'Gamblegate' in Poland - so greedy greedy greedy greedy!

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey has a great song titled 'Celtic Tiger' which laments the latent greed amongst Ireland's nouveau-riche. It sprung to mind today after reading, seeing and hearing so much news in the last few days about corruption affairs in Poland.

Zbigniew Chlebowski, chief of the governing party's parliamentary club, resigned after accusations arose that he was involved in lobbying on behalf of the gambling industry regarding an upcoming bill that would raise taxes for the industry. Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki also 'gave himself the boot' due to similar charges. Prime Minister Tusk has gone further and dropped 3 more top ranking officials - the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister, Justice Minister, and Deputy Economy Minister.

Of course, the CBA are as corrupt as the f*^@ers it arrests (their chief is a political appointee and supporter of PiS, the main opposition party), but it's always good to see a zloty loving politician fall from grace. Prime Minster Tusk appears to be quite peeved that this bombshell has hit his party so he has also sacked the head of the Anti-Corruption Agency (CBA) whose statutory body revealed the dirty politicians in the government.

Another case in the media at the moment is of the former Civic Platform MP (the governing party), Beata Sawicka. She gave us all great entertainment 2 years ago by crying her eyes out on TV, claiming she had been seduced by an agent from the notorious Anti-Corruption Agency (the CBA) regarding a dirty land deal that would have landed her a good few groszy. Poor woman got her fingers caught in the pie and is now undergoing her trial in a Warsaw court.

So sit back and enjoy Damien Dempsey's great song about what greed has done to Ireland.

Full lyrics to Celtic Tiger
Listen to and watch it here

Greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy
So greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy

Now they saw the Celtic Tiger in my home town
Brings jewels and crowns, picks you up off the ground
But the Celtic Tiger does two things
It brings you good luck or it eats you up for its supper
It’s the tale of the two cities on the shamrock shore
Please Sir can I have some more
Cos if you are poor you’ll be eaten for sure
And that’s how I know the poor have more taste than the rich
And that’s how I know the poor have more taste than the rich

Hear the Celtic Tiger roar - I want more
Hear the Celtic Tiger roar - I want more, more, more

The fastest growing inflation rate in the world,
the cost of a run down house is absurd
This isn’t any age for a low income wage
Ask anyone who’s locked in a cage
A couple with kids can’t afford a place to live
Even if they have a good job
We’re bring robbed by the builders and the fat cat government
A league of greed and they don’t even need for a thing
It’s a sin
But it’s the nature of the beast
You’d better go and find a priest and confess
Because your greed is gonna leave you soulless

Where we gonna live, what we gonna do
We’ll have to move in with the woman in the shoe
They’re driving us onto the streets
While the fat cat in government cheats, and always
gets away with his crime
A kid steals a jacket and does time
Just look at the world around you
Tell why is there so much need
Because of greed
So greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy, greedy