Once upon a time
Once upon a time in the land of Dáil Ãireann there ruled a dark lord called Cowen.
The Dark Lordâs Empire ruled for many years during which time he showered the people of the land with cheap worthless trinkets called Euros. When the people realised the trinkets were worthless they became restless, and fearing for his safety, the Dark Lord called upon the fiery dragon known as EU to protect him
There was an uprising however and the evil Cowen was defeated and banished to the wastelands of Offaly.
The people rejoiced because they thought that the Lord Enda who had led the uprising was a fair man and would do much good for the land. They thought he would kill the dragon EU and would return them to prosperity.
As time passed the people became disheartened for they realised that far from being a knight in shining armour, the Lord Enda was almost as bad as the evil Lord Cowen. Not only did he not return the people to prosperity, he started to rob them blind and to give all their possessions to the dragon EU, for he was now truly the ruler of the land.
Within the court of Lord Enda lived the fair maid Creighton. While she secretly fancied the Lord Enda she did speak out against him and was banished from the court. This did not please the Lady Creighton and she vowed revenge. She vowed to create a new court to rival Lord Endaâs court of Fine Gael. And the people of the land laughed for they knew she was a lady of exceptionally little brain and they also knew that her court would be indistinguishable from the Court of Fine Gael.
And the people went back to playing with Twitter and watching reality TV.
And the people muttered with one voice âfuck the lot of âemâ.
So it didn't all end happily ever after then!
Not yet.
And probably never????!!!!!
In chapter five, verse seven, it continues, "And verily, the people still did'st not rise up for they themselves are a shiftless shower of useless langers. The Evil Lord Enda dith prosper in his second home, even as the little people were cast forthwith unto the streets. Instead, blindly they voted to be tormented and scourged even more by the pompous overweight masters who continued to heap scorn and contempt upon them from their lofty height. And the moral of the tale good people is that, there are no morals left."
At least, I think that's what it said anyway Grandad !
Damnit! You're better at this than I am. Why don't you start up your own site?
…………. and the carrot that they dangled in front of the scoundrel Knave Ahern i.e. the presidency of the EEEUooh hath been dangled once again in front of Dame Edna…………
Don't tell me they have offered that job to that lying conniving devious little cunt? Mind you, they seem to be the qualifications required?
Maybe if the current state of the place was explained in this fashion, then the vast swathes of ignorant heathens might understand things a little better and get their heads out of each others holes.
Maybe not.
It would be better understood in txt-speak?
There's no pleasing some folks.
The long list of the Irish Blog Awards is out. Headrambles is nominated for a few different catagories. http://www.blogawardsireland.com/category/long-list-2013/
Bugger! Thanks Brianf. So much for keeping my head down?
The Shock Doctrine – The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
http://www.infoshop.org/amp/NaomiKlein-TheShockDoctrine.pdf
This sums it up for me GD or maybe I'm just another deluded dupe…..enjoyed your article very much, not much in the news cheers me up these days!
Welcome Hagbard! 565 pages is a little long for a quick read so it will have to wait a little!
Sorry GD I'm one on of these people who likes to read a lot so here's the video I had to go search where I put it
http://vimeo.com/26718047#
Regards Hagbard Celine