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		By: Steve		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35649&quot;&gt;Ray Borg&lt;/a&gt;.

I think the wife beating analogy is perfect.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35649">Ray Borg</a>.</p>
<p>I think the wife beating analogy is perfect.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35649&quot;&gt;Ray Borg&lt;/a&gt;.

When I was three years old, I wanted to be an astronaut. Until they told me that I can&#039;t because we have no space programme. And I still can&#039;t because we&#039;re not even an ESA member. Then since things went to ratshit (which roughly coincided with the new millenium), I&#039;ve been wanting to go and fight in Afghanistan, and bury myself on some dusty godforsaken mountainside. I&#039;d have joined the AFM but they never get deployed anywhere. My gripe is that I can never be happy with an office job, which is all that Malta offers. Yes of course I&#039;m bitter. If we&#039;d become a British dependency I&#039;d have had a UK passport and would have gone places.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35649">Ray Borg</a>.</p>
<p>When I was three years old, I wanted to be an astronaut. Until they told me that I can&#8217;t because we have no space programme. And I still can&#8217;t because we&#8217;re not even an ESA member. Then since things went to ratshit (which roughly coincided with the new millenium), I&#8217;ve been wanting to go and fight in Afghanistan, and bury myself on some dusty godforsaken mountainside. I&#8217;d have joined the AFM but they never get deployed anywhere. My gripe is that I can never be happy with an office job, which is all that Malta offers. Yes of course I&#8217;m bitter. If we&#8217;d become a British dependency I&#8217;d have had a UK passport and would have gone places.</p>
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		By: Ray Borg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Borg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@H.P. Baxxter
Bravo Baxxter. You have taken this blog to the pits with your foul language. I f you have such a serious hang up about your &quot;pathetic microstate passport&quot; you should perhaps remember that with that passport you can go to live freely in all the 26 other countries in the European Union. If you did not dare venture there before our membership in the EU it is because you either did not have the guts to take the plunge or you were not qualified enough to get a decent job in Europe. many people I know did it and suceeded  before the EU was just a dream. So what&#039;s your gripe?

I note a strange confusion in your comments. The PL has long declared that the EU issue is now closed. We are members of the EU and we must make the best out of it. C&#039;mon mate. Look at the bright side of life and enjoy it. Give your vote to whoever makes your life more comfortable, happy and fulfilled. But you have to do away with your bitterness first.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Ray Borg, he&#039;s talking about something you appear not to comprehend: dignity and self-respect, and how one humiliates oneself by voting for a political party that ruined one&#039;s young years and tried to keep one out of the EU. It&#039;s not closed, no. Facts are facts. This is how I look at it: what would my life have been like, my children&#039;s lives have been like, if those bastards - Muscat among them - had succeeded? End of story. No vote from me, no more than I would ever take back a man who beats me up just because he says he&#039;s sorry and has &#039;reformed himself&#039;. It&#039;s not because of what he might yet do, but because of what he did already. Can you get the difference? Christians forgive, dumbasses forget.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@H.P. Baxxter<br />
Bravo Baxxter. You have taken this blog to the pits with your foul language. I f you have such a serious hang up about your &#8220;pathetic microstate passport&#8221; you should perhaps remember that with that passport you can go to live freely in all the 26 other countries in the European Union. If you did not dare venture there before our membership in the EU it is because you either did not have the guts to take the plunge or you were not qualified enough to get a decent job in Europe. many people I know did it and suceeded  before the EU was just a dream. So what&#8217;s your gripe?</p>
<p>I note a strange confusion in your comments. The PL has long declared that the EU issue is now closed. We are members of the EU and we must make the best out of it. C&#8217;mon mate. Look at the bright side of life and enjoy it. Give your vote to whoever makes your life more comfortable, happy and fulfilled. But you have to do away with your bitterness first.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Ray Borg, he&#8217;s talking about something you appear not to comprehend: dignity and self-respect, and how one humiliates oneself by voting for a political party that ruined one&#8217;s young years and tried to keep one out of the EU. It&#8217;s not closed, no. Facts are facts. This is how I look at it: what would my life have been like, my children&#8217;s lives have been like, if those bastards &#8211; Muscat among them &#8211; had succeeded? End of story. No vote from me, no more than I would ever take back a man who beats me up just because he says he&#8217;s sorry and has &#8216;reformed himself&#8217;. It&#8217;s not because of what he might yet do, but because of what he did already. Can you get the difference? Christians forgive, dumbasses forget.]</strong></p>
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		By: Tal-Muzew		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tal-Muzew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35615&quot;&gt;Tal-Muzew&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s not timesofmalta.com but

