That's small-minded cretinism for you
The great statesmen who would lead our country - we won't be paying peanuts but we'll still be getting monkeys
North Africa looks like it’s about to go up in flames. The west is on edge at to what this might mean. And the first pronouncement our great statesman Joseph Muscat makes on the crisis – its implications passing him by entirely – is:
“North African unrest: Malta should unleash tourism campaign” – Muscat
(timesofmalta.com, this morning)
Imagine that. I wonder whether Godfrey Grima rang him to say how impressed he is, and what a great statesman he makes, just like Alfred Sant.
“Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said today that the government should have already unleashed a massive tourism publicity campaign to draw tourists to Malta in view of instability in North Africa.
Millions of tourists had been planning to go to countries such as Tunisia and Egypt, which are major tourism destinations, and Malta should be aggressively promoting its own attractions instead, he said.
In this way Malta could enjoy even more tourist arrivals, benefiting its economy, particularly SMEs, Dr Muscat said.”
Perhaps he should dispatch his Poison Dwarf to Agenda to invest in a good atlas, diverting some of the funds he plans to use to build his Juliette balcony at party HQ.
I despair. The Labour Party didn’t pay peanuts, but it got a monkey all the same.
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All tourists who were planning to go to Egypt can now visit the PL headquarters and see the mummies there.
What strap-line does he have in mind, I wonder?
COME TO SUNNY MALTA, WHERE OUR PROTESTS ARE PEACEFUL AND TASTEFULLY FURNISHED WITH LIGHTING AND SOUND SYSTEMS BY SILVIO TA’ NEXOS.
Muscat’s brain is pea-sized but that’s an insult to the pea. He cannot think beyond Burmarrad – ‘Ejja ha naraw kif ha ngibu n-nies ghall-festa taghna ghax f’San Pawl il-Bahar mhux se ssir!’
What do you expect from somebody raised on the proceeds of chemicals that others use to blow themselves up?
What you find in Egypt for sure you will not find in Malta. I hate to vote for somebody whose IQ is lower than mine.
X’mentalita!
Waqt li hadd iehor qieghed jitqatel ghal-liberta tal-espressjoni, sounds familiar no, il-gvern Malti jmissu jqawwi l-kampanja biex aktar turisti jigu Malta flok immorru l-Afrika ta’ Fuq. Trid tkun il-vera opportunist biex tohrog b’din.
The true stupidity of Muscat’s pronouncement is that tourism has not been scared away from Egypt. It’s been scared away from the Mediterranean.
But what else can you expect from someone raised to believe the sun shines out of his nether regions and that the limits of the known universe coincide with his sphere of knowledge?
Muscat ma jafx xi tfisser glieda ghal-liberta’. Dak kien ‘minn ta’ gewwa’ mar-regim ta’ Mintoff.
I was shocked when I read it on timesofmalta.com. I just couldn’t believe it. This guy is really a great moron. For him, the end always justifies the means.
Oh My God.
Muscat is a danger to national security – he should clarify his statements – this is an insult to us Maltese.
He cannot clarify his statements. He can only apologise for them if he ever understands the implications.
It is not only offensive that he thinks purely in terms of self-interest. It is offensive that he expects to govern us but is unable to understand the geopolitical situation we live in.
Why would tourists want to come to the Mediterranean when it looks like it’s about to go up in flames?
Come off it… yes, this is something that even Dr De Marco made reference to recently. It is well known amongst those in the industry that tourists will not travel to regions deemed unsafe. There is no harm in capitalising on the misfortune of others – it’s called making business.
This is like whenever there are ETA threats in Spain – Malta indirectly stands to gain in that those planning on going on holiday will anyway go on holiday – they will just choose a different destination. With Malta being similar to Tunisia (more than Egypt) in terms of climate (and let’s face it – anyone coming to Malta comes in summer for it’s sun), I’m afraid that out of his whole 2hr useless speech, this is perhaps the only sensible thing said.
Forget Muscat – focus on the ones who said they would vote for him because they’re angry that the Ministers got a rise — tal-biki!
Shame on Muscat!
The Times has recently touched botton as far as sound journalism is concerned, and continues to dig even deeper.
Reproducing such inane comments coming from Joseph Muscat’s mouth, and without putting them into context, proves that it has completely abandoned the former respectable level of reporting or that it has allowed itself to be infiltrated by second-rate reporters or persons with an agenda of their own.
How insensitive. Jilaghb ghall gallarija bhas-soltu. Besides, the reason most tourists are attracted to North African countries is the incredibly low prices on offer, way lower than our hoteliers can ever manage. The chances are that Mario de Marco and his team are working quietly to see what advantage, if any, can be gained from the situation.
Egypt and Tunisia are in trouble – quick let’s get cracking at the Malta Tourism Authority and get hold of the tourists who were heading to Sousse and Sharm el Sheikh and bring them to Bugibba.
What a plonker.
Thriving on the misfortune of others is the essence of socialism.
Is it possible that Joseph himself does not take time out to read or listen to his own statements?
Is it possible that the perma-grin on his face is one of amusements that his own followers have yet to wake up and realise what a fake he is?
What an ass.
I didn’t hear his speech, only read about it on timesofmalta.com. To be perfectly honest, I don’t think it’s such a bad idea. Capitalising on others’ misfortunes when their losses are lost anyway isn’t that ruthless after all.
What made his comments outrageous is that he didn’t articulate them well enough to at least show some compassion and solidarity with the nations experiencing unrest.
It’s one thing to ‘capitalise on others’ misfortunes’ but it’s another to ask for something like this: http://bit.ly/gsnsk9
As always, context is all. As is tact.
Mhuh kbar eh! Started out as a reporter, then a politician, and now a travel agent – multi-talented indeed!