Comments on The Pensive Quill: Vote Yo

Looks very likely that Greece will pull out of the...

2012-05-24T13:15:10.474+01:00

Looks very likely that Greece will pull out of the eurozone, at last we may be seeing people taking control of their own affairs,Ireland should follow suit..

Yes Boyne Rover nothing all all selfish in lookin...

2012-05-21T17:18:36.570+01:00

Yes Boyne Rover nothing all all selfish in looking out for your children,life is hard enough without them being saddled with debts incurred by the rich and greedy,I would hope the no vote carries the day,there has to be a more fair and equitable deal that involves making the economy grow through investment rather than selling of everything of value and taxing the people for almost everything bar the air they breathe.I think we should tell Brussels to f##k of,declare war on America,let them invade us and like Germany and Japan we will be made.

Boyne Rover, ‘What really annoys me is and I am b...

2012-05-21T16:20:10.410+01:00

Boyne Rover,

‘What really annoys me is and I am being selfish here, my kids and grandchildren will be paying for their greed for many years to come.’

Selfish? I would say focussed. If people are not prepared to lookout for their family what will they look out for? I feel selfish for not having looked out for mine for years while looking out for the IRA, Sinn Fein, republican politics and the like. Imagine having my ma run to jail for 18 years for my politics not hers!

That said, I would still vote No

Anthony do what any good republican would do in su...

2012-05-21T13:20:56.357+01:00

Anthony do what any good republican would do in such circumstances,Vote early and vote often..

Marty/Boyne Rover, I would vote No but the wife w...

2012-05-21T10:37:53.222+01:00

Marty/Boyne Rover,

I would vote No but the wife would vote yes. So as we cancel each other out there is no point in voting. It would just amount to a Yo vote. On the night I could tell her I am going to the shop and sneak into the polling station! Big Percy has been telling the people of Louth he has an alternative to the Yo vote. He wants everybody to vote Nes.

Would love to agree with you Marty but unfortunate...

2012-05-20T20:18:22.495+01:00

Would love to agree with you Marty but unfortunately we are were we are and we do have to pay for the mess of the powerful and greedy. The powerful men with money were bailed out by the government on behalf of the people who voted them in. No one who is responsible for the debts left behind will ever serve a moment in jail that’s for sure, so as always we the working people have to pick up the tab. Telling them we wont pay back the money we have already promised is a lost cause one way or another we pay always have always will. If the government of the day had said no to the banks and let them sink we would have been in a much stronger position to negotiate. What really annoys me is and I am being selfish here, my kids and grandchildren will be paying for their greed for many years to come.

Boyne Rover re motto;whatever way the wind blows.....

2012-05-20T16:10:27.887+01:00

Boyne Rover re motto;whatever way the wind blows...I think voting no is really the best option for the people in the republic,if nothing else it will show those in power that the people are not sheep, the country is fucked and up to its neck in hoc through no fault of the working class,to say no and stick with a no then with those other countries in the same position as the republic may be able to renegotiate a much fairer deal than what is currently imposed on them,it should not be left to future generations to pay for the greed of the few .

At this stage having listened to all the arguments...

2012-05-19T17:29:26.736+01:00

At this stage having listened to all the arguments I for one think that it doesn’t matter Jack if we vote Yeah or Nay , the Germans and French will still have the last say no matter what . The only reason and which I feel could be very important reason for voting yes is that we could obtain money at a cheaper rate.
Having listened to Gerry Adams spout the same rhetoric that he has been saying for the past 40 years to an audience that already believe what he is going to say before he even says it makes no sense at all . Adams and co have done very little for West Belfast other than make it more British than pre 1969 so by being negative comes very naturally to them. They should make this their party motto “do nothing and we will always be right “

Aye a cara he is power mad thats for sure but agai...

2012-05-19T13:49:01.720+01:00

Aye a cara he is power mad thats for sure but again the cute hoor knows now the real power lies with Brussels and the Germans to be exact,so he is or would be willing imo to swap puppet power for glory,adulation, he can then prance around the world as the man who brought peace to Ireland,

It is real power he wants Marty or at least the fe...

2012-05-19T13:35:17.427+01:00

It is real power he wants Marty or at least the feeling of it. He was C/S for 3 months but knew the real power lay elsewhere.

