i mean, it wasn't too bad really. we were quite happy then ... working at foreign national corporation ...
okay Jordy you win! (:
im not trying to win!! just my opinion! could be a wrong one too, you remember more than i do.
i know we were not competing! thought it was funny of my trying to making point & realized where i had been working then. that multinational pulled out couple years ago. so ... yes foreign investments are good boost, but better to promote indigenous industries more. up Spice burgers!
on "Back Pages" , financial section of today's IT ...
Falling behind Iceland in fight for recovery, that's not funny
A YEAR ago it was said that the only difference between Ireland and Iceland was one letter and six months. It wasn’t funny even then.
Last week, Deutsche Bank issued a report examining the differences in greater detail. In a nutshell, Deutsche decided that, a year on, Iceland is probably better placed for recovery than Ireland.
“Iceland’s advantages over Ireland and other EMU member states should not be understated,” Deutsche argued. “It has undergone a massive adjustment in competitiveness and a shift in resources from the non-tradeable to tradeable sector. It also enjoys natural resources, which it may opt to invest in to generate economic activity.”
By contrast, Ireland’s growth path is “more uncertain”, the bank adds. “It can no longer compete on manufacturing, restoration of competitiveness via unit labour costs is set to be much more prolonged and the economy appears to lack a ‘niche’ to attract foreign direct investment. At this stage, our best guess is that Iceland supports the current literature on the benefit of devaluation to a recovery in economic output.”
Then again, what does Deutsche know about Iceland and Ireland? Not much judging by the report’s take on our historical ties.
“In the 10th century, Norse chiefs are known to have taken female slaves from Ireland to Iceland, helping to explain the similarities in appearances between Irish and Icelandic populations!”
Now that is funny.
opt out from EU and go back to Irish Punt, the currency will fall, good value for foreign currency = investments ahoy! ... down side is, expensive import and overseas holidays; oh then people turn to domestic products/holidays??
Did you see the Ryanair ads in the paper yesterday? It said something like... "Dont listen to losers: Ganley- LOSER, Higgins-LOSER, SinnFein-LOSERS. Vote Yes to piss off the losers!!" or something, it was very funny!
yeah. Ganley and MaryLou McD = lost MEP, Higgins lost TD (ignoring his new status of MEP!!), who was the other one?? Patricia McKenna? (who cares ... ??)
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well, the show's almost over ...
hail to the No voters ... you'll not be forgotten, Joe Higgins MEP will fight for you!
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Wow, all Yes results so far except for the 2 Donegal constituencies. I was hoping it would pass, but thats a surprising majority already.
Declan Ganley's response: "We have not succeeded but we did tell the truth and that is something I am proud of,” Mr Ganley said. He said he was “proud of the campaign that we ran”. Mr Ganley said he needed time to reflect on what he would do next.
Anti-Lisbon group Cóir, which also played a prominent role in the No campaign, accepted that the referendum would be approved. The group’s poster campaign attracted a great deal of negative criticism during the campaign – most notably one which suggested the minimum wage could fall to as low as €1.84 an hour. Coir’s spokesman Richard Greene defended the posters and said "people will learn very very soon that what we were saying was the truth”.
Indeed, we will wait and see what happens now....it will be interesting.
Well, I voted Yes in the end. I don't know for sure that it was the right vote, but I figured if I voted no, it'd be purely out of spite. And as much as that thought entertained me, it didn't seem very productive.
Brilliantly though, while I was working the polling booth, some old man came up, and didn't even bother going to the booths to cast his vote. He just grabbed the slip from me, scribbled an X in the yes column on my table, then yelled at me about how anyone who "votes for Sinn Féin" was a gigantic idiot. Then he stormed out of the room. It was the most fantastic piece of impassioned voting I've seen in the five or six years I've been doing this work.
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
Well, I voted Yes in the end. I don't know for sure that it was the right vote, but I figured if I voted no, it'd be purely out of spite. And as much as that thought entertained me, it didn't seem very productive.
Brilliantly though, while I was working the polling booth, some old man came up, and didn't even bother going to the booths to cast his vote. He just grabbed the slip from me, scribbled an X in the yes column on my table, then yelled at me about how anyone who "votes for Sinn Féin" was a gigantic idiot. Then he stormed out of the room. It was the most fantastic piece of impassioned voting I've seen in the five or six years I've been doing this work.
Legend!! That's priceless! Fair play getting the polling work, thats a handy & well-renumerated number
My polling station had the cast of "Cocoon" working at it. The poor old dear at my table was almost too tired to tear the card off the stub! At least a referendum creates some work eh!
