Garda Siochana were on high alert after Moneygall residents were terrified by the prospect of a thin, black man wearing athletic wear of as of yet unknown American street gang (green and gold are the colors) roaming the streets of Moneygall looking to skin a CAT, preferably of Kilkenny origin. See story below:
News Item: Offaly Independent News-Obama
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Obama may "pass over" Moneygall; blames 10,000 maniacs
NEWS ITEM: Bad weather (RAIN AND HIGH WINDS) may prevent Obama from going to his ancestral "homeland" on Monday. IrishCentral.com-bad weather
Obama, who must always assess blame for everything bad that happens, is debating whether to pin the blame on fellow Irishwoman Natalie Geraldine O'Shea Merchant and her 1987 hit "Like the Weather" .
Obama, who must always assess blame for everything bad that happens, is debating whether to pin the blame on fellow Irishwoman Natalie Geraldine O'Shea Merchant and her 1987 hit "Like the Weather" .
UCC Professor Johnny Murphy Bows Down Once Again
Revision UCC historian Johnny Murphy jokes with the Queen about the burying of the Queen Victoria statue by Irish republicans. In case you didn't know, Johnny Murphy came to the defense of the Black and Tans when "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" was released, saying that the atrocities committed by them were exaggerated in the film. RTE's Brendan O' Hehir responded with his satirical poem "The Gentle Black and Tan" (see below):
THE GENTLE BLACK AND TAN
Come all you staunch revisionists
And listen to my song,
It's short and it's unusual
And it won't detain you long.
It's all about a soldier
Who has carried history's can,
Who dodged Tom Barry and Dan Breen
The gentle Black and Tan.
'Twas the curse of unemployment
That drove him to our shore.
His jacket black and trousers tan
Like a badge of shame he wore.
"Subdue the rebel Irish
And shoot them when you can!"
"May God forgive me if I do,"
Prayed the gentle Black and Tan.
The burning of Cork city
Was indeed a mighty blaze.
The jewellers' shops were gutted
Not before the spoils were shared.
Gold and silver ornaments,
Rings and watches for each man,
"But I only struck the matches,"
Said the gentle Black and Tan.
Croke Park and Bloody Sunday
Was our hero's greatest test.
The spectators on the terraces
Nigh impossible to miss.
With salt tears his eyes were blinded
And down his cheeks they ran,
So he only shot Mick Hogan
The gentle Black and Tan.
So take heed you blinkered Nationalists
Fair warning take from me.
If you want to live in safety
And keep this land at sea.
Take heed of our three heroes
Murphy, Edwards and Yer Man,
Who will sing the fame and clear the name
Of the gentle Black and Tan.
By Breandan O hÉithir
THE GENTLE BLACK AND TAN
Come all you staunch revisionists
And listen to my song,
It's short and it's unusual
And it won't detain you long.
It's all about a soldier
Who has carried history's can,
Who dodged Tom Barry and Dan Breen
The gentle Black and Tan.
'Twas the curse of unemployment
That drove him to our shore.
His jacket black and trousers tan
Like a badge of shame he wore.
"Subdue the rebel Irish
And shoot them when you can!"
"May God forgive me if I do,"
Prayed the gentle Black and Tan.
The burning of Cork city
Was indeed a mighty blaze.
The jewellers' shops were gutted
Not before the spoils were shared.
Gold and silver ornaments,
Rings and watches for each man,
"But I only struck the matches,"
Said the gentle Black and Tan.
Croke Park and Bloody Sunday
Was our hero's greatest test.
The spectators on the terraces
Nigh impossible to miss.
With salt tears his eyes were blinded
And down his cheeks they ran,
So he only shot Mick Hogan
The gentle Black and Tan.
So take heed you blinkered Nationalists
Fair warning take from me.
If you want to live in safety
And keep this land at sea.
Take heed of our three heroes
Murphy, Edwards and Yer Man,
Who will sing the fame and clear the name
Of the gentle Black and Tan.
By Breandan O hÉithir
Ruth Dudley Edwards: I'm Proud to be BOTH irish and British
NEWS ITEM: Ditto sez SIR ANTHONY O' REILLY, Ambassador Rooney's "Irish mentor". To paraphrase my Jewish brethren: "Oy Vey". One cannot have one's cake and eat it too, much as one may try.
independent.ie: "I'm proud to be Irish and I'm proud to be British too
independent.ie: "I'm proud to be Irish and I'm proud to be British too
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Northern Ireland's First Ho Iris Robinson steps out again; sans boytoy
NEWS ITEM: NI Prime Minister Peter Robinson's wife Iris made her first appearance since the scandal involving a boytoy some 40 years her junior (Joan Collins sez: "you go girl") broke some 15 months ago.
Iris (I could have a shot at her as well) and her husband DUP leader Peter appeared at a state dinner for the Queen at Dublin castle in honor of her Majesty's historic first visit to the former crown jewel of the Empire.
The last British monarch visited Ireland 100 years ago, shortly before Michael Collins, Tom Barry, Dan Breen and a host of other merry Munster men sent that "shower of hoors" (a.k.a., the "Black and Tans") scurrying back across the Irish Sea just in time to attend the Princess Consort Lord Louise Mountbatten's annual Cambridge cotillion for all future British queens about to emerge from the closet. Oh those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end, we'd dance forever and a day. we'd live the life we choose, we'd FIGHT and NEVER lose, oh YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS.
