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6 THINGS I’D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR MR.TRUMP
www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/11360949604 I was always told in polite company to steer clear of discussions about sex, religion and politics. Of all of these I can’t seem to steer completely clear of politics and now is probably not the time for me to start. On this occasion, I want to thank the US presidential (almost) candidate Donald Trump for the many things he has contributed to humanity. Here goes- Thank you, Mr Trump, for proving that we middle aged white men are such spectacular boors. After all, that’s what our detractors have been trying to tell us for such a long time now. Thank you, Mr Trump, for turning the presidency of the US into a 3 ring circus. Maybe this will teach our children that celebrity is not always just benign curiosity. Thank you, Mr Trump, for reviving…
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IT’S ALL PORK PIES…
You know the old joke: “How can you tell if a politician is lying? His lips are moving!”. We’re about to embark on three weeks of a general election campaign where a lot of lips will be moving. The last time the Irish people went to the ballot boxes to elect a new government our economy was circling the toilet bowl and about to get flushed; we were told we the people would pay billions to bail out the banks; the Celtic Tiger was fed on a steady diet of greed and subsequently died from obesity; unemployment was heading for 15%; worst of all our sons and daughters had begun to revive an old Irish tradition of emigrating to anywhere but here. At that point the voters said ‘enough’ and booted out the same old crew that…
