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		By: Francis Saliba MD		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Francis Saliba MD]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283880&quot;&gt;Claire&lt;/a&gt;.

In short, Muscat&#039;s LP with his entourage does not present a credible alternative to the Nationalist Party so as to provide a desirable democratic alternation of government.  The electorate cannot intelligently vote for a political party that is &quot;new&quot; in name only.  The gamble has no chance to provide a better, or a &quot;just as good&quot; government.  It would be a retrograde step to hell.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283880">Claire</a>.</p>
<p>In short, Muscat&#8217;s LP with his entourage does not present a credible alternative to the Nationalist Party so as to provide a desirable democratic alternation of government.  The electorate cannot intelligently vote for a political party that is &#8220;new&#8221; in name only.  The gamble has no chance to provide a better, or a &#8220;just as good&#8221; government.  It would be a retrograde step to hell.</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;Woe betide Mowqa&#039;, indeed. The serfs believe that laws are still enacted by that glorified committee of 65, whose main function now is to transpose EU law and comply with EU diktat.

And they&#039;re right, in a way. For the most crucial laws and policies are beyond the realm of tribal factions, happily warming their seats at the kazin parlamentari Malti, plotting their next move towards achieving their goal: seizing the power to administer that portion of taxpayers&#039; money the fiefdom is allowed to keep.

With the collapse of debt-enslaved nation states, the Debt Union is here to stay. It will be held together through repression and centralised control, but the serfs will not suffer, for they are shielded by blissful ignorance, guarded by media swill and protected by euro glitter. The culprit will always be the governing tribe; and the solution will be sought in the competing tribe. 

The fiscal treaty, the ESM treaty, the &quot;six-pack&quot;, the &quot;two-pack&quot;, EU economic governance, the central banking ponzi scheme, the global banking cartel, debt enslavement...? All too boring to be true. Let&#039;s call that &#039;conspiracy theory&#039; and avoid having to wake up to our ignornance. Long live the EU fiefdom of Mowqa - where the petty is grand, and the grand is bland.

Ahleb, Guz! The slaves are fully acclimatised to serfdom.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Woe betide Mowqa&#8217;, indeed. The serfs believe that laws are still enacted by that glorified committee of 65, whose main function now is to transpose EU law and comply with EU diktat.</p>
<p>And they&#8217;re right, in a way. For the most crucial laws and policies are beyond the realm of tribal factions, happily warming their seats at the kazin parlamentari Malti, plotting their next move towards achieving their goal: seizing the power to administer that portion of taxpayers&#8217; money the fiefdom is allowed to keep.</p>
<p>With the collapse of debt-enslaved nation states, the Debt Union is here to stay. It will be held together through repression and centralised control, but the serfs will not suffer, for they are shielded by blissful ignorance, guarded by media swill and protected by euro glitter. The culprit will always be the governing tribe; and the solution will be sought in the competing tribe. </p>
<p>The fiscal treaty, the ESM treaty, the &#8220;six-pack&#8221;, the &#8220;two-pack&#8221;, EU economic governance, the central banking ponzi scheme, the global banking cartel, debt enslavement&#8230;? All too boring to be true. Let&#8217;s call that &#8216;conspiracy theory&#8217; and avoid having to wake up to our ignornance. Long live the EU fiefdom of Mowqa &#8211; where the petty is grand, and the grand is bland.</p>
<p>Ahleb, Guz! The slaves are fully acclimatised to serfdom.</p>
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		By: P Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283876&quot;&gt;jeff&lt;/a&gt;.

qisu artist - warda hamra go halqu jonqsu u malajr tahsbu xi sex symbol

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-44863699/stock-photo-white-poodle-puppy-hold-red-flower-isolated-on-white-background.html]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283876">jeff</a>.</p>
<p>qisu artist &#8211; warda hamra go halqu jonqsu u malajr tahsbu xi sex symbol</p>
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		By: GD		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GD]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Il-punt hu li Barberini (Mugliette ,JPOS u Debono) irnexxilhom fejn  ma irnexxilhomx il Barbari (labour) ., jaghtu gambetta lil aqwa rapresentant ta Malta fl EU u joholqu disguid fil PN..]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Il-punt hu li Barberini (Mugliette ,JPOS u Debono) irnexxilhom fejn  ma irnexxilhomx il Barbari (labour) ., jaghtu gambetta lil aqwa rapresentant ta Malta fl EU u joholqu disguid fil PN..</p>
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		By: A. Charles		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-284080</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A. Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283696&quot;&gt;Paul Bonnici&lt;/a&gt;.

Mr. Bonnici, can you be more specific when you say what are &quot;the PN’s detachment from the public and the lack of engagement&quot;? 

