Sean O'Rourke Today Show

L.Jenkins

MYOB wrote: »

Erm. No.

Blackhole time I think; if you aren't going to even try to provide a coherent argument you're really not worth the effort; and I'm not sure its worth the childish insults you're throwing either.

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Laddie, you would gain a lot more credibility if you just admitted that your argument sucks.

Fooling nobody here,my friend, fooling nobody,running out of road buddy.

Mod Note: Bans will be given out if ye don't quite the bítching.

mikom

Bad bang of bantam off this thread lately.

IvyTheTerrible

mikom wrote: »

Bad bang of bantam off this thread lately.

Yeah pal.

L.Jenkins

mikom wrote: »

Bad bang of bantam off this thread lately.

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Yeah pal.

Lets keep on topic. I may or may not have a ban quota to fill.

my friend

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Laddie, you would gain a lot more credibility if you just admitted that your argument sucks.

Fooling nobody here,my friend, fooling nobody,running out of road buddy.

Please refrain from referring to me in your arguments

Evan DietrichSmith

my friend wrote: »

Please refrain from referring to me in your arguments

Forgive me, won't happen again.

More Music

Referring to everybody as pal, buddy, friend, my friend and laddie is agitating me slightly.

That is all.

Evan DietrichSmith

More Music wrote: »

Referring to everybody as pal, buddy, friend, my friend and laddie is agitating me slightly.

That is all.

Very sorry about that.

Now anyone else want to have a go?

my friend

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Very sorry about that.

Now anyone else want to have a go?

I'm calling Joe

alaimacerc

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

The circuses I refer to is the stupid and ignorant events that happen every Easter.

Yes, I think we got that. I asked you about "ending" them, which had a rather chilling tone to it, as I said.

Seems this amounts to just "well, I don't much like them, but I'm not quite prepared to admit to having hinted at banning trade union activity when challenged to clarify".

Evan DietrichSmith

alaimacerc wrote: »

Yes, I think we got that. I asked you about "ending" them, which had a rather chilling tone to it, as I said.

Seems this amounts to just "well, I don't much like them, but I'm not quite prepared to admit to having hinted at banning trade union activity when challenged to clarify".

What I meant was that the Taoiseach should instruct the minister not to attend.

This would take the oxygen from the "fire".

alaimacerc

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

What I meant was that the Taoiseach should instruct the minister not to attend.

Ah!

Right, that's an entirely feasible proposition. Normally I'd say that's going a bit far, but it does seem to have got rather out of hand this year. There was some shooting self in foot involved in the INTO event, but the ASTI event seems to have entirely jumped the shark.

There might be something to be said for Quinn "pulling a Shatter" and just sending a junior minister (sorry, too lazy to google who that is) next year, or to only make himself available for a "side meeting" at the same event where there's not the same scope for bullring and pantomime antics.

CountyHurler

RTE shouldnt be giving this gobsh1te airtime, it just encourages similar bad behaviour from other teachers..

CountyHurler

Has this lad been at the Sherry? :eek:

SEPT 23 1989

whey cant this go out live rather than pre recorded?:D

JM Skipton

Pre record with John Waters....what's the point?

SEPT 23 1989

it must be hard for him to get around with that cross nailed to his back

JM Skipton

RTE really have been frightened beyond belief following "Pantigate", I cannot see them carrying out a tough live interview for the foreseeable future

SEPT 23 1989

this is schoolyard stuff:rolleyes:

Call me Al

Crikeys but he likes the sound of his own voice.
Maybe they just didn't like him? He seems to be throwing his toys out of the pram.

sudzs

"who uses phone numbers nowadays?"

eh, people who make phone calls?? :rolleyes:

gawd, he sounds fierce childish.

SEPT 23 1989

now get out of that one John

SEPT 23 1989

wont answer the question

JM Skipton

Surely being interviewed by Niamh Horan would have highlighted to John that depression does actually exist

ThisRegard

What a cry baby (or am I just being part of the mob by saying that ?)

IvyTheTerrible

ThisRegard wrote: »

What a cry baby (or am I just being part of the mob by saying that ?)

Stop bullying John! :mad:

Callan57

Lisa Hannigan has a spine chilling voice ... I thought it was Sinead O'Connor for a minute

Lapin

Waters makes a very legitimate point about the erosion of freedom of opinion in Irish journalism.



It's time RTÉ's universal mourning of Seamus Heaney came to an end too.

Daith

Lapin wrote: »

Waters makes a very legitimate point about the erosion of freedom of opinion in Irish journalism.

How so? He's the one who sued when someone stated their own opinion?

John Waters wants a freedom of opinion so long as it's his opinion and not challenged in any way.

ThisRegard

Daith wrote: »

John Waters wants a freedom of opinion so long as it's his opinion and not challenged in any way.

That's exactly it, he wants one way freedom of speech. He seems to forget that freedom of speech also allows those that oppose your view to express that fact.

Daith

ThisRegard wrote: »

That's exactly it, he wants one way freedom of speech. He seems to forget that freedom of speech also allows those that oppose your view to express that fact.

If you oppose his view you're attempting to silence him, persecute him, are part of some lobby or agenda.

