Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Friday Music Thread – Favorite Films and Film Music My favourite movie is “Lawerence of Arabia”. Peter O’Toole is exquisite. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 2:37 pm That’s the defining split, yes. There are many other things, of course, but that’s where it all originates from. » Posted By Caru On February 26, 2011 @ 2:24 am Actually, I think that the bailout was handled very badly, but I appreciate his honesty, at least. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 4:54 pm There isn’t any significant difference between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. As I said, Ireland doesn’t conform to the usual left/right split as other countries do. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 4:52 pm Ah, Westmeath, right? » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 4:49 pm He was on my ballot. A Green Party member. I didn’t vote for him. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 4:48 pm The Prime Minister, and so their party, controlling the Legislature is a major problem here in Ireland. Virtually no debate takes place over pieces of legislation and the Presidency has never, in the history of the state, used its power to refer the legislation to the public. *Edit* Oh, civility. Yes, “unparliamentary language” is not encouraged:
😉 » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 2:36 pm Oh, sorry. The Taoiseach is basically the Prime Minister. You’re right about the Western World. Ireland has fallen into a massive hole. A problem I had while writing this article was how to explain politics in Ireland without detailing the history. I hope I overcame it; as I said, I think that the article is a bit disjointed. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 1:55 pm OK, 1: I love the format, definitely keep it. 2: This one was a little long, but that probably just means that I’ll get to more of it later, so I don’t mind. 3: Try and stick to one article per topic, unless it’s a really good article, otherwise use your discretion as to what to choose. It’s done good by you so far. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 1:47 pm Congratulations. These round-ups are getting better and better. » Posted By Caru On February 25, 2011 @ 1:33 pm Arab Uprisings: Still Writing History Thanks for these updates, Khirad. I never get around to reading the entire thing, but what I do read is very interesting. » Posted By Caru On May 9, 2011 @ 12:00 pm That would be quite fitting, wouldn’t it? » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 5:37 pm Well, either NATO is ineffectively trying to off Gadhafi or someone’s a poor shot. » Posted By Caru On April 30, 2011 @ 4:35 pm The funny part is that when America does get involved it doesn’t do it effectively. » Posted By Caru On April 5, 2011 @ 4:43 pm Well, I’m not exactly for it. I still think that just blowing up Gaddafi would be easier and more effective. The rebels would have a chance and America wouldn’t get bogged down. » Posted By Caru On April 5, 2011 @ 4:34 pm It doesn’t matter. Coalition forces can’t fire on them without breaking the UN terms and generally seeming like dicks. Also, if they arrive at Benghazi, then the rebels will have to “engage” them. That’ll be a problem. » Posted By Caru On March 20, 2011 @ 2:59 pm Sky News is reporting that Gaddafi is to organise a civilian march from Tripoli to Benghazi. Now that is fucking clever. » Posted By Caru On March 20, 2011 @ 2:41 pm “I read somewhere, a long time ago, that maybe 10% of everyone living in the British Colonies in North America during the latter part of the 18th Century cared one way or another about revolution, colonial rule, separatism, independence, or any of that” That’s probably because they were left alone for the most part. Think about it for a minute. It’s the 18 century and Britain is thousands of miles away. Taxes and such things were almost unenforceable and rather low to begin with. Britain generally didn’t bother with the colonies and it’s only when they started paying attention that things kicked off. » Posted By Caru On February 23, 2011 @ 6:19 am She was good in “Bobby”. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 5:34 pm Khirad, you’ve mentioned that you see issues such as this one as distractions. What do you think that we should be focusing on? » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 5:22 pm Dabashi’s article is especially informative. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 5:07 pm Of course not, I’ve been reading your links. You’re much better at this research thing than I am. 🙂 » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 5:06 pm Thank you, Khirad. I was afraid that this might have been a propaganda piece. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 4:49 pm I thought the same, but now after reading the article I’m not so sure any more. You should have a flick through it. It’s got hyperlinks to different sections. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 2:36 pm It wasn’t that he won by a ridiculous number, it was that he wasn’t predicted to win by the pundits. And the people were angry because he supposedly stole 3 million votes – which the article says isn’t true. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 2:27 pm He won at about 62% of the vote, as I remember. Agreed, he’s a tool. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 2:16 pm Thanks. » Posted By Caru On February 21, 2011 @ 4:51 am Ha! » Posted By Caru On February 20, 2011 @ 5:03 pm Wisconsin, what does it really mean? “misinformed activism” “cause and effect disconnect” “boxed thinking” » Posted By Caru On February 20, 2011 @ 2:51 pm I think they have companies like that in Spain. » Posted By Caru On February 20, 2011 @ 2:45 pmComments Posted By Caru
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