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“I think we should protest too but we are far too laid back.”

Irish elections today. Votes are now being counted.

Extremely funny article about an extremely sad situation here.

Margaret Soltan, February 25, 2011 5:10PM
Posted in: screwed

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4 Responses to ““I think we should protest too but we are far too laid back.””

  1. Polish Peter Says:
    February 25th, 2011 at 10:20PM

    It would be funny if it weren’t so sad. And the saddest thing is that many outsiders who have visited Ireland regularly since 2002 (e.g. Mr. and Mrs. Polish Peter, with their daughters, who both studied in Dublin) could see it coming down the pike. In 2004, I believe, the Irish Independent published a list of the 50 wealthiest people in Ireland (not sure how they measured “wealth”). Only one, the head of the Guinness brewery, owned a company that actually made something. The rest were all real estate developers and entertainers. And judging from the piece in today’s Wall Street Journal, Guinness is having its problems now as well.

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:
    February 26th, 2011 at 1:05AM

    All true, Polish Peter.
    Thanks for the mention of the WSJ article – I’ll go over there and take a look.

  3. MattF Says:
    February 26th, 2011 at 8:56AM

    Lewis’ earlier article about Greece is just as good:

    http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010

  4. Margaret Soltan Says:
    February 26th, 2011 at 9:08AM

    Thanks, MattF. He’s such a good writer.

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