06.09.10

Just Grin And Blair It Tony... You see folks, people power still works. A mere 300 or so Iraqi War protestors outside Easons last Saturday gave Tony Blair a political black eye and eventually forced him to sensationally cancel his much hyped book tour... Come on! Now, if only we could get the same people passion directed towards those eejits in Leinster House who are hell-bent on steering this wee country closer to the precipice each day just to protect THAT failed bank and a knee-jerk political decision that will in due course bankrupt this Nation... Tony Blair Poor aul Tony Blair got more than he bargained for when he jetted into Dub-a-lin town under crazy security last weekend to get grilled by Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show (let him finish a feckin sentence there Tubs 'n' Piles) and also launch his book 'A Journey' at Easons... "Have ye got blood on yer hands Tony?" Ryan Tubridy Only, Mr. Blair's apparent assumption that his role in the Northern Irish Peace Process (like, how many now disgraced politicians are still dining-out on their 'roles' in the Peace Process?) would win him over with the Irish public and paper-over his completely illegal invasion of Iraq. War sucks balls. Anti Blair Protestors at Easons Blair asserted on The Late Late Show that despite there being absolutely no weapons of mass destruction, the war in Iraq was totally justified as Saddam Hussein's army had apparently killed hundreds of thousands of their own people. Only, conservative estimates state that around 500,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed by British & US troops since the illegal invasion. Math Tony. Whether you get killed by Saddam Hussein or bosom-buddies Blair & Bush, you still get dead. There is no consolation in being killed by a US or British bullet as opposed to an Iraqi one. Bertie Ahern Still, let's not get all political folks. It's not really our bag. But even in saying that, we're still very impressed, nay in awe, by the amount of global attention a few hundred protestors on O’Connell Street got last Saturday and the subsequent cancellation of Blair's book tour due to the furore. Fight the power and all that shiiite... Louis Walsh Whilst in town, Tony Blair was holed-up in the Shelbourne Hotel on The Green where a cordon of steel and Gardas was erected to protect the former British Prime Minister... Our country maybe broke folks but we have no problem spending countless thousands closing down St Stephen's Green and O'Connell Street for some foreigner to jet-in to flog his book... Then manhandle and lock-up the people who protest against this madness... Will we ever learn? Jedward aka John & Edward Grimes And speaking of The Shelbourne we spotted cheeky chappy and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern leaving the top hotel after visiting Tony Blair on Friday night, then doing a legger with a free copy of his book. Good man Bertie, Irish politics is all about the freebies. Coz it certainly aint about building a fair and progressive society. Imelda May & Seamus Begley Other guests at The Late Late Show included: Donncha O'Callaghan, Imelda May, Seamus Begley, Donal Lunny, Louis Walsh, Pat Shortt, Jedward, and a few more... Donncha O'Callaghan Right. Now all that crazy nonsense is over - what have we learned folks? Getting out on the street and protesting against the wrongs of those in power, who wield said power for self interest and not for the greater good of the people, actually works. Rise up, Jah, Rastafari, etc... Donal Lunny Pat Shortt Gerry Lundberg, Sinead O'Doherty Imelda May

**Users can ONLY comment via the ShowBiz.ie site** Leave a Comment President Bertie – La La Land September 11, 2010 - 13:47 Leave me bud, Anto Blair alone! BTW, don't forget to vote for your uncle Bertie for Prez! horse September 08, 2010 - 11:37 Bertie looking smug as usual, laughing at the everyone having taken the p*ss out of every tax payer for the past ten years......prxxk! John – Ireland September 07, 2010 - 17:57 Ahern looks even more like a slithering, snake then usual in that Photo. kelly – dublin September 07, 2010 - 12:42 I like Bertie but man has he put on some weight mucker – ballina September 07, 2010 - 11:52 Stick to what you kno is right. bank guarantee was necessary. Similiar decisions were necessary in most EU countries & were being pushed by ECB. It took a brave man to make it. Lenihan is both brave and competent. Its ok for fookers to sit on the sidelines criticising but i like to see them in the same scenario. Ireland with its own anti war movement and us being neutral so long. its laughable. either middle class socialists who can afford to do this because they are living off mammy and daddy or fringe republicans from splinter parties who are living in a bygone era. They can all fook off and live in Pyongang. see how far their protests get them. Badger September 07, 2010 - 11:21 Berties face is the same colour as the book cover! Dee September 07, 2010 - 10:35 There are people being being killed & tortured all over the world every day of the week under the brutal leadership of people like Saddam Hussein. Blair and Bush went to Iraq for the MONEY, not to save the citizens there. Let's wisen up here. We don't see the US and UK in Darfur saving all their citizens now, do we? As for Bertie? The contemptuous look on his face in that pic of yours, Showbiz, says it all really. anonymiss September 07, 2010 - 09:16 @ FAS couldnt agree more! EB – Dublin September 07, 2010 - 08:28 They should be protesting about Bertie Ahern, the biggest crook of them all. I'd love to wipe that stupid smirk off his face. Well said Showbiz in the first paragraph about the protestors not marching on Leinster House. Bunch of hypocrites. FAS – to MENSA September 07, 2010 - 07:57 Huge fan of Tony Blair - seriously high intellectual capabilities. Couldn't make it into Eason's on Saturday, fairly disappointed. Protesters have a right to voice their opinion - don't have a right to scrap with the Gardai and be abusive. SHOWBIZ.IE – Recommended Links: September 07, 2010 - 00:16 The Late Late Show: www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/ Leave a Comment * Your name * Your email address (will not be published) Your location Remember me ? ? Powered by TalkBack 1 **COMMENTS REMOVED ON REQUEST**