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DEMOCRACY R.I.P.

Published
by
Colm
on 12 December, 2008
in Misc.
. 10 Comments

It looks like we are to have another general election.

Yes, because apparently we didn’t vote in the right people last time, and they’re going to keep on dragging us back to the polls until our faceless masters get what they want. It could be sprung on us at any moment (although probably 2012) and you can bet your arse that they’ll wait until we’re at our most scared and disoriented to try and sneak it through (although, again, probably 2012). I would urge you to at least spend ten minutes doing a bit of research and getting yourself to at least some kind of bare, junior infants-level understanding of the issues, but what’s the point? What would even be the chuffing point? We all know that it’s the worthless sheepy ludramans who form 51% of the population who carry these things1, and even if by some kind of sexy miracle they manage to get their thumbs out and vote the right way (which is to say, the wrong way as far as the fat cats are concerned) then it will probably turn out that that was the wrong way to vote all along (which is to say, vice versa)!! And EVEN IF there’s a sexy miracle and thumbs are out and so on and they vote the right way (the right way) and that turns out to actually be the actual right way (see previous) then there’ll just be ANOTHER election in a few years’ time, and another, until we DO get it (actually) wrong (from our point of view2)!!!

There is JUST NO POINT TO ANY OF THIS.

  1. except for that one time where they voted the same way I did, which was a triumph of democracy [↩]
  2. namely, us being, viz, the enlightened 49% [↩]

Forget Lisbon

Published
by
Colm
on 10 June, 2008
in Links
. 1 Comment

There’s a much more important election going on.

The plot thickens

Published
by
Colm
on 19 May, 2008
in Misc.
. 9 Comments

Good thing I didn’t get around to putting my grand Italian-whackin’ scheme into action, because it seems that it was those pesky Irishites all along. Mine was one of 300 accounts affected, and I feel slightly better knowing that some poor bastard lost €16,500 to my measly €700.

I can’t help but try to figure out what shops were involved. I’m reminded of a bit from Dara Ó Briain’s live show, where he talks about how replacing signatures with PINs has made identity theft vastly easier. Is it funny because it’s true?

There’s one upside to this development: it makes my revenge plan easier, as the list of retailers on my last bank statement is considerably shorter than the list of Every Person In Italy. If anyone fancies joining me in my Slap A Face For Justice campaign, do get in touch. (Must supply own costume).