It-Tarzna

Il-Gvern Nazzjonalista hareg l-iskemi ta' irtirar ghal haddiema tat-Tarzna wara li l-pjan li kien tfassal mill-istess gvern (u mhux mill-haddiema) biex it-Tarzna 'ssir sostenibbli falla. L-iskemi ta' irtirar huma 'mmirati biex mijiet ta' haddiema jitthassru minn fuq il-kotba tat-Tarzna w ghalhekk meta l-gvern jigi biex jipprivatizza, it-Tarzna tidher attraenti f'ghajnejn dawk interessati. Biss dan jista ma jkunx il-kaz! F'artiklu f'l-orrizzont, Lino Spiteri kiteb fuq il-possibilita li l-iktar haddiema kapaci li hemm fit-Tarzna jaghzlu li jiehdu s-somma, b'konsegwenza li min ikun imhajjar jinvesti fit-Tarzna jaf ma jibqax interessant meta jara li m'hemmx il-haddiema li ghandu bzonn. L-istess Lino Spiteri 'ppropona li min ikun imhajjar jinvesti fit-Tarzna jinaghta l-possibilita li jara hu kemm ghandu bzonn izomm haddiema w lil min jixtieq izomm. Eventwalment, dawk li ma jkunux mizmuma mat-Tarzna l-'gdida', jidhlu f'koperattiva li tipprovdi lil haddiema tahrig u ghajnuna biex isibu xoghol gdid, filwaqt li fl-istess hin tipprovdi lil haddiema 'msehbin fiha dhul baziku ghal sentejn jew tlett snin. Bla dubju ta' xejn l-idea ta' Lino Spiteri hi ferm ahjar minn dik (jekk tista tighdila idea) tal-gvern Nazzjonalista, li fi ftit kliem tingabar f-'jew titlaq bis-somma, jew tispicca bla xoghol b'idek f'idek!'.

Naturalment, bhala xellugi ta' veru ma nistax naqbel li t-Tarzna tkun privatizzata. Nemmen li t-Tarzna ghanda topera b'mod mill-iktar efficjenti, b'managment kompetenti. Nemmen li fit-Tarzna ghandu jkun hemm sezzjoni ghat-tahrig prattiku ghal dawk l-istudenti ta' l-MCAST li qed jistudjaw suggetti relatati. Nemmen li l-haddiema tat-Tarzna, taht esperti kompetenti, ghandhom ikunu fuq quddiem nett fil-bini ta' mezzi alternattivi ta' energijja, fosthom imtiehen tar-rih fuq il-bahar. Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar, nemmen li awn nies esperti bizzejjed fil-qasam tat-Tarznari li kapaci 'jibnu' t-Tarzna mill-gdid u jaghmlu mit-Tarzna Maltijja Tarzna kompetittiva w efficjenti. Izda naturalment, minghajr ir-rieda ma jsir xejn!

Kuragg lil Federazzjoni tat-Trasport...

Il-Liberta`

Gvernijiet pro-Kapitalisti ta' spiss jiftahru bil-liberta` fis-socjetajiet li jiggvernaw. Ghal dawn il-gvernijiet, il-kuncett ta' liberta` jfisser id-dritt ta' l-ghazla f'xi elezzjoni, li generalment din l-ghazla tkun bejn kokijiet differenti li 'jsajru l-istess ricetti! Dawn l-istess gvernijiet jiftahru bil-liberta` ta' l-espressjoni, izda 'mbghad simboli Komunisti, Nazisti w ohrajn jitqiesu 'llegali! Il-media ''libera'' f'dawn is-socjetajiet generalment titmexxa minn miljunarji kbar li flok jaghzlu li jwasslu l-vuci ta' min qed ibaghti w irid jipprotesta, jaghzlu li kuljum ixandru ''ahbarjiet'' banali fuq celebritajiet miljunarji! Isir ftahir ukoll fuq il-liberta ta' l-ghazla; ghazla f'dak li wiehed jixtri, fejn wiehed jivjagga ecc... Izda dan ma jfisser xejn ghal min ma jahdimx ghax ma jistax isib xoghol! Ghal dawn in-nies vittmi tal-Kapitalizmu l-unika skop f'hajjithom ikun dak li jaraw kif se jighxu, xejn izjed u xejn inqas!
Il-liberta hi farsa f'politika 'bbazata fuq l-esplojtazzjoni! Il-maggoranza tal-popolazzjoni tad-dinja huma haddiema, wage slaves! Wage slaves ghaliex biex jighxu fis-sistema Kapitalista l-haddiema jkollhom ibieghu kuljum sieghat minn hajithom biex is-sid jew sidien li jhaddmuhom ikompli jakkumulaw il-gid taghhom! Il-veru liberta` tasal meta l-art u l-mezzi tal-produzzjoni kollha jkunu propjeta pubblika w kullhadd jahdem biex itejjeb il-qaghda tas-socjeta ghax finalment ikun qed itejjeb il-qaghda ta' hajtu! Il-veru liberta` tasal meta kullhadd ikun ugwali ekonomikament u socjalment! Il-veru liberta` tasal meta tieqaf l-esplojtazzjoni!

