Comments on The Pensive Quill: This & That. Take 4

Well there you have it Alasdair Mc Donnell great l...

2012-01-02T17:34:05.510Z

Well there you have it Alasdair Mc Donnell great leader of the sdlp has given us his new year message,he intends to share out the cake more evenly among the few in the party ,the rest can eat shit like the rest of us...

LMAO at the pic on your facebook a cara kinda remi...

2012-01-02T13:34:38.518Z

LMAO at the pic on your facebook a cara kinda reminds me of another wet good Friday afternoon in Bundoran....

Reading through the recently released govt papers...

2012-01-01T22:13:09.470Z

Reading through the recently released govt papers under the 30 year notice,I had to chuckle at the article about the First minister Peter the punt you know Marty qsf,s mate talking about civil war,and that other waster Beattie threatening to burn down west Belfastin 1981,now wouldnt that have been something to see I know Peter the punt and Beattie wouldnt have lead the charge,and it wouldnt have been another Clontiberet,the brits should have said ok go ahead and try ,it may have sorted this whole mess out long ago and I dont think Paisley and co would have come out top dogs...as the line from the song went "thet would have go a rude awakening"

Kinda reminds me of "I vuz only obeying order...

2011-12-31T14:53:27.904Z

Kinda reminds me of "I vuz only obeying orders" dont you think Anthony ,I think when intelligent people close their minds to reason and reject the evidence presented,then they become as culpable as those they blindly follow,and history will judge them so. Mickeyboy on the other hand has an excuse,he,s a dipstick.

Marty, I don't much go on it myself but when...

2011-12-31T14:22:14.058Z

Marty,

I don't much go on it myself but when somebody directs you to a gutting like what happened there it is usually worth a visit.

People who today abandon the hunger strikers to protect a party, while not as culpable as the party leaders who steered Joe McDonnell to certain death, share deep traits with those leaders.

Thats the first visit I,ve made to Slugger in yonk...

2011-12-31T10:15:14.813Z

Thats the first visit I,ve made to Slugger in yonks Anthony, debating such important issues with the likes of Pat McLarnon and Mickeyboy are only good for one thing and that is it shows how well the qsf anal probes have worked and they have left them in as well..

For some light relief although on a heavy hearted ...

2011-12-31T01:04:34.397Z

For some light relief although on a heavy hearted topic, have a look at Slugger O'Toole and watch Dixie and Rusty Nail eviscerate Pat McLarnon

Marty, I don’t know what is worse the ghoulish ex...

2011-12-27T19:14:00.019Z

Marty,

I don’t know what is worse the ghoulish exploitation of the dead volunteers or the eegits who buy it as without those eegits there would be no market for this revolting exploitation.

What next MDU a hunger strikers slimming pack,a 60...

2011-12-27T12:17:23.463Z

What next MDU a hunger strikers slimming pack,a 60 day course guaranteed to work or your money back and a free blanket with every purchase,charlatans the whole fuckin lot like their new found friends the hierarchy of the church,relics anyone!!!!

Let's not forget the steady source of income Q...

2011-12-27T11:41:22.553Z

Let's not forget the steady source of income QSF (and the Bobby Sands Trust front) have from marketing Bobby's image, even when his family has pointedly told them to cease. I see they've also now started to peddle Francie Hughes merchandise, did they ask permission?

Belfast Bookworm, that would be my take on it. It...

2011-12-27T10:44:43.125Z

Belfast Bookworm,

that would be my take on it. It seems so cheap and tacky, as if the pain undergone had been glossed over by the commodity culture.

A plate is such an ill fitting means of commemorating a dead hunger striker. In other cirucumstances it would be ok but not for a hunger striker. It would take little in the way of imagination to come up with something different.

Mick, 'bourgeois politicians' seems such ...

2011-12-26T18:38:32.993Z

Mick,

'bourgeois politicians' seems such a fitting description.

Belfast bookworm to use these icons as a merchandi...

2011-12-26T15:27:04.962Z

Belfast bookworm to use these icons as a merchandising product is disgusting enough for me but the fact that three of those icons were members of the INLA and when we look at how badly the prm treated this organisation its disgraceful that they should have the cheek to use their memories to fill their coffers, the original members of that organisation would have had some harsh words to say about that and maybe even harsher actions .

Anthony, A few years ago I was browsing the SF we...

2011-12-26T09:53:55.367Z

Anthony,

A few years ago I was browsing the SF website & saw plates, dinner plates, with inscriptions of the hunger strikers faces on them. I emalied them to point out how this was in such bad taste & got some rubbish back about how the website only hosted merchandise for sellers - or something equally nonsensical. They took pains to point out that the plates would probably be used by most people as decorative items - and they're probably right. But surely, like you say, there must be better ways?

FINGERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE CROSSED that is the be...

