Comments on: Shell Exploration Steals Irish Economy

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:14:44 +0000

There is no doubt in my mind that The crooked Fianna Fail gang sold this countrys oil and gas resources for a pittance. I say oil because I know for a fact that shell are building an oil pipe line along with a gas one. When Fianna Fail are ousted from goverment after the revolution we should tell shell and Tony o Reilly we want our resources back we have changed our mind as a new nation and the old deal was rotten and we are not standing over it.

By: Seamus

Seamus — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:31:40 +0000

Certainly you’re not obliged to explain your vote, but there’s no harm in asking eh?
I was just surprised, given your opinion on other things I’ve read on your blog.
You vote however you think fit. We’ve gone off topic for this thread anyway.

By: Bock

Bock — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:25:41 +0000

I’ll be voting yes to Lisbon because I think it’s the correct decision. Do I have to justify my voting choice?

By: Seamus

Seamus — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:24:02 +0000

Why would you be voting YES to Lisbon? It makes it even harder for the ordinary person to get accountability from the people who will make the major decisions affecting them.
The small print in the treaties, incrimentally edges towards privatising education, hospitals, water and the prison service.

If all those crooks in Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, and Labour are in favour of the Lisbon Treaty, then it’s hardly something that works against THEIR interests.

They should have accepted the No vote the first time, so we should repeat it louder.

By: Bock

Bock — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:11:30 +0000

Mother Teresa was a crook who would fit very neatly into Fianna FÃ¡il.

I will be voting yes to Lisbon and I definitely won’t be giving a vote to Sinn FÃ©in.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:57:18 +0000

I’d be in favour of seeing a 100% turnover in the Dail, but what would be ideal, would be if we could pressure them to introduce some new laws that will outlive them

such as

a) a mechanism for the public to SACK a poltician without having to wait for the 5 year term to end. Perhaps similar to the system in California (although, yeah, that did result in Arnie getting the job)

b) removing the rule that says TDs can’t be held financially accountable for decisions. If we can show reckless or corrupt behaviour, the rule should be that they can be sued or jailed, and the decision revisited.

c) a mechanism whereby the public can call a referendum, if a sufficient number of registered voters people so decide.

These three would be a big start to cutting the power that these feckers wield with impunity.

By: jerry

jerry — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:25:24 +0000

obviously corrupt stunts like shell and the indemnity deal for the perverts demand that the corrupt politicians are removed once and for all

the first step is in the elections
Vote independent even if you don’t like them
and i don’t mean pseudo independents like jackie healy rae

vote no to the next lisbon referendum

and furthermore,
i will not vote fine gael because they were in power throughout our history and did nothing to help the plight of the helpless children in the industrial schools.

i will not vote labour because they were in power with fine gael

i will not vote green for obvious reasons

the PDs are finished, but were just malcontented fianna failers …. never got my vote

i have never voted fianna fail and i never will ……….. even if mother teresa was alive and ran as a fianna fail candidate.

so that leaves the independents, the shinners and a few crackpot parties……..i will give any of these a chance
(please resist the temptation to post that the shinners could have been included with the crackpots)

By: V

Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:12 +0000

Trying to link paramilitary activity with protest is an old tactic of Shell, in order to co-opt the apparatus of the state. It’s obvious that this has worked due to the fact that they are now treated as enemies of the state. As for the ‘good’ people of Mayo, I’m sure if an international corporation came with a plan to establish a concentration camp they would gladly accept for the sake of a few low paid jobs.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:40:35 +0000

It’s not actually Shell’s website, if you read it.
But the Telegraph piece displayed at that link is a well crafted example of spin put together which would please Shell PR and Garda Press Office.
Look at how they try to link Shell to Sea with the murders of two soldiers.
No sources are quoted, other than the Garda Press office.
As I mentioned above, Tony O’Reilly hopes to have a similar operation going in Clare, and it is in his interest that Shell to Sea does not succeed. His media empire INM also includes the Belfast Telegraph.
The phantom paramilitary tag has been thrown around for a long time, and I’ve been up to Erris enough times to know that it’s baseless.
But because the paper doesn’t give any names of people they claim to be part of this terrorist conspiracy, they haven’t been dragged into court yet for libel.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:17:52 +0000

Maybe you should look at this from the Shell site
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2009/04/27/dissident-irish-terrorist-attack-shell-corrib-gas-pipeline-project/