You are not a f*cking DJ. You’re an overpaid, untalented, cake-throwing c*nt.

ianuss

BaZmO* wrote: »

I wouldn't be much of a political person, but I suppose as you get older you can't help but take an interest, so I wouldn't have known off hand what the usual percentage turnouts are, but 45% seems very low. And especially in times when the country is in a state.

So I did a quick Google and came up with this.

http://www.idea.int/vt/country_view.cfm?CountryCode=IE

According to that, in the last 50 years turnout hasn't dropped below 66% so if those figures are true I'd say you're waaay off with 45%

Did you just make that number up or are those figures in the list wrong?

I think I had the the memory of poor turnouts in the recent Presidential and European elections in my mind. I had noticed that numbers were dropping but there seems to a marked difference when it comes to parliamentary elections. It looks like turnout has always been higher in those so I stand corrected. If I was a bookie offering a spread at 45% I think I'd be going broke. Looks like it'll be much closer to 65%.

ianuss

BaZmO* wrote: »

Now I'm as guilty of this as the next person, but there's an argument to be had for saying that that type of attitude has gotten us in the mess that we're in.

I'd agree with that to be honest. I was making a similar point earlier...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69150073&postcount=2479

joker77

I will go out and vote, but it doesn't stop me feeling helpless.

seannash

ianuss wrote: »

I'd agree with that to be honest. I was making a similar point earlier...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69150073&postcount=2479

Meant to comment on that.I think means testing isnt a good idea for child benefits.Itll only turn people off getting work because as soon as they start working the money earned might not cover the money lost from the loss of child allowance.

Essentially your punishing people who are trying to get ahead by making it almost the same income wise for the people who dont work.

A standard rate should be paid but it could probably be lowered(not sure as i dont have a kid)

BaZmO*

ianuss wrote: »

I'd agree with that to be honest. I was making a similar point earlier...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69150073&postcount=2479

This thread moves so fast lately that I miss so much of it. Been busy in work so I don't get a chance to reply to a lot of suff. But yeah, there's only one thing that politicians truly understand and that's elections. I really hate the tribal nature of politics, i.e. "I've always voted FF/FG/Labour, etc. so I always will"

joker77 wrote: »

I will go out and vote, but it doesn't stop me feeling helpless.

In fairness though, that's how most people will feel. But you have to start somewhere, and even if that's making sure that the clowns that presided over the whole mess don't get in again, at least it's something.

ianuss

seannash wrote: »

Itll only turn people off getting work because as soon as they start working the money earned might not cover the money lost from the loss of child allowance.

Situations like that suck a55. I know of one or two people that it works out for them better financially by not working. One lad actually gets paid more on the dole than he does for working. It's so stupid that he's actually looking forward to the weeks where he's on a 3 day week as opposed to a 4 day/full week.

acman

BaZmO* wrote: »

This thread moves so fast lately that I miss so much of it. Been busy in work so I don't get a chance to reply to a lot of suff.

Haha, I feel your pain...what little time I have left for visiting boards is usually consumed by catching up on this thread. Type slower people!!!

/ off to find what else i've missed...

jtsuited

seannash wrote: »

I had a big speech written out but it was a bit insensitive.Ill just say that my way of thinking and working is working out fine for me thank goodness,might not be for everyone though

hmmmmm.....opening a can of worms there.

seannash

jtsuited wrote: »

hmmmmm.....opening a can of worms there.

Ha ha,things have changed a little since i last spoke to you Jeff

Android 666

seannash wrote: »

Im not gonna vote so i didnt register but the mother was hassling me to register


Ah not really,I do think people have to be held somewhat accountable for there spending and loans but personally ive never lived outside of my means.
i simply had no choice,but im glad it was the case as it taught me a good lesson

I had a big speech written out but it was a bit insensitive.Ill just say that my way of thinking and working is working out fine for me thank goodness,might not be for everyone though

Sure you may as well give the speech and let us know what you're thinking…

Seriously, I can't understand anyone who doesn't use their democratic right to vote. It's insane. Vote for SF, FF, FG or Lab, I don't care who you vote for but vote. Equating politics to football is pretty daft as well. You might find both of them boring, fair enough but football hasn't quite got the ability to bring a country down the way politics has. Would what has happened in the last couple of weeks not convince you that you have to be more politically engaged? I know people are repeating the mantra 'It doesn't matter who's in power' but it will. If someone is repeatedly kicking me in the balls, I'm not going to just stand there and keep letting him do it, am I?

