Comments on: The Oil Company, The Crooked Politician and the Theft of Ireland’s Energy Resources http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources Offending everybody since 2006 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: 11 Sixty Nine And Counting….. :: SHELL-BOUGHT POLITICIANS TURN NAVAL SERVICE ON ITS OWN PEOPLE. :: August :: 2008 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-49258 11 Sixty Nine And Counting….. :: SHELL-BOUGHT POLITICIANS TURN NAVAL SERVICE ON ITS OWN PEOPLE. :: August :: 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:14:41 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-49258 [...] “Ask anyone you know how much royalties Shell Oil and its partners are paying the country to take our gas from the Corrib Field. I tried this over the past few days and I got answers ranging from fifty per cent to probably very little. Nobody came up with the correct answer, which is not a single penny. Did you know that? Did you know that the energy consortium, whose pipeline is being forced past protesters by hundreds of our own police, pays nothing at all to this country for taking our natural resources…?” (From here.) [...] […] “Ask anyone you know how much royalties Shell Oil and its partners are paying the country to take our gas from the Corrib Field. I tried this over the past few days and I got answers ranging from fifty per cent to probably very little. Nobody came up with the correct answer, which is not a single penny. Did you know that? Did you know that the energy consortium, whose pipeline is being forced past protesters by hundreds of our own police, pays nothing at all to this country for taking our natural resources…?” (From here.) […]

]]> By: eirbiz http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39752 eirbiz Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:38:13 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39752 The first priority of the oil companies and other business crooks who do business in this or any other country is to send in their 'agents' in order to determine who can be bought. They also do a study of the mentality of the citizens to gauge the extent of a possible backlash if the extent of their plundering is discovered. In the case of the Irish electorate, all they had to do was look at the crooked and inept politicians whom we elected to come to the conclusion that setting up any type of scam here was 'like taking candy from a baby'. The first priority of the oil companies and other business crooks who do business in this or any other country is to send in their ‘agents’ in order to determine who can be bought. They also do a study of the mentality of the citizens to gauge the extent of a possible backlash if the extent of their plundering is discovered.
In the case of the Irish electorate, all they had to do was look at the crooked and inept politicians whom we elected to come to the conclusion that setting up any type of scam here was ‘like taking candy from a baby’.

]]> By: ferdia2010 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39658 ferdia2010 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:43:14 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39658 Amazing isn't it? The government is prepared to go to any lengths to get money these days like gouging schoolkids and their parents by basically charging them to go to the loo but however we can't tax oil and gas companies who are making or about to make colossal profits out of our natural resources and probably leave us with the bill for the cleanup or the carbon credits. Somehow this will have to be rectified. Amazing isn’t it? The government is prepared to go to any lengths to get money these days like gouging schoolkids and their parents by basically charging them to go to the loo but however we can’t tax oil and gas companies who are making or about to make colossal profits out of our natural resources and probably leave us with the bill for the cleanup or the carbon credits. Somehow this will have to be rectified.

]]> By: gerry o'boyle http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39419 gerry o'boyle Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:03:01 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39419 thank you bock for highlighting the corrib gas robbery. i come from north mayo (crossmolina}and i cannot understand the mentality of the irish people. even the western people and its editor seem to have lost all sense of fair play.he, the editor seemed to think it was alright to shoot a tinker in the back, citing because they robbed people and did not obey the law they were fair game! on a totally different note i love limerick and the hunt museum and everything about limerick.i love the photos of limerick. you bock have made me laugh and cry and made me envious of you and limerick.i am a member of london irish and harlequins rugby clubs and i was so proud of munster when they won the european cup, and me a connacht man! i played parish rugby in ballina years ago,and i love the game.i am sorry to have rambled on,but i love rossport and all the people of erris and i hate to see them put upon by a bunch of wankers..cross man thank you bock for highlighting the corrib gas robbery. i come from north mayo (crossmolina}and i cannot understand the mentality of the irish people. even the western people and its editor seem to have lost all sense of fair play.he, the editor seemed to think it was alright to shoot a tinker in the back, citing because they robbed people and did not obey the law they were fair game! on a totally different note i love limerick and the hunt museum and everything about limerick.i love the photos of limerick. you bock have made me laugh and cry and made me envious of you and limerick.i am a member of london irish and harlequins rugby clubs and i was so proud of munster when they won the european cup, and me a connacht man! i played parish rugby in ballina years ago,and i love the game.i am sorry to have rambled on,but i love rossport and all the people of erris and i hate to see them put upon by a bunch of wankers..cross man

]]> By: Concerned Irish Citizen http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39396 Concerned Irish Citizen Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:45:28 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39396 Off the top of my head I think Nigeria gets around 30 dollars per barrel of oil (or in the case of gas- barrel of oil equivalent). It's a flat rate that means the country is getting a definite return no matter what is happening to the world price of energy. We get zero dollars per barrel of oil equivalent. Sadly, the people in the Niger Delta, where most of the oil comes from, see very little return for it, since the money has tended to stay with the dominant groups in Nigerian society. Shell and the other companies have left a huge legacy of pollution and corruption in the delta, plus the many people who have died opposing the company like Ken Saro-Wiwa. There's a good short film about KSW on Youtube here: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=YZhy_VaYisU Off the top of my head I think Nigeria gets around 30 dollars per barrel of oil (or in the case of gas- barrel of oil equivalent). It’s a flat rate that means the country is getting a definite return no matter what is happening to the world price of energy.

