Video of Joe the trucker "parking" outside Dail Gates!

Terry

gurramok wrote: »

Complimentary FB protest is up : )http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-cement-truck-man/112565775471922

Already trolled that.
I'm still waiting for my free cement truck man.

Lux23 wrote: »

So this guy is upset because he owes Anglo Irish Bank €250m because of some stupid property venture that went tits up? I don't understand why people support him and his protests, he is part of the circle of people who did the worst damage during the boom years. F*** him and his c***ing cement truck, there are people in debtors prison for owning amounts as little as €240 and he is swanning around in a cement truck. Total knob.

The government sat back and watched this happen.

dvpower wrote: »

And this qualifies him as a 'hero'? Get real.

He made a stand.

In 1916 Pearse, Plunkett et al were slammed for their actions. History shows them as the heroes they are now. DeValera played the American card. That's the only reason he lived long enough to found FF.
The same FF who sat back and watched their friends and backers run this country into the ground.

blubloblu

Video was removed. Anyone smart enough to make a copy?

Overheal

blubloblu wrote: »

Video was removed. Anyone smart enough to make a copy?

I have it. I spooked the youtuber when I contacted him about CNN asking for broadcast rights. Sorries! Trying to sort this out.

RoundyMooney

Cool, I'd have mirrored it, but I genuinely thought he'd leave it up.

gizmo

Terry wrote: »

The government sat back and watched this happen.

So because this asshat decided to part his truck in front of Leinster House to make a "stand" we should forget the fact that he was part of the problem in the first place?

At what level should these individuals be able to abdicate responsibility? It's not like the developments he was involved in were going to somehow benefit anyone but himself but now that it went tits up he's blaming everyone but himself. The government are not to blame for his situation, he is.

baldbear

Even though greed was Joes downfall i have to admire the man for making a stand against the whole unfairness of it all.
The banks acted incompetently and get bailed out but the small developers get hounded.

The worst thing is the people who had no part in the madness have to foot the bill.

digme

Overheal wrote: »

I have it. I spooked the youtuber when I contacted him about CNN asking for broadcast rights. Sorries! Trying to sort this out.

in your bat-cave?

Overheal

That would be nice..

gizmo

baldbear wrote: »

Even though greed was Joes downfall i have to admire the man for making a stand against the whole unfairness of it all.
The banks acted incompetently and get bailed out but the small developers get hounded.

The worst thing is the people who had no part in the madness have to foot the bill.

The highlighted sentence typifies the lunacy of some of the comments on here over the last while...

The banks are being bailed out due to reckless lending.
The lending was able to take place due to poor financial regulation.
There was poor financial regulation because the government didn't act responsibly.

But who do you think actually went looking for the money?
Who looked at the market and said "**** yea, I want a piece of this action. I'll be able to make a huge profit!"?
Who didn't give a **** who they were ripping off as long as they made money themselves?
Yea, that's right. People like Joe the Trucker, our national hero who's now only pissed off because his property venture backfired and he's in the **** for around €2.5m. :rolleyes:

sdanseo

http://www.wsm.ie/c/cement-truck-dail-video

copy there embedded to youtube but still up.

flynnlives

sdonn wrote: »

http://www.wsm.ie/c/cement-truck-dail-video

copy there embedded to youtube but still up.

Thats a different version, much longer!

d49nbrwuac0is8

pm me your email and I will send you the video ok. I took it down.

d49nbrwuac0is8

Yes you did spook me ! lol