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Brian Cowen: I'm sorry, I'm extremely sorry... Nobody is more sorry than me ....

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  • #32
    Gary4279
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 419 ✭✭Gary4279


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Brian Cowen's interview on Newstalk this morning drew some very interesting comparisons to another Irish figure... see if you can guess who before revealing the spoiler;

    - Unpopular person in charge of Ireland

    - People who used to support him, no longer want him in the job

    - He is convinced that he is still the right person for the job

    - Ireland is suffering because of him

    - He is unwilling to accept suggestions or criticisms

    Can you tell who it is yet?

    Answer ;
    Steve "I am the gaffer" Staunton :D

    I was thinking de Valera. Seems I gave you more credit towards your intelligence than you deserved.


  • #33
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,087 ✭✭✭thomasj


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Take a bow irish electorate.

    This is the man YOU helped top the poll in the last election and helped his party to government for three consecutive terms.

    This is the man YOU ELECTED and who has been a minister for over a decade and has achieved nothing of note in any ministry or his career in politics for that matter.

    This is the man YOU ELECTED to turn up drunk for a radio interview while holding the nations most powerful political office during a time of unprecedented economic turmoil.

    This is the man YOU ELECTED and put in a position to become the leader of the political party that has buttf*cked our nation so hard that we face at least a generation of oblivion in every aspect of our daily lives.

    The irish electorate played their part in this mess by voting for these retards and are forcing everyone else to pay for YOUR and their stupidity.

    Don't you mean people of Offaly, I don't recall ever having the option to vote for Brian Cowen and I don't think 25 counties have either.


  • #34
    upandcumming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    freewheeler wrote: »
    Yes brewing for years under this clown and that other financial genius Cowen..have you been living under a rock since FF came to power??:rolleyes:

    Oh this is only happening in Ireland is it?


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You guys seriously can't be saying that Lennihan is playing the cancer card. That is just an absolutely horrible thing to say. Since then has his cancer ever been mentioned by him in relation to his job performance? If not, then he isn't.

    He is a person stuck in an absolutely horrible position that has no choice but to do the job that is given to him who happens to have cancer.

    Jesus. The mentality of people as of late has made me severely embarrassed to even consider myself Irish


  • #36
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    upandcumming wrote: »
    Fianna Fail have went up in my estimations in the last few days in a major way.
    Well maybe it's time you removed your head from your rectum.

    Nobody should feel sorry for Brian Lennihan. At best, he is absolutely incompetant at his job. At worst, he's a pathalogical liar. Has everybody forgotten a few weeks ago when himself and that other dipshit liar Cowen came out and lied to the entire nation that they weren't in talks with the IMF? Right when they were in talks with the IMF. Jesus christ, if attitudes like upandcumming's are widespread, this country is absolutely fucked way more than we are right now.


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  • #37
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEMjeYPfqSg


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    upandcumming wrote: »
    Oh this is only happening in Ireland is it?
    Obviously not..HOWEVER when respected economists tell us that our situation was made much worse by having a truly woeful government calling the shots then i am inclined to agree...


  • #39
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Deleted User wrote: »
    He is a person stuck in an absolutely horrible position that has no choice but to do the job that is given to him who happens to have cancer.

    Pity about him.
    I can't fly a plane, and I'm fucked if I would hop in the cockpit and take a few passengers on a trip.
    Cancer or not.


  • #40
    Mezcita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭Mezcita


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    :eek:

    Jesus. That's your response after your previous comment.

    Awful thing to say.


  • #41
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    'Sean , Sean calm down. Step back a moment. Let's not get into an argument '

    Hahahaha


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  • #42
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    anyone have a link to aforementioned rant from sinner?


  • #43
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    upandcumming wrote: »
    Fianna Fail have went up in my estimations in the last few days in a major way.

    It should be "gone up", and in my opinion, they haven't gone up high enough.


  • #44
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    scarymoon1 wrote: »
    I actualy felt kinda sorry for Brian Lenihan yesterday when the Sinn Fein guy was mouthing off on his speech - eek! Brian looked kinda sad!!

    I feel more sorry for someone (you) who couldn't be arsed to remember the name Pearse Doherty TD, who you accuse of "mouthing off" but you can remember a sh*tbags name & say he looked "sad"..

    I'd rather see the fvckers looking sad hanging from a cherry picker tbh.

    I hope SF put Pearse Doherty's speech up on youtube - I find the man inspiring.


  • #45
    scarymoon1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭scarymoon1


    Makikomi - well to defend my myself he is only new and Brian Lenihan is around with ages. And no need to feel sorry for me, but thanks!


  • #46
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Mezcita wrote: »
    Jesus. That's your response after your previous comment.

    Awful thing to say.

    He took the piss out of Brian Lenihan, it's not that big of a deal.


  • #47
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Because he's playing the cancer card?

