Dont Panic - Garret Fitzgerald says Irish economy is grand

Saturdays Irish Times contained an article that at first glance looked like it had been written by Dads Army's Lance-Corporal Jones. The content of the article was very much in the vein of "Dont Panic", the catchphrase of the hapless home guard soldier. In the article, it was suggested that the Bank Stress Test should be taken with a pinch of salt, that there was no chance that our state would default and that most of the trouble so far had been caused by "the damage done to our financial reputation by some of our more vocal domestic commentators". Damn Fuzzywuzzies.

This article wasnt wrote by Corporal Jones. It was wrote by Dr Garret Fitzgerald, the former Fine Gael leader and obvious mad man.

"For smaller states like Ireland they depend on second-hand information. This includes often ill-informed media reports, which in our case have involved reports of some of the 'celebrity economists' who have been seeking publicity by claiming that our problems are so great that we will eventually have to default."

Of course, Thats it! Half a million unemployed, the return of emigration, mass misery. They werent caused by political incompetence and the corruption of people like Garret. Oh no! They were caused by David McWilliams, Morgan Kelly and Fintan O' Toole.

Replying to Dr Fitzgeralds incredible article, David McWilliams said that he was reluctant to get into a "row" with Dr FitzGerald: "I have too much respect for Garret," he said. He added: "I am reminded of what Johnny Giles says when his football analysis is criticised: 'Show me your medals'."

Fine Gael & CJ Haughey got money from the same "donor"!

“We committed ourselves to introducing the necessary legal and constitutional provisions to ban corporate donations to political parties. We also committed ourselves to reducing the limits on donations to political parties and candidates and requiring disclosure of all aggregate sums above a limited threshold." - Enda "Holier than thou" Kenny, March 30th, 2011.

In June 2000, news broke in the Irish media that property magnate Mark Kavanagh, had donated £100,000 to Fianna Fail through his company, Hardwicke Ltd, in 1989. It was revealed that most of the money had found its way into former Fianna Fail leader, CJ Haugheys bank account.

Thanks very much big fella!

As you can imagine this set the tongues of Fine Gaelers wagging.

Just last week Enda "Holier than thou" Kenny spoke of the need to ban corporate donations to political parties. I'm sure Enda intended that the vast majority of people listening to his rhetoric would think of Fianna Fail. He surely didn't intent them to think of his own Fine Gael party.

1995. 21 Club, Manhattan, New York. A fundraising dinner is taking place for a large Irish political party. Corporate donations are the name of the game tonight. Among those donating to this political party are Bank of Ireland, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, the Sedgwick group, Fitzpatrick Hotels, Orion & Global and multinational pharmaceutical giant Schering Plough. Also present and donating is Mark Kavanaghs Hardwicke Ltd. They are not donating because they believe in the ideals of this particular political party. Many of them have recently donated to this particular party's arch rival. They are donating because they fell it will benefit business. They are buying support from a political party. This is political corruption. This meeting is not being held for Fianna Fail. It is, in fact, a Fine Gael fundraiser.

In the words of OMC, How Bizarre!

Last week Enda Kenny pointed to standards in Fianna Fáil, referring to “a culture of thanks very much big fella; walking-around money; whip-arounds; luck on the horses” and referred to “a taoiseach degrading our nation and this office by trousering after-dinner tips”.

Kettle calling the pot black!!!!

Face it Enda, the game is up. Your holier than thou act has failed and its clear to see that Fine Gael are corrupt. Your not a reformer Enda. Your just another gombeen leader.

Or as Mark Kavanagh might say to you; Thanks very much big fella!

Hitler was a Fianna Failer - Leo Varadkar

Leo Varadkar has claimed that a referendum on the Bank Bail out is off the cards as it would be impossible to reverse the Fianna Fail plan. There was me thinking that only the elected government of a state could decide whether or not a referendum should be held, and that it had nothing to do with the last government. Is it a case that Fine Gael are using the "Fianna Fail did it" blame card excessively because they have no idea how to handle this situation, the same as they have no intention of honouring their pre election promises? Here we get inside Leo Varadkars head and learn that his blame FF for everything ideas have actually succeeded in brainwashing him to blame them for somethings that they surely couldnt have been responsible for. Or could they?

"Dear Enda,

I'm writing this letter in response to your letter dated December the third last, when you asked me to dig up the dirt on Fianna Fail. No doubt you remember that you joked that digging up the dirt on Fianna Fail wouldnt be hard. It turns out you were wrong. I have found evidence to suggest that Fianna Fail have been behind centuries of misery and woe."

"First off, Hitler was a Fianna Failer. I found an old membership card of his, and a picture of him sharing a banana sandwich with Dev. Stalin was also a member, as was Charles Manson, Margaret Thatcher, Osama Bin Laden, Colonel Gaddafi, Howard Stern and the members of Steps."

"Ive found out from internet conspiracy sites that Fianna Fail Don, Bertie Ahern was directly responsible for the Ebola virus and racism, and was also involved in the creation of acid rain, global terrorism, eight hundred years of English oppression, communism, Somalian pirate attacks and the burning of the Reichstag."

"It gets worst Enda. I found the minutes of a 1972 Galway Fianna Fail cumann meeting where they admitted engineering Malaria. According to a drunken tramp I met in the temple bar area, Fianna Fail may also be behind the Bubonic Plague and the Spanish Inquisition. I cant be 100% sure of this cause the tramp was quite drunk, but I wouldnt put it past the bastards."

"Finally, following a dream I had last week and a late night phone call with Alan Dukes, I also now think Fianna Fail are to blame for the following things; HIV/AIDs, genocide in Rwanda, the hole in the ozone layer, human trafficking, cocaine, the assassination of JFK, crop circles, the collapse of the USSR, Michael Noonans receding hair line, people making wine with their feet, scary clowns, bollywood, Michael Flatley, trash soaps, the loss of my innocence, red eye, the fall of Saigon and many, many other evil things."

"Please send the army and aircore to Fianna Fail HQ ASAP to arrest this bunch of bad guys. I'm already on my way. Ive got my cricket bat and signed pocket size picture of Garrett Fitzgerald so I should be able to hold them there for a while."

"Yours truly,

Leo"