To everyone who wants to "do something" about the state of this country...

Smyth · 27-10-2009 04:18PM #1

Thread after thread people complain about the state of the economy, the corrupt officials, the rip off republic, the taxes.

It's not a bad thing. I think it's fully justified.

I got this letter through my door this morning. It's basically a movement about those issues. So if you're really interested in creating a ripple, get involved.

It'd be nice to see how many keyboard warriors actually get up off their ass (myself included)

inb4:

1) Nobody will turn up
2) This is pointless
3) It'll be too cold
5) You guys got it covered? cool!...off to play cod
6) I'll definitely be there...no i won't
7) It's too far away
8) Sarcastic joke from thankswhore followed by :rolleyes:
9) Sarcastic joke about sarcastic jokes from thankswhores
10) Smug nonchalant post followed by 3 :rolleyes:'s
11) Yore ma
12) Atari Jaguar
13) OP is racist
14) Grammar police
15) OP is gay
16) Someone listing all of the above (if it's not the first reply, you fail hard)

Let'd do something

Prof.Badass · 27-10-2009 04:20PM

tl;dr

Puddleduck · 27-10-2009 04:22PM

Why do they schedule all these rallys when most of us are in work? Yea, I hate the state of the country but I need my job and cant go arsing round dundalk at half 2 on a friday.

viztopia · 27-10-2009 04:22PM

this thread looked promising until i seen who had signed the scanned letter which the op has on thi post................

NothingMan · 27-10-2009 04:24PM

The country is fine, I have a decent job, hot girlfriend, nice car, loving family and regular sex. What should I be protesting.

You Racist :P

DarkJager · 27-10-2009 04:25PM

Unless the rally is walking into Dail Eireann, physically removing every sitting member of government by force, then instating an interim government while we toss a coin between FG & Lab, then it will do nothing. Its just angry people on the streets.

And our current government doesn't give a **** about protests or poll results, they have a "mandate" don't you know?

Mark200 · 27-10-2009 04:25PM

I don't see how a protest or petition will change a single thing. It's still people just complaining and not doing much to help.

seamus · 27-10-2009 04:26PM

Smyth wrote: »

Thread after thread people complain about the state of the economy, the corrupt officials, the rip off republic, the taxes.
....
I got this letter through my door this morning. It's basically a movement about those issues.

The movement is nothing to do with those issues. It's about union workers feeling like somehow they should be protected from reductions in wages and redundancies when their employer's income has fallen drastically.

Neamhshuntasach · 27-10-2009 04:29PM

2:30 on a Friday afternoon in Dundalk. Are they trying to attract as little people to this as possible?

builttospill · 27-10-2009 04:30PM

Smyth wrote: »

Thread after thread people complain about the state of the economy, the corrupt officials, the rip off republic, the taxes.

It's not a bad thing. I think it's fully justified.

I got this letter through my door this morning. It's basically a movement about those issues. So if you're really interested in creating a ripple, get involved.

It'd be nice to see how many keyboard warriors actually get up off their ass (myself included)

inb4:

1) Nobody will turn up
2) This is pointless
3) It'll be too cold
5) You guys got it covered? cool!...off to play cod
6) I'll definitely be there...no i won't
7) It's too far away
8) Sarcastic joke from thankswhore followed by :rolleyes:
9) Sarcastic joke about sarcastic jokes from thankswhores
10) Smug nonchalant post followed by 3 :rolleyes:'s
11) Yore ma
12) Atari Jaguar
13) OP is racist
14) Grammar police
15) OP is gay
16) Someone listing all of the above (if it's not the first reply, you fail hard)

Let'd do something

I'll take a 1) and a 7) please Bob...

...Oh, and it looks like I've taken an 8) in the process :rolleyes:

Smyth · 27-10-2009 04:31PM

I'm not saying it tackles each of those individually, no. But it does deal with issues that are important to people.

Yeah, it's not gonna change the world, I know that - but you have to start somewhere. Something to get the people of the country moving.

If you feel the only way to change things to storm the Dail, then we'll never have change. People of this country won't go from sitting at home to full on revolution in one move.

Things like this are here in order to build support and gain movement. They're not meant as a one stop permanent fix. That's just not realistic.

@seamus yeah, I got a little carried away there. :P

The Monkey Pump · 27-10-2009 04:36PM

Dear David,

Give your dear workers who are struggling so badly, back some of the €155,000 salary you draw from their subs, then we can talk.

Yours etc

The 'ordinary wurkers'

TheZohanS · 27-10-2009 04:37PM

To those who didn't read the signature of the letter, it's signed David Begg and he is the head of the ICTU: Irish Congress of trade unions.

The trade unions currently have their own agenda at the moment and are not representative of the majority of workers in this country.

segaBOY · 27-10-2009 04:38PM

Trade unions are part of what got us into this mess.

This is essentially a protest trying to keep the excessive amount of cash funding an inefficient, overspent public sector which is a massive part of the problem as I see it-along with all the other country's wrongs you mentioned. People need to cop on this fact first.

