Wednesday, July 05, 2006
BBC apologises for Gerry Anderson’s anti Bush remark
Radio Ulster has had to apologise for Gerry Anderson’s aside that George Bush could rot in hell on his birthday (tomorrow as it happens). Hmmm anti Americanism gone mad? Biased BBC has already got hold of it, so I imagine it’s half way round the US blogosphere already!
Update: You can hear the original broadcast here. More reaction here. And you can hear the original here or here on Slugger.
Mick Fealty @ 11:33 AM
Dualta:
(yawn) Sorry, heard it all before from home-grown leftists, although most of them are embarrassed to put forth most of those arguments anymore.
You “feel” the US is imperialist, so don’t allow anyone to confuse you with facts. Whatever.
Just a friendly word of advice—UC Berkeley is not the place to go for any sort of objective reporting!
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:50 PMMarta,
‘Silly boy.’
Is that a follow up to ‘little boy’, so called cause it’s to be deployed by George doubleya Bush?
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:51 PMsmc
It’s whatever you want it to be, dear. :)
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:53 PMIt’s easy to get one’s stars and stripes in a twist over Anderson’s comments (however much you think they were in poor taste), but adopting a cavalier attitude to someone’s life or death (even that of a president) is just playing by the rules George has used since winning the Texas governorship in 1994. His entire career has been based on a willingness to see body bags filled, whether on death row in Texas or in the deserts of the Middle East. One should hardly be surprised when his opponents wish upon him the same fate he has condemned others to.
As for George bringing freedom and democracy to 50 million people, I’m sure they’ll thank him just as soon as they run out of ammo.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:53 PMMy family and I have been discussing a trip over there in the next couple of years. But frankly, over what I’ve been reading about attitudes there, I’m thinking we should not come.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:55 PM‘I’m thinking we should not come.’
Go with your instinct.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 03:57 PMRebecca:
If you want to go, go soon before you have to wear a burkha. It’s very pretty and quaint.
Or better yet, watch a video of Ireland and then spend your money in St. Lucia, or St. Thomas. Much better weather and nicer people.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:00 PMMarta
(yawn) Sorry, heard it all before from home-grown leftists, although most of them are embarrassed to put forth most of those arguments anymore.
You “feel” the US is imperialist, so don’t allow anyone to confuse you with facts. Whatever.
If this is your response to my previous post then I’ll conclude that you’ve thrown in the towel. All mouth, no argument. G’night.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:00 PMDualta:
Yes, you win. Your superior intellect, combined with your impressive knowledge of the motives of people you have never met have defeated me.
Congratulations!
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:05 PMMarta: ‘What a comeback! Those Vietnamese are terrifying! ‘
They must be scary enough…...if memory serves me correctly they chased you out of their country after killing 56,000 of you, thats not really a victory by most lvls
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:06 PMThis is hilarious.
Who said the yanks have their own brand of humour and don’t get irony. Sadly the only people more annoying than the English(in general) are the ham shanks.
If yer man Gerry actually assasinated Dubya tomorrow, it would only be one man’s blood. How much blood friend and foe, has Dubya got on his. Let the fat-cat’s who employ Bush, send their kids to kill and be killed.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:09 PMDoes no one on this thread remotely study history?
John—we chased ourselves out of Vietnam and you know it. Do you seriously think we couldn’t have defeated them if we didn’t care what kind of casualties they took?
Is this a high school group? Where do the grownups go to insult each other??
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:10 PMHave they all gone to sleep yet?
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:11 PMJohn Bull, no less an authority than General Vo Nguyen Giap (who he? If Uncle Ho were FDR, this guy was Ike) has declared that the war was not lost on the battlefield in Viet Nam but in America, in the media, by Lefty liars and propagandists like Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Peter Arnett, although this list is LONG. More to the point, the Vietnamese war was NOT won by the Vietnamese but by the Commies and the Commies then did what they love to do, what they always do which is murder, pillage, imprison and above all, deprive all within their grasp of the basics of life. I know this is yet celebrated in many precincts as a great Triumph of the Revolution but in Hanoi these days, not so much.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:11 PMRachelH “My family and I have been discussing a trip over there in the next couple of years. But frankly, over what I’ve been reading about attitudes there, I’m thinking we should not come.”
