JOE GRIMA! How could I forget that great charismatic politician who mastered the art of Cicero in his speeches?

Joe Grima, oh my oh my, Joe Grima.

He has such a high opinion of himself, but what has he achieved in life, except surviving the fires which ravaged his radio station?

Joe Grima and Marisa Micallef: there will be a burn-down while some chick gives the START signal with her hanky!

Biex holoq Air Malta, Mintoff hataf il-propjeta tal-Malta Airways li kienet ga xtrat tlett ajruplani Trident ghar-rottot taghha.

Biex holoq Sea Malta, ha il-vapuri tal-linja tal-bahar ta’ Pace.

Biex holoq Mid Med Bank, qala’ l-barra il-bank stabbilit internazzjonali Barclays Bank.

Biex holoq Bank of Valletta, seraq in-National Bank of Malta.

Biex holoq il-Malta Milling & Grain Handling, qered diversi mtiehen tal-qamh privati.

Izda ma waqafx hemm.

Dahhal madwar 8,000 ruh ma’ dawn il-kumpaniji u mal-parastatali minghajr ma kien hemm il-htiega taghhom u li swew – u ghadhom jiswew sallum – miljuni ta’ euro lil poplu.

U xi nghidhu ghad-dockyard… u ghax-Shipyard li bdiet titlef eluf ta liri mill-ewwel gurnata u baqghat taghmel dan sakemm il-poplu kellu jerga jhallas kocc miljuni ohra biex jizzarma.

U xi nghidhu ghall-famuza ordni tal-bulk carriers ghar-Russja li nnegozja Mintoff ghax-Shipyard, li l-poplu spicca ihallas biex jitkaxkru il-barra mil-port.

U l-fabbriki tac-Cinizi – dawk success. Cikkultata li ma kienitx u li ma tittikilx. Viti tal-ilma tar-ram fuq disinn ta’ mitt sena ilu li ma riedhom hadd. Fabbrika li tipproduci tessuti ta’ daqs u kwalita li ma juntuzaw mkien.

U kif solva il-problema tal-ilma – billi iddobba driller mil-Libja u ghamel Malta passatur bil-bore holes biex, iva, hexa l-aquifer ukoll u spiccajna naqaw li intellghu bramel tal-ilma mil-bahar ghall-WC.

U il-power station bil-faham, hexa mhux biss il-Menqa il-Marsa u s-sahha ta’ kull min kien joqghod hemm, imma anke l-ambjent in generali bit-trakkijiet ghaddejjin mit-toroq lejl u nhar iferrxu l-irmied.

Paul Borg, tassew l-anqas ghandek ebda ideja ta’ x’inhu gid, ghax mhux biss tara l-qassatat kollha msemmija hawn fuq bhala ta’ siewi, imma l-anqas biss taghraf il-gid veru li ilek tghix fieh mill-ewwel gurnata li Malta helset mill-hakma korrosiva u abbusiva tal-Labour Party f’dak il-jum glorjuz tad-9 ta’ Mejju 1987.

Sur paul borg, id-djar kienu ghal Laburisti biss.

Seamalta falliet u l-Airmalta qeda fix-xifer. Il-banek nahseb qed tirreferi ghal Bank of Valletta. Dak kien misruq minghand is-sidien. Kien jismu l-National Bank of Malta.

Is-sahhara it-tajba tal-Bidnija ma nafx tiftakarx, nahseb bhal kull Malti vera tiftakar il-hnizrijiet ta’ zmien il-Labour, bhal ma tiftakarhom int, pero int kont ta’ gewwa u ma tantx affetwawk ghax kont protett.

Pero jien niftakarhom ghax mhux haga sabieha li guvnot ta 16 il-sena jmur id-dar mill l-iskola w issib lil-missieru jibki ghax rega qala transfer minn post ghal iehor minhabba twemminu.

Dan kien il-Labour, habib tiegh. Dan kollu sar bis-sahha tas-salvatur Duminku Mintoff.

Breathless ! Please use punctuation !

Well I guess his advisers told him to keep a low profile. Be sure that soon enough he will be back with a bang promising us salvation.

A new Salvatur in the making as the Salvatur Emeritus slowly fades away.

Excuse my ignorance. But if his government will eliminate pollution (remember what he said about the new power station), how will the government earn any tax?

The higher echelons of the PL have been taken over by people who should really be mid- or low-ranking party officials.

I think you yourself proposed this interpretation some time back on this blog. At that time I had agreed with you, and I still do.

It is symptomatic of such situations that bright people should keep away from an environment infested by people who are dull, or intelligent but odd.

If Muscat thought that by transferring Jason Micallef to Super One he had freed the party hierarchy from the fetters of mediocrity, he must now realise his assessment of the situation was very much mistaken. Jason Micallef was just the tip of the iceberg.

Just look at the people making up the party’s administration. This is still the above-water part of the iceberg.

President Zrinzo Azzopardi: a lacklustre lawyer who has still left no real impact on the legal profession, possibly building his client base by using his party position.

Vice-President Louis Gatt: who is he, and what are his credentials?

International Secretary AST: highly intelligent but endowed with a highly weird worldview. These qualities combined make him difficult to deal with, as he is clever enough to find seemingly logical justifications for his worldview.

Possibly, mediocre Zrinzo Azzopardi and non-entity Gatt are better to deal with as, lacking intelligence, they obey. But they can’t contribute anything either. AST, on the other hand, has a very high IQ and can therefore contribute, but his contributions are highly controversial and tiresome to rebut.

Ray Azzopardi: ineffectual plodder.

Aaron Farrugia and Joe Cordina: unknown credentials.

The larger part of the iceberg lies beneath the surface. There must be scores of party men whose input is close to zero, or – in the case of Manwel Cuschieri, for example – whose input is actually detrimental.

Then there is Mario Vella. This is another man endowed with a high IQ coupled with a displaced worldview. He too contributes strange ideas while being clever enough to justify them with seemingly logical and tenable arguments.

Anybody in Muscat’s shoes would crack. In Muscat’s case, his young age brings him to breaking point much earlier than in the case of someone older and more mature.

Blabla, you have not undergone a bypass surgery to speak in such deprecative way. Three years ago I was the recipient of four grafted veins in bypass surgery and it was no walk through the meadows. True, recovery is fast but it takes an average six weeks to be go back to work. Fenech Adami showed that he had “stoffa” to be a leader.