Wednesday, August 22, 2007
And the award for the daftest political statement of the day goes to…
THANKS to Ian McCrea MLA of the DUP for providing the laugh of the day. He called for those who removed a Northern Ireland football flag to be prosecuted, because “those responsible had to tramp through the flowerbed in the middle of the roundabout” to get to it. So how did those who put it up manage to do put it up in the first place? Arguably, removing flags from public property is upholding the law, so perhaps Mr McCrea is calling for the wrong people to be prosecuted! Apart from that, good luck to Norn Iron tonight.
Belfast Gonzo @ 12:22 PM
Abair amadán - what a fool!
Good luck to both teams from this island of course!
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 12:40 PMIt gets my vote.
Wish I could play the man!Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:04 PMA chip of the old block. Obviously a genius, just like his da!
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:17 PMWee Slabber
What if he sings too..think about that eh...I’m praying that certain things skip a generation in that case.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:22 PMI wonder if he is as cosy with the LVF as his da?
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:27 PMDepends if he likes ravy music with lots of bass....
You think he’d suit a white shellsuit?
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:49 PMI wonder if exposing the sheer stupidity of one of the DUPs backwoodsmen will have an effect on their vote at the next election?
Probably will… UP!
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 01:57 PMHold on. Maybe the flag just appeared there. A sort of Free Presbyerian apparition.
Think about the tourists, people. Lourdes, Fatima, Knock. In a few years time pilgrims could be flying into Mc Crea International Airport in Magherafelt.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 02:24 PMJesus Loves You Airlines?
Can you imagine the pre flight on one of their planes?
‘Before the inflight safety demonstration let us pray for a safe flight....’
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 02:28 PMmore likely ‘there will be no inflight demostration as we are all in gods hands now...’
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 02:34 PMSure everyone ignores it anyhow.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 02:40 PMFlight Lieutenant Ian McCrea of Free Presbyterian Bomber Command...."target sighted....bibles away Ginger”!!!
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 02:42 PMShould be three more points for N. Ireland tonight.
David Healy is really showing the premiership how silly they were not to swoop for him while with Leeds. Three goals (okay, one wasn’t allowed, but...) in three games.
You know, I’d nearly play him in my All-Ireland team! ;-)
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 03:15 PMFuck me more moronic in-bred nepotism going on. Speaking of which, how long before we have some eedjit on complaining that all the threads are ant-prod?
How much nepotism is there in politics in the north of Ireland? and is it just confines to Unionism with the Paisley’s etc.?
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 03:29 PMAlex & Paul Maskey.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 04:42 PMOnce again, unionists defend law-breaking when they perceive it is coming from their electorate, and criticize law-upholding if they perceive that it is at the expense of their electorate.
Speaking about law enforcement, did anyone else laugh all the way into work this morning at that buck eejit who parked his Aston Martin on Ormeau Avenue without any tax disc or valid registration on display ? Said eejit went on Nolan to complain about the “incompetence” of the NCP traffic wardens and how they “weren’t working for the people”. It was priceless. The upper class twat basically said that he should be allowed to get away with an illegal vehicle because he had trade plates in the boot.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 06:01 PMI think Ian is focusing more on the attempt theft of property from the lampost by republcians in Magherafelt and not just the damage to the council’s flowerbed
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 06:27 PMWas it a stormont regime flag or an IFA flag?
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 07:23 PM“What if he sings too..”
And why not, Yokel? An Ulster remake of Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” is long overdue and might fit the bill. The man McCrea even has much the same charisma as the sartorially challenged svelte star of yesteryear.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 07:29 PMMcCrea is not the only amadan.
When the flag was put up the flower bed had not been planted out and so those who put it up did not destroy the plants but those who took the flag down most certainly did. Think before you jump to improper conclusions.
Suppositions are no substitute for facts.Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 10:13 PMThe more I think of this perhaps MR McCrea is not foolish at all in any way because I can think of at least three other ways the flag could have been placed without interferring with the flower bed and these will be woven into my next mystery.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 10:29 PMBah, foiled again. If it hadn’t been for you pesky kids, etc.
On the other hand, if the flag has been up long enough for plants to grow under it, it’s probably been up too long. It was a terribly cheap PR stunt by McCrea.
Still, I can’t get annoyed about it any more after winning 3-0.
Posted by on Aug 22, 2007 @ 11:12 PMBelfast Gonzo,
Celebrating were you? ( it was 3-1 from an exceedingly soft goal given away through lack of concentration.)
Posted by on Aug 23, 2007 @ 09:35 AMInterersting to note that email address for Mrs Marples is ianmac - any chance this is Wee McCrea himself. It would appear he may just be another young pretender just like Wee Ian Pailsley.
Posted by on Aug 23, 2007 @ 04:30 PMMost certainly not.
I know who I am and have absolutely no connection with Ian McCrea.
I have never met him and the Email address is not a correct record of my name.
You are barking up the wrong tree.
Your cynicism is leading you astray.
End of storyPosted by on Aug 23, 2007 @ 06:29 PM
