How well represented are we?!

To quote Enda Kenny on the latest government reshuffle (and remember he’s trying to destabilize or discredit the government) “The latest cabinet reshuffle is like putting firelighters on a fire that’s already gone out”. Now Enda, just a quick question – why would you put firelighters on a fire that’s lit? Idiot. You put firelighters on a fire to light it so adding them to a fire that has gone out is a good thing. Well done Enda on complimenting the government. Proof positive we have no real alternative to the self serving inarticulate bumblers that are in place at the moment. What’s also quite funny is that the media haven’t picked up on Enda’s error and are playing the soundbite left right and centre as if it’s a great statement – evidence of their inability to analyse the stories they report…. While I’m on a rant – events at the passport office are hitting the headlines today with civil/public servants being yet again criticized. Apparently the civil & public service do nothing – yet when they work to rule (i.e. just do the job they are paid to do and nothing else) chaos ensues – demonstrating the importance of the services they provide and also displaying how existing flexibility in their modus operandi enables the public/civil service to function correctly despite staff shortages and recruitment moratoria. Hopefully the public will get this message and start to pressurize their local representatives and the government as a whole into formulating a real, intelligent solution to the problems the country faces.