Irish the world's loneliest Web users - Google

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticl...LAND-LONELY.XML

 

Mon May 15, 2006 1:53 PM BST

 

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may be enjoying stellar economic growth and seen as one of the best places in the world to live, but its inhabitants are apparently also the globe's loneliest.

 

Google Trends, which works out how many searches have been done via the Internet search engine on particular terms, showed the word "lonely" was entered most frequently by Internet users in Ireland: http://www.google.com/trends?q=lonely.

 

The Irish, enjoying new-found wealth and a flood of immigration following more than a century of economic decline, are followed in the misery stakes by residents of Singapore and New Zealand -- although Singaporeans are the most frequent searchers of "happiness."

 

Google Trends calculates the ratio of searches for a given term coming from each city, region or language divided by total Google searches coming from the same area.

 

Ireland's capital, Dublin, topped the city list for "lonely" searches, followed by Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand.

 

In 2004, the Economist magazine named Ireland the best place to live in the world in a "quality of life" assessment.

 

? Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

[lfcrule1972]

As a frequent visitor to Dublin with work I can confirm that its a cracking city, surprised to see the results of the google survey - thank god they didn't survey my ISP

[polopony]

The Irish, enjoying new-found wealth and a flood of immigration following more than a century of economic decline,

 

they fucked up big time opening their doors to all the dregs ,into the country and right on the dole and other giveaway programs free housing that no Irishborn person can get etc etc .My sister in law said it best " Irelands a great country to live in provided you're not Irish "

[Jerseyguy]

Irelands a great country to live in provided you're not Irish "

you could say the same thing about America..if you were not born here its great...

[lfcrule1972]

I think that is true of most places - I look at England with the same view, immigrants seem to have more rights and benefits than those who have lived here all their lives.....

[spinningwheel]

I have to agree, but the other extreme is shutting down the borders and patrolling them with troops to stop the inward flight....oops we're about to start doing that shortly.....disregard.....

[lfcrule1972]

[Pain_Man]

Irelands a great country to live in provided you're not Irish "

you could say the same thing about America..if you were not born here its great...

 

 

Jersey was somewhat reading my mind.

 

You guys have no idea how lucky you are to be completely separated from all other countries by water ('cepting the "Chunnel" which has got to be easy to control).

 

When you're neighbors to a Third World shit hole, it's a nightmare.

 

I grew up in San Diego, usually ten minutes from the Mexican border; lived there for 25 years.

 

I've seen people wetbacking the border, watched them crawl out of the marshes like friggin' swamp thing.

 

Now, I have no problem with immigration, per se. My Dad's family came down from Canada about 1890.

 

My Mom's family has been here since Plymouth Rock. And the Cherokee part of the family's been here for 50,000 years. (My late maternal grandfather, 1/2 Cherokee, used to say, "Half the family was here waiting for the other half." An apt description.)

 

The problem is our southern border is an utter mess. It's absolutely wide open for every kind of criminal activity you can possibly imagine.

 

And now we've got all these illegal aliens demanding--DEMANDING!!--the "right" to citizenship in a country they broke the law to enter.

 

Wait--it get's sillier.

 

Some of these Mexicans and some Mexican-"Americans" think they should own California, Nevada, N. Mexico, Texas, and parts of Utah and Colorado because we kicked there asses in 1848 and took the land.

 

Is Russia supposed to give up Siberia? France supposed to give up Burgundy to Austria? Is Poland supposed to give up East and West Prussia to Germany? Is Belarus supposed to give itself back to Poland? Is Turkey supposed to get back Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Greece, Egypt, all of North Africa, and the entire Middle East?

 

And, by this logic, then Ireland should return to British rule!? (Do my British cousins WANT Ireland back? )

 

Excuse me, but we won that war fair and square. It's hardly MY fault that the ONLY way Mexico can celebrate military glory is because they beat the FRENCH! (I mean, how PATHETIC is that! Your only claim to fame is that you beat Napoleon III's lame-assed army that the Prusso-Germans, 3 years later, would kick the complete shit out of in 1870??!?!).

 

So these wankers claim that the land I'm sitting on right now is really "theirs" and therefore they have the right to break American laws at will.

 

I know, I know. I sound like a raving fucking lunatic. But I swear to GOD I am NOT making this shit up.

 

 

Sorry for the rant, but this has been pissing me off for a while. Besides, I'm in massive pain. Time to grab the pills!

[polopony]

we had 2 workers who took off that Monday to protest I dont know what and I sincerely hope they find the time to protest the fact that they no longer have jobs ,we'll yeah I guess they have plenty of time to protest all sorts of things.They were well taken care of by the owner of the company and he was so mad he said keep going you're fired

[lfcrule1972]

Its the same here guys - those who turn up here with nothing get given more than they ever would in their own country and then throw it all back in our faces !

 

Hey polo your boss sounds like he made a stand here that kind of action would probably cost him a court case and compensation for distress or some shit like that

 

Where is snazz ?? He used to put it so much more eloquently than I can !

[Pain_Man]

Forgive me, polo, but I just want to be clear.

 

Your boss fired these twerps???

 

If didn't fire them ( ) then he should inspect their documents with a microscope to make sure they're genuine. Not that it matters; the Feds don't enforce the law against hiring illegal aliens.