Yeh, i would have been the same, and you're right, the thought of voting no out of spite was SO entertaining....if i could count the number of times i voted for "RON" in college votes....ah, back when it didnt matter.... *sheds single tear of nostalgia*
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
here in Greece the FUCKERS politics just say yes to Europe without ask anyone.the most of the politics party vote yes so the goverment said yes...people ignored..and we bring democracy to the world
yesa couse most of the people countries already vote yes and thje others like mine politics said yes without asking the people..Ireland is the last castle..
Well, it's done now!! 2/3 said yes.... stronger decision than expected. We'll see what happens, hopefully democracy will survive for some time!
here in Greece the FUCKERS politics just say yes to Europe without ask anyone.the most of the politics party vote yes so the goverment said yes...people ignored..and we bring democracy to the world
yesa couse most of the people countries already vote yes and thje others like mine politics said yes without asking the people..Ireland is the last castle..
Well, it's done now!! 2/3 said yes.... stronger decision than expected. We'll see what happens, hopefully democracy will survive for some time!
yep..thats true...i hope all will be ok..
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
slightly annoyed reading some british papers suggesting Tony Blair for EU President (term 2 & half years)... thought the current "six-month rotating EU Presidency" would be better ... then i heard another nomination : Mary Robinson for the first EU President!
now that'll be cool
Millstreet Arena '96 The Point '96 '00 '06 Shepherd's Bush Empire '09 The O2 Arena Dublin '10 Hyde Park '10
Neil Young with Pearl Jam RDS '95 Three Fish NY & Seattle '99
slightly annoyed reading some british papers suggesting Tony Blair for EU President (term 2 & half years)... thought the current "six-month rotating EU Presidency" would be better ... then i heard another nomination : Mary Robinson for the first EU President!
now that'll be cool
Imagine, it would be great. She's on the International Commission of Jurists now..... an EU position would be a lot more high-profile.
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I'm heading home now to bogland to cast my vote, I'll think about which way to vote on my way home.
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on "Back Pages" , financial section of today's IT ... opt out from EU and go back to Irish Punt, the currency will fall, good value for foreign currency = investments ahoy! ... down side is, expensive import and overseas holidays; oh then people turn to domestic products/holidays??
yeah. Ganley and MaryLou McD = lost MEP, Higgins lost TD (ignoring his new status of MEP!!), who was the other one?? Patricia McKenna? (who cares ... ??)
Neil Young with Pearl Jam RDS '95 Three Fish NY & Seattle '99
hail to the No voters ... you'll not be forgotten, Joe Higgins MEP will fight for you!
Neil Young with Pearl Jam RDS '95 Three Fish NY & Seattle '99
Declan Ganley's response: "We have not succeeded but we did tell the truth and that is something I am proud of,” Mr Ganley said. He said he was “proud of the campaign that we ran”. Mr Ganley said he needed time to reflect on what he would do next.
Anti-Lisbon group Cóir, which also played a prominent role in the No campaign, accepted that the referendum would be approved. The group’s poster campaign attracted a great deal of negative criticism during the campaign – most notably one which suggested the minimum wage could fall to as low as €1.84 an hour. Coir’s spokesman Richard Greene defended the posters and said "people will learn very very soon that what we were saying was the truth”.
Indeed, we will wait and see what happens now....it will be interesting.
Brilliantly though, while I was working the polling booth, some old man came up, and didn't even bother going to the booths to cast his vote. He just grabbed the slip from me, scribbled an X in the yes column on my table, then yelled at me about how anyone who "votes for Sinn Féin" was a gigantic idiot. Then he stormed out of the room. It was the most fantastic piece of impassioned voting I've seen in the five or six years I've been doing this work.
Legend!!
My polling station had the cast of "Cocoon" working at it. The poor old dear at my table was almost too tired to tear the card off the stub! At least a referendum creates some work eh!
Yeh, i would have been the same, and you're right, the thought of voting no out of spite was SO entertaining....if i could count the number of times i voted for "RON" in college votes....ah, back when it didnt matter.... *sheds single tear of nostalgia*
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Well, it's done now!! 2/3 said yes.... stronger decision than expected. We'll see what happens, hopefully democracy will survive for some time!
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Mary Robinson for the first EU President!
now that'll be cool
Neil Young with Pearl Jam RDS '95 Three Fish NY & Seattle '99
Imagine, it would be great. She's on the International Commission of Jurists now..... an EU position would be a lot more high-profile.