Ah but the graphics, we’d spend months poring over each of them… and then pouring over each of them.
yoganmahew:
johnnyskeleton:
As far as I can tell the view of the independent economists seems to be - we bail out the banks, the hotels, the motor industry, the banks again, the horse racing industry, …
This job of being an independent economist looks like an easy lark - must give it a go.
I reckon the the print media, the construction industry, the teachers, the FTB, the Garda, the pharmacist, the solicitor, the publican, etc. would all be interested in my “innovative” solutions.
No disrespect to you personally, but you’d be shit at it. Whacky ideas are all well and good, but you’d need to come up with at least 4 bailouts per day AND keep a straight face.
As was seen last sunday, in order to be an independent economist, it is not enough to have some catchy slogans and funny cartoons, you also have to have stand up comedy nights, which no one goes to. Who here wouldn’t pay to see WGU do stand up, so there’s just no reality to him being an independent economist.
One night only!
An Irish version of The Aristocrats:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(film)
… we call ourselves … The Bankers!
Excellent OW, i have been thinking about this i thing we should all try to bash a few of these up and lash them out to facebook etc its no harm, a few posters around town is not a bad idea also, i have a mad idea for one will work on it later…
Did with it what you will. Print it out stick it where you like. Customise the message with URL or a better “misson” byline.
you know something i will do, your one is perfect though im going to bash up another one okayish on photoshop…
Alan “Anglo” Dukes on Primetime:
Intro: dynamic.rte.ie/av/230-2725516-512-288.smil - RealPlayer requiredStudio: dynamic.rte.ie/av/230-2725517-512-288.smil - RealPlayer required
Whole Programme: dynamic.rte.ie/av/230-2725512-512-288.smil - RealPlayer requiredrte.ie/player/#v=1069446 - GeoIP’d to Ireland and expires in 21 days
RTE Player one is not restricted to Ireland. though does expire.
Yeah - they’ve changed it - seems the domestic stuff (especially news) is cleared globally and then the other stuff doesn’t appear.
Click on the A-Z catagories gives different results depending on location.
For example:rte.ie/player/#v=1068955
Lost is there if you’re in Ireland but not if you’re in the States. Can’t be arsed figuring what else they “hide”.
Anyway, the good news is that Alan “Anglo” Dukes is available to a global audience to show his “honesty”.
independent.ie/business/duke … 14823.html
Dukes has gone native at Anglo
ONE of the finest appointments in recent years was Brian Lenihan’s decision to put Alan Dukes into the chair at Anglo; but, last week, I wondered if my old friend and hero had gone native.
Alan was out of the traps at high speed, hitting the airwaves. He put up a superb show on Thursday’s Prime Time when he dazzled us all with his knowledge of figures.
The retirement of Anglo chairman Donal O’Connor and the imminent succession of Dukes had signalled a clear break with the past.
Dukes carries no banking baggage. He is as clean as a whistle.
He is not just clever. He is very, very clever. Although an ex-Fine Gael minister for Finance, he is no Fianna Fail patsy. Nor can Fine Gael rely on him to banjax Brian Lenihan’s plans. Indeed a few months ago Dukes got right up the noses of his Fine Gael colleagues when he rubbished the main opposition party’s alternative to Nama.
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“There is an enormous hole there that has to be filled in order to get us back on our feetus us the money to do it
The “us” in this context is probably not clear on the first listen.
Its a Charter for Cronies and they have their Duke to represent their interests.
Guys, guys, I’m getting sick sick sick of all this talk about bailing out banks, any of you who ever worked in sales were told from the beginning that people don’t buy from companies, they buy from people, so let’s quit all this talk about ‘the banks’ and get real - the ponzi scheme wasn’t run by banks, it was run by people, real people, called the directors, with real names, and real responsibility.
100% true, and lets see what the corrupt state officials and their organ the Gardai do about it.
rte.ie/news/2010/0331/banks1.html
Alan Dukes defends Anglo recapitalisation
The Chairman Designate of Anglo-Irish, Alan Dukes, has repeated that it would cost more to shut the bank down than to recapitalise it.
He was speaking on Morning Ireland in response to yesterday’s announcement of a fresh €8.3bn for Anglo Irish.
Meanwhile, the European Commission is expected to make an interim announcement this morning on the restructuring plan for Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, first notified to authorities in Brussels last November.
Under EU state aid rules, a government cannot inject funds into a company in a way that would disadvantage competitors.
This is a separate issue to yesterday’s recapitalisation announcement.
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independent.ie/business/iris … 66579.html
Dukes needs to convince, not denigrate
Anglo chairman Alan Dukes appears to be on a mission to denigrate anyone with the temerity to even question the continued existence of a bank which is on course to suck up 13pc of our entire economic output.
First Dukes described Joan Burton’s arguments as "facile’’ on an edition of ‘Prime Time’, now the former finance minister is describing as "stupid’’ a plan to wind down the bank over a 20-year period. The problem for Dukes is the EU Commission is the "stupid’’ body asking for the 20-year plan to be examined.
While Dukes shrugs off suggestions he has gone "native’’ since taking the job at Anglo, his abrasive approach to what is a vitally important debate about the bank and its impact on the Exchequer is hardly helpful.
Instead of shuttling from one radio studio to the other, the former finance minister might help his case a little better by actually releasing detailed figures on how the different options for Anglo Irish might work.
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independent.ie/business/iris … 72407.html
Dukes says Anglo will look at 20-year wind-down plan Thomas Molloy
INCOMING Anglo Irish Bank chairman Alan Dukes admitted yesterday the EU Commission has asked the bank to look at winding-up the institution over a 20-year period. Dukes said he disagreed with the idea, but the bank would consider it.
In a speech he also said he feels like a policeman who has infiltrated the Mafia but is no longer trusted by his fellow cops.
Mr Dukes joined the bank’s board at the request of the Government but has since been criticised for the bank’s failure to make adequate provisions for property loans that went sour.
The former finance minister defended his record in a speech to the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association’s annual lunch.
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