Are we a laughing stock.?

christmas2012 wrote: »

were low down the bar internationally since the crash and brian cowens antics,some of irelands politicans are the best paid in the world,getting 100,000 + salaries,i think that is disgraceful and the cutting of health services was announced just today,and after the whole cutting of roscommon hospital where a girl near roscommon died bc of this its truly awful..

there are potholes in the roads where we live,the road markings on the road of which direction to drive,are gone,and two american tourists driving in their rented car went into oncoming traffic it could have caused a head on collision,how many people have died due to getting disorientated and there being no road markings and driving head on into another car going at speed?

These people are the reason there are so many badly off and injured and in bad health in ireland bc of cuts but they are not happy to cut their own salaries we should be demanding calls for cuts to thier handsome salaries and their on paid holidays?!?!?!this needs to stop.

Well ok Stop it, what is stopping you and your mates going out there and change things

Ask your local council if you can mark the road, if they say no ask them why? atleast you have complained to them.

Change things everyone of us has the power to do this, all we need to think is community wise right now, they Local Pollies love that and then basically tell them how they are lettting down their own community. That is what won us wars in the past.:)

People in Ireland, need to understand that their neighbours and community are looking out for them, (protecting their houses, making sure each and everyone is secure, and safe). This is community in Ireland, and we appeared to lose it during the "Celtic Tiger" we need to embrace it again : )

BlueSmoker wrote: »

Well ok Stop it, what is stopping you and your mates going out there and change things

Ask your local council if you can mark the road, if they say no ask them why? atleast you have complained to them.

Change things everyone of us has the power to do this, all we need to think is community wise right now, they Local Pollies love that and then basically tell them how they are lettting down their own community. That is what won us wars in the past.:)

People in Ireland, need to understand that their neighbours and community are looking out for them, (protecting their <a class="inlineAdmedialink" href="#">houses</a>, making sure each and everyone is secure, and safe). This is community in Ireland, and we appeared to lose it during the "Celtic Tiger" we need to embrace it again : )

Glad to see the Irish people, don't want to take this seriously, glad to see they are happy with being, screwed over again, glad they are happy with the idea it won't ever happen to them, well grow up take a look at your neighbours, it happening in your estates and you pretended it isn't is making you a fool, alot of people have watched their neighbours loose the homes, I can only ask one question here, what if you as a family were to lose your home, would you not like someone to step in, bank or neighbourwise.

Really this country has become as ignorant as hell, maybe we should go down the pan, because I would walk away from all of youse now, If my Mother didn't need to believed in a country that she build, It appears as if most of you are ungrateful gits, cause you don't even know how much your parents fought for you to be here, **** it we may at least have the honour of pulling the plug. Cause at least we fought, not once have you.

christmas2012 wrote: »

i have made a valid point about the roads in ireland some of the country roads are unmarked and <a class="inlineAdmedialink" href="#">very</a> dangerous for tourists and natives alike to navigate,replying with such quips as stop joe and saying im making ireland lower down the bar doesnt help the situation at all..it just belittles what i wrote,why not reply with something more useful than stop joe,how is it im going on like joe duffey,is it because i have a valid point to make about the state of irelands roads..

and what about that comment i made on the ministers being overpaid,are you disputing that with your 'stop joe' reply?

Are you serious, I told you how to deal with the roads, as I said sort them out yourselve, tell the council you are and, sort them out, if it's that important, and then invoice them for the work. What am I saying that is unclear here, everyone seems to think they have no rights in their community, or neighbourhood, it's what Ireland was based apon, communities and neighbourhoods, the celtic tiger came along and people put more value on their house, over their community/neighbours. This is the people who well look after you

Well Live with it your house, your community and stop bitching about it, because some people thought they could upscale up to a better community, gob****es. at the end of the day

old hippy wrote: »

Have you read the OP? Have you read christmas' output in general?

Yes I have, but its still trolling.

old hippy wrote: »

And blanket generalisations like the English abroad & all the foreign women love us isn't?

Come off it

I think you need to look up the definition of trolling.

Ry wrote: »

To be fair the Romanians you consider thieves are not Romanians. Romanians can't stand that bunch as much as we can't. The people you're referring to are actually "Romani". It's not fair on Romanians really to refer to the Romani as Romanians. Romanians are actually just like us except that they're much better looking in most cases They're lovely people!

No I'm not Romanian and have no Romanian affiliations.

Would actually agree I look like an Romani person and I do give them a hard time when asked, but I had a couple enjoying a moment because I never considered Romani to be Romanian, as most of us do, if you need the difference, I look like a creasy grispy (hippy) I loke no more Romanian than the man in the moon, but I do look gipsy, which is more mediterran, dark and again "hippy looking"

The Irish stereotype isn't all bad.

Bad:
Drinking, fighting, redfaced farmers, gambling

Good:
Charming, friendly, gift of the gab, romantic (I mean the non-relationshipy type of romantic)

Then neither good or bad we have the red hair and freckles and that Irish mammies are amazing cooks and will feed you well.

I've never met anyone from another country that had a profoundly negative impression of the Irish. Personally, I'm proud of the culchie lilt in my accent, my inability to tan and my love of turnips.