How can cutting people's income and susequent ...

2012-05-19T12:12:43.729+01:00

How can cutting people's income and susequent lost spending create a recovery ?

Not if he is hon president for life a cara..

2012-05-19T11:56:21.561+01:00

Not if he is hon president for life a cara..

Marty, you could be right on this one. Just havin...

2012-05-19T11:49:17.952+01:00

Marty,

you could be right on this one. Just having observed his career journey for so long I tend to feel he would see SF sink quicker than let somebody else get the goodies.

Totally agree with you re his ruthlessness Anthony...

2012-05-19T11:40:16.536+01:00

Totally agree with you re his ruthlessness Anthony,but the bearded one is also a cute hoor,he is almost if not at his sell by date, and like bLiar he may have an eye on the after life ie ,endless rounds of after dinner speaking,a run at the next presidential election, a senators seat, and the good craic in a comfy lodge in Dun na Gall,either way the movement is a brutal place at the top and the bearded one knows that,and ambition is a deadly enemy,and as you know Anthony there is now plenty of ambitious carpetbaggers up there and the bearded ones ace card "the army" is a busted flush,so they now have little to fear from the man who never was.

Marty, You know how they operate and the authorit...

2012-05-19T11:08:27.442+01:00

Marty,

You know how they operate and the authoritarian mentality that drives them. I am still of the view he will not go without a fuss. Do you think he sent Dr Death into the jail on July 5th, 1981 to administer the coup d’grace to the hunger strikers’ if he wasn’t determined to get his way at all costs? Those Shinners I have spoken to who think they can reign in his ambition don’t seem to fathom the ruthlessness of him.

Well i've another year at University to get th...

2012-05-19T09:42:58.575+01:00

Well i've another year at University to get through, so for purely personal/selfish reasons I'm voting YES. In 12 months the place can self destruct all it likes, I'll be outa here.

aren't that should have read...typo

2012-05-19T09:39:59.344+01:00

aren't that should have read...typo

Statement from the Communist Party Of Ireland 17 ...

2012-05-19T09:14:14.346+01:00

Statement from the Communist Party Of Ireland

17 May 2012

Press statement

An arrogant and out-of-touch Government whose only strategy is to bully and terrorise the people and if that fails, make them vote again.

How can anyone take seriously this government’s campaign and what it says about the Permanent Austerity Treaty?

The minister for finance, Noonan, dismisses the impact of what is happening in Greece and the deepening crisis that the people of that beleaguered country have been plunged into, and its possible effect on our own country, by reducing his comments to “Sure we only import feta cheese.” That’s coming from someone who has his wealth invested in German government bonds.

This is followed up by another senior minister, Richard Bruton, who is clearly of the mind that no matter how the people vote there is simply only one acceptable answer, namely Yes, and if it takes one or more referendums, then that is what will be done.

As they continue to terrorise the people, using the example of what is happening to the Greek people at the hands of EU bankers, they hold this like the sword of Damocles over the heads of our people. They care little for the plight of our people and the destiny of our country and even less for the savage attacks upon the Greek people.

They continue to follow orders from the Chancellery in Berlin, whose primary strategy is to sustain the euro and the German and French banks at all costs, regardless of how many children in Irish schools faint from hunger. (This happened recently in Cork school) Statement ends.

SF have no real policiy to my mind. Theyd wreck th...

2012-05-19T06:17:58.754+01:00

SF have no real policiy to my mind. Theyd wreck the country just to bring down a government and feed their election addiction. At least they are killing anyone to fight elections recently.

Laughing my nuts of at Gerry I,vegoneawayyeknow,th...

2012-05-18T22:48:37.191+01:00

Laughing my nuts of at Gerry I,vegoneawayyeknow,the arrogant fucker should know by now to stand aside and let someone like Pearse Doherty who knows what he is talking about give the party,s position on these austerity measures,that is if it really has one,the business with the no leaflet is a throwback to the old kitchen cabinet way of distorting the truth,did trickey dickey think this one up while Brownie gave a little whistle,I can see wiser and more ambitious people making a pact to move the bearded one upstairs out of harms way before the big push for power comes round again,what was once psf,s biggest asset has now become its biggest ass.