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		By: Michela		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michela]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66928&quot;&gt;Zorro&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s haywired to vote PN just because there&#039;s no one better than them. There are good reasons for voting PN.

As far as I know the majority of Maltese own their own home, own at least one car, dress well, go out for Sunday lunch, travel at least once a year etc. What else you want to complain about?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66928">Zorro</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s haywired to vote PN just because there&#8217;s no one better than them. There are good reasons for voting PN.</p>
<p>As far as I know the majority of Maltese own their own home, own at least one car, dress well, go out for Sunday lunch, travel at least once a year etc. What else you want to complain about?</p>
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		By: m farrugia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[m farrugia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Hamilton Travel ihabbar gita ghal Brussels - inzuru fost l-ohrajn l-ufficcjua tal-Kummissarju Dalli fejn jinghata djarju ta&#039; tifkira.&quot;

Possibli tiflah taqa daqshekk cheap, Sur Dalli?

Nixtieq li Gonzi heles minni bhalek u baghtni naqli xi mitejn elf fis-sena mill-anqas u flok naghmel xogholi tiela u niezel Malta mohhni fil-hmerijiet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Hamilton Travel ihabbar gita ghal Brussels &#8211; inzuru fost l-ohrajn l-ufficcjua tal-Kummissarju Dalli fejn jinghata djarju ta&#8217; tifkira.&#8221;</p>
<p>Possibli tiflah taqa daqshekk cheap, Sur Dalli?</p>
<p>Nixtieq li Gonzi heles minni bhalek u baghtni naqli xi mitejn elf fis-sena mill-anqas u flok naghmel xogholi tiela u niezel Malta mohhni fil-hmerijiet.</p>
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		By: Riya		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Riya]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Johnny Dalli missu jirringrazzja lin-Nazzjonalisti mela joqghod jipprova jaghmel hsara lill-kap tal-partit f&#039;cirkostanzi hekk delikati.

Jien naf canvassers kbar ta&#039; Dalli imma llum ma jridux jafu bih, anzi daru kontrih qatta bla habel.

Min jitwieled tond ma jmutx kwadru. U anke dawn il-back benchers hekk qed jiggrilhom.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Johnny Dalli missu jirringrazzja lin-Nazzjonalisti mela joqghod jipprova jaghmel hsara lill-kap tal-partit f&#8217;cirkostanzi hekk delikati.</p>
<p>Jien naf canvassers kbar ta&#8217; Dalli imma llum ma jridux jafu bih, anzi daru kontrih qatta bla habel.</p>
<p>Min jitwieled tond ma jmutx kwadru. U anke dawn il-back benchers hekk qed jiggrilhom.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66921&quot;&gt;Frankie&lt;/a&gt;.

How about, &quot;Iddardarx il-bir li trid tixrob minnu&quot;?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66921">Frankie</a>.</p>
<p>How about, &#8220;Iddardarx il-bir li trid tixrob minnu&#8221;?</p>
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		By: Joseph A Borg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph A Borg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66916&quot;&gt;Rover&lt;/a&gt;.

Don&#039;t worry, he&#039;ll get private work lobbying for big pharma after this expensive stint on the public coffers. I assume he&#039;d still want to be the paladin of the poor Maltese, though.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66916">Rover</a>.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry, he&#8217;ll get private work lobbying for big pharma after this expensive stint on the public coffers. I assume he&#8217;d still want to be the paladin of the poor Maltese, though.</p>
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		By: Rover		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rover]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66925&quot;&gt;Matt&lt;/a&gt;.

How right you are, Matt. It seems these people want to be remembered as the equivalent of Mintoff who screwed his own party.

It was all right for us to risk our lives at Zejtun and our jobs for the sake of democracy in our country. Now they want to be the crap we wanted to get rid of.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66925">Matt</a>.</p>
<p>How right you are, Matt. It seems these people want to be remembered as the equivalent of Mintoff who screwed his own party.</p>
<p>It was all right for us to risk our lives at Zejtun and our jobs for the sake of democracy in our country. Now they want to be the crap we wanted to get rid of.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66914&quot;&gt;Hamruniz&lt;/a&gt;.

Hamruniz, better have a party promising the world but delivering a little less due to changing circumstances than a party which has no idea how to manage its own affairs, let alone lead a country.

The Labour Party is, in my mind, afraid to govern because all the bull they are trying to feed you, they will have to fulfill if by some odd chance they find themselves governing.

Joe Muscat should tell the public how he would do  better, based on costed-out projects, show us how he would reduce the cost of living, lower electricity bills, give out higher wages, reduce income taxes and invest in green technology without raising taxes.

