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		By: steve alamango		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26468</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[steve alamango]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26456&quot;&gt;Graham Crocker&lt;/a&gt;.

I would just like to highlight something I have spotted &#039;&#039; of course we shouldn&#039;t forget the EUR20 ecobutton.&#039;&#039;

People who do not do their homework should not write about things. The ecobutton is imported by my company, Innovative Solutions. It is an international brand which we represent in Malta and it is not linked politically in any way. Plus whoever got the information that its functions are already available have been misinformed about it, and before writing about it or anything information is always just a click away on the internet: www.eco-button.com

It&#039;s amazing that there is such an amount of ignorance on our island still in 2009 -always research before you comment, and think before you talk.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26456">Graham Crocker</a>.</p>
<p>I would just like to highlight something I have spotted &#8221; of course we shouldn&#8217;t forget the EUR20 ecobutton.&#8221;</p>
<p>People who do not do their homework should not write about things. The ecobutton is imported by my company, Innovative Solutions. It is an international brand which we represent in Malta and it is not linked politically in any way. Plus whoever got the information that its functions are already available have been misinformed about it, and before writing about it or anything information is always just a click away on the internet: <a href="http://www.eco-button.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.eco-button.com</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing that there is such an amount of ignorance on our island still in 2009 -always research before you comment, and think before you talk.</p>
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		By: PR		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is one thing which is not emphasised at all in this campaign so far - if it were for Muscat and co. we would be out of the EU and facing the troubled waters alone. When talking about the last five years why not talk about what Labour&#039;s partnership option would have been and link it to Muscat, Abela Baldacchino and Sharon who were at the forefront of the &#039;no campaign&#039;? Why not talk about Iceland and how its whole economy imploded and it is now on its knees applying for EU membership? There is a manifest link between the &#039;EU opportunities generation&#039; and the PN candidates which is not expressed. My vote is a &#039;grateful to the PN vote for giving us the EU membership opportunities and the stability which came along with it&#039;. Such opportunities and stability were put at risk because of the present frontrunners in the Labour Party and their lack of foresight and misjudgement (traits which repeat themselves and do not vanish once the same politicians opportunistically adopt the majority&#039;s stand).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is one thing which is not emphasised at all in this campaign so far &#8211; if it were for Muscat and co. we would be out of the EU and facing the troubled waters alone. When talking about the last five years why not talk about what Labour&#8217;s partnership option would have been and link it to Muscat, Abela Baldacchino and Sharon who were at the forefront of the &#8216;no campaign&#8217;? Why not talk about Iceland and how its whole economy imploded and it is now on its knees applying for EU membership? There is a manifest link between the &#8216;EU opportunities generation&#8217; and the PN candidates which is not expressed. My vote is a &#8216;grateful to the PN vote for giving us the EU membership opportunities and the stability which came along with it&#8217;. Such opportunities and stability were put at risk because of the present frontrunners in the Labour Party and their lack of foresight and misjudgement (traits which repeat themselves and do not vanish once the same politicians opportunistically adopt the majority&#8217;s stand).</p>
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		By: Peppina		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26463&quot;&gt;Mario Debono&lt;/a&gt;.

He who laughs last laughs best  ej?!


&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Actually, no. The ones who laugh best are those whose lives remain privileged no matter what party is in power. Sorry to rub your nose in it.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26463">Mario Debono</a>.</p>
<p>He who laughs last laughs best  ej?!</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Actually, no. The ones who laugh best are those whose lives remain privileged no matter what party is in power. Sorry to rub your nose in it.]</strong></p>
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		By: Tal-Muzew		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26459&quot;&gt;Ethel&lt;/a&gt;.

Igri jitqassmu l-energy saving bulbs ghax biex niffranka dlam cappa kullimkien!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26459">Ethel</a>.</p>
<p>Igri jitqassmu l-energy saving bulbs ghax biex niffranka dlam cappa kullimkien!</p>
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		By: Tal-Muzew		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26464</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tal-Muzew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26454&quot;&gt;Mario Debono&lt;/a&gt;.

Eddie, Eddie!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26454">Mario Debono</a>.</p>
<p>Eddie, Eddie!!</p>
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		By: Mario Debono		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26461&quot;&gt;Tim Ripard&lt;/a&gt;.

Tim, I am in complete agreement with you. The PN make it seem very difficult because they always end up being held in thrall by civil service types........until an election looms and we find we have to turn somersaults. But the PN is still miles ahead of the MLP. At least the PN people have several brain cells they can rub together and they manage to find a way forward, in the interests of the country.

The MLP are just a bunch of children eager to get their hands on the cookie-jar, raiding it and looking around in bemused bewilderment when it&#039;s apparent that yes, they are expected to govern and govern well. If the MLP are elected, and I struggle to say &quot;when&quot; like Daphne, they will make a mess of things that will make the current situation seem like Utopia. Mark my words. With the three stooges up there, we will suffer like we have not suffered before, besides eventually making ourselves the laughing-stock of the EU when Joseph Muscat uses the veto on some ridiculous issue. He is itching to do so, just to show he has the wherewithal, and to show Heini Shultz that he has “snien”.