You can't possibly just not agree with him.

hotmail.com

John Waters is a depressing, angry and weird man. The 40k hasn't changed that.

Callan57

Just listening back to that interview with John Waters.
I gave it a second listen because I wondered if it really was as bizzare and inarticulate as I'd thought it this morning.

He sounds like someone in need of serious help handling his persecution complex & his inflated opinion of his importance in Irish life.

Roger_007

Eamon Ryan seems to be popping up all over the place these days.....would it be anything to do with his being a candidate for the Euro elections?

signostic

Cork water protesters - cue John O`Donovan.......

ThisRegard

signostic wrote: »

Cork water protesters - cue John O`Donovan.......

Is this him ? Someone somewhere else posted a pic the same guy protesting at the water metre guys, but here's the same guy whinging about Higgins.

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/04/24/meanwhile-in-cork-39/

Callan57

Not meaning to insult anyones beliefs but there's something very unseemly & tacky about this canonisation process - who tell "the man above" when someone has been promoted (do they have a HR dept in Heaven that keep these personell records I wonder?)

Very very difficult not to see it as anything more than a human construct - more or less the same as when a TD get the ministerial car! :rolleyes:

Lapin

Callan57 wrote: »

Not meaning to insult anyones beliefs but there's something very unseemly & tacky about this canonisation process - who tell "the man above" when someone has been promoted (do they have a HR dept in Heaven that keep these personell records I wonder?)

Very very difficult not to see it as anything more than a human construct - more or less the same as when a TD get the ministerial car! :rolleyes:

A bit like God then.

alaimacerc

Callan57 wrote: »

Not meaning to insult anyones beliefs but there's something very unseemly & tacky about this canonisation process - who tell "the man above" when someone has been promoted (do they have a HR dept in Heaven that keep these personell records I wonder?)

Very very difficult not to see it as anything more than a human construct - more or less the same as when a TD get the ministerial car! :rolleyes:

I think that the RCC position is actually in theory pretty much consistent with that. (The Prods seem to have opted out of the business entirely, and the Orthodox have a somewhat different take, as I understand it.) The person isn't actually being "made" a saint: they're either in heaven or hell already (or are part of the unresurrected dead, or reincarnated as a binturong, or it's all bollix anyway, depending on your belief system, or lack thereof). The "canonisation" is the church giving itself "permission" to venerate them.

For "church telling god what to so", see the Catholic take on the sacraments. "Metaphysical change of state happens... (dramatic pause) ... now!"

Callan57

alaimacerc wrote: »

I think that the RCC position is actually in theory pretty much consistent with that. (The Prods seem to have opted out of the business entirely, and the Orthodox have a somewhat different take, as I understand it.) The person isn't actually being "made" a saint: they're either in heaven or hell already (or are part of the unresurrected dead, or reincarnated as a binturong, or it's all bollix anyway, depending on your belief system, or lack thereof). The "canonisation" is the church giving itself "permission" to venerate them.

For "church telling god what to so", see the Catholic take on the sacraments. "Metaphysical change of state happens... (dramatic pause) ... now!"

Thank you for that enlightenment (!) I'll rest a lot easier now

Harry Angstrom

Kathleen Lynch meets people who tell her Labour are doing a good job. Yeah right :rolleyes:

Harry Angstrom

Things must bad if she thinks that Lagos will be a safer place for her

HeidiHeidi

Who is this fella bigging up the Garda recruitment?

100-odd are to be taken on in the first intake I think. That's 4 PER COUNTY! And he thinks they're going to transform things

100 for Dublin alone would hardly be noticed.

Callan57

FF must think more Guards vote that soldiers :rolleyes:

comongethappy

Socialist Joe, still clinging onto his glorious failure as he heads for the sunset.

After all those years, its the same message of "infinite spending, no taxes".

Callan57

OMG "we assumed" ... did that lady not have a solicitor dealing with the purchase of her house?
Purchasing a house is a major legal transaction - you can't assume anything

comongethappy

Callan57 wrote: »

OMG "we assumed" ... did that lady not have a solicitor dealing with the purchase of her house?
Purchasing a house is a major legal transaction - you can't assume anything

They looked at the land registry maps showing the driveway was theirs.

And in fairness, If I purchased a semi-d in a housing estate I too would assume the front garden was included with the sale also.

alaimacerc

Callan57 wrote: »

FF must think more Guards vote that soldiers :rolleyes:

I imagine they're right, as there's about twice as many of 'em!

mbur

comongethappy wrote: »

Socialist Joe, still clinging onto his glorious failure as he heads for the sunset.

After all those years, its the same message of "infinite spending, no taxes".

One of Sean's more banal interviews. At one point asking Joe if he prepared for Dail session or did he just 'wing it'. Quite an insulting thing to ask of any person. A lesser man would have given Sean a good slap for that.

One thing we can say about Joe is that he didn't put his political career ahead of those who voted for him, like some people. Labour's way or Frankfurt's way - ha ha.

Joe did his bit for the common man/woman. I wish him well.

Harry Angstrom

Last week it was whinging teachers, this week it's whinging guards.
FFS, if you don't like the job, leave it and do something else.