Is-Surcharge

Il-Prezz taz-zejt prezenti hu problema kbira ghal dawk il-pajjizi kollha dipendenti fuq iz-zejt! Pajjizna hu pajjiz kompletament dipendenti fuq iz-zejt, ghalhekk l-ugiegh ta' ras ghalina hu qawwi! Ftit tal-jiem ilu l-gvern habbar li biex izomm l-Enemalta finanzjarjament sostenibbli se joghlli s-surcharge ghal 95%. B'din il-mizura l-Enemalta veru mistennijja li tibqa sostenibbli, izda l-ekonomijja ingenerali kif se tintlaqat?
Biz-zieda fis-surcharge il-gvern se jkun qed jigbor minn ghand il-familji ammont ta' flus sostanzjalment aktar, u dan se jkun qed isir minghajr xi zieda fil-pagi, mela m'hemmx ghalfejn tkun ekonomista biex tifhem li dak li se johorgu iktar il-familji ghas-surcharge, se jkun qed jonqos mill-konsum taghhom, u finalment se jkun qed jonqos id-dhul tal-gvern mill-VAT. Ovvjament, jekk jonqos il-konsum jonqos il-kummerc, u jekk jonqos il-kummerc jonqsu l-impjiegi...u jekk jonqsu l-impjiegi jkompli jonqos il-kummerc!
Il-veru soluzzjoni ghal prezz taz-zejt ghanda tkun primarjament dik li 'nnaqsu d-dipendenza fuq iz-zejt. Dan jista jsir fost l-ohrajn billi f'forma ta' spiza kapitali f'kull dar jigi 'nstallat solar water heater. Billi jinbnew imtiehen tar-rih. Billi 'ssir kampanja edukattiva fuq l-uzu bil-ghaqal tad-dawl u l-ilma. Soluzzjonijiet ohrajn li jikkumplimentaw ghandhom ikunu li jsir thaffir serju ghaz-zejt u li jsiru l-ahjar negozji possibbli ghax-xiri taz-zejt!

Il-Krizi tan-nuqqas ta' tobba f'Malta

Nahseb li kullhadd jaf li bhalissa Malta ghaddejja minn krizi ta' nuqqas ta' tobba. Dan ghaliex hafna tobba Maltin li jkunu ghadhom kemm gradwaw qed jaghzlu li jsiefru lejn pajjizi normalment fl-UE fejn il-pagi huma hafna ahjar minn taghna. U l'dawn it-tobba nifimhom, kieku kont tabib bhalhom naghmel! Mhux ovvja li jekk taf li b'dak li ghandek x'turi tista tmur x'imkien u tithallas ferm ahjar se tmur! Li ma nifhimx hu kif il-gvern ma jiehux azzjoni w idahhal ligi li tighd li ghal ftit snin wara li tigradwa trid toffri s-servizzi tighek lil poplu Malti bi ''hlas'' ghal l-edukazzjoni b'xejn u l-istipendji li tkun hadt minn fuq it-taxxi tal-poplu Malti. Nahseb li hu gust li trodd ftit snin ta' hidma lil poplu li minn fuq it-taxxi tieghu tkun hadt edukazzjoni kompluta b'xejn u stipendji biex tkun tista tixtri affarjiet bazici waqt li tkun qed tistudja. Nispera li fl-ahhar mill-ahhar tissolva din il-problema, biex il-poplu Malti jiehu dak li jixraqlu f'dik li hi l-iktar prezzjuza ghal kull poplu: Is-sahha!

