It really is a shitty country.

I meet a broad range of straight talking people.Without exception they are as decent as you can get.Not too many high fliers and no high net worth individuals.What could be termed the salt of the earth.Young married people trying to make ends meet,who are uneasy about the future of their kids.Young men who made a burst during the boom and gave it diddy,only to lose it all through no fault of their own.Bad enough to lose it all but to end up owing so much that if they live to a thousand they will still owe money.No mercy from the State to these people,just a determination to further humiliate and demean them,the more publicly the better.And older people who have struggled all their lives to make ends meet and who should be enjoying their golden years are living on the clippings of tins to try and help out their kids and grand kids.
The reality of life is that people are afraid to get sick if they have no medical card.They can't afford the price of doctors and chemists charges.And if they are short of food the Social Welfare will only help out if they fall within certain guidelines.Anyone who thinks that an emergency net is provided is in ga ga land.It is not.
And the politicians think it is fine to sneer insults at each other and score points in the Dail and grin like Cheshire cats when they impart a witty remark or get one over on their opponents.And the truth is a stranger to most of them and they are trained not to answer awkward questions.
And Millionaire media presenters and magnates and celebrity appointees to State boards ,who haven't a clue what it as like to live in fear lecture from their castles in the air to a populace living on the breadline ,not knowing where the next shilling is coming from.
The politicians are kicking their public servants and the public servants are passing it on to the public,who they are meant to serve.There are honourable exceptions of course and these stand out like beacons in a barren landscape.
And the State broadcaster,self important journalists  and the politicians feel free to berate decent catholics and destroy their targets.
And people leave in droves and Irish people belittle their own in front of the world world in pursuit of vendettas against those they dislike.
And Germany ,Italy and France decided today that Treaty changes are necessary.And Germany ,Italy and France decided that Changes were necessary in 1936.And what happened then.And the E.U. was set up to ensure that the big boys would never again bully the little guys.And who ensured that unelected people would govern Greece and Italy and that Governments could be changed as the mood changed,Go on .Guess.And that sure worked.
And who do you think will lead the posse to enact the Treaty changes and sell us further down the Swanee.Would it be those who have done so  well with State and E.U. pensions and jobs that neither they nor their descendants will ever see a poor day.
I have said before that it is time to clone the 1916 men and let them loose.It really is.
One man of few words summed it up better today than I ever could."We live in a shitty country."
And you know what,it needn't be.
As Bill Garry said a life time ago when he was waiting overlong outside a toilet door bursting with a crap ,while the occupant passed nothing only grunts "Will ya come out and let in a man that can shite."
Those in charge please note.