A Land With No Hope

LivelineDipso · 29-11-2012 03:16PM #1

Until this afternoon I really had no idea how finished and insane we are as a nation.

I live in a small town in Midlands. Today I found out that three local shops are pulling down the shutters for the final time tomorrow. These are not long established family businesses. But shops which well intentioned young couples began and made work - providing items and services people would of had to drive 30 or 40 miles to get. They paid their rent, paid for the refitting of the shops and generally brought a lot of life to a gloomy Midlands town.

They are all making enough income to keep going except - the landlord who owns half the town doubled their rent.

He is also from an old GAA/Fianna Fail family. He prides humself on being a "real GAA man" - so much so that his brother who is the headmaster of the local school stopped the school from having a rugby team because he also is a "real GAA man".

The landlord is in dire straits from building housing one-off estates during the boom and his own greed is coming back to haunt him. He is liquidating all his assets in order to claim poverty. If this means killing a small town he is doing it. He's a "Real GAA man" afterall.

He still lives the life of a feudal baron. Now Eda Kenny wants a new tax on small business. You could not make it up.

If this wasn't bad enough there are a lot of civil servants living in this town. Apart from no recession for them, they strut sround town with their noses in the air and with a sense of personal entitlement which borders on sociopathic. Everyone in the town knows that the reduction in public services is to save the salary of the civil servants.

The rest of the town is either on the dole or emigrating.

It's gone too far now. This is rotten little island and the good people are being mauled to keep a kind of public sector elite and the "real GAA men" in their position of wealth and safety.

Stick a fork in us - we are done.

Wacker The Attacker · 29-11-2012 03:17PM

where theres life theres hope

DipStick McSwindler · 29-11-2012 03:18PM

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Death and Taxes · 29-11-2012 03:18PM

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Until this afternoon I really had no idea how finished and insane we are as a nation.

I live in a small town in Midlands. Today I found out that three local shops are pulling down the shutters for the final time tomorrow. These are not long established family businesses. But shops which well intentioned young couples began and made work - providing items and services people would of had to drive 30 or 40 miles to get. They paid their rent, paid for the refitting of the shops and generally brought a lot of life to a gloomy Midlands town.

They are all making enough income to keep going except - the landlord who owns half the town doubled their rent.

He is also from an old GAA/Fianna Fail family. He prides humself on being a "real GAA man" - so much so that his brother who is the headmaster of the local school stopped the school from having a rugby team because he also is a "real GAA man".

The landlord is in dire straits from building housing one-off estates during the boom and his own greed is coming back to haunt him. He is liquidating all his assets in order to claim poverty. If this means killing a small town he is doing it. He's a "Real GAA man" afterall.

He still lives the life of a feudal baron. Now Eda Kenny wants a new tax on small business. You could not make it up.

If this wasn't bad enough there are a lot of civil servants living in this town. Apart from no recession for them, they strut sround town with their noses in the air and with a sense of personal entitlement which borders on sociopathic. Everyone in the town knows that the reduction in public services is to save the salary of the civil servants.

The rest of the town is either on the dole or emigrating.

It's gone too far now. This is rotten little island and the good people are being mauled to keep a kind of public sector elite and the "real GAA men" in their position of wealth and safety.

Stick a fork in us - we are done.

So I take you dont like the GAA then?:D

Rented Mule · 29-11-2012 03:18PM

...and that's when the whores come in !!

LivelineDipso · 29-11-2012 03:19PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

where theres life theres hope

Where there is Partnership and the Croke Park AGREEDment there is only hope for them.

and boy, don't they just know it.

BUBBLE WRAP · 29-11-2012 03:20PM

Today I found out that three local shops are pulling down the shutters for the final time tomorrow.

So there converting them to 24hr "Adult" shops?

keith16 · 29-11-2012 03:20PM

Stop saying "real GAA men".

Sarky · 29-11-2012 03:20PM

I was about to post "in before comments along the lines of 'well sod off so and don't let the door hit you on the way out!'" but damn it those guys are fast.

Wacker The Attacker · 29-11-2012 03:20PM

disgrace joe

oppenheimer1 · 29-11-2012 03:21PM

LivelineDipso wrote: »

Until this afternoon I really had no idea how finished and insane we are as a nation.

