Saw this, and thought this is how FG would really like to do it.
There has been a lot of analysis as to how the Democrats managed to lose what should be their lock seat in the Senate special election. But one fact seems to be missed by Europeans. See, we just don’t get it: How could anybody be against universal healthcare? Even people like me on the centre-right believe that affordable healthcare is a must. Yet on a turnout of 54%, which is respectable if not spectacular, 52% of Mass. voters voted for a candidate who is openly hostile to the president’s plan. Of course, there are mitigating factors: Mass. voters already have universal healthcare (Brought in by Mitt Romney when he was Mitt Romney.) and it seems that the Democratic campaign was a bit lacklustre, but the fact is, they lost what should have been a solid seat. Why?
I, like many others, have tended to give FF and FG an unfair press. To those of us not in those parties it has always been a puzzle. Why would anyone interested in politics, that is, the implementation of ideas, join either? Then it dawned on me. Doing nothing is a legitimate policy platform. If one benefits from the status quo, then it is entirely proper for one to join a party that believes in as little change as possible.
A short story penned over the Christmas. A multinational proposes a deal with a cash-strapped Irish government, to run Ireland with an supercomputer. You can read it here.
Imagine there was an organisation which managed to operate outside of media scrutiny. Imagine it made people as powerful as European Commissioners nervous, and at times was able to make them do things. Imagine this secret organisation had over 6000 people working for it, and a budget of over €1.5 billion. You know of whom I’m talking about.