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		By: Randolph Peresso		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randolph Peresso]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-846533&quot;&gt;Last Post&lt;/a&gt;.

Thank you for the appreciation. I&#039;m glad you found it interesting.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-846533">Last Post</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for the appreciation. I&#8217;m glad you found it interesting.</p>
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		By: Last Post		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845419&quot;&gt;Randolph Peresso&lt;/a&gt;.

An interesting and intelligent post, I also read the posts connected with your blog/link. I like them. Thanks.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845419">Randolph Peresso</a>.</p>
<p>An interesting and intelligent post, I also read the posts connected with your blog/link. I like them. Thanks.</p>
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		By: Randolph Peresso		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randolph Peresso]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845419&quot;&gt;Randolph Peresso&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks, Daphne for allowing me to post the link to my blog.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845419">Randolph Peresso</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks, Daphne for allowing me to post the link to my blog.</p>
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		By: robert pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845698&quot;&gt;just me&lt;/a&gt;.

THAN YOU LL HAVE TO SUCK YOUR GAZAZA SORRY FOR 5WHOLE YEAR THAT MAKES 60MONTHS NOT COUNTING THE EXTRAS....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845698">just me</a>.</p>
<p>THAN YOU LL HAVE TO SUCK YOUR GAZAZA SORRY FOR 5WHOLE YEAR THAT MAKES 60MONTHS NOT COUNTING THE EXTRAS&#8230;.</p>
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		By: robert pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845517&quot;&gt;john&lt;/a&gt;.

MAYBE BETTER THAN GONZ HE CANT EVEN SPEAK A WORD OF GOOD ENGLISH MY GOD ...PM TA.........]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845517">john</a>.</p>
<p>MAYBE BETTER THAN GONZ HE CANT EVEN SPEAK A WORD OF GOOD ENGLISH MY GOD &#8230;PM TA&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		By: robert pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[robert pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845437&quot;&gt;Pina&lt;/a&gt;.

WELL KATE ........BUSH WAS DOING THAT LAST ELECTION WASNT SHE????]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845437">Pina</a>.</p>
<p>WELL KATE &#8230;&#8230;..BUSH WAS DOING THAT LAST ELECTION WASNT SHE????</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-846151&quot;&gt;Grezz&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes I did.

On another, deadlier subject, foresight over hindsight also applies to us voters. When we set out to do anything this important, we should think ahead. We should think ahead to what Malta will look like in 2018 under Labour or under PN.

Without going into the economic scenarios, we should visualise the three major events leading up to 2018.

The 50th anniversary of independence in 2014. Now that means the 50th birthday of the nation-state of Malta. Which will be led by a man who more than anything else did everything to rewrite history. There will be, alas, more tributes to Mintoff, and big grins all round from some of the worst scum ever to tread upon Malta&#039;s fair soil.

Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture, will be planned and celebrated by the party that did everything possible to destroy the very idea of culture (and of Europe). Like the Cultural Revolution in China, it turned sophistication into something that was somehow anti-Maltese, and raised &lt;em&gt;hamallagni&lt;/em&gt; to a national virtue. 

It turned Malta into a pariah not just politically, but culturally. Labour&#039;s idea of culture is il-Karnival, Wardakanta and Sibtijiet Flimkien. 

They spurned Europe and turned the ship of state southwards to North Africa. And now they will be showcasing our capital to the continent which gave the light of civilisation to the world. It will be a stab in the heart of everyone who is truly passionate about European culture.

Finally, Malta&#039;s presidency of the EU. Oh tragic irony of history, which seems to deride us mortals! The head of government, and therefore the president of this magnificent creation we call the European Union, will be none other than the chief propagandist of the anti-European crusade. 

Joseph Muscat&#039;s smirk, and his prancing about with Europe&#039;s finest statesmen, will remind many of us of the dark days prior to 2003, when our future hung in the balance. Assuming, of course, that Malta will not have left the European Union by then. Because with a cabinet made up of Mintoffian anti-Europeans, led by Joseph Made in Brussel, the nightmare may well come true.

Voters need foresight just as much, if not more, than politicians. After all, we choose our leaders. We may hope that they have more good sense than us, but after 9th March, it will be too late.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-846151">Grezz</a>.</p>
<p>Yes I did.</p>
<p>On another, deadlier subject, foresight over hindsight also applies to us voters. When we set out to do anything this important, we should think ahead. We should think ahead to what Malta will look like in 2018 under Labour or under PN.</p>
<p>Without going into the economic scenarios, we should visualise the three major events leading up to 2018.</p>
<p>The 50th anniversary of independence in 2014. Now that means the 50th birthday of the nation-state of Malta. Which will be led by a man who more than anything else did everything to rewrite history. There will be, alas, more tributes to Mintoff, and big grins all round from some of the worst scum ever to tread upon Malta&#8217;s fair soil.</p>
<p>Valletta 2018, European Capital of Culture, will be planned and celebrated by the party that did everything possible to destroy the very idea of culture (and of Europe). Like the Cultural Revolution in China, it turned sophistication into something that was somehow anti-Maltese, and raised <em>hamallagni</em> to a national virtue. </p>
<p>It turned Malta into a pariah not just politically, but culturally. Labour&#8217;s idea of culture is il-Karnival, Wardakanta and Sibtijiet Flimkien. </p>
<p>They spurned Europe and turned the ship of state southwards to North Africa. And now they will be showcasing our capital to the continent which gave the light of civilisation to the world. It will be a stab in the heart of everyone who is truly passionate about European culture.</p>
<p>Finally, Malta&#8217;s presidency of the EU. Oh tragic irony of history, which seems to deride us mortals! The head of government, and therefore the president of this magnificent creation we call the European Union, will be none other than the chief propagandist of the anti-European crusade. </p>
<p>Joseph Muscat&#8217;s smirk, and his prancing about with Europe&#8217;s finest statesmen, will remind many of us of the dark days prior to 2003, when our future hung in the balance. Assuming, of course, that Malta will not have left the European Union by then. Because with a cabinet made up of Mintoffian anti-Europeans, led by Joseph Made in Brussel, the nightmare may well come true.</p>
<p>Voters need foresight just as much, if not more, than politicians. After all, we choose our leaders. We may hope that they have more good sense than us, but after 9th March, it will be too late.</p>
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		By: Grezz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grezz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845517&quot;&gt;john&lt;/a&gt;.

Baxxter should have noticed that first.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845517">john</a>.</p>
<p>Baxxter should have noticed that first.</p>
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		By: Grezz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grezz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845437&quot;&gt;Pina&lt;/a&gt;.

Michelle Muscat herself has said that she has been doing home visits for years.  (In one interview, she said that she has been doing them for five years, and in another, ten years.)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/ten-years-of-prime-minister-joseph-muscat-thats-what-hes-planning-on/#comment-845437">Pina</a>.</p>
<p>Michelle Muscat herself has said that she has been doing home visits for years.  (In one interview, she said that she has been doing them for five years, and in another, ten years.)</p>
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		By: taxxu		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[taxxu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a big NO, NO as Carina says it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a big NO, NO as Carina says it.</p>
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