Showing posts with label Brian Mór. Show all posts
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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was refused access to the White House for the annual Patrick's Day event hosted by President Barack Obama. As he sat outside in the lobby awaiting a decision a sketch artist captured him in a posture that showed his nose as being out of joint by what he felt was a calculated snub designed to put him at the back of the bus.
President Adams is reported to have told Sinn Fein First Lady Merry Woo McDonald that it was contrary to presidential protocol and etiquette and wholly inappropriate for one president to treat another in such a demeaning fashion. The President of Peace had been expecting an audience with the President of the United Sates which he was duly entitled to courtesy of their shared statesman status.
It is the second year in a row that President Adams has found himself on the receiving end of US disapproval. Last year after travelling to the States President Adams complained "that he wasn’t invited to any high level meetings with the president or high officials, instead being consigned to the general reception with the hoi polloi." Still, on that occasion he put his time to good use by meeting the building janitor who, according to President Adams, in a very important development berated President Obama for not being helpful to the peace process.
After yesterday's embarrassment Merry Woo McDonald told reporters that:
The real problem seems to have been much less serious than the political snub Merry Lou and some media gloats have been making it out to be. President Adams appears not to have been denied access to the White House bash because of any high level decision. Security staff on the ground were confused after President Adams denied being the Gerry Adams whose details were contained in passport he submitted to security.
All a minor mistake really, a trivial pursuit for dissident journalists, elements unhelpful to the peace process, ne'er-do-wells, begrudgers and naysayers.
President Adams is reported to have told Sinn Fein First Lady Merry Woo McDonald that it was contrary to presidential protocol and etiquette and wholly inappropriate for one president to treat another in such a demeaning fashion. The President of Peace had been expecting an audience with the President of the United Sates which he was duly entitled to courtesy of their shared statesman status.
It is the second year in a row that President Adams has found himself on the receiving end of US disapproval. Last year after travelling to the States President Adams complained "that he wasn’t invited to any high level meetings with the president or high officials, instead being consigned to the general reception with the hoi polloi." Still, on that occasion he put his time to good use by meeting the building janitor who, according to President Adams, in a very important development berated President Obama for not being helpful to the peace process.
After yesterday's embarrassment Merry Woo McDonald told reporters that:
We have long struggled for equality and presidents should be on an equal footing. But the US have a history of doing this to people who support the peace process in their own respective countries. The Salvadoran politician Roberto D'Aubisson, once described by that country's president as a man who "always supported very openly the peace process" was on occasion snubbed by US authorities as well. Gerry and Bob have made stellar contributions to peace and if we fail to acknowledge this by pampering them on the White House lawn others, not them of course, could go back to doing what they do best.
The real problem seems to have been much less serious than the political snub Merry Lou and some media gloats have been making it out to be. President Adams appears not to have been denied access to the White House bash because of any high level decision. Security staff on the ground were confused after President Adams denied being the Gerry Adams whose details were contained in passport he submitted to security.
All a minor mistake really, a trivial pursuit for dissident journalists, elements unhelpful to the peace process, ne'er-do-wells, begrudgers and naysayers.
The late Brian Mór with his take on why the Brits won the war.
The late Brian Mór, regaling his readership with wit and wisdom.
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| Straight through the heart |
The late Brian Mór still making us wonder about the influence at play in Belfast Sinn Fein.
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| Freddie, MI5 bet you a thousand quid you won't get Belfast SF to take down the Tricolour to commemorate big Paisley doing it 50 years ago |
The late Brian Mór drew this in the early 80's at a time when Bob Geldof was condemning Irish Americans for supporting the Republican Movement. In recent times "Sir Robert" has taken up his righteous hammer of the gods to batter down the Scots.
The late Brian Mór with the chair Freddie & Friends liked to tie their "guests" to.
The late Brian Mór, early every Sunday with his inimitable take on Freddie & Friends.
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