    In fairness he has not once done that.


  • #48
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    scarymoon1 wrote: »
    Makikomi - well to defend my myself he is only new and Brian Lenihan is around with ages. And no need to feel sorry for me, but thanks!

    Cool :cool:


  • #49
    Mezcita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭Mezcita


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    He took the piss out of Brian Lenihan, it's not that big of a deal.

    People can take the piss out of any of FF's TDs at the moment.

    But the suggestion that Lenihan is playing the cancer card to gain sympathy is just rubbish.


  • #50
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by scarymoon1 viewpost.gif
    I actualy felt kinda sorry for Brian Lenihan yesterday when the Sinn Fein guy was mouthing off on his speech - eek! Brian looked kinda sad!!

    Camron Little Mannequin wrote: »
    I feel more sorry for someone (you) who couldn't be arsed to remember the name Pearse Doherty TD, who you accuse of "mouthing off" but you can remember a sh*tbags name & say he looked "sad"..

    I'd rather see the fvckers looking sad hanging from a cherry picker tbh.

    I hope SF put Pearse Doherty's speech up on youtube - I find the man inspiring.

    I don't believe Lenihan was next nor near the dail chambers when Pearse Doherty got up to speak, so I don't know what scarymoon1 was seeing.


  • #51
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    thomasj wrote: »
    Don't you mean people of Offaly, I don't recall ever having the option to vote for Brian Cowen and I don't think 25 counties have either.

    How many ff TD's are there?

    Are they all in Offaly?


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  • #52
    scarymoon1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭scarymoon1


    maybe if was noonan mouthing off then?! he did look sad so dont jump down my throat for fcuk sake.


  • #53
    markesmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭markesmith


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjN9yK4lhxU


  • #54
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    freewheeler wrote: »
    Yes brewing for years under this clown and that other financial genius Cowen..have you been living under a rock since FF came to power??:rolleyes:

    Another consideration that we should factor into the equation is the fact that of 19,000 civil servants, there are three who hold a PHD in economics.

    Enclosed is a recent newspaper article highlighting this fact.

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lee-attacks-civil-servants-over-lack-of-economics-phds-2041228.html

    Bearing in mind that we are currently in negotiations with the IMF and several international bodies concerning the future of our nation and it's finances surely the mere mention of the "smart economy" or the "knowledge economy" should send shivers down the collective spines of the nation. When we considr that the very building blocks of our economy are in the hands of people who are either unsuitable or not fully qualified should be a worry.

    We may highlight the fact that the current minister of finance may not be qualified to hold this position but we need to be mindful that the civil servants in his department are also unqualified and will still be there when the next minister of finance takes office.

    Heres another:

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/lack-of-qualified-finance-staff-damaging-economy-1613951.html

    Now these articles are over a year old but things cant have changed that much.


  • #55
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    Seaneh wrote: »
    anyone have a link to aforementioned rant from sinner?


    Here you go-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyYVfuedy0g


    Not a Sinner fan by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard to argue with some of his points. And it's great to see him belittle that useless idiot Coughlan.


  • #56
    My name is Mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭My name is Mud


    orourkeda wrote: »
    We may highlight the fact that the current minister of finance may not be qualified to hold this position

    He's a solicitor.

    And the health minister is obese.

    Clowns.


  • #57
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Yes..you do have to imagine what would it be like if all that hate was directed at "you"....!! Imagine it for a second....it must be almost suicide inducing...from opening the papers in the morning to going out in public...must be hell! I know one has to take the rough with the smooth, but no person would be able to handle that ****...
    If you can't stand the heat - get out of the kitchen!


  • #58
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Sanjuro wrote: »

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyYVfuedy0g

    Now there's a man for, and of the people.


  • #59
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,382 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    godscop wrote: »
    **** him, thats the attitude that has this country in this mess. Hello ! its his job..

    It's not my attitude at all...I was merely wondering what it would be like!


  • #60
    Johro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    orourkeda wrote: »
    We may highlight the fact that the current minister of finance may not be qualified to hold this position
    None of them are exactly 'qualified' for their respective ministries. Which doesn't really make a difference, because when it comes to re-shuffles, they all take on completely different jobs. It's ridiculous really.
    Say you're a building contractor, and you have different skilled workers on site, but your roofer isn't up to the job. Do you appoint your plasterer as roofer and get him to complete the roof?
    Move the roofer to bricklaying because he's better at that, and the brickie to plastering?
    I gotta say having Hairy Marnie as Minister for Health really does take the biscuit. A whole plate of 'em.


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  • #61
    starbelgrade
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    Gary4279 wrote: »
    I was thinking de Valera. Seems I gave you more credit towards your intelligence than you deserved.

    Don't try & put the fact that you got the answer wrong down to me having a lack of intelligence.

    It smacks of bitterness.


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