Friday, March 19, 2004

Ireland in June

"...Can you imagine? They're bringing Bush over. That's when we start stamping our feet something fierce in front of the world. He'll have the whole country up from the ground protesting."

Bush goes to Dublin to speak at a meeting of European nations. The size of Ireland makes any corner of the country easy to reach by protesters. The Bush government has been discussing places for safe meetings in the empty west of Ireland. The people around Bush feel any unfriendly crowd is a frontal assault that requires the 10th Mountain Division to defend. The Bush people think that the west of Ireland will be friendly. They are that out of touch with Ireland. The people will go anywhere to protest against Bush and his war. A corner of Mayo, or Grafton Street in Dublin, are equally good.

...The Irish Herald newspaper printed that Bush will have 700 people with him, and the American security people have asked for immunity for anybody who shoots and kills a protester. This could be a standard request, but it looks like hell to see it in print in Ireland.

Bush revels in crowds from these low IQ states who have at best an eight-grade reading level. All through long dark years of poverty, Ireland never gave upon the most stringent, classic education. And the country now might be the best read people on earth. This is American ignorance at its highest...

The Irish can be expected to rail against cheap lies and this could cause Bush to be embarrassed in front of the world.
  Jimmy Breslin Newsday article

I don't think so. If he hasn't embarrassed himself yet, no one can do it.

....but hey, give it a go, me darlins....we're with you.

I've a feeling about these next few months as Bubble Boy tries to get out and about for photo ops. He's trying to run on his foreign policy - yeah, I know - pretty stupid - but what else has he got? And there aren't too many places left where he can go and not have protests in the streets. Of course, he'll just take the incredible entourage and make the outrageous security demands. 700 - that's even more than went to London. How much did that cost us again?

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