You Have To Be Kidding Me

You actually named your party "Fianna Fáil"? 

Do you have no sense of irony at all, sir?


OK, so the Irish zeitgeist is entirely dictated by the fact that apparently there's some other country between it and Europe. And for those of you playing along at home, there's plenty of cross-party support for the Irish language. Which is awesome because that's just what we need -- one more damn language in the world.

Why don't the Irish just speak French? That would solve all their problems. A major trading partner,a majority Catholic country, and a language which would make the English secretly resent you? What about speaking French isn't perfect for Ireland?

Will the Irish government listen to me? Noooooooo. Should they? Of course. But they won't.

In any case, this is my prediction: whether the Irish economy tanks or skyrockets, it will be held up as an example of why the anti-Keynes market policies are the Only True Way. And note that it doesn't matter what policies the government undertakes, just like with South Korea in the 80's and 90's the data will be cherry-picked.

I don't make many political predictions but this is an easy one.

Via.