I live in a small town in Midlands. Today I found out that three local shops are pulling down the shutters for the final time tomorrow. These are not long established family businesses. But shops which well intentioned young couples began and made work - providing items and services people would of had to drive 30 or 40 miles to get. They paid their rent, paid for the refitting of the shops and generally brought a lot of life to a gloomy Midlands town.

They are all making enough income to keep going except - the landlord who owns half the town doubled their rent.

He is also from an old GAA/Fianna Fail family. He prides humself on being a "real GAA man" - so much so that his brother who is the headmaster of the local school stopped the school from having a rugby team because he also is a "real GAA man".

The landlord is in dire straits from building housing one-off estates during the boom and his own greed is coming back to haunt him. He is liquidating all his assets in order to claim poverty. If this means killing a small town he is doing it. He's a "Real GAA man" afterall.

He still lives the life of a feudal baron. Now Eda Kenny wants a new tax on small business. You could not make it up.

If this wasn't bad enough there are a lot of civil servants living in this town. Apart from no recession for them, they strut sround town with their noses in the air and with a sense of personal entitlement which borders on sociopathic. Everyone in the town knows that the reduction in public services is to save the salary of the civil servants.

The rest of the town is either on the dole or emigrating.

It's gone too far now. This is rotten little island and the good people are being mauled to keep a kind of public sector elite and the "real GAA men" in their position of wealth and safety.

Stick a fork in us - we are done.

What has the GAA got to do with this?

This rant says more about your own prejudices than anything else.

crusher000 · 29-11-2012 03:22PM

It's what this great land is founded on. Try to change it, they'll chew you up and spit you out. I tend to go around oblivious to it all.

SEPT 23 1989 · 29-11-2012 03:22PM

Sounds like Laos alright

29-11-2012 03:22PM

I guess this is a good attempt to wind people up OP, but is there some way you could add the catholic church and the pro-(life or choice) movement in here?

iDave · 29-11-2012 03:22PM

We are definately a land with no hope. One of the few things good about the country the GAA for some reason gets blamed for businesses collapsing. You couldnt make it up.

BUBBLE WRAP · 29-11-2012 03:22PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

disgrace joe

An we are join with Wacker the attacker, GOO GOO GOOD afternoon too you!

DipStick McSwindler · 29-11-2012 03:22PM

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Crann na Beatha · 29-11-2012 03:23PM

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mattjack · 29-11-2012 03:23PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Sounds like Laos alright

Thought more Cambodia myself.

BUBBLE WRAP · 29-11-2012 03:23PM

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Your an Idiot

reported. :mad:

summerskin · 29-11-2012 03:23PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Sounds like Laos alright

was thinking more like Vietnam myself

EDIT: damn Mattjack beat me to it.

DipStick McSwindler · 29-11-2012 03:25PM

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Hippies! · 29-11-2012 03:26PM

Good post OP, accurate reflection of this corrupt little land.

Duckworth_Luas · 29-11-2012 03:26PM

iDave wrote: »

We are definately a land with no hope. One of the few things good about the country the GAA for some reason gets blamed for businesses collapsing. You couldnt make it up.

But you could! Sounds like a surreal GAA man to me!

BUBBLE WRAP · 29-11-2012 03:27PM

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

But Moooooommmm!!

Now, now son you should be in school!

Penn · 29-11-2012 03:28PM

Have you considered moving to Australia?

seamus · 29-11-2012 03:28PM

The CSO reported a 1.1% fall in unemployment today.

I think your thread may be a couple of years too late tbh. I see plenty of hope around.

davet82 · 29-11-2012 03:29PM

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I guess this is a good attempt to wind people up OP, but is there some way you could add the catholic church and the pro-(life or choice) movement in here?

ye forgot single mothers

LivelineDipso · 29-11-2012 03:30PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

What has the GAA got to do with this?

This rant says more about your own prejudices than anything else.

Because the "reall GAA men" are the ones who are at the heart of the rot. The same bastards will be on Nationwide next year moaning about the lack of players for clubs due to emigrations.

The ironny being their "real GAA man" mindset CAUSED the problem.

davet82 · 29-11-2012 03:30PM

seamus wrote: »

The CSO reported a 1.1% fall in unemployment today.

I think your thread may be a couple of years too late tbh. I see plenty of hope around.

seasonal and emmigration factors maybe... ???

i don't want to be a miserable bastard, i just dont want my hopes dashed

Crann na Beatha · 29-11-2012 03:31PM

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