tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post1533919575020124356..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Sun Blair HypocrisyTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-64194957291558782142017-07-17T13:35:16.207+01:002017-07-17T13:35:16.207+01:00Barenboim I don't mind.
The rest of them aren...Barenboim I don't mind.<br /><br />The rest of them aren't "straight". Ask Chilcot.<br /><br />I'm not inclined to listen to somebody with a glaring record of crookedness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-17866423617325915772017-07-17T11:55:55.692+01:002017-07-17T11:55:55.692+01:00There is no necessity to like the messenger. Just ...There is no necessity to like the messenger. Just listen.<br /><br />Seeing as the bulk of the country has rolled over, seems to have settled for a Brexit inevitability, and is lying there saying "OK, screw me over", I'm glad that the likes of Blair, Campbell, etc can be getting good media coverage for the opposite point of view. (And a big up there for Daniel Barenboim at the RAH yesterday evening).<br /><br />No one else commands the attention - well not until such time as our elected representatives discover some backbone and defy the party whips. Don't hold your breath though. pete cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-43569318039624445142017-07-17T10:06:08.975+01:002017-07-17T10:06:08.975+01:00@Rivo 22:03.
Blair and Brown stood by and did not...@Rivo 22:03.<br /><br />Blair and Brown stood by and did nothing as the "sub prime" and "derivatives" scam escalated into the inevitable Depression. A blind man on a galloping horse could see it coming. There were plenty of warnings, even from "economist" spivs in the same far Right area of politics as Blair and Brown. Just months before the Depression hit Brown actually boasted, "We have abolished boom and bust".<br /><br />Their role was to slavishly follow the economic hoodlums of the Chicago School. Just as Clinton did when repealing the Glass-Steagall legislation, the main root of the current Depression. All for a taste of power.<br /><br />The pair of them are even more morally corrupt than Bernie Madoff, George Soros or any of the other thieves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-91609734445710576202017-07-17T07:43:07.710+01:002017-07-17T07:43:07.710+01:00Where Blair is concerned it is a matter of, “It’s ...Where Blair is concerned it is a matter of, <i>“It’s the messenger, stupid, not the message.”</i> It is also a case of, <i>“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”</i><br /><br />The man’s past political actions are the clearest possible demonstration of why nobody should trust Blair the Messenger Boy an inch. The notion that his words can be separated from his actions belongs to the corrupt “public relations” world of trained liars like Alastair Campbell and Andrew Coulson. It is nothing more than a corruption of common sense and human morality. In the formal words of John Chilcot, Blair is “not straight”. Which means Blair is crooked. Which means he is a liar. Anybody who trusts him and his type is a fool.<br /><br />Since, like many others, I voted Remain I do not need a notorious liar and homicidal hypocrite to acquaint me with the issues in Brexit. Nor will such a person persuade anybody with their own measure of natural common sense. Quite the opposite, if anything. That is how bad Blair is.<br />The question, then, is this: What’s he up to? And why did mainstream media give such a reprehensible individual so much air time? As a supplementary query, why did John Chilcot surface after all this time to re-make a rather obvious statement?<br /><br />In my opinion one of the answers lies in Blair’s closing attack on Jeremy Corbyn, his real target, as “far Left”– which is utter nonsense since Corbyn is a Social Democrat of long held open, decent principles. Which means if Corbyn is “far Left,” Blair is far Right. Not that THAT will come as any surprise to alert British citizens and/or innocent victims mass murdered or made refugees in the East – even in European Yugoslavia – on Blair’s orders.<br /><br />I doubt if even his “conversion” to Catholicism is genuine. More likely he seeks the absurd superstitious ritual of “confession” to justify his self-pity. After all, he has failed to apologise for or admit his wrongness in warmongering. Again quite the opposite, he actually said he was “proud” of what he did in Iraq, Aghanistan, Yugoslavia and Libya.<br /><br />No, we should take no lectures from Blair or his kind. Even less from <i>the Sun</i> “news”paper, a far Right propaganda rag which, appropriately, Blair once coveted for its support of his evil deeds. There is a rich sense of irony now they should turn on each other in a far Right faction fight. I imagine it is not dissimilar to the dispute between Hitler and Rohm.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-68989697412586891482017-07-16T23:50:39.975+01:002017-07-16T23:50:39.975+01:00I shall never forget a radio interview in Australi...I shall never forget a radio interview in Australia with Rupert Murdoch in 2005 were he excitedly said the Iraq War was going "swimmingly" and the price of oil would be half the price per barrel by "next year".<br />Of course the oil price continued to rise and we know how "swimmingly" the war has gone for Iraqi citizens.<br />But what was illuminating was the Murdoch never expressed a tiny scintilla of interest in said Iraqi citizens or even US and allied military personnel as they died in the 1000s nor was he asked about them by the fawning shock jock who he had graced with his presence. The man is a complete monster whose entire life is devoted to profit and in that he has completely mis-understood and ignored the nature of the internet and social media which is why know lashes out with such venom and hate via proxy. His minions are no better.Sam Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294364000748130992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-18063732178051290342017-07-16T22:50:06.173+01:002017-07-16T22:50:06.173+01:00Alan Clifford, do you have many friends (that is,...Alan Clifford, do you have many friends (that is, people who talk to you face to face)? Or do you just sit on the back of the number 86 into town muttering? Andy McDonaldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-23484838585246064892017-07-16T22:03:41.521+01:002017-07-16T22:03:41.521+01:00@Anonymous - What role was that, exactly? Were Ton...@Anonymous - What role was that, exactly? Were Tony and Gordon running a side-business in the States selling sub-prime mortgages? Because unless they were I'm not sure how you can put the blame on them...Rivohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862803953863889027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-89754492710467912042017-07-16T20:52:46.387+01:002017-07-16T20:52:46.387+01:00I think the appropriate response here is "It&...I think the appropriate response here is "It's the message, stupid, never mind the messenger".<br /><br />If droves of us core Labour voters could hold our noses and vote Corbyn with little liklihood of him delivering anything solid, then I'm damn sure others can hold theirs and endorse what Blair and others are saying.<br /><br />Brexit is quite possibly our biggest potential error for several generations. It mustn't happen. And there are far more crucial discussions we should be engaged in over our likely future.pete cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-30647866147121730962017-07-16T17:48:48.727+01:002017-07-16T17:48:48.727+01:00I'm looking forward to the Brexit climbdown. L...I'm looking forward to the Brexit climbdown. Love to know how they are going to deal with that one. Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-8813834025863383172017-07-16T17:39:21.222+01:002017-07-16T17:39:21.222+01:00I don't believe Blair because he's a mass ...I don't believe Blair because he's a mass murdering war criminal gobshite who should be arraigned in front of an international court. Plus the role he and Brown played in bringing on the Great Depression of 2008. Plus his attempted demolition of everything decent the Labour Party is supposed to stand for. That's quite apart from his self pitying whiney voice, stupid hand gestures and the way he holds his mouth.<br /><br />In other words, he's every bit the same kind of far right corrupt cunt that is Murdoch, Northcliffe and the tories.<br /><br />He can shove that and his laughable "institute" up his arse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com