Before rap was black

A few weeks ago Macka posted the Paul Brogan video on his blog. It's just about the funniest thing ever. Well I found out the guys who made that have this site called BenandEric.com where they post their videos. Here is another funny one:



Also, that funny or die website that the video is hosted on is good.

Talent

Trumptastic

This is a clip from Tonight with Conan O'Brien where Conan interviews "Donald Trump". Theres not much else that I can say about it that won't ruin any of the jokes, but its a brilliant clip so watch it to the end.

Political Misconceptions

Here are some:

"The Progressive Democrats are a right wing party. Mary Harney ruined the health service."

This is just wrong. There is a difference between being pro-capitalist and being conservative. The PD's are LIBERAL. They are the only party with the balls to tackle controversial issues such as inefficient Work Unions. Mary Harney has introduced more reform into the health service than any other Minister. She wants the health service to be for the people who use it, not for the employees who work in it. That is why she is fighting both the nurses and the consultants at the same time. What other politician has the balls Mary Harney has? She is the greatest politician in Ireland because she sticks to her convictions and she works hard to achieve them. No-one else even comes close to her.

"The Labour Party are the party of 'the common man'"

I think the labour party are hypocrites. They play this card that they are the true left wing party of Ireland, that they will look after the poor but at the end of the day the Labour Party is controlled by the trade unions. If push comes to shove the Labour Party will look after the unions instead of the public. These days, there are often examples of where there is conflict between the national interest and the interest of the members in a trade union.

Take the ESB for example. Ireland has the highest electricity costs in Europe, this hits the poorest in society hardest. To solve this, competition needs to be introduced. Basically, for this to technically happen, the ownership of the physical electricity network needs to be removed from the ESB. However, the employees in the ESB don't want this because the value of the stock they have in the company will fall if they lose ownership of the network.

So, on which side of the argument did the Labour Party stand? For the poor in society or the vested interest in the ESB? For the ESB unions of course! 'nuff said!

"Sinn Fein are an up-and-coming party"

Half the people who vote for Sinn Fein are IRA-lovers and the other half are too uneducated to know any better. And when it comes to economic policies they are a laughing stock. They basically haven't bothered with any.

Bertie is back :(

As I made a pre-election post about who I was going to vote for, I guess it's only right to write about the general election again. At this point, Fianna Fail are in the strongest position and may form a coalition with the PD's + Independents, or with the greens.

I was away during the election results and when I got back I was pretty suprised by what the media was saying. The media were making it sound as if Fianna Fail had walked the election and that Bertie Ahern was a genius after all. Any rational person who looks at the figures will see that Fianna Fail lost seats, Fine Gael made the biggest gains in Irish election history, and were it not for the disappointing performance of the Labour Party the alternative coalition would definitely be able to form the new government. Enda Kenny did brilliantly and its a real shame that this is not being commonly acknowledged.

Here's my thoughts on Fianna Fail and their result:

If you voted for these absolute dickheads then shame on you. You are now officially not allowed to complain about anything for the next 5 years. You voted for mediocrity, for wastage. You voted for bland, sit on the fence politics. You obviously think its ok that:

- election promises don't need to be fulfilled (2002 menifesto said metro would be completed by 2007. They havent started building it)
- our environment can be destroyed as long as Dick Roche gives permission
- that profit-driven developers, rather than urban planners, should decide where new houses should be built, with no regard to where schools, roads or clean water are.
- that local councils all over the country are corrupt and under resourced
- that there are serious questions over the personal finances of bertie ahern
- that a valuable natural resource (gas) has been given away for free to shell, and further exploration licences have been issued to them.
- rather than coming up with a realistic manifesto, it's acceptable to just come up with the biggest giveaway manifesto of all time, literally taking every tax cut offered by every other party and bundling them together like some kind of fucking selection box.

Why did the public absolutey slaughter the Progressive Democrats? I presume they were unhappy with the previous government, yet Fianna Fail, holding most of the ministries with by far the largest influence on government policy, received almost none of the blame! All I can figure is that most people are fucking idiots. Which is probably the case unfortunately!