Look, me personally, I can't flipping wait for the election. I'm going to be poised and ready behind my front door waiting for the FF and FG campaigners to come along…

Is mise le key

Android 666 wrote: »

Look, me personally, I can't flipping wait for the election. I'm going to be poised and ready behind my front door waiting for the FF and FG campaigners to come along…

Hahaha.....

The last time they were out canvasing for the elections the local FF'er got that treatment alright,

Opened the door & before he got a word out of his trap i said to him clamly but directly,

Me wrote:

You may aswell save your breath & time, mark this house down on your card as never to be bothered with again by you or your party cause it will be a cold day in hell before FF get a vote out of here.

Was a very satifying i must say & i hope they call back again this time round:D

joker77

Android 666 wrote: »

Seriously, I can't understand anyone who doesn't use their democratic right to vote. It's insane. Vote for SF, FF, FG or Lab, I don't care who you vote for but vote. Equating politics to football is pretty daft as well. You might find both of them boring, fair enough but football hasn't quite got the ability to bring a country down the way politics has. Would what has happened in the last couple of weeks not convince you that you have to be more politically engaged? I know people are repeating the mantra 'It doesn't matter who's in power' but it will. If someone is repeatedly kicking me in the balls, I'm not going to just stand there and keep letting him do it, am I?

I know what you're saying - I vote the majority of the time, but I think the whole system is wrong and there's no way for me to express that through the ballot box.

I'll put my hands up - I voted for the Greens last go round. What a chump I feel like now.

At this stage I've lost all respect for all political parties. It would appear to me that the vast majority of people who go into politics are the exact type of people who shouldn't.

Did you see Frontline last night? I thought the 'What's article 7 of the FF constitution?' question was great, as usual though the muppet Kenny cuts him off and let's the FFer off the hook.

One things for damn sure though - Fianna Fail are going nowhere, they'll come out fighting.

jtsuited

this is the thing with politics. the kind of people who go into it are almost by definition the last people you'd want in there.

speaking of which, any of you's know how hard it is to get put down as a candidate in the upcoming general election?

francois

Zascar

jtsuited wrote: »

this is the thing with politics. the kind of people who go into it are almost by definition the last people you'd want in there.

speaking of which, any of you's know how hard it is to get put down as a candidate in the upcoming general election?

You should definitely go into Politics Jeff!!! WE'll all vote for you. Imagine what the boards.ie backing could do for you!!

ianuss

jtsuited wrote: »

this is the thing with politics. the kind of people who go into it are almost by definition the last people you'd want in there.

speaking of which, any of you's know how hard it is to get put down as a candidate in the upcoming general election?

woah, woah, woah....."you's" ?????, really JT? Surely an own goal in the 'pedant's corner' game.

And I think you need a certain amount of support signatures from your local electorate before you can get the ball rolling, IIRC anyway. This usually isn't an issue if you're affiliated with a party.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

speaking of which, any of you's know how hard it is to get put down as a candidate in the upcoming general election?

Not that hard,

Brian cowen is an ugly, dribbling, lying wan.ker

See how i put him down there easily:D

No seriously, you need the recommendation of the local party branch having confidence in you, then it needs to go to HQ for approval if there is more than one candidate & then you need a load of cash from the branch funds & that will be part subsidised by HQ.

But with your oown account of your persuasions jeff you would be a right wing lefty anarchist

jtsuited

Zascar wrote: »

You should definitely go into Politics Jeff!!! WE'll all vote for you. Imagine what the boards.ie backing could do for you!!

