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March 25, 2013 at 1:27am
Sent in by Philip Micallef:
There is a sacred principle here at stake. We are now embracing a brand new set of values where people who have no respect for party allegiance and loyalty are being rewarded and showcased as exemplary figures and given important, sensitive posts.
History tends to repeat itself and leaders should be wise enough to give weight to important human values when making choices.
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It’s also a dangerous strategic move. If the unscrupulous and unsound are rewarded for disloyalty, who’s to say they won’t rock the Technicolour Turncoat’s boat?
Little Joey has no concept of ‘important human values’, his choices are made to further his totalitarian ambition, nothing else.
Mein Kampf comes to mind.
Hasn’t he already trumpeted his “the end justifies the means”? That, succintly enough, colours his way of political thinking.
What was it The Times said about not toeing the party line?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130324/local/-Go-for-gas-at-spot-prices-.462777
Let’s say they just fish from a distance.
“The smart thing for Malta to do would be to engage an intermediary and use them to pick up gas cargoes at spot prices…..’
How sweet of Bertrand Borg to sell us energy trading, now why didn’t Konrad think of that? Oh, but he did.
And how convenient to keep access to a pipeline to fill Italy’s wells and speculate. Summer prices and Winter profits.
Thank goodness the Interconnector’s about to be delayed.
The greatest scandal since Independence.
I wonder whether Saviour’s obeying orders or simply too dumb to notice.
Why did they not investigate this matter back in January 2013? It is too late now. Konrad Mizzi is already at Delimara, drafting a 10 year power purchase agreement – the first of its kind in the world.
Speaking of PPA, as far as I am aware, the Labour movement never said it would enter into gas purchase agreements, since the movement never said it would build and operate a gas plant.
The movement has always stated that it will buy electricity under a PPA from a private operator who will in turn build the gas plant.
Joseph Muscat uses anybody as long as he gets what he wants. Now he has got the admiration of Franco Debono.
Franco Debono does not mind losing his honour – he got a place somewhere in the legal branch. Even a prostitute gets pain for her services.
“Joseph Muscat uses anybody as long as he gets what he wants.”
There will always be somebody wanting something. This is what will ensure that the pyramid is refreshed and the prize always offered to the person offering the best ‘value’ in the exchange.
The announcements of the past two weeks are also an announcement or confirmation that this is the way the game is being played.
Survival of the fittest in this territory and automatic recycling of the comparative deadweight ‘underachievers.’
What ‘honour’, prithee, can that irrelevant non-entity ever losing – or not minding to lose?
Very well said.
A warning to Joseph Muscat and Edward Scicluna:
Considering that Edward said ‘we should consider all [economic] ideas no matter how silly they may look at first glance’, he really needs to pull up his socks and face reality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/24/cyprus-economic-model-broken-advisers
So according to Edward Scicluna desperate times call for desperate measures.
I agree. The disloyal and unscrupulous backstabbers are now in control and, somehow, no alarm bells are ringing among most (I assume this includes the ‘switchers’) of the population.
It’s the government’s constant reference to merit and/or competence where none exists (for the sake of the vague and absurd ‘unity’ movement) which really irks me. Meritocracy has been thrown out the window, as has the respect for the best of human values (the two go hand in hand, really).
That Labour were going to stoop so low is no great surprise (even if, admittedly, the speed and efficiency of the process is noteworthy). My only hope is that the PN neither decides to adopt Labour’s methods and/or mentality during its soul-searching nor loses itself to the false notions of ‘national unity’ Labour keeps blurting out.
As the opposition it has the duty to defend my interests against those of the majority in government. The PN must also realise that it has to keep to its core values, which are what attract its true supporters.
I’ve never gained any personal favours from the PN nor gained any particular standing (in fact, a couple of my Labourite friends actually graduated after me but got employed before thanks to the PN government framework), but I know that I agree with their vision and have gained much thanks to their implimentation of it, despite its flaws.
It’s people with such judgement that they must appeal to, otherwise they will lose supporters anytime their gimmicks or personal favours don’t work out.
Well said. I agree with you totally
THE 10 DANGER SIGNS
Sociopath expert Dr Robert Hare has devised the following checklist to help people recognise sociopathic traits.
1. SUPERFICIAL charm. Smooth, engaging and charming, a sociopath will never become tongue-tied or embarrassed.
2. OVER-INFLATED sense of self-worth. Sociopaths believe they are superior human beings.
3. PRONE to boredom. They feel the need to be stimulated constantly.
4. PATHOLOGICAL liars. Sociopaths will be deceptive and dishonest.
5. MANIPULATIVE. They will say and do anything to deceive and cheat others.
6. LACK of remorse. No sense of the suffering of their victims.
7. LIMITED range of feelings. Don’t expect them to express anything other than happiness or sadness.
8. CALLOUS. Cold, contemptuous, inconsiderate and tactless are apt words to describe them.
9. THEY live a parasitic lifestyle. Sociopaths are often financially dependent on others.
10. THEY can’t control their behaviour. When challenged, sociopaths will appear irritable, annoyed and impatient.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2298558/Why-didnt-I-realise-perfect-man-sociopath-Charming-Handsome-So-attentive-But-Mel-married-sinister-truth-emerged-.html#ixzz2OXU6EDm7
The problem is that there is more than one of these.
Their chief is on the podium – baton in hand to manage the cacophony.
One to read:
http://www.taghnalkoll.com/?p=255
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-03-24/news/bernard-vassallo-removed-from-kms-chairman-1242693632/
Rewarding blackmailers and traitors is also sending out the wrong message to young people.
Instead of installing a sense of values and morals in them, it is teaching them that evil pays, that the liars and swindlers are rewarded while righteous people are downgraded and set aside. This does not augur well for the behaviour and performance of these youngsters when they are older.
If you can’t beat them, join them.
I have.
Five years of skullduggery ahoy.