Yours etc,
Keyboard warrior.

dsmythy · 27-10-2009 04:43PM

vinylmesh wrote: »

tl;dr

If that's too long for you then..... well not much we can say about that.

Jip · 27-10-2009 04:44PM

Smyth wrote: »

I got this letter through my door this morning. It's basically a movement about those issues.

Not it's not, it's all about unions looking after their own selfish interests, they couldn't give a crap about non union workers.

Smyth · 27-10-2009 04:46PM

I'm not one to hold a dying point...so I won't.

I guess I just got excited at the idea of some sort of movement.

Whatever happened to that boards political party we talked about?

Duckjob · 27-10-2009 04:46PM

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segaBOY · 27-10-2009 04:46PM

TheZohan wrote: »

To those who didn't read the signature of the letter, it's signed David Begg and he is the head of the ICTU: Irish Congress of trade unions.

The trade unions currently have their own agenda at the moment and are not representative of the majority of workers in this country.

Couldn't agree more.

David Begg was also on the board of the regulators of the Central Bank since 1995. He blames the bailing out of the banks but should have seen this coming long before it hit the fan. Furthermore he earns €137,400 in ICTU wages, also gets €40k + from Aer Lingus and another fat pay check from the Central Bank job.

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1024/1224257392087.html

Wake up people, this is just another party with vested interest, not some protest for the greater good of the people and the economy.

Duckjob · 27-10-2009 04:47PM

segaBOY wrote: »

Trade unions are part of what got us into this mess.

This is essentially a protest trying to keep the excessive amount of cash funding an inefficient overspent public sector which is massive part of the problem as I see it along with all the other country's wrongs you mentioned. People need to cop on the this fact first.

Yours etc,
Keyboard warrior.

+1,000,000

Ireland is like a train heading for a brick wall at the moment, and what these beardy union idiots are trying to do is akin to squeezing the throttle down further.

Jip · 27-10-2009 04:48PM

Smyth wrote: »

I guess I just got excited at the idea of some sort of movement.

I had a pretty big movement this morning, I should have posted it here.

That would have prevented you attempting to get backing for one of the main groups in the country that have ran it into the ground.

segaBOY · 27-10-2009 04:54PM

Smyth wrote: »

I'm not one to hold a dying point...so I won't.

I guess I just got excited at the idea of some sort of movement.

Whatever happened to that boards political party we talked about?

Be wary of what you see on TV and what comes through your letterbox, a lot of vested interest out there!

Understand why you got excited though, a lot could be done to improve things.

BraziliaNZ · 27-10-2009 04:58PM

i thought it was a great idea and wanted to go until i read it was in Dundalk. How pointless. Louth - a place we all wish didn't exist...

mikom · 27-10-2009 05:04PM

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

2:30 on a Friday afternoon in Dundalk. Are they trying to attract as little people to this as possible?

Having it during Jim Corrs lunchbreak from the chem-trails factory.

SEPT 23 1989 · 27-10-2009 05:07PM

shower of bearded cnuts

Aldebaran · 27-10-2009 05:24PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

i thought it was a great idea and wanted to go until i read it was in Dundalk. How pointless. Louth - a place we all wish didn't exist...

I think theres more than one demonstration taking place on Nov 6th, the letter that I got through my door this morning says its in Tullamore, so each letter must just mention whichever demonstration is taking place nearest to you.

Kess73 · 27-10-2009 05:26PM

Looking at their website, there are eight demonstrations on November 6th at 14:30

The starting points for each are:

Dublin - Parnell Square
Waterford - The Glen
Tullamore - County Hall
Cork - Connolly Hall
Limerick - Mechanics Institute
Galway - The Cathedral
Sligo - The Blue Lagoon
Dundalk - The Fairgreen

Rented Mule · 27-10-2009 09:13PM

Was this from my long lost rich uncle from Nigeria ?

irish_bob · 27-10-2009 09:30PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

i thought it was a great idea and wanted to go until i read it was in Dundalk. How pointless. Louth - a place we all wish didn't exist...

louth is one of the wealthiest counties in the country , great place to live

Terry · 27-10-2009 09:35PM

Kess73 wrote: »

Looking at their website, there are eight demonstrations on November 6th at 14:30

The starting points for each are:

Dublin - Parnell Square
Waterford - The Glen
Tullamore - County Hall
Cork - Connolly Hall
Limerick - Mechanics Institute
Galway - The Cathedral
Sligo - The Blue Lagoon
Dundalk - The Fairgreen

I want one in Leixlip.
I still get letters about my dues from the union I was a member of in 1992. Apparently I'm still a member despite only paying in from Sept. - Dec. of '92. It was my first job and I was forced to join.

I have no intention of going, even if they start at my house.
I just want my area represented.
It's all about representation anyway, isn't it?

genericguy · 27-10-2009 09:37PM

david begg is, quite simply, a cunt.

To everyone who wants to "do something" about the state of this country...

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