Amen to that

This comment is posted beneath the timesofmalta.com story about Muscat’s address to the nation, in which he tells us that the time has come for us to manifest ourselves nationally. I couldn’t have put it better myself, save for the grammar. It’s short, it’s sweet, and it exposes Muscat’s brainless hypocrisy for what it is.

Joseph Agius (2 hours, 9 minutes ago)
If it was for Joseph Muscat we would not be eating from our savings but we would be eating each other. We would not have been part of the EU and we would still be with the Maltese lira. No national public mass meeting would have made possible for government to bring us on the right track and Joseph would still be a journalist with One News trying to convince us that we should enjoy eating ourselves!

E Gatt (3 hours, 2 minutes ago)
This year the price of oil reached US$147, is temporarily US$60 and will shoot up again. It’s a fact of life that we live in an oil hungry world, that oil supplies are limited and that oil will continue to rise.

It’s only natural to be upset and down about paying higher bills – who isn’t? We live in a free country and everyone has the right to protest till they are red, blue or even green in the face – who is denying this? You can either join a protest because “everyone else is doing it”, or for partisan reasons, or because you believe in what you’re protesting against.

By joining the national demonstration, you will be protesting against:
• Millions of Chinese, Indian and other people in the developing world who have recently become car-owners and now compete for oil.
• Budget airlines that increased air traffic to fly passengers to countries like Malta.
• Increased world trade that uses enormous amounts of fuel to transport goods around the globe.
• Opportunities for cleaner and alternative ways of generating power becoming more feasible.
• Your neighbour and fellow taxpayer who you arrogantly believe should be subsidising your bills.