http://www.markingtime.org/blog Mark Time. Gather My Thoughts. Talk to myself. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:18:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [1] Nephin, County Mayo [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4376643004/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/02/21/nephin-snow/ [1] Fog may have cancelled the National 4's Head Of The River at O'Briensbridge but it didn't stop this crew. [2] On the Shannon [3] O’Briensbridge [4] A helping hand on the Errinagh Bridge Loop Walk [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4335373506/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4334629947/ [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4334628585/ [4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4335376668/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2010/02/06/foggy-notions/ If you're looking for a concise summary of what happened to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st Century and what awaits us in the next decade, Morgan Kelly provides it in his paper The Irish Credit Bubble [1]. In summary, the nation's opportunity for long term sustainability was squandered for short-term gain and the citizenry have been left chained to a debt that will not be paid off in their lifetime, if ever. Through a combination of incompetence, ignorance (usually willful), delusion, short-term thinking, group-think, cute-hoorism, and plain old-fashioned thievery, the potential that briefly showed at the end of the nineties has been lost for another generation. With a little bit of restraint, an appreciation of the public interest and the common good, and a few lessons in civics (and basic economics) it could have been so different. [1] http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2009/12/22/morgan-kelly-the-irish-credit-bubble/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/12/24/quick-summary-of-irelands-first-21st-century-decade/ [1] Taken with a phone camera in a moving vehicle... [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4208613771/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/12/23/clare-abbey-ennis-county-clare/ [1] [2]   [3]   [4]   [5] [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4163089755/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4163843032/ [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4163078223/ [4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4163098057/ [5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4163830928/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/12/06/falls-at-ennistymon/ [1] Some hardy souls. [2] Swimmers beware of cannonballs. [3]   [4]   [5] [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4060837646/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4060936638/ [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4060047017/ [4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4060832572/ [5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/4060065813/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/10/31/sligo-october-bank-holiday/ [1] [2]   [3]   [4]   [5] [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/3634001682/ [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/3634015586/ [3] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/3633212265/ [4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/3634037500/ [5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/markwaters/3633233055/ http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/06/16/abstract-seascapes/ No Ordinary Fool: When Ahernia Becomes Too Painful [1] The real story of the elections. (tags: ireland [2] politics [3]) [1] http://noordinaryfool.com/2009/06/07/dublincentralisawonderland/ [2] http://delicious.com/mtcw/ireland [3] http://delicious.com/mtcw/politics http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/06/08/links-for-2009-06-08/ Parts 2 [1], 3 [2], 4 [3], 5 [4], 6 [5], and 7 [6]. Via thepropertypin.com [7]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZh8VsGqVs [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFOtIcSsDuY [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptr4lPNU-j8 [4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfE_lAQ6x7I [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-1obamoQA [6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYapkj4Uu8 [7] http://www.thepropertypin.com http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/05/27/peter-lennon-rocky-road-to-dublin/ Have My Say: Power, Authority, Obedience [1] The Church-State Complex (tags: ireland [2] politics [3] religion [4] society [5]) The Cedar Lounge Revolution: What's past is present - Part 4 - the central question and why the Catholic right keeps evading it. [6] Good article, and even better comments. (tags: ireland [2] politics [3] religion [4] media [10]) [1] http://hughgreen.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/power-authority-obedience/ [2] http://delicious.com/mtcw/ireland [3] http://delicious.com/mtcw/politics [4] http://delicious.com/mtcw/religion [5] http://delicious.com/mtcw/society [6] http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/whats-past-is-present-part-4-the-central-question-and-why-the-catholic-right-keeps-evading-it/#comments [7] http://delicious.com/mtcw/ireland [8] http://delicious.com/mtcw/politics [9] http://delicious.com/mtcw/religion [10] http://delicious.com/mtcw/media http://www.markingtime.org/blog/2009/05/25/links-for-2009-05-25/