Did it lose its soul, or did it make a Faustian pact?

So true. I think the PN’s greatest failing in all the years they were in government was “education” in it’s broadest sense.

It so sad to see so many people who still can’t think for themselves.

It would have been a clever play on words if it didn’t give the impression of being a trap – which is not what they wanted to imply, I’m sure.

Long ago. Yet many educated PN supporters still buy it.

The fish farming industry was started by PN administrations soon after 1987, notwithstanding the ridicule of the village luddites of the Labour party. As usual, they are on the wrong side of history, on everything. Then they come round, at a cost to us, of course.

Whilst on the subject of being on the wrong side of history, a June 2013 poll shows that 77% of Maltese now think that EU membership was beneficial to Malta. If we assume that ALL PN supporters think so (not a given), it also means that almost 60% of Labour supporters also think so.

Labour have been opposing such a fundamental issue since 1970. Yes, that’s a full 34 years if you’re generous and assume they stopped in 2004. Quite apart from all their other crazy policies, think where our standard of living would be if we joined the EU in say, 1980.

And yet people still vote for them. I’m not surprised and shocked at the magnitude of their majority or that they won the election, I’m shocked that they get more than 10% of the vote.

Stereotypes exist for a reason, The Labour voter is clearly a masochistic idiot.

If I had faith in the university I would say that this problem is destined to go away, but as long as our university continues to churn out exam passers rather than thinkers, that’s not going to happen.

Gorg Borg Olivier, the man who actually made university free (contrary to what Orwellian Labour will tell you), used to say that if you push education on to the Maltese, eventually “Mintoffianism” will become irrelevant.

Unfortunately, we’re still a long way away.

Mr Peter Paul Zammit, Commissioner of Police:

Over the past weeks, I have seen the contents of reports that confirm my worst fears: that the police had invaluable information and material about the perpetrators linked to the arson attack that took place at my former residence in Naxxar in May 2007.

I have no idea what has kept the police from continuing with their investigations and pursuing many of the leads that they had for identifying the arsonists – which took place in front of the police station in Naxxar.

It is also clear to me that the perception that the attack was linked to the issue of migrants, which reverberated in the press at the time, is wrong. Neither was the arson attack linked in any way to the arson attack that took place some weeks later in Bidnija.

I believe that the motivation was purely political and fuelled by my writing on political matters and my criticism of the government of the day.

Furthermore, I would like to know why the police investigated but never interrogated Inspector Taliana on the matter.

And lastly, whether his position then as security officer to the then-home affairs minister had any bearing on this decision.

Thanking you in anticipation.

Saviour Balzan

Editor, MaltaToday

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/blogsdetails/blogs/The-askholes-20130903

How is it that Saviour Balzan has access to police records on presumed innocent people?

The Times still practise this old habit when it comes to their headlines.

We were told earlier that this deal will bring stability in fuel prices.

But how can stability in oil prices be guaranteed when this promise depends on an unstable country which cannot provide even enough fuel for itself?

What will happen if we start importing oil from Libya and all of a sudden some crazy trigger-happy Libyan freedom-fighter shuts down the oil refineries and stops exporting crude oil?

Would anyone in his right senses call that stability?