tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post115598062548213217..comments2023-08-13T10:44:53.168+02:00Comments on j'accuse: Wake Up and Smell the Budget AirlinesJacques René Zammithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04881306009904413979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post-1156095754623677942006-08-20T19:42:00.000+02:002006-08-20T19:42:00.000+02:00This is something yoy obviously feel very strongly...This is something yoy obviously feel very strongly about, so why not do something MORE about it - why not set up a pressure group? Even a website would be useful.<BR/><BR/>Our politicians will play the waiting game unless somebody disturbs their slumber. The maltese social/political scene is characterised by a gush of excitement over an argument or theme which will eventually die out after a few weeks/months. All our politicians have to do is stay schtum and the thing will finally die out... after a few months it'll be old hat and no one will ever mention it again. what you need is someone annoying and insistent who keeps bringing the subject up every few weeks.... we need to ANNOY our representatives out of their collective inertia. Over to you :p<BR/><BR/>Jekk ghandek bzonn nghinek jien ukoll (I'm working on something similar - a dossier highlighting a few implementable solutions to malta's pulic transport problem[s]).<BR/><BR/>Ejja Gwakkin! Tal-blogosfera warajk!gybexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322034807868165475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202491.post-1155990574602812842006-08-19T14:29:00.000+02:002006-08-19T14:29:00.000+02:00And what continues to irk me is the number of peop...<I>And what continues to irk me is the number of people I meet who prefer the "lesser of two evils" option rather than sending out a concrete message and choosing a third way. How can you keep voting MLPN when you get your legs pulled daily by the two parties?</I><BR/><BR/>Unwittingly, this must be the best argument you've ever made for voting for the Greens (why don't you mention them by name?): if one of your legs is being pulled by the Nationalists and the other is being pulled by Labour then you can be assured that there's no leg left for the Greens to pull.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations.Fausto Majistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02899512083937132927noreply@blogger.com