TONIGHT With Vincent Browne

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:09AM

MrsD007 wrote: »

We will have to agree to differ. Do you remember when Dr. Rory O'Hanlon was Minister for Health?

Dr. Noel Browne? i could tell you in another setting*, what was going on in sanatoriums here before he became minsiter of health.
*another covered up scandal waiting to break.

That_Guy · 15-02-2011 12:11AM

Oooh. Telescopic handle.

Lady Chatterton · 15-02-2011 12:12AM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Dr. Noel Browne? i could tell you in another setting*, what was going on in sanatoriums here before he became minsiter of health.
*another covered up scandal waiting to break.

Now we agree on Dr. Noel Browne, he was a brilliant man but you are going back awhile. His autobiography "Against the Tide" is an excellent read

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:12AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Oooh. Telescopic handle.

Yeah, but where do i put the battery?

ArtSmart · 15-02-2011 12:12AM

actually the 'doc?' is right there.

civics should be a Leaving cert exam subject and Economics should be compulsory as part of it.

That_Guy · 15-02-2011 12:13AM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Yeah, but where do i put the battery?

I dunno but come on... Telescopic handle to clean the windows. WANT!!!

That_Guy · 15-02-2011 12:15AM

The lad at the end looks a bit like Mario's Conor Lenihan.

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:16AM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Now we agree on Dr. Noel Browne, he was a brilliant man but you are going back awhile. His autobiography "Against the Tide" is an excellent read

i just don't think that being a dr makes someone unfit, or fit, for public office. It's neither here nor there. My issue with Leo was that he pretended not to iunderstand the research establishing the link between income inequality and poor health. He can't use ignorance as an excuse for that.

ascanbe · 15-02-2011 12:16AM

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I would advise you to scratch him off your list of "Economists I Believe".. ;-).. I do agree though.. Would be interesting to get Morgan Kelly's opinions on these things but he seems to be camera shy, particularly when it's live TV..

Impressions were good tonight.. Mario is getting the hang of the format I think..

Believe me, he's never been on my list of 'Economists I Believe'. He's not really an economist, anyway He's an 'economist' for a private business, 'Friends First', i think; a mouthpiece/PR spokesman, in other words.
So why is on here? Apart from the fact that all his public pronouncements for the last number of years have been comically inaccurate, he can't, by any measure, be desribed as an independent analyst.

That_Guy · 15-02-2011 12:19AM

Is Adams hugging Enda in the picture?

ascanbe · 15-02-2011 12:22AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Is Adams hugging Enda in the picture?

Yeah. It's probably from the Independent. Still doing their best to try and damage FF's opponents; though they'd be more favourably disposed towards FG than other alternatives.

hawkhead · 15-02-2011 12:23AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Is Adams hugging Enda in the picture?

He's just reassuring him that he's not on his special list

Lady Chatterton · 15-02-2011 12:23AM

Sardonicat wrote: »

i just don't think that being a dr makes someone unfit, or fit, for public office. It's neither here nor there. My issue with Leo was that he pretended not to iunderstand the research establishing the link between income inequality and poor health. He can't use ignorance as an excuse for that.

I understand the point you're making and I agree. However, what I'm saying is that if you look at Prof Drumm as an example, people had an expectation that he would help reform the HSE because he was a doctor and obviously that didn't happen. The same is true of Dr. O'Hanlon and Dr. Bhamjee. I'm not for one minute saying that all doctors are not suited to politics that would be ridiculous. I will be watching Dr. James Reilly with interest.

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:24AM

ArtSmart wrote: »

actually the 'doc?' is right there.

civics should be a Leaving cert exam subject and Economics should be compulsory as part of it.

Here's an idea inspired by John Stuart Mill: No pass, no vote.

Skid · 15-02-2011 12:25AM

Kathleen Lynch looks and sounds like a woman who spends her time looking through the death notices.

KerranJast · 15-02-2011 12:26AM

The News is not the News

brilliant

JonathanAnon · 15-02-2011 12:26AM

Is this Mrs Jim Corr?

gallinini · 15-02-2011 12:26AM

imme wrote: »

I've only seen it about 4 or 5 times. I used to listen to him on the radio, but like your experience he can be repetitive. He does have some interesting guests on though. He also raises topics/issues that don't usually get touched upon on RTE or in news media.

Yes he raises issues not usually dealt with by the general media,because the salaries they are on are so obscene they like to detract from themselves.Just like the government do when there are cuts to be made they all sing from the same hymn sheet 'Lets hit the old reliable " yes you know the one Social Welfare.We need more VB like minded people in government and we might have a fairer society.

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:27AM

MrsD007 wrote: »

I understand the point you're making and I agree. However, what I'm saying is that if you look at Prof Drumm as an example, people had an expectation that he would help reform the HSE because he was a doctor and obviously that didn't happen. The same is true of Dr. O'Hanlon and Dr. Bhamjee. I'm not for one minute saying that all doctors are not suited to politics that would be ridiculous. I will be watching Dr. James Reilly with interest.

Fair does.

We're still friends!

baldbear · 15-02-2011 12:27AM

Go on Kathlenn blame the Illuminati....

Lady Chatterton · 15-02-2011 12:28AM

SkidMark wrote: »

Kathleen Lynch looks and sounds like a woman who spends her time looking through the death notices.

I bet Mr. Lynch is relieved she is spending Valentines with Vinny B

Lady Chatterton · 15-02-2011 12:28AM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Fair does.

We're still friends!

Off course

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:29AM

SkidMark wrote: »

Kathleen Lynch looks and sounds like a woman who spends her time looking through the death notices.

She'd be good at reading them out on a local radio, wouldn't she?

i'd hate to be taking one of her classes. think it would be a dictaphone and sunglasses job.

imme · 15-02-2011 12:29AM

Shock horror, old lady loses it!

Send to the Conspiracy Theories thread.

Corsendonk · 15-02-2011 12:29AM

SkidMark wrote: »

Kathleen Lynch looks and sounds like a woman who spends her time looking through the death notices.

They should put health warnings on party policy documents if she has been reading them all day!

gallinini · 15-02-2011 12:29AM

SkidMark wrote: »

Kathleen Lynch looks and sounds like a woman who spends her time looking through the death notices.

AH this woman has been reading the parties policies. Who wouldnt look withered....

ascanbe · 15-02-2011 12:29AM

Jim Power is the living embodiment of what she's talking about; he was on RTE pushing the 'soft landing' agenda, unchallenged, in lead up to the last election and beyond.

seen2Bgreen · 15-02-2011 12:30AM

Tonights VB show is terrible. Never heard so many on one panel unable to speak clearly. Everything is "emmmm, ahhhhh, errrrr". Even yer one reading the papers can't string a few words out. Desperate telly altogether. Christ on a bike.

Sardonicat · 15-02-2011 12:31AM

Corsendonk wrote: »

They should put health warnings on party policy documents if she has been reading them all day!

If you ever had to do that, you'd have a bit of sympathy for her.

she has a point, how many people look through policy/proposal documents and know what to look for.

Craebear · 15-02-2011 12:32AM

Wow that lady was actually talking sense. Too bad people are too thick to understand it.

TONIGHT With Vincent Browne

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