Malta, the island that rational thinking forgot
Have you seen the coverage swirling around the mayor of Toronto?
There are THOUSANDS of articles and reporters are hounding him all over the place because he was caught on video smoking crack.
Here in Malta, we get a deputy party leader with an honorary seat in the cabinet of government covering up drug-dealing at a Labour Party club, and everyone behaves as if it’s normal.
Worse – who does the government put in charge of the police, secret service and army portfolio? Manuel Mallia, who made his fortune off the back of big-time drug traffickers, murderers and assorted menaces to society.
I longed to think that Maltese society is not innately and inherently corrupt in its attitudes, thinking and behaviour, but acceptance of situations like these shows otherwise.
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Yes. I read this article this week about Ford.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8915261/congratulations-rob-ford-youve-finally-made-me-despise-you/
That should be:
Manuel Mallia, who made his fortune off the back of big-time drug traffickers, murders and assorted menaces to society, and who has 500.000 unexplained euros under his pillow.
The latest campaign on Facebook is about opposing a proposed private beach in Sliema. And yet not a single campaign against the despicable and callous sale of citizenship scheme.
I’m pretty sure if this scheme was put forward by the PN, the GWU and hell knows who else would have organised mass meetings, petitions, Facebook campaigns to force a re-think. And where’s Franco Debono, what’s he up to?
This country is being raped and we won’t or can’t bat an eyelid. I despair.
We have what is called a backbone here in Toronto.
Politicians here work for us not us for them.
They screw up, they pay.
Politicians in Malta, on both sides, besides having no balls have no backbone.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/07/mayor_rob_ford_caught_in_video_rant.html
And yet, funnily enough, living through this constant comedy of Mayor Ford, I liken it to the situation with Joey and his merry men.
Mayor Ford has admitted to smoking crack (after months of denial) when he was in a “drunken stupor” (so nothing wrong with that then). Yet he refuses to resign, doesn’t see what the big deal is and after the police said they have the crack video his approval rating went up.
And we think there’s only people in Malta who are blinded by ignorant following of their leaders.
And that is exactly why he is hounded by reporters….because the sane people cannot believe that he thinks his behaviour is excusable. He and his supporters believe that it is a witch hunt against him by the media.
As I read all this I really think he would be in very good company if ever he visited the Maltese government.
Who’s in charge of reforming our constitution again?
You got to love the excuses the mayor’s mother and sister make up for him.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/toronto-mayor-rob-fords-mom-and-sister-open-up/article15321385/
This whole well- to-do family are a bunch of “enablers” which proves that family wealth and riches does not buy common sense.
A second video has surfaced where Mayor Rob Ford does a perfect unintended imitation of the late Chris Farley.
The guy is high on something but it is not booze.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/07/mayor_rob_ford_caught_in_video_rant.html
And the wicked flourish.