Comments on: Irony escapes the clunking clown

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:27:39 +0000

D Fenech – Ooooh, he’s miffed, isn’t he? He and Saviour must have had one hell of a week,

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:20:33 +0000

Cikki – “How can any normal person take a Deputy Leader seriously
when he writes such a stupid letter – as a joke?!”

Normal people with his mentality and/or background probably find him highly entertaining.

By: D Fenech

D Fenech — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:32:11 +0000

Kontra attack!

http://www.illum.com.mt/2008/11/02/wenzu.html

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:46:38 +0000

“I did have an unfair advantage, if you wish to put it that way, but that’s the throw of the genetic dice and the fact that I was born into a family that favoured a liberal education”

That’s an advantage but not an UNFAIR one!

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:23:18 +0000

@Daphne
“that the only work I am capable of doing is hand-out work from the government.”

Surely you understand envy better than that! People like “Peter” see someone as successful as they would give their right arm to be, and because they are not good enough or too lazy (often the case) they comfort themselves by saying that successful people are getting an unfair advantage. The Labour Party, on the other hand, goes out of its way to make sure successful hard workers are given an unfair DISadvantage to “keep everyone at the same level”.

[Daphne – I did have an unfair advantage, if you wish to put it that way, but that’s the throw of the genetic dice and the fact that I was born into a family that favoured a liberal education. But then plenty of people who had exactly the same advantages do nothing with them.]

By: matt

matt — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:54:26 +0000

K Buhagiar, thanks for the link.
pfff! Imaginary letter from Obama, plus taking sides! That IS ridiculous!
I am sure that many of his listeners that day were mislead into thinking that it was authentic, not just a figment of his imagination!

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:13:52 +0000

“Sarah Palin would have been a wild success down at Mile End”

Well, remember Rita Law?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:10:06 +0000

@DCG

Well, Daphne does know how a private business works, especially the type of private business that thrives on public contracts… tax payers’ money to be more precise.

[Daphne – You’re quite wrong there. I work solely in the private sector. Despite the considerable evidence to the contrary, you and yours and imagine that the only work I am capable of doing is hand-out work from the government. That may be the case with many, but it’s certainly not the case with me.]

By: Isa

Isa — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:42:05 +0000

When will educated persons take on the leadership of the Labour Party? It’s not about being a lawyer, ex policeman-cum-lawyer or supposed economist (by the way what is Joseph Muscat really? a journalist, economist or what? what does the Dr. stand for really) that makes a good politician… it’s how you portray yourself to the people.

[Daphne – Joseph Muscat’s doctorate is in public policy. His two previous degrees are in public policy and European studies. He is not an economist. Nor has he ever worked as anything other than an MEP, Super One journalist and ‘investment adviser’. I’ll admit it’s more than many others have done, but I worry about people who have no experience of how private business works.]

By: cikki

cikki — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:45:20 +0000

How can any normal person take a Deputy Leader seriously
when he writes such a stupid letter – as a joke?!

A while back I read that Joseph Muscat had appointed
Louis Grech and Karmenu Vella to sort out the party
and thought there might be some chance of something
sensible happening here at last. But there has been
no mention of them since (I think) and instead we have
this asinine behaviour which makes me want to cry for
my country.

[Daphne – Cikki, we’re dealing with a completely different mentality here. These are not leaders. They are clowns elected from within the masses of other clowns just like them. Those who think that the division in Malta is political are just plain wrong. It’s cultural. Sarah Palin would have been a wild success down at Mile End.]