Comments on The Pensive Quill: Periscopic Myopia

Robert, Thank you. I merely present the case as I...

2012-11-13T08:59:55.009Z

Robert,

Thank you. I merely present the case as I see it. I think any detached reader can easily see who is gilding the lily here. ‘Analytical trauma’ as you describe it is self inflicted. There is no need for Niall O’Dowd to persist in such fanciful notions. But I suppose it depends on who your advisers are. Clearly he is ill advised and ill informed but then wants to blame the illness of someone else. The irony.

Marty, I think he knows little about the place an...

2012-11-12T20:11:05.407Z

Marty,

I think he knows little about the place any more and relies on Bangers to keep him crooked.

Larry,

It seems that is precisely what they did – round up the usual suspect. It makes me feel that they are trying to set him up for assassination.

WBUR: U.S. Supreme Court Halts Turnover Of Secret IRA Tapes

Anthony, 'Down Periscope was considered as a ...

2012-11-03T00:06:15.604Z

Anthony,

'Down Periscope was considered as a title. I recall reading a book when I was very young called 'Up Periscope.'

'Perisopic Myopia' is such an eloquent title that frames the debate from the outset and heads up a corrective lense on the matter.

It appears, albeit of Niall's own volition, not to be a fair fight. By his own reckoning O'Dowd is an expert in all things Irish - hardly a recognised academic field that would qualify or equip him with the tools to confront you in the ring of disciplines within which he is so evidently outclassed. The minimalist approach to Adams' IRA role endows the myopic pugilist with the incurable problem of a glass chin that reduces his ability to tolerate the analytical trauma you continue to visit upon him without being knocked out.
It occured to me earlier that periscopes are invariably mounted on a 'conning tower'. That I suppose basically sums this up - epistemic commitment v a lightweight con job.

Seems Padraig Wilson can't catch a break these...

2012-11-02T17:14:15.431Z

Seems Padraig Wilson can't catch a break these days.

Could it be he's being thrown to the wolves?

The brits have invaded something like 49 countries...

2012-11-02T15:50:55.130Z

The brits have invaded something like 49 countries and counting and the common denominator is that all the natives turned out to be terrorists. Now today Mi6 McGuinness has stated that after Colin Duffy was arrested

'He hopes there will be convicitions in this case'.

I think the time must surely be getting close for some of these SF boyos!

itsjustmacker 'Big kick up the backside for P...

2012-11-02T14:49:09.851Z

itsjustmacker

'Big kick up the backside for PSF, There International Affairs chief locked up, lets see if Adams/Mc Guinness screams out about this, will he go onto dirty protest?.'

as i said to michaelhenry on facebook..

'who cares'
They ignored the lads on dirty protest from day one when people including me just wished theyd do ther whack.. now it has been deliberately ignored until some screw got stiffed... SF can go swing...what price an xray machine. if the troubles do come back THEY CAUSED IT.

keep that brit fucker outa maghabrey, do ye think es wanted in there?

Padraic Wilson, 53, was the leader of IRA prisoner...

2012-11-02T12:22:07.733Z

Padraic Wilson, 53, was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze Prison in the late 1990s.

He appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court charged with IRA membership and addressing a meeting to encourage support for the IRA.
He has been remanded in custody.

Big kick up the backside for PSF, There International Affairs chief locked up, lets see if Adams/Mc Guinness screams out about this, will he go onto dirty protest?.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20175429.

AM.

Things are looking up for you now, hope the good news continues and all the taped interviews are permanently blocked.

Great result so far Anthony, ED,

2012-11-02T11:17:35.189Z

Great result so far Anthony, ED,

British Subpoenas Blocked

Supreme Court halts turnover of secret IRA tapes

Robert, Down Periscope was considered as a title....

2012-11-02T08:17:54.061Z

Robert,

Down Periscope was considered as a title. I recall reading a book when I was very young called 'Up Periscope.'

Marty It does Niall O’Dowd no favours as an anal...

2012-11-02T07:26:54.116Z

Marty

It does Niall O’Dowd no favours as an analyst to be spewing such a line. He simply becomes an organ of propaganda rather than a disseminator of news.

The IRA (NOT PIRA/SF they are embarrassing history...