Great jokes about IRIS at that time were told me by the world's wittiest bartender, Kieran Murray @ McGuinness' in that old 'RA stronghold, Sunnyside, Queens in NYC. "Lord of the Queens" CS(B)I the GasBag now runs a combo gin joint/bath house on Queens Blvd. Only a matter of time till Bette Midler performs in the back garden over the summer to re-live her early career.
First joke: Peter Robinson goes to visit the optometrist, complaining that something is stuck in his Eye-ris.
Second joke: Official statement of the Parades commission on the Robinson's affair: "You may bang her as long and as hard as you like so long as you march up the traditional route."
I must say that some of the wittiest people I have ever met are from Fermanagh; must be the lingering spirit of Oscar Wilde.
Iris (I could have a shot at her as well) and her husband DUP leader Peter appeared at a state dinner for the Queen at Dublin castle in honor of her Majesty's historic first visit to the former crown jewel of the Empire.
The last British monarch visited Ireland 100 years ago, shortly before Michael Collins, Tom Barry, Dan Breen and a host of other merry Munster men sent that "shower of hoors" (a.k.a., the "Black and Tans") scurrying back across the Irish Sea just in time to attend the Princess Consort Lord Louise Mountbatten's annual Cambridge cotillion for all future British queens about to emerge from the closet. Oh those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end, we'd dance forever and a day. we'd live the life we choose, we'd FIGHT and NEVER lose, oh YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS.
Great jokes about IRIS at that time were told me by the world's wittiest bartender, Kieran Murray @ McGuinness' in that old 'RA stronghold, Sunnyside, Queens in NYC. "Lord of the Queens" CS(B)I the GasBag now runs a combo gin joint/bath house on Queens Blvd. Only a matter of time till Bette Midler performs in the back garden over the summer to re-live her early career.
First joke: Peter Robinson goes to visit the optometrist, complaining that something is stuck in his Eye-ris.
Second joke: Official statement of the Parades commission on the Robinson's affair: "You may bang her as long and as hard as you like so long as you march up the traditional route."
I must say that some of the wittiest people I have ever met are from Fermanagh; must be the lingering spirit of Oscar Wilde.
Charges Against ND88 Dropped; Arrested at 2009 Notre Dame Commencement Protesting Obama's Honorary Degree
NEWS ITEM: Charges Against ND88 Dropped by Prosecutor as Requested by the University of Notre Dame
The St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak has agreed to drop the charges against the 88 people arrested for peaceful protest in prayer over the awarding of an honorary degree to President Barack Obama at the 2009 University of Notre Dame commencement. The protest was over Notre Dame's contravention of the US Conference of Bishops' 2004 policy against Catholic Universities awarding honors to those supporting policies not in accord with Church teaching. The fine legal work of the Thomas More Society was responsible for this hard fought legal victory as Notre Dame was looking at a lawsuit as the deadline for filing approached.
Bill Dempsey (ND Class of 1952) and his gang at the (Sycamore Trust) and Dr. Charles E. Rice (Professor Emeritus, ND Law School) were hugely supportive in rallying troops to support the ND88 in their long battle.
Check out Dr. Rice's book ("What happened to Notre Dame"), which details the University's descent into secularization. His book is for sale at Amazon.
The St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak has agreed to drop the charges against the 88 people arrested for peaceful protest in prayer over the awarding of an honorary degree to President Barack Obama at the 2009 University of Notre Dame commencement. The protest was over Notre Dame's contravention of the US Conference of Bishops' 2004 policy against Catholic Universities awarding honors to those supporting policies not in accord with Church teaching. The fine legal work of the Thomas More Society was responsible for this hard fought legal victory as Notre Dame was looking at a lawsuit as the deadline for filing approached.
Bill Dempsey (ND Class of 1952) and his gang at the (Sycamore Trust) and Dr. Charles E. Rice (Professor Emeritus, ND Law School) were hugely supportive in rallying troops to support the ND88 in their long battle.
Check out Dr. Rice's book ("What happened to Notre Dame"), which details the University's descent into secularization. His book is for sale at Amazon.
Bin Laden's Guns on the Ground; Should Have Heeded Bob Dylan's Advice
News Item: Irishtimes.com: Bin Laden's Guns Found Unfired After He Was Killed
OBL should have listened to Bob Dylan's lyrical advice from "Knockin' on Heaven's Door": "Mama don't put my guns in the Ground"; perhaps he preferred the musical stylings of Johnny Cash: "Don't Wear Your Guns to Town, Son". Nah, in all likelihood, he was following the words of Maria Muldaur's 70's pop hit "Midnight at the Oasis" and "Sending His Camel to Bed" (could he have been far behind). OBL clearly must have drank too much of Obama's verbal Kool-Aid (the Cairo speech cow tailing to the Muslim world view), believing he was never in danger and would have received adequate warning through his "network" before he would be taken out by the US. Guess NOT, huh!
OBL should have listened to Bob Dylan's lyrical advice from "Knockin' on Heaven's Door": "Mama don't put my guns in the Ground"; perhaps he preferred the musical stylings of Johnny Cash: "Don't Wear Your Guns to Town, Son". Nah, in all likelihood, he was following the words of Maria Muldaur's 70's pop hit "Midnight at the Oasis" and "Sending His Camel to Bed" (could he have been far behind). OBL clearly must have drank too much of Obama's verbal Kool-Aid (the Cairo speech cow tailing to the Muslim world view), believing he was never in danger and would have received adequate warning through his "network" before he would be taken out by the US. Guess NOT, huh!
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