Great MN posts of 2009

tonys wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

tonys wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

Well, my view of Ronald Binge's post is that I don't agree with the content, and said so beyond, but it conveys his feelings very clearly and he took time out to put them down comprehensively. It was also entirely on topic in terms of the thread - Ireland's biggest weaknesses. Did he post into the Strengths as well I wonder? Is anyone who disagrees with it going to answer it in full? i hope so.

As he says himself, his post is based entirely on his perception & his experience.
How can you or why would you argue against someone’s perceptions, he offers no factual evidence, nor in fairness does he make a more general claim for his notions, other than being his notions.
He feels what he feels, beginning, middle and end of his story.

He not only tells us how he feels, but also tells us how (he believes) we, the Irish, feel.

And as I already said one possible explanation for his perception of the “Irish” is that the alternative of admitting to himself the possibility that in fact it’s actually “Johnny” who is out of step, is too appalling a vista to contemplate. If this is the case, he wouldn’t be on his own there.

Don't worry tonys, read the first section. I've acknowledged that FF are the default government here so you should be pleased with that.

SeathrúnCeitinn wrote:

If I was a self-loathing f**k with very little idea of where I am and where I came from I'd thoroughly agree with Ronald......what utter shit.

Thanks for my new signature Actually no, that would become boring. I have a very good idea about where I come from going back at least four generations on both sides of my family in different parts of Ireland but why should I go over my family history in any detail for strangers?

Ronald Binge wrote:

tonys wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

tonys wrote:

cactus flower wrote:

Well, my view of Ronald Binge's post is that I don't agree with the content, and said so beyond, but it conveys his feelings very clearly and he took time out to put them down comprehensively. It was also entirely on topic in terms of the thread - Ireland's biggest weaknesses. Did he post into the Strengths as well I wonder? Is anyone who disagrees with it going to answer it in full? i hope so.

As he says himself, his post is based entirely on his perception & his experience.
How can you or why would you argue against someone’s perceptions, he offers no factual evidence, nor in fairness does he make a more general claim for his notions, other than being his notions.
He feels what he feels, beginning, middle and end of his story.

He not only tells us how he feels, but also tells us how (he believes) we, the Irish, feel.

And as I already said one possible explanation for his perception of the “Irish” is that the alternative of admitting to himself the possibility that in fact it’s actually “Johnny” who is out of step, is too appalling a vista to contemplate. If this is the case, he wouldn’t be on his own there.

Don't worry tonys, read the first section. I've acknowledged that FF are the default government here so you should be pleased with that.

Unfortunately for me I read the whole whinge fest.
As I expressed many times before the last election I would have been happy enough for FF to have been out of Government this time around, they are stale and like any party, every so often they need time in opposition to revitalize themselves.

Well, no one forced you to read it tonys. This is my truth, tell me yours as the song says.

Ronald Binge wrote:

Well, no one forced you to read it tonys. This is my truth, tell me yours as the song says.

Well no one forced me to come on this site, but as I’m here I figured I might as well read other people’s posts. What do you think of my reasoning so far?

EVM must be relieved that there is plenty of distraction from the matter of his "Moon" post.

From Foreign Exchange Watch:

Auditor #9 wrote:

So we're expecting the Punt Sterling to go BOOM soon then with all the printing that they will be doing ? I see an initial period of boom shopping where even people from New York fly into Newry to avail of the cheapo prices of everything. I'd go shopping there myself but I don't think it would be worth the trek from Clare unless Newry had the same climate as Zimbabwe.

After the initial firesale I don't know what will happen... Inventory will have been cleaned out and paying to restock will be the issue I suppose. The Irish consumer economy should be further affected as SuperQuinn today have been through job losses of around 400.

To restock there will have to be more money printed unless there is genuine continuous demand balanced by the exact quantity printed, but this might start to fail as the UK cheap domino falls on Border businesses here. The broke Border region will then fall back on Newry and the next phase will be Lidl and Aldi booming. After that is exhausted people will have to forage for nuts and berries.

The Border region could become desolate and devoid of any real commerce, like West Clare, and perhaps people will leave the BMW region and flood back into cities here ? Maybe Dublin or Galway could experience another minor property boom as the devastation ripples out from Her Majesty's Secret Photocopying Machine ?


http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies/fxc.html