He won&#039;t, because he can&#039;t, but the gullible will swallow everything including the garbage which comes out in the form of lame policy by the Labour Party.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/01/there%e2%80%99s-no-need-for-vain-promises/#comment-66914">Hamruniz</a>.</p>
<p>Hamruniz, better have a party promising the world but delivering a little less due to changing circumstances than a party which has no idea how to manage its own affairs, let alone lead a country.</p>
<p>The Labour Party is, in my mind, afraid to govern because all the bull they are trying to feed you, they will have to fulfill if by some odd chance they find themselves governing.</p>
<p>Joe Muscat should tell the public how he would do  better, based on costed-out projects, show us how he would reduce the cost of living, lower electricity bills, give out higher wages, reduce income taxes and invest in green technology without raising taxes.</p>
<p>He won&#8217;t, because he can&#8217;t, but the gullible will swallow everything including the garbage which comes out in the form of lame policy by the Labour Party.</p>
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		By: Zorro		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zorro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fact of life. As we speak, there is no decent alternative to a Nationalist government. Does that mean the Nationalists are doing it right? No way, and yes they have shot themselves in the foot many times especially of late.

But can anyone contemplate &#039;&#039;paying them back&#039;&#039; by replacing them with a bunch of incompetent fools who will destroy Malta as we enjoy it today?

Does anyone seriously think that Labour, new Labour, or whatever they want to call themselves would have handled the recession any better than Gonzi and co., have? They could not even handle a simple tax like VAT, so imagine a world recession.

If disgruntled Nationalist supporters (or in this case disgruntled and DISLOYAL MPs as well) want to pay their party back by electing Labour then it says a lot about their level of intelligence.

Talk about cutting off one&#039;s nose to spite one&#039;s face!  Instead, why not engage in some healthy debate and use convincing arguments to back Gonzi in sacking ministers who have let down the nation (never mind their constituents) so badly.

I would rather work towards improving a party which has proved itself time and time again, than risk electing some idiot on the pretext that &#039;we need a change&#039;.  Excuse me, but  a change to what?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fact of life. As we speak, there is no decent alternative to a Nationalist government. Does that mean the Nationalists are doing it right? No way, and yes they have shot themselves in the foot many times especially of late.</p>
<p>But can anyone contemplate &#8221;paying them back&#8221; by replacing them with a bunch of incompetent fools who will destroy Malta as we enjoy it today?</p>
<p>Does anyone seriously think that Labour, new Labour, or whatever they want to call themselves would have handled the recession any better than Gonzi and co., have? They could not even handle a simple tax like VAT, so imagine a world recession.</p>
<p>If disgruntled Nationalist supporters (or in this case disgruntled and DISLOYAL MPs as well) want to pay their party back by electing Labour then it says a lot about their level of intelligence.</p>
<p>Talk about cutting off one&#8217;s nose to spite one&#8217;s face!  Instead, why not engage in some healthy debate and use convincing arguments to back Gonzi in sacking ministers who have let down the nation (never mind their constituents) so badly.</p>
<p>I would rather work towards improving a party which has proved itself time and time again, than risk electing some idiot on the pretext that &#8216;we need a change&#8217;.  Excuse me, but  a change to what?</p>
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		By: David Buttigieg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Buttigieg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do ALL EU commissioners interfere in individual states&#039; politics?

He seems to forget that he is an EU commissioner and not a Maltese anything, other than citizen since he accepted the post of commissioner.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do ALL EU commissioners interfere in individual states&#8217; politics?</p>
<p>He seems to forget that he is an EU commissioner and not a Maltese anything, other than citizen since he accepted the post of commissioner.</p>
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		By: davidg		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John Dalli would do well to remember, when he goes on One TV, that if he ever gets his wish of becoming PN leader, then One TV will round on him immediately and never let up about his brother Bastjan and his other brother Dun Gorg, and his business interests.

How can he really believe that they are doing anything but using him? He should know better.

Even today, Labour supporters think of Dalli in the negative image portrayed by their leaders in the past, with all the connections of barunijiet u kuntratturi etc.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Dalli would do well to remember, when he goes on One TV, that if he ever gets his wish of becoming PN leader, then One TV will round on him immediately and never let up about his brother Bastjan and his other brother Dun Gorg, and his business interests.</p>
<p>How can he really believe that they are doing anything but using him? He should know better.</p>
<p>Even today, Labour supporters think of Dalli in the negative image portrayed by their leaders in the past, with all the connections of barunijiet u kuntratturi etc.</p>
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