{"id":3137,"date":"2016-09-03T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2016-09-03T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T13:39:29","slug":"enda-and-angela-and-the-apple-of-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-and-angela-and-the-apple-of-eden\/","title":{"rendered":"Enda and Angela and the Apple of Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3138\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-and-angela-and-the-apple-of-eden\/angela-merkel-and-enda-kenny-tempted-to-bite-apple-computers-and-make-them-pay-taxes\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Angela-Merkel-and-Enda-Kenny-tempted-to-bite-Apple-Computers-and-make-them-pay-taxes.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Merkel and Enda Kenny tempted to bite Apple Computers and make them pay taxes\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Angela-Merkel-and-Enda-Kenny-tempted-to-bite-Apple-Computers-and-make-them-pay-taxes.jpg 220w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Angela-Merkel-and-Enda-Kenny-tempted-to-bite-Apple-Computers-and-make-them-pay-taxes-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela Merkel and Enda Kenny tempted to bite Apple Computers and make them pay taxes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enda was hungry having thrown his food away<br \/>\nAngela was giving\u00a0him nuts and berries every\u00a0day<br \/>\nBut it was not free, the food he did lack<br \/>\nHe had to give it all, and as much more back!<\/p>\n<p>Adam lay hungry under a tree<br \/>\nThat bore the biggest juiciest Apple Angela ever did see<br \/>\n&#8220;Why dont you eat that, you know that you could<br \/>\nIt will do you know harm, you must&#8221;, she said, &#8220;you should!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now Enda remembered his Catechism and the Genesis tale of woe<br \/>\nBeing a good Catholic boy and a son of Mayo:<br \/>\n&#8220;I will not, I am not Adam&#8221;, at Angela he did shout<br \/>\n&#8220;Eve told Adam to bite Apple, and they both from Eden got thrown out!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3139\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-and-angela-and-the-apple-of-eden\/apple-advert\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3139\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Apple-Advert-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The target of the #AppleTax campaign, Apple owes BILLIONS to Ireland in taxes written off.\" width=\"420\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Apple-Advert-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Apple-Advert-332x444.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Apple-Advert.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The target of the #AppleTax campaign, Apple owes BILLIONS to Ireland in taxes written off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enda was hungry having thrown his food away Angela was giving\u00a0him nuts and berries every\u00a0day But it was not free, the food he did lack He had to give it all, and as much more back! Adam lay hungry under a tree That bore the biggest juiciest Apple Angela ever &#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":[571,55,54],"tags":[3212,3210,3211,1802],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austerity","category-current-affairs-in-ireland","category-ireland","tag-appletax","tag-angela-merkel","tag-apple","tag-european-union","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-OB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":756,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/another-enemy-less-for-enda-trevor-murtagh-tribute-r-i-p\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":0},"title":"Another Enemy Less For Enda &#8211; Trevor Murtagh Tribute, R.I.P.","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"26th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Enda's taking them down, one by one, on behalf of the EU and the Banks His cronies get commissioners jobs: Merkels way of saying thanks, In a world that makes no sense at all, where justice does not exist Each theory appears as truth, as truth is unknown, and missed.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3728,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/enda-exits-legacy-of-lives-lost\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":1},"title":"Enda Exits &#8211; Legacy of Lives Lost","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"18th May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, and we look back on a legacy that will be shrouded darkly by the ghosts of the dead - those who killed themselves as a result of banks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The little people to be afraid of are not the leprechauns... its the citizens saying they have had enough of austerity and will take no more!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Embarrasing-Relations.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4998,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/no-water-at-saint-endas-holy-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":2},"title":"No Water at Saint Enda&#8217;s Holy Well","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I stopped at St Enda's Holy Well in Bearna, to find no water there. As I sat down beside it, I pondered and wondered is it because of the way Ireland (and the churches mismanagement of scandals) has drifted from the pure faith of the people? St Enda stopped here,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Abortion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Abortion","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/abortion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Entrance to St Eannas Holy Well","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210731_130434-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1714,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/toddling-along-to-the-polling-booth\/","url_meta":{"origin":3137,"position":3},"title":"Toddling Along to the Polling Booth","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, Enda Kenny told Paul Murphy to \"toddle along\" to Irish water to find answers to his questions, showing utter contempt for the opposition and the people of this island. 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He holds the strings to my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Austerity&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"An exasperated Irish taxpayer writes a letter to Santy, as it will bring more change than writing to Enda Kenny asking for fair play for the Irish taxpayer and mortgage holder!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Letter-to-Santa.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Letter-to-Santa.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Letter-to-Santa.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Letter-to-Santa.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137","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=3137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3144,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions\/3144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}