We get zero dollars per barrel of oil equivalent.

Sadly, the people in the Niger Delta, where most of the oil comes from, see very little return for it, since the money has tended to stay with the dominant groups in Nigerian society.

Shell and the other companies have left a huge legacy of pollution and corruption in the delta, plus the many people who have died opposing the company like Ken Saro-Wiwa. There’s a good short film about KSW on Youtube here: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=YZhy_VaYisU

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39392 Bock Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:15:17 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39392 Nigeria is not in the same situation. They impose a much higher tax than we do. Nigeria is not in the same situation. They impose a much higher tax than we do.

]]> By: jnyfox http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39374 jnyfox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:32:15 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39374 It's fucked up but it's pretty standard practice Hoof. Nigeria is in the same situation. The government and oil companies piss all over the local people just to get paid. That's why the supply keeps getting interupted there......the people are forced to rebel. Shell knows the situation it is creating but they don't give a flying fuck.......we're the ones making it so profitable though by buying the stuff. Where does that leave us? It’s fucked up but it’s pretty standard practice Hoof. Nigeria is in the same situation. The government and oil companies piss all over the local people just to get paid. That’s why the supply keeps getting interupted there……the people are forced to rebel. Shell knows the situation it is creating but they don’t give a flying fuck…….we’re the ones making it so profitable though by buying the stuff. Where does that leave us?

]]> By: Hoof http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39364 Hoof Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:18:54 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39364 The other night I was watching a programme about how Angola - where the vast majority of people live in wretched poverty - had annual oil turnovers valued at 10 billion dollars, given the programme was at least a year old, you can double that in today's market. Amazingly, the money only goes to fat-cats and corrupt politicians who embezzle without shame and fly regularly to visit kindly old folk in Switzerland's financial centres whose acquaintance they have made over the years, probably to discuss soccer and the correct method of making chocolate fondants, an Angolan favourite. Thank fuck I had Bertie and cunts like Ray Burke overseeing our offshore resources. I'd hate to think something such as that which happens in Angola would ever happen here. Jesus, I hope we never discover oil, we'll be hunted mercilessly into the ocean. The other night I was watching a programme about how Angola - where the vast majority of people live in wretched poverty - had annual oil turnovers valued at 10 billion dollars, given the programme was at least a year old, you can double that in today’s market. Amazingly, the money only goes to fat-cats and corrupt politicians who embezzle without shame and fly regularly to visit kindly old folk in Switzerland’s financial centres whose acquaintance they have made over the years, probably to discuss soccer and the correct method of making chocolate fondants, an Angolan favourite.

Thank fuck I had Bertie and cunts like Ray Burke overseeing our offshore resources. I’d hate to think something such as that which happens in Angola would ever happen here.

Jesus, I hope we never discover oil, we’ll be hunted mercilessly into the ocean.

]]> By: jnyfox http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39351 jnyfox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:11:37 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39351 Bunch of fucking cunts.....every one of them.....the government, the companies and their mercenaries Bunch of fucking cunts…..every one of them…..the government, the companies and their mercenaries

]]> By: rockhop http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39331 rockhop Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:26:03 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2008/07/the-oil-company-the-crooked-politician-and-the-theft-of-irelands-energy-resources#comment-39331 The main issue is not just about mineral rights, it is about the lack of accountability from the people we let manage it. We have handed the keys to the kingdom to a bunch of boneheaded backslappers. Ireland is probably one the last examples of pure tribal politics in western europe. People don't vote for good government, they vote so their team can win and they can shove it up the noses of their competing team. It is politics, not the county final and until we wake up to this, complete halfwits will be managing our economy and resources. Maybe we need to setup an new improved underground government, it worked when the Brits were screwing us. The main issue is not just about mineral rights, it is about the lack of accountability from the people we let manage it. We have handed the keys to the kingdom to a bunch of boneheaded backslappers. Ireland is probably one the last examples of pure tribal politics in western europe.
People don’t vote for good government, they vote so their team can win and they can shove it up the noses of their competing team. It is politics, not the county final and until we wake up to this, complete halfwits will be managing our economy and resources.
Maybe we need to setup an new improved underground government, it worked when the Brits were screwing us.

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