An Open Letter to Minister Ryan

by Arm-a-Gedden Sat Apr 04, 2009 23:39

The response I received from Mr. Ryan's office was that "the Minister of State, Mr Seán Power, T.D., has responsibility for this area."
Dear Minister Ryan.

This is an excellent piece, and well done to you for compiling it and the distribution of same.

There is one comment I would like to make re Mr.Ryan, your response from his office is typicial, pass the buck, well he is the so called Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources,and the buck stops with him, by trying to avoid responsibility for this matter will not get him out of the loop, he knows this issue is not going to go away and when the Court cases and investigations begin he dosent want any of that smelly stuff sticking to him, but it will, he is trying to play safe. He is currently a Minister like the rest of the crew that call themselves a Government, but that will not always be the situation thankfully,when they come knocking for the vote show them the long, and winding road.The Greens have turned Yellow, they have been infected with a disease called F/Fail, and thats the rock they will perish on, hopefully sooner than later.Thanks for your contribiution.

by chrissie Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:26

Mr Ryan's responsibility should be to the People of Ireland, the land of Ireland, and the vestigial good name of his Party (what harm does Ireland's Green Party inaction on their environmental duty do to Greens internationally?), NOT to multinational companies with a filthy record, nor to ongoing corrupt deals which are underpinned by human rights abuses.

by CL Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:59

If the Greens are abondaning its morals as some seem to think, and are going to be punished at the next election. then why are they gaining support from the people of Ireland?
In the most recent Red C poll shows The Green Party gained a point to 7 per cent, Sinn Féin dropped 4 points to 10 per cent and Independents were on 10 per cent, a fall of 2 per cent.
Support for Fianna Fáil was at 28 per cent, up five points since the last such poll. Fine Gael support was up by one point to 31 per cent, while the Labour Party fell five points to 17 per cent.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0329/...7.htm

It seems the Greens are more popular now that when they came to power in 07, then they had 5% support in a red c poll http://www.redcresearch.ie/documents/SBPMar2009PollRepo...t.pdf so is it any wonder they are smug in relation to the corrib project!

by Arm-a-Gedden Mon Apr 06, 2009 21:30

C L
Opinion polls are not crystal balls into which we can gaze to predict events in the future. But what they do accomplish is to provide an accurate read of the political landscape at a Point in time. What will the polls show this time next week? its very obvious that a lot of those who got the phone call were not old age pensioners.

They may appear to have gained support, 1,000 people surveyed out of a population of almost 4 Million,these polls suit those in the politicial arena,and thats about it.
Nothing stays the same forever fact, and a split second can change ones life forever.

If the Greens are abondaning its morals as some seem to think,
Mr. Ryan has done just that, so it is morally right to preside over the hijacking of a nation by greedy property devolopers, speculators, and rouge Bankers who acted with impunity and went undeterred, and with the authority of the current Government and the Greens being accomplices to this, and has also brought the reputation of Ireland into total disrepute around the World this is a fine record indeed, the Greens have absoutely nothing to be smug about, more ashamed than anything else.
http://www.indymedia.ie/cache/imagecache/local/attachme...n.jpg

so is it any wonder they are smug in relation to the corrib project!
This is a ridiculous statement I can only assume you are aware off how the Corrib project came about, the great Gas robbery as it is refered to,how the Irish Government stands over this does question their credibility, and motives on this. To say the Greens are smug over the corrib project indicates that as Government Ministers they are happy to preside over the giveaway of our natural resources to a Multinational who has a track record to say the least is highly suspect,these people could not be Irish citizens, but that of traitors,dont be to smug because issues can and do come back to haunt you.
Every vote counts dont count on mine.
Obey thy Masters F/Fail.

by CL Tue Apr 07, 2009 09:38

I totally agree with Arm-a-Gedden when he says “But what they do accomplish is to provide an accurate read of the political landscape at a Point in time.”
And that is my point, the greens have increased their support by 2% since joining with FF, and all that time they have supported the Corrib project, and the great giveaway. One would have to ask does Joe public really care that much about the perceived giveaway?
There is a simple test that can be taken to confirm this one way or another and it was suggested on Indymedia before, and that is for opponents to stand in June’s elections on this single issue.
The local elections are a perfect opportunity, but for those who see this as a national issue there are the European elections where one could stand on this issue!
John Monaghan, Vincent McGrath or even Maura Harrington could stand in either and give the people a chance to speak clearly on the subject.

by Arm-a-Gedden Tue Apr 07, 2009 23:36

Unlike you I do not have the luxury of trolling around here in the early morning as I like many others have more important issues to attend to.

I can only assume that you do this from maybe a Shell office, or a Political Party office, this of course is only an assumption.

We have a population who are grossly ill informed about the situation, the Corrib gas the great giveaway as you have nicely described it.

The lack of real information, misinformation, propaganda, lies, spin, these are just some of the tools that an oppressor (Shell & the Irish Government) uses to suppress the real facts/truths of an event/issue that they know, and fear, if the truth gets out into the Public domain people will begin to ask some very difficult questions, and then the can of worms is open, and crawling all over the place.

It is well known that the Irish media is controlled by its Political Masters, it does what it is told by them unless it is something negative then they add what they like to it to make it look like the crime of the century, thankfully there are still a few independents that do believe in the truth.

Shell/Topaz who has been aided by the Irish Corporate media has managed so far to keep the truth from an unsuspecting Irish public, but for how long more one can only guess.

These are just some of the reasons why Joe Public is not aware of how his inheritance was given away by his own Government to a Multinational called Shell/Topaz, but in these harsh economic times and particularly after to days harsh budget it wont be very long before he starts learning.

It is ironic that you should mention Maura Harrington standing for either the Local, or European elections, after her release from Mountjoy Womens Prison to day she ended up in Dail Eireann, so you may be correct on that point.

I have attached some links, I do hope they will be of interest to you and any other surfer that passes this way, it will help to further your knowledge, or lack of it, on the Corrib Gas, inform your friends and colleagues about their content.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91833

http://www.corribsos.com/

http://mayogasinfo.com/

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&tas...id=40

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/apr/05/shell-sa...arges