Who would be a politician?
One upon a time I ran for office. I didn't get in, but what it did make me realise was how boring life as a politician must be. BOTH boring an pointless. Just as cyclists all have no sense of fashion at all, or indeed possess a mirror, politicians must be so hell bent on power that even the most soul crushingly obviously pointless system, designed to infuriate and frustrate the most hardcore campaigner, does not deter them. Instead, they seemed rather CHEERED that the legislature is so obtuse and unwieldy, that their relationships are so adversarial and intractable that they have all the excuses in the world not to do better.
It sort of reminds me of someone shooting off their leg or cutting of their arm so that they can't join the army. In this case, doing anything vaguely useful.
Take ANY sector in Northern Ireland today, for instance. It is not as if there is no blueprint for government. No blueprint for what would be a good idea. It is blindingly obvious. To save the planet we must implement a circular economy, take care of our children's well being, create a society which looks after its own and finally, ensure that anything which is done is sustainable environmentally. This should cascade through every field - education, the economy, agriculture, etc etc. It isn't rocket science. It isn't. It is just utterly obvious. Some countries are even doing this WELL. Like Finland, like Norway, like Denmark. There is no reason on god's green Earth why Ireland, even Northern Ireland can't do the same.
But no, with their massive, idiotic looking rosettes which make them appear like the third winner in a pony jump at a country fair, with their nasal whinging on about how the otherside is wrong because that person was born into the not same religion, the hand wringing and the utter lack of imagination which has them bleating about inwards investment and trying to turn their beautiful towns and cities into call centres and centres for waste incineration plants or giant areas of dereliction through fracking, they were still utterly utterly crap. BEFORE the collapse in Stormont.
The thing about a place like Stormont is say that you join an independent party and get voted in your are overwhelmed by the stupids. The self interested stupids, who have no real imagination. In fact they are so no imagination stricken that they can't even countenance working together for the greater good.
It does make your blood boil. Imagine being an MLA... you wake up, scratch your arse, remind yourself, oh yeah, I don't have to go to work again today and then turn over to go back to sleep. And they are being paid a full wage. They should have their money cut off - and THEN we'll see how quickly they sort everything out.
Right, time for my run!I just had to rant. I'd love to start a campaign for Steiner education but who the heck would I bring my story to? We have no elected reps in Northern Ireland. Maybe we can just start the rounds now. At least they could meet us since they aren't doing anything now. That's a thought, eh?
It sort of reminds me of someone shooting off their leg or cutting of their arm so that they can't join the army. In this case, doing anything vaguely useful.
Take ANY sector in Northern Ireland today, for instance. It is not as if there is no blueprint for government. No blueprint for what would be a good idea. It is blindingly obvious. To save the planet we must implement a circular economy, take care of our children's well being, create a society which looks after its own and finally, ensure that anything which is done is sustainable environmentally. This should cascade through every field - education, the economy, agriculture, etc etc. It isn't rocket science. It isn't. It is just utterly obvious. Some countries are even doing this WELL. Like Finland, like Norway, like Denmark. There is no reason on god's green Earth why Ireland, even Northern Ireland can't do the same.
But no, with their massive, idiotic looking rosettes which make them appear like the third winner in a pony jump at a country fair, with their nasal whinging on about how the otherside is wrong because that person was born into the not same religion, the hand wringing and the utter lack of imagination which has them bleating about inwards investment and trying to turn their beautiful towns and cities into call centres and centres for waste incineration plants or giant areas of dereliction through fracking, they were still utterly utterly crap. BEFORE the collapse in Stormont.
The thing about a place like Stormont is say that you join an independent party and get voted in your are overwhelmed by the stupids. The self interested stupids, who have no real imagination. In fact they are so no imagination stricken that they can't even countenance working together for the greater good.
It does make your blood boil. Imagine being an MLA... you wake up, scratch your arse, remind yourself, oh yeah, I don't have to go to work again today and then turn over to go back to sleep. And they are being paid a full wage. They should have their money cut off - and THEN we'll see how quickly they sort everything out.
Right, time for my run!I just had to rant. I'd love to start a campaign for Steiner education but who the heck would I bring my story to? We have no elected reps in Northern Ireland. Maybe we can just start the rounds now. At least they could meet us since they aren't doing anything now. That's a thought, eh?
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