 

PLS confirm this. I'm have a shitty day dealing with fucking insurance companies.

 

Oh and the assholes were "protesting" a proposed change in Federal law that would make the first time you wetback the border a felony (right now only the third time you wetback the border is a felony).

 

 

we had 2 workers who took off that Monday to protest I dont know what and I sincerely hope they find the time to protest the fact that they no longer have jobs ,we'll yeah I guess they have plenty of time to protest all sorts of things.They were well taken care of by the owner of the company and he was so mad he said keep going you're fired

Edited May 18, 2006 by Pain_Man

[Pain_Man]

I have to agree, but the other extreme is shutting down the borders and patrolling them with troops to stop the inward flight....oops we're about to start doing that shortly.....disregard.....

 

 

The Prez says he's going to deploy 6,000 National Guards (that'd be Reserve Troops) to patrol the border along with Border Patrol.

 

A good start. But I say we use regulars.

 

Did you know that Mexican soldiers regularly fire shots at our Border Patrol agents and police? Which, it seems insane to have to point this out, is an act of WAR.

 

Yet the government ignores it.

 

If 9/11 had to happen, I wish it been done by guys who'd wetbacked the Mexican border. Maybe THAT would have gotten the politicians off their asses.

 

Both parties are running around trying to kiss the asses of the mythical "Hispanic" voter. In fact, polls have shown that Mexican-Americans (like my wife, 90% of so-called "Hispanics" are of Mexican origin), i.e. citizens, WANT stronger immigration laws. They want stronger enforcement.

 

So the politicians are afraid of something that doesn't exist. This step by Bush is the first step in the right direction in a long time.

 

Now if Congress will pass a tough immigration bill (with life imprisonment for alien smugglers) and we put troops permanently on the southern border...

 

The northern border's a problem as well, but not nearly as bad as the southern. Not by a long shot. That's because the Canadians actually care about working with us.

 

Mexico patrols its southern border (with Guatemala) rigourously. But they refuse to give us any help.

 

Perhaps we should shut down all money transfers to Mexico for six months. That would get their attention.

[Pain_Man]

Hey polo your boss sounds like he made a stand here that kind of action would probably cost him a court case and compensation for distress or some shit like that

 

Where is snazz ?? He used to put it so much more eloquently than I can !

 

 

That's truly sad, crule. An employer can't fire an employee for "no call/no show" (as we call it here)?

 

One thing you guys do that we absolutely MUST emulate is requiring a losing plaintiff in a lawsuit to pay the court costs and legal fees of the defendant.

 

That's the primary reason y'all have far fewer lawsuits than we do.

Edited May 18, 2006 by Pain_Man

[polopony]

yep he gave them the boot, we are in the last couple of weeks of finishing a remodeling job and the owner of the house is up our ass to get finished so them taking off was bad timing and where does their loyalty lie To protest that they shouldn't have to go through the same steps as the people who came here legally was bullshit, that you 've managed to stay under the radar for a few years gives you any standing or the right to bypass the immigration laws doesn't fly with me .I dont see any of them paying a dime in taxes , use the system at no cost to them ,ship what money they do make out of the country ,I can't count how many I've talked to that are only here to make enough to set themselves up back in their country.

 

Pain Man in the construction buissness its real common to hire and let go depending on the amount of work that you have lined up if you dont have jobs lined up then you're LAID OFF call it what you will you're not working .These guys were picked up every morning and dropped home every night at no cost to them a nice deal. I'd like to not have to pay for gas ,insurance ,upkeep ,hell the truck itself 'I could go on and on but I think my views are pretty clear

[Pain_Man]

Day labor is what you're talking about. Growing up in San Diego, I'm all too familiar with the vicissitudes of the construction and real estate businesses. My parents missed becoming very, very rich by inches because a deal fell through. If it had worked out, I'd be a trust fund kiddie; and rich as well as cynical.

 

That rocks your boss fired the assholes.

 

I've nothing against protesting in principle. But there's a time and a place for it. And it shouldn't be on your boss's (or any other employer's) dime.

 

They had the same silly-assed protest here in Vegas, but the casinos convinced the main union (the Culinary Union) to schedule it for after the first shift. So the casinos weren't hurt by it. How one can hope to help one's cause by hurting one's employer--not to mention losing a day's pay or one's job--and one's self is beyond me.

 

But then again I've never understood this hippy protesting bullshit mentality anyway.

 

 

 

yep he gave them the boot, we are in the last couple of weeks of finishing a remodeling job and the owner of the house is up our ass to get finished so them taking off was bad timing and where does their loyalty lie To protest that they shouldn't have to go through the same steps as the people who came here legally was bullshit, that you 've managed to stay under the radar for a few years gives you any standing or the right to bypass the immigration laws doesn't fly with me .I dont see any of them paying a dime in taxes , use the system at no cost to them ,ship what money they do make out of the country ,I can't count how many I've talked to that are only here to make enough to set themselves up back in their country.

 

Pain Man in the construction buissness its real common to hire and let go depending on the amount of work that you have lined up if you dont have jobs lined up then you're LAID OFF call it what you will you're not working .These guys were picked up every morning and dropped home every night at no cost to them a nice deal. I'd like to not have to pay for gas ,insurance ,upkeep ,hell the truck itself 'I could go on and on but I think my views are pretty clear