Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~George Jean Nathan
Ah elections, the maximum amount of exposure for the minimum amount of effort. Well maybe I should rephrase that, the most effort a politician in Ireland will make is on the campaign trail. Once the chase is over, it seems like there is no fun left for them to have.
I see old promises that have not been kept before being made again and I wonder that because they scrape off the rust, does it make the new image any better or brighter? I am sure there are many politicians that are there for the right reasons and that they want to do what is right for their constituency or country, but at the same time there are those that are either in so far over their heads that they do not know what to do or there are others who take the glory for doing very little at all.
From Credit Cards with, reportedly, €50,000 limits on it to accountability being a word that I would think is very rarely used, the ministers in our government are living in a different world and I would love something to bring them down a few pegs and back to reality.
The local elections are a way to do that, everyone should use their right to vote and finally show politicians in this country that they cannot have everything their own way, that responsibility is not just a fantasy dreamed up years ago.
Protests can go on forever and last minute rebel pickets will do nothing to change the minds and the mood of those in power. To change political views, hit them in the spot where it will really hurt, place the people in power you want to see; not the people who dictate to us how “lucky” we are to have them. You take away power and there is not much left for those who supposedly run this country.
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 and is filed under Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.
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