Thats a bit like my situation. My family admire the USA, and are thinking of coming over here, but i have advised against it. The attitudes here, held by so many ‘mainstream’ people make you think your living is some citidel under attack from ‘them’ (the foreigners). Sure they could come and spend their money here, but to be honest, the way america is regressing I don’t think they would enjoy it very much. Especially when you people have so many extremists. By the way, Gerry anderson is just some radio host, not some yardstick for euro opinion. I don’t remember those of your ilk being so annyed when Robertson said you should kill Chavez. Don’t remember the right wing blogosphere complaining that Ann Coulter thought tim Mcviegh should have done the NYT instead…..you seem to have very differnet values, depending on wether the person is american or not….
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:15 PMOh the pipeline crap again. Yaaaaawwwnnnn. These Taliban defenders are quite boring. It’s allllll about the oil.
Why the hell would we sacrifice 2500+ of our own for oil when we could have unilaterally lifted sanctions against Hussein? You oil argument has now been discredited.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:15 PM‘Do you seriously think we couldn’t have defeated them if we didn’t care what kind of casualties they took?’
Yeah - When I think of the Vietnam war the first thought that comes to mind is how caring the Americans where as they carpet bombed the shit out of pesants.
Of course ye could have nuked them like the Japanese, but, mmm, bit too close to China for that don’t ya think. Never do to pick a fight with someone that could strike back into the heartland of Mom & Pop.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:15 PMMarta: John—we chased ourselves out of Vietnam and you know it. Do you seriously think we couldn’t have defeated them if we didn’t care what kind of casualties they took?
but ye’s did care about casualties, thats my point. The casulties scared you enough that you decided that suddenly communism in a country the other side of the world from you was no longer your opinion. You might have killed more people there than ‘they’ did, but you were still defeated…
ps i am not trying to uinsult anyone, so please no one be offended by my posts
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:18 PMLefty Euro trash know so much about America because they watch Michael Moore movies. You can tell by Eamon Lynch’s fastidious knowledge of the Texas constitution and its defintion of gubernatorial powers.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:21 PM‘Lefty Euro trash know so much about America because they watch Michael Moore movies.’
Since when did Michael Moore do a movie on Canada. Or have you let something slip about the upcoming invasion, AFAIK, Canada isn’t in the US yet.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:23 PM“I don’t remember those of your ilk being so annyed when Robertson said you should kill Chavez.”
That’s because you chose not to look to find out.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:25 PMThe BBC should never have apologized for Gerry Anderson´s comment. He was just saying what a lot of people think, and rightly so.
When did the Bush regime ever apologize for starting a war on false pretences, and against the wishes of most of the planet, which is a slightly worse offence, is it not?
Interesting as well to see all these right-wingers get their knickers in a twist over Gerry´s comment when they don´t even know who he is.
And what a sad day it will be for Ireland it will be if ye all decide not to come here on holiday. I can feel the tears welling up, really. It´s ironic that so many of the American right believe in creationism when they are living proof for the theory of evolution - the missing link incarnate :-)PS Today´s prize for most condescending comment by an American goes to Marta for saying that parts of Europe are quaint. Gee whizz, that´s swell…
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:26 PM“Since when did Michael Moore do a movie on Canada.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109370/
Your ignorance knows no bounds.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:26 PMHa Ha Mishu, just goes to prove I don’t watch Michael Moore movies - Blows your own argument out of the water. Bit like friendly fire - another US competence.
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:30 PM“When did the Bush regime ever apologize for starting a war on false pretences, and against the wishes of most of the planet, which is a slightly worse offence, is it not?”
What false pretences? Or, are UN resolutions for restraining the US only? Saddam harbored assholes that threw one of our crippled, elderly citizens in the Med so fuck him. The planet does a lot of bullshit I don’t want it to so there. :P
Posted by on Jul 05, 2006 @ 04:32 PM