I'd say I'd last 5-6 minutes in that place. 'Deputy Timoney', 'Deputy Timoney, sit down!!', 'Remove the Deputy!' [cue kicking screaming and probably a comment that upsets everyone at the same time].

I'm fairly sure the term 'cúnt' falls under unparliamentary language and despite by sizeable vocabulary and articulate nature (ha), I'd really find it difficult not to address anybody by that term in there. the cúnts.

jtsuited

ianuss wrote: »

woah, woah, woah....."you's" ?????, really JT? Surely an own goal in the 'pedant's corner' game.

I actually use that quite deliberately as the English language is fcukin stupid for not having a you plural word.

It's one thing northsiders have given the world.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

I'd say I'd last 5-6 minutes in that place. 'Deputy Timoney', 'Deputy Timoney, sit down!!', 'Remove the Deputy!' [cue kicking screaming and probably a comment that upsets everyone at the same time].

I'm fairly sure the term 'cúnt' falls under unparliamentary language and despite by sizeable vocabulary and articulate nature (ha), I'd really find it difficult not to address anybody by that term in there. the cúnts.

More like,

'Deputy Timoney', 'Deputy Timoney, release deputy cowen from that headlock & stop using him as leverage to drop kick deputy lenihan in the face.

jtsuited

btw, i'm running under the ideas of...

'state casinos, state brothels, decriminalisation of every drug (lil bit of taxing- don't worry you'll still get decent yokes for under a tenner), the public lynching of yer man from the WiMax ad, abolition of closing times, and outlawing the phrase "going forward".

Vote early, vote often, or whatever they say yeah.

Is mise le key

Ahh....the ASYLUM had all that bar a casino but oh how it has been villified on here by the masses:D

BaZmO*

"FVCK YOU Deputy Timoney, FVCK YOU!!!"

Is mise le key

BaZmO* wrote: »

"FVCK YOU Deputy Timoney, FVCK YOU!!!"

Mmmmm....history may repeat itself if jeff takes stagg's seat in his area by the sounds of that;)

Android 666

I'm running on a pro-Christian platform promoting abstinence, piety and praying for our economy. Then when I'm elected I'm going to legalise abortion, drugs, public nudity and compulsory nipple piercings for all - I don't even like piercings myself but I reckon they'd be guaranteed to upset a lot of people.

jtsuited

not gonna go as a labour candidate tbh (unless they offer me a big load of wedge for the campaign). Thinking of setting up the Rational party. No civil war bollocks, no Irish language translations of shtuff, just sound fiscal sense and that's it.
Oh and I'll be taking back all the schools etc. from the Catholic church. That will be the state's compensation for all the messin they got up to.
Oh and no more religion being taught in school. Evolutionary biology instead.

Android 666

joker77 wrote: »

One things for damn sure though - Fianna Fail are going nowhere, they'll come out fighting.

That's why you have to get out an vote, an apathetic voting public is like manna from the heavens for those fookers…

jtsuited

oh and windfarming the sh1t out of the west coast. Ireland is gonna be Europe's renewable energy power plant. If people don't like the look of them, they can fcuk right off.

joker77

jtsuited wrote: »

speaking of which, any of you's know how hard it is to get put down as a candidate in the upcoming general election?

ianuss wrote: »

And I think you need a certain amount of support signatures from your local electorate before you can get the ball rolling, IIRC anyway. This usually isn't an issue if you're affiliated with a party.

Is mise le key wrote: »

No seriously, you need the recommendation of the local party branch having confidence in you, then it needs to go to HQ for approval if there is more than one candidate & then you need a load of cash from the branch funds & that will be part subsidised by HQ.

Were you talking about in general JT or as a party candidate?

I've no idea of the process, but I'd be interested to hear, especially from an independents point of view.

Is mise le key

jtsuited wrote: »

no Irish language translations of shtuff, instead.

fu.ck Timoney tú leas!;)