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That Provo Birdie

Sat 7 June 2008, 2:12pm

The Irish News has more on the helicopter escape from Stormont by Gerry Adams yesterday. Will this go down in song, the day Adams broke out of the St Andrews II talks by escaping in a helicopter to Cork? How very daring. Instead of meeting with Gordon Brown and Peter Robinson and the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin at Downing Street, he was at the English Market in Cork campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty (Taoiseach Brian Cowen campaigned for a Yes vote there on Tuesday). Security at Stormont were all afluster as the helicopter was unexpected. Adams even one-upped Clinton, whose Presidential helicopter landed at the much less exciting City Airport when he visited Belfast in 2000. Billionaire Sean Quinn, mentioned in yesterday’s comments, denies being the owner of the helicopter, whom Michelle Gildernew yesterday described as a “friend of the party in Fermanagh”, but refused to name. Read the full story in today’s Irish News: Stormont estate security alert caused by Gerry’s helicopter

PICTURE: Colm Lenaghan/pacemaker (Irish News)

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Comments (58)

  1. USA

    Typical Sinn Fein supporter from good old Americay

    -no empathy, compassion or love, just hate in his heart for all enemies of the Antichrist and Babylon (i.e. USA, UK, etc, see my book.)

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  2. Steve says:

    John

    I didn’t accuse you of being a muslim so why would you accuse me of being an american?

    And just because you have delusions of grandeur doent been you are right just delusional

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  3. Steve

    I think you’ll find that I didn’t accuse you of being anything. Unless you also post under USA, which might make you delusional for thinking that you’re not American in essence.

    But the same goes for you: lacking empathy, compassion and love for your fellow man, a basic Sinn Fein approach to the world. Shallow too.

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  4. earnan says:

    John

    What do you say to people who think the Book of Revelations, and the rest of the Bible, is not the word of God but just a book written by different humans over several time periods with religious myths and stories in it?

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  5. Steve says:

    John

    I show a great deal more empathy for you than you do for I

    For instance I don’t inflict my merntal illness on you but you do not return the favour

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  6. Steve says:

    By the way you did accuse me of being american, you did it right here

    Steve

    Ever subtle. Typical American shallow SF supporter, is there any other type, and good old boy. You’re a Babylonian, Steve. That’s why you can’t see Gerry, your prize possession, as the beast.

    Posted by John O’Connell on Jun 08, 2008 @ 01:09

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  7. Steve

    Try empathy first and referring to me every post as mentally ill is not compassionate. I am not mentally ill.

    Ah right you’re the English speaking Canadian who thinks he’s not American. There is little difference at this side of the pond.

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  8. Earnan

    The Bible is the word of God. But it is mistakely regarded as all good. Clearly it is the book of Good and Evil. The Old Testament largely desribes evil and the reason it is in the world. The New Testament largely describes what it is to be good and the origins of good.

    What Revelation is about is ending the Old Testament and beginning the world of the New Testament or Christ. Revelation is about the coming of Christ and one of the barriers to Christ’s reign comes in the form of (Gerry) Adams, the beast who advocates a return to the Old Testament, living up to the Adam in his name.

    Clearly the basis of the violence of the IRA was encapsulated in the words “an eye for an eye”, the basic rule of the OT.

    It’s nearly over now, and we are on the last leg of the journey to end the OT and begin to build paradise.

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