{"id":1965,"date":"2015-06-24T20:43:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2015-06-24T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:43:28","slug":"god-is-not-a-banker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/god-is-not-a-banker\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Not a Banker"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This was written after the referendums we rejected were rerun&#8230; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Votes cast ignored<br \/>\nDesire to refer to electorate taken as affront<br \/>\nThis is European democracy<br \/>\nDisplayed in brute form and blunt<br \/>\nBail out the rich as your told<br \/>\nCut back, punish the poor<br \/>\nThat God is not a banker<br \/>\nIs the only thing of which we are sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was written after the referendums we rejected were rerun&#8230; Votes cast ignored Desire to refer to electorate taken as affront This is European democracy Displayed in brute form and blunt Bail out the rich as your told Cut back, punish the poor That God is not a banker Is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[2345,900,2148],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","tag-ireland","tag-referendum","tag-rerun","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-vH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2069,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-are-spectators-on-another-greek-tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1965,"position":0},"title":"We Are Spectators on Another Greek Tragedy","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cT2_ZOjkAqI As Alexis Tsipras capitulates to the EU\/IMF,we remember one of austerities victims... The death of Dimitirs Christaupolos shows the callous effect that finance has on ordinary decent people. This man refused to be reduced to scavenging from bins, at a time when his own government begged and achieved bailouts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Funeral of Dimitris Christoulas - one of the forgotten casualties of Greek austerity","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Funeral-of-Dimitris-Christoulas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Funeral-of-Dimitris-Christoulas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Funeral-of-Dimitris-Christoulas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Funeral-of-Dimitris-Christoulas.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Funeral-of-Dimitris-Christoulas.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1797,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/they-came-they-voted-ireland-changed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1965,"position":1},"title":"They Came, They Voted, Ireland Changed","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"They came by boat, they came by plane They went by busses, I got the train They registered to vote who never voted before I voted, having never missed the chance to, in Tullamore The rainbow seen before over Clifden town I wondered was it a good omen as on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Civil Rights&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Civil Rights","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/civil-rights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"There was a rainbow over the town of Clidfen in Connemara when I visited it a couple of days ago, I wondered was it a good omen for the same sex marraige referendum, and it seems that it was as it has passed with room to spare. 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Not for them the strike of anger The march of death, bullet and bomb But march of peace, indent defiance, Vote of intent of the democratic throng But Spain,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pro-independence citizens hold up giant letters reading \"We are ready, Independence\" during the final meeting before the 9N (November 9) consultation, in Barcelona November 7, 2014. Among those on stage are Omnium Cultural President Muriel Casals (2nd R) and Catalan National Assembly (ANC) President Carme Forcadell (C). Catalans are expected to turn out in droves on Sunday to make their strongest show of force to date for breaking away from the rest of Spain in a symbolic independence referendum. But the chances of a formal vote on Catalan autonomy remain slim - partly because regional authorities are themselves divided over how far to go. 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Paul Murphy and his comrades have been to the forefront of the anti water charges movement, and we wish that they were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Abortion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Abortion","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/abortion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"It must gall RTE who persecuted the water charges movement to have to report that there was justice in an Irish court and Joan Burton did not get to bully her way...","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000e4303-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000e4303-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000e4303-800.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.rasset.ie\/000e4303-800.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1050,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-the-people-speak\/","url_meta":{"origin":1965,"position":5},"title":"Let the People Speak &#8211; Irish Water Potential Referendum","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th November 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Why not also a vote on the property tax issue? I proposed same on Boards.ie some years back to a muted response when it wasnt politically fashionable or popular to resist austerity as part of the Offaly CAHWT http:\/\/www.boards.ie\/vbulletin\/showthread.php?p=77678510 Those who pay for all that's spent To keep captains of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Its not a revolutionary idea... its an old fashioned practice called Democracy!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/referendum.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/referendum.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/referendum.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/referendum.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/referendum.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1966,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}