You sound as &quot;l&#039;uccello del mal augurio&quot;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/the-ham-actors-who-bluffed-their-way-through-the-catcalls-jeers-and-rotten-vegetables/#comment-283696">Paul Bonnici</a>.</p>
<p>Mr. Bonnici, can you be more specific when you say what are &#8220;the PN’s detachment from the public and the lack of engagement&#8221;? </p>
<p>You sound as &#8220;l&#8217;uccello del mal augurio&#8221;.</p>
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		By: Fido		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fido]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imma għall-inqas il-Barbari u il-Barberini ma kienux l-istess nies.  Dan huwa iktar il-każ li ngħidu, &quot; Jekk il-ħanżir taqtagħlu bemdu, ħanżir jibqa&#039;&quot;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imma għall-inqas il-Barbari u il-Barberini ma kienux l-istess nies.  Dan huwa iktar il-każ li ngħidu, &#8221; Jekk il-ħanżir taqtagħlu bemdu, ħanżir jibqa'&#8221;.</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kif ma jisthux.  Jahsbux li ghadhom jifilhu jaqilbu kull m&#039;hawn?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kif ma jisthux.  Jahsbux li ghadhom jifilhu jaqilbu kull m&#8217;hawn?</p>
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		By: Claire		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The problem with Maltese politics is that voters who lived under Labour&#039;s rule in the 70s and 80s have no choice but to continue voting PN against their wishes, to avoid the horrendous abuse of human rights and democracy of which Labour has a notorious track record. 

I do not wish to vote for a party that denied Maltese citizens bar those who resided abroad the right to divorce until recently, a party that mixes religion with politics, whose leader voted against divorce in parliament giving his religious beliefs precedence over the will of the people, a party with so much internal strife, yet whose leader struggles on without calling an election. I do not subscribe to PN ideals and methodologies at all. 

However, I  do acknowledge that the PN has done wonders for job creation and has created wealth especially for professionals through education and the job opportunties brought about by EU membership. I work for a foreign company and like the cosmopolitan lifestyle I have. 

I have no problem competing for jobs with Sicilians and other EU nationals both here and abroad. My experience of the PL has always been of a dictatorial, backward looking regime. I envy today&#039;s fresh graduates who were spared the trauma of living under a Labour government. 

That is not to say I am happy to be voting PN as their conservative political ideology does not go down well with me. The trouble is what choice do I have?  Risk voting Labour and my foreign employer moving out of Malta leaving me without a job? Risk losing my EU passport with all the freedom it has given me? 

I am seriously considering not voting in the forthcoming general elections but the memories of life under Labour still haunt me and Labour has not yet proved that it has changed, or is competent. How can I vote for a party whos e deputy leader says shock absovers instead of shock absorbers? A party that used scaremongering tactics to keep Malta out of the EU and in middle ages. 

Do I have to keep voting PN for as long as I live just to preserve my lifestyle? Is this what a democracy is all about? It&#039;s time both parties offered their politicians early retirement and brought in fresh blood. 

The problem with Maltese democracy and Maltese law as you rightly point out is that we don&#039;t have a grasp on the spirit of democracy or the law and compared to the spirit of fairness in the UK and the lucid reasoning of the average English person, we are lagging behind in the middle ages.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with Maltese politics is that voters who lived under Labour&#8217;s rule in the 70s and 80s have no choice but to continue voting PN against their wishes, to avoid the horrendous abuse of human rights and democracy of which Labour has a notorious track record. </p>
<p>I do not wish to vote for a party that denied Maltese citizens bar those who resided abroad the right to divorce until recently, a party that mixes religion with politics, whose leader voted against divorce in parliament giving his religious beliefs precedence over the will of the people, a party with so much internal strife, yet whose leader struggles on without calling an election. I do not subscribe to PN ideals and methodologies at all. </p>
<p>However, I  do acknowledge that the PN has done wonders for job creation and has created wealth especially for professionals through education and the job opportunties brought about by EU membership. I work for a foreign company and like the cosmopolitan lifestyle I have. </p>
<p>I have no problem competing for jobs with Sicilians and other EU nationals both here and abroad. My experience of the PL has always been of a dictatorial, backward looking regime. I envy today&#8217;s fresh graduates who were spared the trauma of living under a Labour government. </p>
<p>That is not to say I am happy to be voting PN as their conservative political ideology does not go down well with me. The trouble is what choice do I have?  Risk voting Labour and my foreign employer moving out of Malta leaving me without a job? Risk losing my EU passport with all the freedom it has given me? </p>
<p>I am seriously considering not voting in the forthcoming general elections but the memories of life under Labour still haunt me and Labour has not yet proved that it has changed, or is competent. How can I vote for a party whos e deputy leader says shock absovers instead of shock absorbers? A party that used scaremongering tactics to keep Malta out of the EU and in middle ages. </p>
<p>Do I have to keep voting PN for as long as I live just to preserve my lifestyle? Is this what a democracy is all about? It&#8217;s time both parties offered their politicians early retirement and brought in fresh blood. </p>
<p>The problem with Maltese democracy and Maltese law as you rightly point out is that we don&#8217;t have a grasp on the spirit of democracy or the law and compared to the spirit of fairness in the UK and the lucid reasoning of the average English person, we are lagging behind in the middle ages.</p>
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		By: jeff		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nice hair:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=467734629920758&#038;set=o.38556918510&#038;type=1&#038;theater

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice hair:</p>
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		By: Paul Bonnici		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Bonnici]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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