tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post8932399460025040374..comments2023-07-04T11:54:22.638+01:00Comments on Chancing My Arm: Frozen AssetsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170574944537866579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-89103270357121319542010-12-15T13:19:14.221+00:002010-12-15T13:19:14.221+00:00Sorry, ladies, your comments were stuck in moderat...Sorry, ladies, your comments were stuck in moderation limbo for a couple of days. I really ought to check it more often.<br /><br />Jo - I was in the pub last night with a mate who asked me why I wasn't on facebook. Byt the time I'd finished giving my reasons for it he said he was now giving serious thought to quitting it.<br /><br />Tessa - That's becasue the Canadian meeja aren't owned by the Irish government. Apparently the march was reported by some foreign media as being against the government's austerity measures, rather than the anti-IMF bailout march that it actually was. was that the case in Canada too?<br /> It was all very civilised, but it probably would have taken an act of real aggression to have earned any serious media coverage here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170574944537866579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-87045627422560944712010-12-12T22:11:41.218+00:002010-12-12T22:11:41.218+00:00If it's any consolation, Andrew, the Canadian ...If it's any consolation, Andrew, the Canadian meeja had your protest march attracting around 100,000. <br /><br />The fact that nothing got burned, trashed or pissed on and the cops were relatively non-thuggish, compared with the G20 protests here last summer, combined with the very funny placards on display, made it all seem quite civilized. Especially when you consider that, the last time I took in a protest on Dublin's streets, the British Embassy got torched! (Not by me, I hasten to add. I was on the 15 bus home before things turned ugly.)Tessahttp://www.nutsandmutton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-78102655195222453052010-12-11T21:19:33.925+00:002010-12-11T21:19:33.925+00:00Aw, I was all on my todd. I should have called aro...Aw, I was all on my todd. I should have called around! If only you were on facebook...Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-48580274769324322382010-12-04T13:39:20.522+00:002010-12-04T13:39:20.522+00:00Conan - Bleak, but you may be right. Still, despit...Conan - Bleak, but you may be right. Still, despite everything I'm in no hurry to leave. It's times like this you have to remind yourself that we are more than our stinking government.<br /><br />Annie - It was a nice thought, but this administration has shown time and time again that they don't give a fuck about the will of the people. I imagine they were barely aware that the march even happened. RTÉ's coverage certainly did its best to make the whole thing look like a few loudmouths waving flags.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170574944537866579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-81685667298430815382010-11-30T11:10:44.272+00:002010-11-30T11:10:44.272+00:00I truly thought the march would stop the bailout. ...I truly thought the march would stop the bailout. I am so naive.<br /><br />And there were WAY more than 50,000 people there. More like 150,000Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793047799910670620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2337056659803732067.post-88878775892444334342010-11-30T10:22:16.862+00:002010-11-30T10:22:16.862+00:00Apparently they're going to rename Anglo Irish...Apparently they're going to rename Anglo Irish Bank the Fluffy Bunny Bank and ALACAZAM!! we'll all have forgotten about everything and vote the current shower back in in early March.<br />The new Ireland will be a place where no-one ever retires (because it's not possible) and there's few folks left under the age of 20 by 2015 because all the young adults and parents with young children will have hit the road for pastures new.Conan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.com