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irisheagle
http://irisheagle.blogspot.com/
very cool blog about eagles
- Added on: Nov 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Now that the Lisbon Treaty is secure out pop the tax harmonizers
We're a long way from out of our economic disaster, but the EU is ready to bash our hopes of recovery again. Yesterday's Sunday Business Post said the EU is set to push again for a common "tax base" for business taxes.Of course our government will op...
Lone Parents Allowance encourages dependecy
Brenda Power says that the pajamas in daytime phenomenon is connected to the culture fostered by the Lone Parents Allowance. The LPA is a disincentive to education, training and work (and marriage), but instead encourages young girls to have babies o...
A \'real\' New Year\'s Day for President Obama
From today's NY Times:Christmas Day terror attempt may stop Guantanamo closingMan appointed by Pres Obama to lead investigation into what went wrong in case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had to be granted an ethics waiver.Federal judge dismisses charg...
\'Neutral\' cannot include training of combatant\'s forces
Surely training Egypt's air force pilots in '79 was as much a breach of neutrality as allowing 12,000 American troops to land at Shannon for a re-fueling stop in the same year. In 1979 only a few years had passed since Egypt was last at war with Isra...
You can\'t neglect the 4th R
All boys instinctively know that if you spend too much time on the 3 R's - reading, riting & rithmetic - you won't fully develop the 4th R - riding a bike. Only a boy would go with no hands on icy ground. Great picture on the front of today's Irish T...
Chair of Irish Nationwide comes to his senses
Great to see that the Chairman of Irish Nationwide has joined the rest of us: he no longer expects Michael Fingleton to repay the €1m bonus they paid him on his departure. It took me about 5 seconds to work out that the man in charge of the buildin...
