nurse and thinks she's a very good health minister - a lot better than e.g. Cowan.

It's as if she turned a decent health service into a crap one. Wasn't the health service in sh1t before she arrived on board?

John_Mc · 21-02-2008 01:55PM

Dudess wrote: »

My mum's a nurse and thinks she's a very good health minister - a lot better than e.g. Cowan.

It's as if she turned a decent health service into a crap one. Wasn't the health service in sh1t before she arrived on board?

Exactly!

Like when the misdiagnosis of all those women was happening, everyone was calling for Harney's resignation. As if she was the one making the actual diagnosis and should be held accountable for it :rolleyes:

Dave! · 21-02-2008 01:57PM

Try to stay on topic folks, we're discussing how fat she is.

tallaght01 · 21-02-2008 01:58PM

Dudess wrote: »

My mum's a nurse and thinks she's a very good health minister - a lot better than e.g. Cowan.

It's as if she turned a decent health service into a crap one. Wasn't the health service in sh1t before she arrived on board?

Yea, but she's had years to make improvements.

Instead, her latests campaign which she's wasted the taxpayers cash on....An add campaign telling patients to ask health professionals if they've washed their hands. I know I've ranted about this before, but it must be costing a fortune, witht he TV ads and whatnot. All this after her own audit showed healthcare staff in Ireland are very good at washing their ahnds, and when all the research tells us that overcrowding is the biggest contributor to MRSA.

So basically she's spending millions to shift blame and protect herself. Millions that could be spent on more docs and nurses. Milllions spent on this crap when there's a recruitment freeze.Those ads are basically saying to the public that docs and nurses cause MRSA outbreaks. And the public believe it.

That's just the latest example. She's got a myriad of others, but I'd be here all day :P

cheekita · 22-02-2008 01:14AM

dat woman is a walkin advertisement 4 evey health problem imaginable 2 man-i mean diabetes, heart failure, osteoporosis, kidney failure, thyroid problems, etc. i dont tink d woman is a good advertisement 4 health n dis country nd i tink shes doin a **** job wit d health service as it is. i mean wat kind of an eejit moves all our cancer centres to wher d big cities r?my gran has cancer, it wont b easier 4 her 2 get 2 a city or wherever she puts dese centres. she really sickens me, cuttin budgets of hospitals wen dey cant afford 2 b cut. havin less nursin staff dan shes supposed 2 on a shift-nd who suffers?sure d nurses do but wat bout d patients?its enough 2 make u sick

2Scoops · 22-02-2008 03:31AM

Dragan wrote: »

Eh, someones own physical condition has **** all to do with the role.

She is paid and employed to run the Health Services. Not be healthy.

The reason they are in a tatters is because Mary is a **** Minister. Not because she is in poor health.

QFT - with the addendum that it's not just because she's no good at her job - lots of other contributing factors. Her weight problem not being one of them.

Rb · 22-02-2008 06:21AM

cheekita wrote: »

dat woman is a walkin advertisement 4 evey health problem imaginable 2 man-i mean diabetes, heart failure, osteoporosis, kidney failure, thyroid problems, etc. i dont tink d woman is a good advertisement 4 health n dis country nd i tink shes doin a **** job wit d health service as it is. i mean wat kind of an eejit moves all our cancer centres to wher d big cities r?my gran has cancer, it wont b easier 4 her 2 get 2 a city or wherever she puts dese centres. she really sickens me, cuttin budgets of hospitals wen dey cant afford 2 b cut. havin less nursin staff dan shes supposed 2 on a shift-nd who suffers?sure d nurses do but wat bout d patients?its enough 2 make u sick

um, what?

R u usn brds frm ur fone r sumtin?

Gran Hermano · 22-02-2008 11:13AM

cheekita wrote: »

dat woman is a walkin advertisement 4 evey health problem imaginable 2 man-i mean diabetes, heart failure, osteoporosis, kidney failure, thyroid problems, etc. i dont tink d woman is a good advertisement 4 health n dis country nd i tink shes doin a **** job wit d health service as it is. i mean wat kind of an eejit moves all our cancer centres to wher d big cities r?my gran has cancer, it wont b easier 4 her 2 get 2 a city or wherever she puts dese centres. she really sickens me, cuttin budgets of hospitals wen dey cant afford 2 b cut. havin less nursin staff dan shes supposed 2 on a shift-nd who suffers?sure d nurses do but wat bout d patients?its enough 2 make u sick

Is Harney eating the keys off your keyboard, starting with the vowels?

Saint_Mel · 22-02-2008 12:01PM

Well she managed to beat anorexia!

Also, the Minister for Defence should be in the army
and the Minister for Foreign Arrairs should be foreign

Lockstep · 22-02-2008 12:16PM

Dudess wrote: »

My mum's a nurse and thinks she's a very good health minister - a lot better than e.g. Cowan.

It's as if she turned a decent health service into a crap one. Wasn't the health service in sh1t before she arrived on board?

Meh, for reasons beyond my understanding I have a fair few nurses in my family.
They hate HArney like poison.

One heard Harney's spokesperson on the radio and seethed "that woman spends more money on her PR than the health"
Exageration I know but some good could be done with all Harney's PR money.

I think that like in 1984, we should all have to rise at 5 am and do stretches and workouts to the TV screen with Mary Harney putting us through our paces. THe idea of her huffing and puffing on the tv screen makes me happy:)

daveharnett · 22-02-2008 12:33PM

bookiebasher wrote: »

The health service is a poison chalice

True. Another fine example of FF landing it's 'partners' in the s***.

bookiebasher wrote: »

....the top 10 businessmen in the world could not sort it out...

Not so sure about this. I'd imagine most of those businessmen would have no problem putting a rocket up any unions who are hurting their businesses.

Lockstep · 22-02-2008 12:38PM

daveharnett wrote: »

True. Another fine example of FF landing it's 'partners' in the s***.

Didn't MAry Harney choose to take the Health Service?

AFAIK she chooses the Health Service as free markets are a central aspect of the PD rhetoric. Health Service is their place to start.

mc23 · 22-02-2008 12:44PM

I was watching Bertie give a speech in the Dail on last nights news and it looked like Jabba the hut from star wars sitting next to him.

Hagar · 22-02-2008 12:47PM

I remember years ago when we had an actual MD as Minister for Health, Dr, John O'Connell. That'd be a good thing, wouldn't it? You'd nearly think so. He was interviewed on the News one night and questioned about patients being on trolleys in corridors and his response was "There's nothing wrong with patients on trolleys, sure aren't trolleys just beds with wheels". I suspect he never spent any time on a trolley himself.

Big Mary might be well-upholstered but at least she is not a total hypocrite.

Papillon87 · 22-02-2008 02:53PM

humberklog wrote: »

Indeed it's not just management. The irish nurses are stuck in time warp of systems of best practice,ward sisters are inept (neary case makes point here)and cleaning staff are cruelly beligerant.

What a gross generalisation.

Mary Harney and The Fat

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