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=5868]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35615">Tal-Muzew</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not timesofmalta.com but</p>
<p><a href="http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=5868" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.maltastar.com/pages/ms09dart.asp?a=5868</a></p>
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		By: John Schembri		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Schembri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35639&quot;&gt;me&lt;/a&gt;.

@ me: &quot;Skond iz-zokk il-fergha&quot; , what would you expect from PL leaders? They expect everyone to be at their beck and call.
Yesterday I watched part of the launch of the book Inservi. I couldn&#039;t help comparing the behaviour of the leaders and ex-leaders of the two main political parties.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35639">me</a>.</p>
<p>@ me: &#8220;Skond iz-zokk il-fergha&#8221; , what would you expect from PL leaders? They expect everyone to be at their beck and call.<br />
Yesterday I watched part of the launch of the book Inservi. I couldn&#8217;t help comparing the behaviour of the leaders and ex-leaders of the two main political parties.</p>
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		By: Sandro		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35646</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35633&quot;&gt;Mario De Bono&lt;/a&gt;.

all this baxter knows is how to say FUNCKING. How bright you are.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35633">Mario De Bono</a>.</p>
<p>all this baxter knows is how to say FUNCKING. How bright you are.</p>
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		By: Sandro		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35645</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35582&quot;&gt;J Busutil&lt;/a&gt;.

NO PN does not need whining boys, it needs men, those who sacrificed themselves at tal-barrani, at rabat, at Floriana, those who faced fire and stones and riots. That&#039;s what the PN not some johnny come latelys (with apologies to those whose name is johnny).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35582">J Busutil</a>.</p>
<p>NO PN does not need whining boys, it needs men, those who sacrificed themselves at tal-barrani, at rabat, at Floriana, those who faced fire and stones and riots. That&#8217;s what the PN not some johnny come latelys (with apologies to those whose name is johnny).</p>
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		By: Sandro		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35583&quot;&gt;Jacques Rene Zammit&lt;/a&gt;.

jack keep on writing your blooming stupidities. Perhaps next time muscat will call you to strasbourg.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35583">Jacques Rene Zammit</a>.</p>
<p>jack keep on writing your blooming stupidities. Perhaps next time muscat will call you to strasbourg.</p>
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		By: Sandro		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35584&quot;&gt;Jacques Rene Zammit&lt;/a&gt;.

sarcasim never lead one anywhere and this Joe borg doesn&#039;t need a chairmanship or anything. He can sit his pension out in buon gusto unlike us poor folk, who never even dreamt of having just 1/100 of what he has. Rogues.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35584">Jacques Rene Zammit</a>.</p>
<p>sarcasim never lead one anywhere and this Joe borg doesn&#8217;t need a chairmanship or anything. He can sit his pension out in buon gusto unlike us poor folk, who never even dreamt of having just 1/100 of what he has. Rogues.</p>
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		By: Sandro		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35575&quot;&gt;Mario De Bono&lt;/a&gt;.

no mario it&#039;s just his wife speaking ... to put the government in trouble. straw men never made it to heaven.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/12/a-guest-post-about-outgoing-eu-commissioner-joe-borg/#comment-35575">Mario De Bono</a>.</p>
<p>no mario it&#8217;s just his wife speaking &#8230; to put the government in trouble. straw men never made it to heaven.</p>
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