Joseph Muscat - Generazzjoni Rebbieha?

Nhar il-Hadd segwejt id-diskors ta' Joseph Muscat fic-CNL. Kien diskors li 'kkommova lil hafna Laburisti, specjalment meta Joseph iddeskriva lil Perit Mintoff bhala ''dak li kien, ghadu w jibqa...'' missier il-Partit Laburista. Nahseb li l-akbar sfida ta' Joseph se tkun dik li jaghqqad lil Partit filwaqt li fl-istess hin iwettaq it-''terrimot' li jrid jaghmel biex il-Partit johrog miz-zmien difficli li qieghed fih u jsir verament partit rebbieh. Jidher li l-ghan ta' Joseph Muscat hu li jaghmel mill-Partit Laburista familja xellugijja. M'ghandniex xi nighdu, bhala persuna Joseph hu bniedem karizmatiku w li kapaci jikkomunika. Nispera li taht it-tmexxijja ta' Joseh Muscat il-Partit Laburista jsir verament partit rebbieh...nistennew u naraw!

Hadd indimentikabbli!

Nhar il-Hadd 27 ta' April, ghal xi s-sitta w nofs ta' filghaxija, Jien u Kim morna nimxu Santa Lucia. F'mument waqt il-mixja taghna ghaddejna minn hdejn bank, li bilqieghda fuqu kien hemm ragel xwejjah liebes raincoat hadra skura b'kelb kbir ta' lewn kannella car. Kim intilfet thares lejn il-kelb filwaqt li jien iffissajt harsti fuq dak ir-ragel xwejjah, li bla ebda difikulta stajt nidentifikah bhala l-perit Dom Mintoff. Kif skorrejna l-bank bi ftit passi kollni entuzjazzmu dort fuq Kim u staqsejta jekk gharfitx lir-ragel xwejjah, u kif bilkemm kienet spiccat ir-risposta li m'gharfitux ghidtilha li dak kien il-perit Mintoff. Sforz il-kurzita li qabdita Kim staqsietni biex induru w nergaw naghddu minn hdejn dak il-bank, u jien accettajt. Biss hekk kif konna ergajna sejrin fid-direzzjoni tal-bank avzajt lil Kim biex ma jfettilliex tieqaf tkellmu, peres li naf li Kim ma tantx tisthi biex tibda konverzazzjoni ma persuna li ma tkunx taf, anki jekk dik il-persuna ma tkun hadd hlief il-perit Mintoff. L-avviz tieghi kien inutli ghax kif skorrejna ftit il-perit, Kim daret fuqu w qaltlu: ''Jigdem il-kelb?'' U bis-soltu ton tieghu w b'nofs dahqa il-perit wegibha: ''Jekk ma taghmillu xejn mhux se jigdmek!'' Insomma biex ma ntawwalx ghamilna xi ghaxar minuti nitkellmu l-iktar fuq il-klieb. Qabel komplejna nimxu Kim haditlu b'idejh u qaltlu: ''Ghandi pjacir perit!'' U jien ghamilt l-istess.

Nhar il-Hadd kienet gurnata li se tibqa fil-memorja tieghi sakemm nibqa niftakar. Fiha rnexxieli nitkellem u niehu b'idejn mexxej kbir fl-istorja ta' Malta. Mexxej li jien twelidt 72 sena warajh! Mexxej li bhal ma llum ahna nistudjaw fuq il-Granmastri w nies iktar ricenti bhal Fortunato Mizzi w Manuel Dimech, il-generazzjonijiet futuri se jkunu qed jistudjaw fuq il-bniedem li nhar il-Hadd Jien u Kim kellimna w hadnilhu b'idejh!

