wouldn't you mind, would ya?

If you run a hotel, and year after year you see it getting more and more crowded of people, you would say "my hotel is a success!" And as an entrepreneur you would think in expand your business, probably building another hotel, right? Alright, but not irish government. Irish government don't run hotels - as far as we know - but they run more serious business. They (are supoused to) take care of public transportation and healthcare, for instance. They are not entrepreneurs but they managed a lot of money. Public money. OUR MONEY! And they should do it more efficiently, making incomings from this money. Not personal incomings, of course, but basic ones. Ones that don't need that much outlook to realise they're essential and substantial. Otherwise you would get yourself - the entrepreneur - asking your hotel guests if they would mind to share their room, because you are putting one or two extra beds there. Of course it doesn't work, but in a HOSPITAL people are not exactly a GUEST. And in a country where public transportation is a monopoly, you can expect the worst. People waiting for practically virtual and non-existent buses, sporadic trams (the Luas, the irish word for "speed" - believe me!) and far from efficient trains.

By the way, the photo is the healthy face of Mary Harney, the current Minister for Health & Children.

Anything for Power

What's better than football, better than Lost, better than Big Brother, and far better than watch Amy Winehouse deadly stoned alive on TV? The U.S. pre-election, of course! I just don't understand why global media is so astonished about non-north-americans getting interested in the elections... It's pure entertainment with a drop of politics, gossip and voyeurism.

The latest latest now is that Hillary Clinton is claiming she did what she barely knowns about. In an attempt to embellish her credentials regarding her international political, she's declared have dodged bullets in Bosnia!

Ah, and don't forget she also was CRUCIAL to the peace process in Northern Ireland! Hillary Clinton has done it all!! She has saved the world!!!

Watch the show!

... and the sweetner is the new fattener

According a study carried out in the USA, artificial sweeteners can actually make you fatter that slimmer!

As I always ironically say, sweeteners fatten you, as you only see fat people taken them...

I should not have been ironical at all! The main point scientists spotted was that after repeated exposure to sweeteners, the brain of those who take sweeteners forgets some connections and thus fails to stop people eating at an appropriate point...

don't be prejudiced...

or it will turn against you!

from an email...

Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids.

The first guy said ,'My son is my pride and joy. He started working at a successful company at the bottom of the barrel. He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder and now he's the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday.'

The second guy said, 'Darn, that's terrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, and then went to flight school to become a pilot. Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets. He's so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.'

The third man said: 'Well, that's terrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion.'

The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked: 'What are all the Congratulations for?' One of the three said: 'We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons. What about your son?' The fourth man replied: 'My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub.' The three friends said: 'What a shame. what a disappointment. ' The fourth man replied: 'No, I'm not ashamed. He's my son and I love him. And he hasn't done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends.'

In other words, live and let live!

Bertie, go home!

We have learned here in Éire that leaders from the government have backed the calls for the Tanaiste to take-over from Bertie Ahern, in the wake of revelations at the Mahon tribunal.

It's time for the Taoiseach to go home, and stay there while he can, because the way things are going on, he probably will have to return his house back, once it was bought with tax-payers's money, both Éireannach and Stróinséir.

Surely it's not only an Éireann's issue...