2012-11-01T19:17:20.894Z

The IRA (NOT PIRA/SF they are embarrassing history), would have shamed the SF croppies no end if they were only more effective and more regularly EVEN MORE 'EFFECTIVER' lol I for one would love it in my heart to watch SF totally 'croppying' themselves at the steps of Stormont as they have no knees left in their trousers at this stage it would be a case of...

as the tv ad says...OH THATS GOTTA HURT!!

Apart from Martybroy I wonder how many members of ...

2012-11-01T18:55:46.272Z

Apart from Martybroy I wonder how many members of quisling $inn £ein will attend yer mans funeral....

What an interesting statement from Martybroy Mc G...

2012-11-01T18:34:58.081Z

What an interesting statement from Martybroy Mc Guinness some call him a tout codenamed Fisherman.during his condemnation of the shooting of lol member and p.o Black, from the steps of Stormont he said the word "FOURSQUARE" this made me immediately think back to the day when he and Gerrybroy when they were not in the ra,and the shooting of security forces undercover operatives operating as a laundry and dry cleaning service in the Twinbrook area using that very title ,do you think the use of that word "FOURSQUARE "could be a Freudian slip..

Belfast Bookworm Totally agree with you concernin...

2012-11-01T17:17:39.349Z

Belfast Bookworm

Totally agree with you concerning S. Armagh.

Hope Collie Duffy has his jail pajamas washed the Lurgan UVF/RUC will be rounding up the 'usual' suspect any minute now.

Dave; 'South Armagh IRA can give Grizzly 2 f...

2012-11-01T15:28:08.941Z

Dave;

'South Armagh IRA can give Grizzly 2 fingers any time they want'.

I think you're believing too much of South Armagh's own hype.

That area experienced its fair share of problems post-ceasefire in terms of volunteers not being happy (to say the least) with everything and there was voices of dissent, even a few who walked away, but the overwhelming majority of volunteers and activists styled loyal to SF; were and are on board with SF's 'strategy for peace'.

Anyone in South Armagh who was going to dissent will have already done so - those left in 'the movement' ain't gonna do a thing.

In relation to the USA version of ODowd Anthony ha...

2012-11-01T15:01:34.220Z

In relation to the USA version of ODowd Anthony has it ever occurred to you that the bold Niallbroy may like the quisling $inn £ein president for life have a script writer like Jonathan Powell.and better still it may suit historians and truth seekers everywhere if the bold Jonathan would just admit he is or was the AC,

Is O Dowd (The norn iorn version)any relation to s...

2012-11-01T14:52:28.382Z

Is O Dowd (The norn iorn version)any relation to shrek,the resemblance is uncanny,and like Shrek O Dowd is a mild green colour to( usually a sign of illness in this case its mental)..wonder how long we will have to wait until those houndogs in the dup are calling for Colin Duffys arrest over this latest shooting...

maybe they are just clearing the way for more RC r...

2012-11-01T14:07:55.997Z

maybe they are just clearing the way for more RC recruits to the prison service that the government are calling for. McGuinness condemned it and O'Dowd fell short of calling it murder...

Dave a cara I agree with the first part of your po...

2012-11-01T13:23:34.308Z

Dave a cara I agree with the first part of your post ie shooting po,s however despicable is a waste of time,however to say that Adams had no control of the RA is akin to saying that the queen had no soldiers ,sorry a cara dont agree with you here ,the bearded one possibly with external influences manipulated the AC over the years until he had complete control with stooges in place instead of real revolutionaries..

Dave I thought the same until S Armagh (Dundalk) ...

2012-11-01T13:11:48.772Z

Dave

I thought the same until S Armagh (Dundalk) elected him. Couldn't believe it.

Murdering a prison officer will do nothing to furt...

2012-11-01T12:20:57.619Z

Murdering a prison officer will do nothing to further the republican cause. Provides handy cover for the UVF to engage in few dirty deeds of theor own. Adams no more controlled the IRA than Dennis Taylor did. he was a player a mong many.South Armagh IRA can give Grizzly 2 fingers any time they want.

'This attempt to lose Adams in the crowd simpl...

2012-11-01T12:12:44.265Z

'This attempt to lose Adams in the crowd simply does not wash. How many of the able bodied crew from local West Belfast made it to the nationwide Chief of Staff position within eight years of the organisation being formed?'

Reading a book just now and this section above on the meteoric rise of Adams and Scap near flattened me! I think republicans spend too much time studying themselves and their history and not enough looking at the Brits.

Say what you like about the Brits, but what they do they do well. YES mr kipling makes exceptionally good cakes!