Politika ta' privatizzazzjoni: Efficjenza jew ingustizzja socjali?

Gvernijiet tal-lemin u dawk b'isem xellugi izda b'politika tal-lemin, jishqu fuq l-importanza li entitajiet statali jigu privatizzati, ''biex tizdied l-efficcjenza''! Izda verament, ghal fejn twassal politika ta' privatizzazzjoni?

Illum dawn il-gvernijiet qieghdin iduru fuq ic-cittadini taghhom u jighdulhom li tird tizdied l-eta` ta' l-irtirar, li jridu jibdew jinqataw/jittnaqqsu xi servizzi socjali, li s-sahha b'xejn m'ghadiex sostenibbli. Naturalment, meta jighdu dan jibqaw jiddefendu l-politika taghhom, u minflok jitfghu l-htijja fuq haga jew fuq ohra. Izda r-realta` hijja li b'konsergwenza tal-privatizzazzjonijiet li dawn il-gvernijiet tant ftahru bihom, il-gvern naqqas hafna mid-dhul tieghu, biex eventwalment dawk il-flus li qabel kienu jmorru ghand il-gvern, bdew imorru ghand ftit sinjuri li naturalment igawduhom huma, u l-familji taghhom. Hekk kif id-dhul minn entitajiet statali spicca ghax kollox, it-taxxi saru l-unika dhul ta' dawn il-gvernijiet, li apparti li hemm limitu ta' kemm wiehed jista jintaxxa, minhabba ragunijiet ovvji, zgur li t-taxxi biss ma jsostnux l-ispiza li dawn il-gvernijiet kienu jonfqu qabel. Quddiem ir-realta` li minhabba l-istess politika taghhom ikollhom jillimitaw l-ispiza, l-aktar elementi arroganti ta' dawn il-gvernijiet, sahansitra jaslu biex jighdu li s-servizzi socjali huma fsied zejjed, naturalment forsi dan jighduh ghax uliedhom jieklu minn imgharef tal-fidda, u ma jimpurtahom xejn minn ulied haddiehor li jkollhom dhul minimu w li ma jistghux jippjanaw biex fil-futur jibnu familja, ghax il-prezzijiet tad-djar ma jkunux jaffordjawhom, dawn in-nies arroganti laqnas ma jgibu quddiem ghajnejhom lil min genwinament ma jistax isib impjieg.

Gvern li jiehu hsieb il-poplu tieghu, ma jkunx qed jinkoraggixxi l-ghazz, izda jkun qed joffri serhan tal-mohh. Kull darba li l-istat ibiegh entitajiet f'diversi oqsma lil privat, ikun qed jisraq lil poplu kollu biex jaghti lil ftit sinjuri, eventwalment, l-istess poplu li jkun gie misruq ikollhu jaghmel tajjeb billi jitnaqqasslu dak li qabel kien jiehu bi dritt. Politika ta' privatizzazzjoni, ghalkemm ghal l-ewwel tista tidher li qed thalli l-frott, eventwalment twassal ghat-tkattir ta' l-ingustizzji socjali, ghal politika fejn min jiflah ihawwel u min ma jiflahx jithawwel. Bniedem li qed jighx hajja komda, facli jaqbel ma politika ta' privatizzazzjoni, izda r-realta` hijja li mhux kullhadd qed jighx hajja komda, u 'hemm barra' hemm hafna nies/genituri li qed jissieltu min jum ghal iehor biex jaghtu lil uliedhom futur dicenti.

From where it all began?

I’m not a religious person, and I am skeptic about the existence of a spiritual supreme creator. But I find it difficult to understand from where it all began. One can say that all began from the so called big bang, but from where did the big bang come from? On the same argument, if there is a spiritual supreme creator from where did he/she come from? We’re living in a material universe, with a material conciseness, and with our material brain, we understand the laws of our material existence, the physical laws. One of the basic laws of our material existence is that: Nothing came from nothing. But we can’t pretend that our physical laws apply to a non-material reality as well. If there is a spiritual supreme creator he/she is the creator of our material reality and our physical laws, he/she is above our physical laws and outside our material reality, so, the question ‘if there is a supreme creator, from where did he/she come from’ doesn’t make so much sense. Because if there is a supreme creator, he/she doesn’t belong to our physical laws, because he/she created them, and he/she is above them. Finally, I think that we are too primitive to answer the question, ‘from where it all began’, as the early humans that lived in caves were too primitive to go to the moon!!!