2011-12-25T15:12:09.328Z

FINGERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE CROSSED that is the best news this Christmas so far Sandy

Sandy Boyer I'm told that Marian Price's ...

2011-12-25T14:18:01.762Z

Sandy Boyer

I'm told that Marian Price's lawyers are cautiously optimistic that she could be released early in the new year. At Wednesday's Parole Commission hearing in Maghaberry the British government said her pardon had been shredded. This makes it very difficult for them to prove that she was ever on license.

On Monday, the High Court ruled that Martin Corey is entitled to challenge the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland's decision to revoke his license in court. Republican Sinn Fein says in a statement that even if the court releases him Martin Corey will "spend at least another three months locked in a prison cell."

These decisions will be at least as much political as legal. We all need to work together not only for Marian Price and Martin Corey but for all the prisoners in Maghaberry.

Sandy Boyer

I'm told that Marian Price's lawyers are cautiously optimistic that she could be released early in the new year. At Wednesday's Parole Commission hearing in Maghaberry the British government said her pardon had been shredded. This makes it very difficult for them to prove that she was ever on license.

On Monday, the High Court ruled that Martin Corey is entitled to challenge the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland's decision to revoke his license in court. Republican Sinn Fein says in a statement that even if the court releases him Martin Corey will "spend at least another three months locked in a prison cell."

These decisions will be at least as much political as legal. We all need to work together not only for Marian Price and Martin Corey but for all the prisoners in Maghaberry.

BKeane, didn't see your comment as a defence ...

2011-12-25T11:01:54.403Z

BKeane,

didn't see your comment as a defence of SF, merely the articulation of a perspective which it is always worthwhile to have.

I lived in ny for 10 years. I attended $500 a plat...

2011-12-24T23:55:54.598Z

I lived in ny for 10 years. I attended $500 a plate dinners in the finest of hotels. I only stopped when I saw what was happening in America. At the time, they were working to change Irish America to friends of sinn fein because they knew they would be losing money to the new republican movement after their defeat. Its the way it was done though, so slimy and sneaky.
The second thing I want to say is, and I hate defending qsf, but most of these american trips are set up and paid for by supporters in America, they make every arrangement for them from hotels to transport. It was the same with Dev, he lived in the top hotel in ny but it was irish america that was paying for all that. Though not a big fan of Dev, it must be defended that when Dev was living in this hotel he was looking for recognition as the president of the Irish people. I think when you are seeking that kind of recognition, a top hotel is an adequate residence.

Organized rage cant disagree with that a cara nol...

2011-12-24T17:36:15.520Z

Organized rage cant disagree with that a cara nollaig shona duit

"you can only fall into that trap if you you ...

2011-12-24T10:47:40.477Z

"you can only fall into that trap if you you let yourself fall into it"

Indeed, but in a party like SF, it is a self perpetuating thing, younger members will see people like Sheehan with his feet up in a 5* hotel and will conclude if it is alright for a man like him, who am I to object. The message is clear, if you tow the party line you to may tour the world in the lap of luxury.

These people are just behaving as what they are, bourgeoise politicians, what irritants me more is these folk are able to travel into the USA without a hitch, whilst many republicans still cannot get a visa.

Belfastgit, it reminds me of the old saying that ...

2011-12-24T02:56:16.691Z

Belfastgit,

it reminds me of the old saying that some people would rather be wrong than isolated

AM, Yeah, point taken. When you said “I would rath...

2011-12-24T00:30:36.732Z

AM,
Yeah, point taken. When you said “I would rather make them think about it, rather than shame them”, well, the likes of Kelly and Sheehan et al, have no shame and haven’t had for years. You are right of course, about Joe McDonnell, but if any of them had the temerity to bring something like that up, they’d be booted up the hole and lashed onto the Falls Road as “lepers”!

Organised rage you can only fall into that trap if...

2011-12-23T22:35:05.190Z

Organised rage you can only fall into that trap if you you let yourself fall into it a cara. cant imagine Marian,Nuala Anthony Alec or Dixe or indeed any genuine socialist republican,which of course these people are definitely not.carpetbaggers is imo a more apt description. one would think the party would have a policy on such things,and indeed inform organisers of such events that accommodation ,travel etc should be kept within a reasonable budget.but as I say qsf aint no socialist or republican organisation ,

Alfie 2 points Mickeyboy nil points

2011-12-23T22:16:38.495Z

Alfie 2 points Mickeyboy nil points

Michael, From the Irish Times: "The part...

2011-12-23T20:04:13.670Z
Michael,

From the Irish Times:

"The party, which berates other political parties in the Republic for accepting funding from similar interests, raised some $400,000 in donations in the United States this year, but reported a profit there of just $31,721, latest figures have shown.

The New York-based Friends of Sinn Féin plunged into a $54,000 loss for the six months ending in October, in large part due to a $60,000 transportation and accommodation bill for party leaders travelling to the US."

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/1207/1224308683003.html