“Fejn hu t-terremot, Joseph” ? That’s what Gonzi asked yesterday.  The only terremot we had was the one in Aquila. Or  maybe he is referring to some digestive by-product of numerous forays to ”L-iskocciz” for a “berger”.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26461">Tim Ripard</a>.</p>
<p>Tim, I am in complete agreement with you. The PN make it seem very difficult because they always end up being held in thrall by civil service types&#8230;&#8230;..until an election looms and we find we have to turn somersaults. But the PN is still miles ahead of the MLP. At least the PN people have several brain cells they can rub together and they manage to find a way forward, in the interests of the country.</p>
<p>The MLP are just a bunch of children eager to get their hands on the cookie-jar, raiding it and looking around in bemused bewilderment when it&#8217;s apparent that yes, they are expected to govern and govern well. If the MLP are elected, and I struggle to say &#8220;when&#8221; like Daphne, they will make a mess of things that will make the current situation seem like Utopia. Mark my words. With the three stooges up there, we will suffer like we have not suffered before, besides eventually making ourselves the laughing-stock of the EU when Joseph Muscat uses the veto on some ridiculous issue. He is itching to do so, just to show he has the wherewithal, and to show Heini Shultz that he has “snien”.</p>
<p>“Fejn hu t-terremot, Joseph” ? That’s what Gonzi asked yesterday.  The only terremot we had was the one in Aquila. Or  maybe he is referring to some digestive by-product of numerous forays to ”L-iskocciz” for a “berger”.</p>
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		By: Dotty		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26462</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 18:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26457&quot;&gt;Corinne Vella&lt;/a&gt;.

Don&#039;t demoralize Toni &quot;Speedy Gonzalez&quot; Abela and Anglu l-ispettur ta&#039; zmien il-Labour, jahasra.  They really think that they&#039;re &quot;it&quot;.  Well, they might be to the Sharabank audience types.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/05/the-tide-not-taken/#comment-26457">Corinne Vella</a>.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t demoralize Toni &#8220;Speedy Gonzalez&#8221; Abela and Anglu l-ispettur ta&#8217; zmien il-Labour, jahasra.  They really think that they&#8217;re &#8220;it&#8221;.  Well, they might be to the Sharabank audience types.</p>
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		By: Tim Ripard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ripard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 17:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You have to take the positives, Daphne, and thank whichever god you worship that the PN managed to turn the country around and indeed advance it far along the road to civilization in the short 20 years that they&#039;ve been in power.  There&#039;s absolutely no comparison between Malta in 1987 and Malta now.  It will be difficult to go back to the nadir of 1981-87 and I don&#039;t expect it to happen.

Frankly, it&#039;s also true that managing Malta shouldn&#039;t be beyond the capability of any reasonably-intelligent person, but the PN make it seem difficult.  This business of having such a crappy bus system in 2009 is ridiculous, so are the prices of cars, so is the rule of the catholic church.

So, yes, it will be a step backwords, or, more likely, I feel, marking time but it could have been much much worse.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have to take the positives, Daphne, and thank whichever god you worship that the PN managed to turn the country around and indeed advance it far along the road to civilization in the short 20 years that they&#8217;ve been in power.  There&#8217;s absolutely no comparison between Malta in 1987 and Malta now.  It will be difficult to go back to the nadir of 1981-87 and I don&#8217;t expect it to happen.</p>
<p>Frankly, it&#8217;s also true that managing Malta shouldn&#8217;t be beyond the capability of any reasonably-intelligent person, but the PN make it seem difficult.  This business of having such a crappy bus system in 2009 is ridiculous, so are the prices of cars, so is the rule of the catholic church.</p>
<p>So, yes, it will be a step backwords, or, more likely, I feel, marking time but it could have been much much worse.</p>
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		By: Joachim		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joachim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Daphne, you couldn&#039;t have expressed the thoughts of all Nationalists or maybe all the Maltese people better. George Abela as president is probably one of the best decisions that our present government has taken in the past year because he&#039;s definitely going to be the first president  to really express unity of the Maltese people.

But the fact that he could&#039;ve been the leader of the Labour Party and probably our next Prime Minister brings a tear to my eye. With George Abela at the helm of the Labour Party I would have rested assured that even if the Nationalists lost the next election there would still be a trustworthy person to lead our beloved nation.

As it stands, now we&#039;re only waiting, as you pointed out, for a train wreck to happen when Muscat and his two dick-heads assume control of our nation.

Thank God I would have already graduated under Gonzi but then again I would be facing a job market under the control of the supposedly &#039;partit tal-haddiema&#039;. Well...... I suppose there is always the EU at the end.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daphne, you couldn&#8217;t have expressed the thoughts of all Nationalists or maybe all the Maltese people better. George Abela as president is probably one of the best decisions that our present government has taken in the past year because he&#8217;s definitely going to be the first president  to really express unity of the Maltese people.</p>
<p>But the fact that he could&#8217;ve been the leader of the Labour Party and probably our next Prime Minister brings a tear to my eye. With George Abela at the helm of the Labour Party I would have rested assured that even if the Nationalists lost the next election there would still be a trustworthy person to lead our beloved nation.</p>
<p>As it stands, now we&#8217;re only waiting, as you pointed out, for a train wreck to happen when Muscat and his two dick-heads assume control of our nation.</p>
<p>Thank God I would have already graduated under Gonzi but then again I would be facing a job market under the control of the supposedly &#8216;partit tal-haddiema&#8217;. Well&#8230;&#8230; I suppose there is always the EU at the end.</p>
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		By: Ethel		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Liberamus Domine!   May the people see the light before it is too late.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberamus Domine!   May the people see the light before it is too late.</p>
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