Catholicism, Christianity and Knowledge!

As children in a Catholic country, our parents, grandparents, and our teachers in schools start to teach us about our religion, about the man called Jesus Christ and his teachings. As children, we saw Jesus as our protector, our safeguard and our idol, but as we enter the teen age years, we start asking questions about our religion, about ourselves and about our future. We start feeling a change in our body; a change in our way of thinking, we start being rebellious. I am nineteen years old, and I am living the last year as a teenager, and of course, I have my own views about Catholicism and Christianity. I see in Catholicism a religion of condemnation about many natural aspects of human being; condemnations about homosexuality, about pre-marriage intercourses, about different types of families etc. On the other hand, I am an admirer of the social aspect of Christ’s teachings, but not of the religious aspect. I can’t believe in the Catholic Church when its members have enormous richness in their churches and cathedrals, and they do nothing concrete to reduce poverty. I learned that Jesus was a man of the poor, a man who helped the poor, not a king living in a temple and sitting on a golden chair! Superstition is not the way to convince our and future generations, because we’re living in an era where we have access to knowledge, to the internet. In our era, we know that our planet is not the center of the universe, and our sun is just one of billions of stars in millions of galaxies, we know that the Jewish race is a race like others, and not some type of a supreme race chosen by God. Knowledge is the key for truth, and we are the generation who has easily access to knowledge, trough the internet, and for that, we have the responsibility to teach our children, not what we believe, but how to make their own searches and formulate their own opinions.

Pjan ghal Bidu Gdid...MLP!

Ghalkemm il-hatra ta' mexxej Laburista gdid tista ttella l-moral tal-partitarji Laburisti, ma jfissirx li fl-MLP tkun saret il-bidla. Il-veru bidla fl-MLP trid issir mill-qiegh, bidla radikali li twassal biex l-MLP johrog fil-pubbliku bhala partit maqghud, b'sahtu w lest biex 5 snin ohra jiehu t-tmexxijja tal-pajjiz. Dan jista jsir biss jekk in-nies fic-crieki ta' gewwa fl-MLP jgibu l-interessi tal-partit qabel kollox, jekk le, l-MLP jkun qed jissoggra serjament li jitlef l-elezzjoni generali ta' 2013.

L-ghazla ta' mexxej trid issir bil-ghaqal, iktar w iktar meta Lawrence Gonzi huwwa bniedem rispettat mill-maggoranza tal-poplu, anki minn hafna partitarji Laburisti. Biss inutli jinbidel ix-xufier tal-karozza jekk jibqa jsuq il-karozza fl-istess direzzjoni zbaljata. Il-Bidu Gdid li ppropona l-Partit Laburista ghal Malta, ghandu jigi applikat ghal partit inniffsu, biex finalment l-MLP jkun jista jibda jmexxi l-Malta tas-seklu 21.

Wara Sant, min?

L-ismijiet ghal min jista jkun il-'leader' il-gdid tal-Partit Laburista bdew hergin. Fost dawk li ssemmew s'issa hemm Joseph Muscat, Michael Falzon, Charles Mangion, Karmenu Vella, Evarist Bartolo w Alfred Mifsud. Personalment nemmen li l-'leader' il-gdid tal-Partit Laburista ghandu jwettaq bidla radikali fil-partit, fil-mod kif il-partit jahdem. Importanti li d-delegati jifmu li l-futur tal-Partit Laburista jiiddependi minnhom, mid-decizzjoni li jiehdu. Minn dawk li ssemmew s'issa, nahseb li Evarist Bartolo jkun il-favorit tieghi, biss fl-ahhar mill-ahhar trid tara l-'kontestant' x'ser joffri! Nistennew u naraw...J'alla li fl-MLP issir ghazla ghaqlijja, biex il-pajjiz kollu jgawdi!

