Comments on The Pensive Quill: The North Shuts Down

Martina Anderson campaigns to save history at Mage...

2011-12-12T07:29:00.494Z

Martina Anderson campaigns to save history at Magee. Is it just me had brain removed or ar SF not imposing the cuts? The circus act of riding two horses goes on.

mehttp://www.derrysinnfein.ie/news/21066

Theres an issue of history being shifted from mage...

2011-12-11T18:32:34.306Z

Theres an issue of history being shifted from magee to coleraine at UU. The Derry SF and its junior 'faithful' are gathering like buzzards round the issue, colonising the UU Historical society. Another vote catcher vehicle no doubt. The idea of Unionist support was dismissed with a 'why would they want to'.
Considering Martha Magee was a presbyterian it might be worth asking.
SF will jump on anything and 'burn' everything in the quest of votes for the electoral furnace; never once looking in the mirror.
martin mcguinness was on who wants to be a millionaire and phoned a friend...the number was 999

Yes it was great to see the people taking to the s...

2011-12-11T14:21:50.072Z

Yes it was great to see the people taking to the streets. It was also quite refreshing to see the Unions back in action.
Sinn Fein are so exposed they should be crying out for a flag of convenience that they wrap around themselves to be flown over the City Hall.
In their quest to engage in irrevlant tribal nonsence, they have actaully used and abused more rate payers money to fund yet another pointless survey in relation to flags.
This time the whoevers found, that the union jack should not be flown on the City Hall all year round.
Who cares? Sinn Fein could not seriously believe anyone other than their own supporters give a stuff about this nonsense.

Well worth reading http://www.independent.co.uk/o...

2011-12-10T10:11:06.856Z

Well worth reading

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-bankers-are-the-dictators-of-the-west-6275084.html

Seems to me a nod was as good as a wink with the b...

2011-12-09T23:42:44.308Z

Seems to me a nod was as good as a wink with the bankers worldwide. Inside job of all time. Fitzpatrick getting questioned again...nothing will come of that. The 'markets' have every government living in terror just now and without the 'war' option it seems political leaders are lost for a way out of the mess.

Bankers going on strike for the 13th month 'bonus' at a time when you would think bank workers would be keeping their heads down just proves to me as soon as Europe breathes the financial kiss of life into the free state economy the dail and the free state greedy mob will immediately suck it right back out. No imagination and no interest in the nation...grab all wreckers. Glad I'm gettin out.

Ryan, 'in New York where you and I reside pub...

2011-12-09T08:49:24.062Z

Ryan,

'in New York where you and I reside public workers are the most useless, overpaid wasters in human history.'

I don't see how this can add up. They earn nothing like those people in the financial services sector who pocketed countless millions while they broke the US economy and who still want to remain in position. There was a brilliant documentary on BBC a few nights ago. These people were found lying through their teeth when confronted with the evidence of their sabotage of the US economy for personal gain. They knew what they were doing.

The reason unions in the south are so quiet is bec...

2011-12-09T04:15:53.247Z

The reason unions in the south are so quiet is because most of them are run by the sticks and the sticks are in government.

"The British government is to increase the am...

2011-12-08T23:53:51.327Z

"The British government is to increase the amount of money public sector workers pay into their pension, raise the retirement age to 67 and introduce career-average pensions. Higher contributions are due to be phased in over three years from April 2012, amounting to an average 3.2 percentage points more in each employee's contribution rate."

What is so offensive about these wasters paying more into their retirement and working till 67? Most private employees work till they drop dead. I have to pay more tax so these welfare queens can retire early with a hefty pension?

Sandy in New York where you and I reside public wo...

2011-12-08T23:48:27.942Z

Sandy in New York where you and I reside public workers are the most useless, overpaid wasters in human history. How did you make out last winter in the storm of the century when the snow plowers did nothing but eat doughnuts and drink coffee. I didn't fare so well. I hope the public employee unions are smashed to smithereens.

FFS Mickeyboy take your thumb outa yer bum and get...

2011-12-08T17:56:22.352Z

FFS Mickeyboy take your thumb outa yer bum and get yer mind outa neutral a cara even the most loyal psf supporter like yourself can surely see the hypocrisy of your gaffers two faced approach to the serious situation the bankers and their cronies have landed us in, their willingness to implement job cuts and severe changes to our everyday lives like the health services and benefits,all on behalf of the imf,while shedding crocodile tears would be funny if it were,nt so serious,then again maybe psf will do their usual stunt i.e ,throw the muck then apologise profusely.

Sandy- Do you care about us workers- You had a go...

2011-12-08T15:15:52.061Z

Sandy-

Do you care about us workers-
You had a go at a strike platform speaker who supports us workers-

You had nothing to say about the u.u.p who crossed picket lines-

You even said that unions are to cowardly to fight - perhaps it is you who should stay at home at the next strike in case some workers would oppose your-self-

Government can only spend what it raises in tax.Th...

2011-12-08T11:43:31.891Z

Government can only spend what it raises in tax.The lowest paid workers area are all in the private sector, where working for free and competing with 15/16 yr old workers is the norm.Public sector workers are privileged, the laughable decision by EBS workers to go on strike because the didn't get a 1 month Cmas bonus is a good eg.

Whats the betting Sandy,that the closer our two se...

2011-12-08T11:29:28.107Z

Whats the betting Sandy,that the closer our two sections of working class people start to show sign,s of uniting on a common front,the old secterian card will rise its ugly head, just as it did with the ODR strike in 1932,but the answer to all our problems will only come when we are finally united in an unbreakable bond.