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We're getting a property tax while Bertie rakes it in on lectures

  • 27-07-2011 09:37AM
    #1
    ollaetta
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    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bertie-bags-40000-for-tips-on-celtic-tiger-success-2831887.html

    "Bertie Ahern dedicated his career to re-inventing his country's economic and political stakes in global affairs. He persuaded his fellow politicians and citizens to accept short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term gain. His ability to persuade his constituents to follow his vision provides lessons for even the most seasoned executives."

    Pass the sick bag quick!


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  • #2
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    Does he throw in the suicide advice as a free bonus?


  • #3
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Mines A Bass.


  • #4
    wild_cat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭wild_cat


    Is it a guide of "what not to do".

    He had jack **** to do with the prosperity. Low interest rates from the European bank and rising global market.... it was the rainbow government that lowered our corporation tax... etc


  • #5
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    There he goes with that memory problem again. Poor chap!


  • #6
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Well enough Irish people fell for his 'Man of de Peeple' bolloxology so they can't really complain.

    For the rest of us? Well we have to live with the consequences.


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  • #7
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    ollaetta wrote: »
    He persuaded his fellow politicians and citizens to accept short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term gain.

    Delusional doesn't begin to describe it.


  • #8
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Reminds me of that saying "Fools and their money are soon parted"


  • #9
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    It shows the calibre of people that he gives speaches to!! If they havent heard that Ireland is at the nadir of financial ruin as a result of berties mismanagement then good luck to them and i hope they all take on board what he says and apply it to the day to day running of their companies/business.


  • #10
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I have more respect for the smack addicts on the boardwalk than i do this man


  • #11
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    If its any consolation, he's not fully getting the royal treatment at home:

    ‘Bertie, you b****x’: Former Taoiseach gets an earful in Galway'
    AN ANGRY PUNTER heckled Bertie Ahern as he arrived at his old haunt the Galway Races yesterday.

    Racegoer Brendan McCarthy from Limerick shouted “Bertie, you bollox!” at the former Taoiseach as he strolled into the grounds. Mr McCarthy later explained to Barry Moran of the Irish Sun (print edition): “He was here during the good times and then he fecked off when the bad times began. It annoyed me when I just saw him swanning in here without a care in the world. He’s got some cheek.”

    Seeing that Bertie was headed for the restaurant, Mr McCarthy continued: “He’s going in there now to eat chocolate mousse – sure that’s too good for him.”

    According to the Irish Sun, Mr Ahern actually tucked in to slow-roasted prime sirloin with mash.

    The Irish Independent reports that when asked about his opinion on the presidential race which he was once widely expected to enter, Mr Ahern told reporters: “Ah sure they’re welcome to it. Let them at it.”

    However, other Fianna Fáilers were having a better day. Former Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy will be enjoying a share of €11,385 in winnings after his wife Noeleen’s horse Catch the Eye came first in the day’s last race. Asked how the man once known as ‘Champagne Charlie’ would want to celebrate, Noeleen told the Irish Times: “Charlie will want to go straight home.”
    http://www.thejournal.ie/bertie-you-bx-former-taoiseach-gets-an-earful-in-galway-187481-Jul2011/


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  • #12
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    CJC999 wrote: »
    It shows the calibre of people that he gives speaches to!! If they havent heard that Ireland is at the nadir of financial ruin as a result of berties mismanagement then good luck to them and i hope they all take on board what he says and apply it to the day to day running of their companies/business.
    The problem is that their cronies in government will corrupt the country so they can still get paid.


  • #13
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Biggins wrote: »
    If its any consolation, he's not fully getting the royal treatment at home:

    ‘Bertie, you b****x’: Former Taoiseach gets an earful in Galway'

    http://www.thejournal.ie/bertie-you-bx-former-taoiseach-gets-an-earful-in-galway-187481-Jul2011/

    Well done Brendan McCarthy


  • #14
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    is he still being chauffeured around in a state Merc?

    Can we not have add another referendum to the list about cutting free former FF Taoisigh?


  • #15
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Well done Brendan McCarthy
    Indeed.
    I'd buy the man a drink if I met him.


  • #16
    Lambsbread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭Lambsbread


    ollaetta wrote: »
    "He persuaded his fellow politicians and citizens to accept long-term sacrifices to achieve short-term gain."

    Fixed!


  • #17
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Well done Brendan McCarthy

    Is it too late for him to get into the presidential race?


  • #18
    ceekay74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭ceekay74


    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bertie-bags-40000-for-tips-on-celtic-tiger-success-2831887.html

    unbelieveable! :mad:


  • #19
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    The real issue is with the person who'd pay him.

    They're the real idiot


  • #20
    Needler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Needler


    Jaysus bertie looks about 15-20 years older now that his 37k a year make-up artist is gone


  • #21
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    See: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056339645


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  • #22
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Man, Bertie looks a lot like Werzel Gummage.


  • #23
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,173 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    In all fairness to him, if people are willing to listen then he may as well. He not the stupid one here.


  • #24
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Where else is he gonna get it from...?

    The horses?


  • #25
    Sticky_Fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Sticky_Fingers


    Well I just hope he declares any income he receives from it to the taxman. We all know how he feels about being non tax compliant.

    Skip to 1 minute for his views on the subject ;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9HNrE4-bB8


  • #26
    Jesus Wept
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    He should commit suicide.


  • #27
    Downlinz
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    He was here during the good times and then he fecked off when the bad times began. It annoyed me when I just saw him swanning in here without a care in the world. He’s got some cheek.

    That quote sums up the average FG supporter perfectly.


  • #28
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Of all the folks in the world that get payed to talk bollocks Bertie would be the least annoying.

    War criminals like that Tony Blair fella get millions for it. People even pay Führer Bush to come and talk.


  • #29
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    RichieC wrote: »
    People even pay Führer Bush to come and talk.

    Judging from his past work those are presumably for comedy purposes rather than political insight.


  • #30
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,014 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    This is the kind of stuff that really grinds my gears and it's something thats happening all over the place.
    The guys that made the major decisions, the big players, have all gotten out of this mess without a scratch either by retiring and doing the speeches circuit in this case, by being given a handy number somewhere else, or in the case of the businessmen/bankers by going out abroad/moving their assets into someone elses name.
    Still no sign of any accountability, no sign of any movement on court cases (almost three years later) and all the while these guys continue to live in relative comfort, well insulated from the cuts.

    Bertie himself has been using state cars and resources to get to book signings and personal appearances, bringing down the office of the taoiseach (if he could bring it any lower) by appearing in that rag and advertisements for that rag..........
    my BP is going up - you get the drift.


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  • #31
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,560 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Downlinz wrote: »
    That quote sums up the average FG supporter perfectly.

    Would say it somes up pretty much anybody in this country who has been affected by the downturn magnifies the idiotic economic policies of this idiot.
    Fair play to that McCarthy man.


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