5 snin ohra ghal PN, sfidi ghal MLP...

Ghal darb' ohra l-PN rebah l-elezzjoni generali, b'hekk fi tmiem il-legislatura li jmiss il-PN ser ikun ilu fil-gvern 26 sena, ghajr ghat-22 xahar ta' gvern Laburista bejn 1996/98. Bla dubju il-partitarji Laburisti huma ddizappuntati ghal ahhar, iktar w iktar meta kien awn xnieghat li d-distakk fuq il-PN jista jkun ta' 20,000 vot! Issa l'irrezenja Alfred Sant, fl-MLP trid issir ghazla ghaqlijja biex jinhatar mexxej li jkun kapaci iwassal lil Partit Laburista ghar-rebha 5 snin ohra. Irid ikun mexxej li kapaci jikkonvinci l-'floating voters', li fl-ahhar mill-ahhar huma l-iktar element deciziv f'elezzjoni. Fuq kollox il-mexxej futur tal-Partit Laburista ghandu jmexxi l-MLP fuq principji Socjalisti, biex verament l-MLP jkun il-partit li jhares il-htigijiet tal-poplu kollhu, specjalment ta' dawk li l-iktar ghandhom bzonn il-harsien ta' l-istat. Nittama li l-MLP ikun kapaci jaffronta dawn l-isfidi w 5 snin ohra jerbah ir-rebha li l-pajjiz tant ghandu bzonn. Fl-ahhar mill-ahhar nahseb li ahna ma min ahna, ghandna nirringrazzjaw lil Alfred Sant tax-xoghol li ghamel mill-1992 sa l-2008, GRAZZI!

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Din l-elezzjoni generali zgur ser tibqa mfakkra ghal kemm qieghdin qrib xulxin iz-zewg partiti l-kbar. Ghadu kemm tkellem Joe Saliba w qal li r-rizultat finali ghandu johrog bejn id-9:00pm w id-9:30pm. Fl-opinjoni tieghi id-dirigenti taz-zewg partiti kienu kawti hafna, u haqqhom prosit! Ghal bidu fil-lokalita ta' Rahal Gdid, fejn noqghod jien, hargu jdoqqu xi karozzi b'imkatar ta' l-MLP, imma mbghad ma damux ma waqfu...
Il-hin ghaddej, il-poplu Malti qieghed bla sabar jistenna r-rizultat, jien wiehed minnhom :p !
Nistennew u naraw...zgur li llejla fuq it-tv ser ikollna 'show' ta' veru!
J'alla kullhadd jiftakar li barra mill-kultura ta' l-MLPN, ahna kollha ahwa Maltin, u fuq kollox...ahwa bnedmin!

We are all wage slaves!

We are all wage slaves! The pro-capitalism governments tell us that if we don’t want to work, we can! But in reality can we not work? If we don’t, from where would we earn the money to buy food, clothes etc… The reality is that the workers are a tool for their employer’s profit. To make this truth acceptable for the workers, the pro-capitalism governments tell us that in today’s world the workers and the employers are on the same boat! With the ‘same boat’ example, I argue that in reality, the employers are on big luxurious yachts, and the workers are on small unattractive boats! Having said that, I don’t know any employer who shares his/her property with the workers! I don’t know any employer who shares his/her profits equally with the workers! In reality the ‘same boat’ is a capitalist invention, because the truth is that every employer is seeing the workers as a tool for profits, and like a car gives them the patrol (the wage) to continue working for the cause of the employer’s profits! Nowadays we are living in an era of civilized slavery, I hope that one day justice triumphs, and the capitalist system would be replaced by a fairer system, where classes become a thing of the past, hopefully!!!

