It’s that time of the month again (and again) for Mary Mifsud
I was out at the Europe Day reception and elsewhere and came back to this:
timesofmalta.com:
Sounding angry, Dr Debono said the House had not taken a vote for three months and it had taken a break of three weeks over Easter.
Yet, now, four times as many amendments had been presented as there were clauses, without time for proper discussion.
“This is not the way Parliament should be run. Where is the prime minister? I expected him to be here. Is he somewhere else replying to people on the internet?” Dr Debono asked.
“We are continuing to ridicule Parliament and I am sorry there is a self-appointed technocrat who runs everything, and that is why politicians are losing respect because this technocrat and his friends from St Edwards do what they want,” Dr Debono said.
He said he had sought the prime minister within the precincts of the House but could not find him. Dr Debono said he was a Nationalist more than all the MPs put together 10 times over, but they should be in the House.
Allahares ikun hemm imbierek wiehed minn St Edward’s ghaliex Franco jiffreakja. Jew San Alwigi, jew xejn.
Who knows where they were, Franco? Probably in Hal Ghaxaq, feeding your birds to soothe your nerves.
So he’s more of a Nationalist than all the MPs put together 10 times over, is he. I didn’t know you got brownie points for that sort of thing.
Mhux ta’ b’xejn jaghmilha biss mal-ghasafar. Birds can’t contradict him. What are the odds he’s got a parrot all trained up to squawk ‘Ave Franco’ when he goes downstairs for breakfast?
Oh and Mary, they say evening primrose oil works wonders for PMT.
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Dr Debono please note;
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
– Confucius,
What a screwball. He has no idea what his role is in his work. What a confused man.
I can’t see the end game other than he is overshadowing Muscat. Franco has taken the role as the leader of the Opposition. Muscat made mistake after mistake when he followed Franco’s political senseless game.
“Franco has taken the role as the leader of the Opposition. ”
Are you suggesting that the Hon. Mary Mifsud might after all become Malta’s first woman prime minister?
“….. Where is the prime minister? I expected him to be here…..”
Franco, who the f**k are you to expect anything of the Prime Minister or to dictate to him where he should be or not be. The Prime Minister was elected by the people for the people and certainly not for an a**hole like you.
Has anyone followed the Prime minister on internet?
I seem to be one of the few who did and I must admit it looked and sounded like one of those spots on T.V, where they try to sell you anything from brooms to penthouses.
I hope that he will not do it again,he sounded and looked like that Italian woman on R.A.I before she was sent to prison.
I think her name was Vanna Marchi or something like that.
I must admit that Dickens chose the appropriate quote, it really fitslike a glove.
[Daphne – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8zgvPYUwio I so don’t agree with you, Silvio. It’s not really aimed at people who think as you do about politicians, that’s the problem. You like leaders who declaim from a stage with the masses before them, but things have changed. There’s a place for that, but there’s a place for this, too.]
As always, you might be right, but to me judging from the questions, it sounded like preaching to the converted.
[Daphne – Silvio, who is more likely to participate in a web/public conference given by a party leader? Supporters or sort of supporters of that party. If Joseph Muscat gives a live web conference, most of the participants will be his supporters. As the idea catches on, different people will come in, because it’s not compromising like being physically present at an actual meeting.]
We were always thought that the early missionaries used to go to the countries of the pagans to preach. They wouldn’t have achieved anything if they only preached to their followers.
What are you talking about, Silvio? It’s Joe Debono Grech who sounds like Vanna Marchi .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgBSA4Ml8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQG5CxuIXFw
U ejja Silvio – dejjem lest biex tikkritika
johnnie sigarri, il-kritika is healthy and encourages us to be more professional in our ways.
Yes, to me he looked like an overconfident salesman. He wanted to give us the impression of a goodie-goodie.
Those tactis don’t work today.
On the other hand, a good salesman can even convince you to buy bananas that grow on coconut trees.
[Daphne – It’s not the salesmen you should be concerned with, Silvio. It’s the clients. The man selling bananas which grow on coconut palms is likely to be the next prime minister. Is that what you want?]
He did not sound hysterical. He used no teleprompter. His answers were to the point and there was no beating about the bush.
Joseph should try that sometime since he often sounds like he’s trying to sell Burmarrad vegetables.
Dear Daphne,
Believe it or not I pride myself on being able to bring the best out of you.
The way you manage to get yourself out of some tricky situations is great.
However I am sure that you could, sometimes, realise that you might be wrong. I don’t expect you to admit it – after all, that’s a woman’s prerogative.
By the way, I liked to-day’s article in The Malta Independent.
[Daphne – When I know I’m wrong, Silvio, I admit it. I have no problem doing that at all. Mine is not a fragile ego. If it were, I would be dust by now.]
Franco Debono, how does someone who is elected get to be “self-appointed”?
In my opinion it is all a waste of time, resources and energy preaching to the converted
Franco Debono should pack his bags and , as he promised late last year, trot off to Italy.
But then who will feed his 400 birds in cages?
So one of the most junior backbenchers expects the head of government to be on the front bench listening to what he has to say.
Normally, it is the other way round.
Never mind what the boys from St Edward’s are up to.
The Mary Mifsud/Franco Debono spectacle serves as an interesting case study in the dangerous combination of overindulgent parents and the failure to properly integrate teamwork and team building into the high school curriculum.
Dr.Debono, please stop it. As I told you before, you are not to be taken seriously.
You made a fool of yourself.
Go now, your days in parliament and as a politician are numbered.
No party will take you as a candidate.
Your way of doing things is not right.
“His friends from St. Edward’s” – Hareg il-lanzit ta’ Hal Ghaxaq, fl-ahhar.
Oh Jesus. It’s St. Edwards vs San Alwigi now.
No wonder the PM was not to be found in parliament building. Who would want to listen to such a vulgar speech?
If I’m not mistaken, not even the Opposition MPs were present so Franco Debono was talking to himself, more or less.
Dr. Franco was just playing to the gallery when he kept on asking where Dr.Gonzi was.
He knew perfectly well, as all of us did, that he must have gone to someone’s kitchen, as he had told us he will be doing.