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Alfred Sant qed iwighied li ma l-ewwel gimgha ta' gvern Laburista ser inaqqas is-surcharge bin-nofs, proposta li bla dubju ser thalli iktar flus fill-bwiet tan-nies, ghalkemm ma nahsibx li ser theggeg lin-nies biex joqghodu jahlu d-dawl, kif banalment qed jighdu tal-Partit Nazzjonalista!
Fl-opinjoni tieghi, ghalkemm naqbel li s-surcharge titnaqqas bin-nofs, nemmen li tkun decizzjoni riskjuza jekk tiddahhal minghajr ma jinbdew progetti serji biex tigi 'ggenerata energijja minn sorsi alternattivi, dan ghaliex jekk il-prezz taz-zejt jibqa tiela l-fuq, l-ispiza tal-gvern biex ikompli jassorbi nofs is-surcharge tkompli tikber, u fl-ahhar mill-ahhar ahna stess ikollna nhallsu biex naghmlu tajjeb ghal l-ispiza. Nemmen li gvern serju ghandu jahdem fuq tlett livelli (apparti li jnaqqas is-surcharge bin-nofs) biex jassigura li l-ekonomijja tibqa b'sahhita taht il-pressjoni li l-prezz taz-zejt qed jitfa fuqnha; 1. Jinnegozja w jahdem biex jixtri z-zejt bl-irhas prezz possibbli, 2. Iwettaq hidma biex jittellgha z-zejt, u 3. Jinbdew progetti serji ghal generazzjoni ta' energijja minn sorsi alternattivi.

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Wahda mill-proposti l'iktar jaharqu f'din l-elezzjoni generali hijja l-proposta Laburista tar-reception class. Il-Partit Nazzjonalista, bis-soltu propoganda intelligenti tieghu, irnexillu johloq thassib ghal hafna genituri bl-idea li r-reception class m'hi xejn ghajr sena repeater ghal uliedhom! Gidba mill-bidu sa l-ahhar! Ir-reception class, kif qed jipproponiha l-Partit Laburista hijja sena gdida bejn il-kindergarten u l-primarja, mhux sena ripetuta! Il-hsieb li xpruna l-idea tar-reception class kien li tinholoq sena skolastika gdida li fiha t-tfal jigu perparati b'mod ahjar ghal primarja, b'hekk jonqos ic-cans li numru ta' tfal jaqaw lura. Jiena naqbel mar-reception class kif qed jipproponiha l-Partit Laburista, ghax nemmen li ser issahhah il-pedamenti li fuqhom uliedna jridu jkompli jibnu l-futur taghhom, b'hekk inqas tfal jaqaw lura.

The electoral campaign from an image perspective

In a matter of image the MLP has made a huge progress in the last few years. The new administration that took over after the 2003 referendum and general election, changed the unattractive method that the MLP used to deliver their message to the people with, into a more attractive and modern way. If you only look at the general conferences of the MLP after the last four years, one could see a significant change. In this electoral campaign the MLP are staying on the same track that they used in the last four years, the way that public meetings are being held, the coach, the catchy song ‘the only way is up’ and the professional spots on the tv. These are all attractive things, but these attractive things all fade by few mistakes, like for example some of the journalists of One tv, and above all, with lack of charisma from the leader him self, something that the campaign strategists of MLP are aware of, and that is why they are emphasizing on the idea of a team. Opposite to this, the PN are using Lawrence Gonzi’s charisma and at the same time are hiding the old faces of PN ministers. The idea of ‘GonziPN’ even if at first it’s seemed that it doesn’t make sense, now everyone agrees that it’s convincing people. ‘Iva, flimkien kollox possibbli’, the title of the PN electoral campaign, could have been only ‘flimkien kollox possibbli’, but the PN strategists used the word ‘iva’, to remind the people about the success of five years ago. In a matter of public meetings the PN is using a formula that I like, that the leader would be interviewed by popular Maltese personalities instead of journalists. The idea of the teens behind Lawrence Gonzi in the mass meetings also is a good idea. In my opinion, I think that the two parties are head to head, let us wait and see…

Communism vs Capitalism

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A line from the greatest blog ever: (http://confessionsofanatheist.blogspot.com/)
''Unfortunately, and with deep regret, I can’t say that Fidel Castro finally died''
These are words from a living democrat, or idiot?