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Tony Blair

  • 21-08-2010 12:41pm
    #1
    john-joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭


    anyone going to meet him for the book signing?

    http://www.eason.ie/pages/118

    Will you be attending the book signing? 68 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    10% 7 votes
    Yes, but when he signs it I will tear it up in front of him
    89% 61 votes
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Comments

  • #2
    ciano1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭ciano1


    Who??


  • #3
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Tony Blair


  • #4
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Who?


  • #5
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Toni Bliar sounds like some kind of porn parody name


  • #6
    R0ot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    http://www.toniblair.biz/
    greyr.jpg


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  • #7
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    phasers wrote: »
    Toni Bliar sounds like some kind of porn parody name

    Its not, i checked ;)


  • #8
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,424 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Is this another one of Tiger Woods ladies?


  • #9
    john-joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 797 ✭✭✭john-joe


    R0ot wrote: »
    http://www.toniblair.biz/
    greyr.jpg

    :D


  • #10
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,129 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Ynot Rialb, a great bloke by all accounts.


  • #11
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    phasers wrote: »
    Toni Bliar sounds like some kind of porn parody name

    I'd prefer Tony Lay-her.


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  • #12
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    No, I won't.
    If I want to read a book thats one sided, part possibly fictionalised and a vain attempt at possible public redemption, I'd buy Berties book instead - thankfully however I'm not that desperate to read such drivel - in either case.


  • #13
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    You mean he'll sign something without Dubya's approval?


  • #14
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    PeterIanStaker wrote: »
    You mean he'll sign something without Dubya's approval?
    Or BP's... :pac:


  • #15
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Not in Dublin, any chance you can get me a copy when you're there?


  • #16
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    biko wrote: »
    Not in Dublin, any chance you can get me a copy when you're there?

    why, have you run out of loo paper?


  • #17
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I need something to stand on when I aim at Thatcher.


  • #18
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    I don't like warmongers so no. Also if he writes as slowly as he delivers a speech it would take all day to get the book signed.


  • #19
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Tony Blair? Emm no.

    Still pissed off that I missed Pele's book signing though.
    Had a few too many the night before and couldn't get out of bed.
    Really regret that.


  • #20
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    john-joe wrote: »
    anyone going to meet him for the book signing?

    http://www.eason.ie/pages/118

    Yes I'm going to go and ask him to sign his book for me

    "To Kfallon, best wishes, the war criminal"


  • #21
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    kfallon wrote: »
    Yes I'm going to go and ask him to sign his book for me

    "To Kfallon, best wishes, the war criminal"
    You'd be out of luck.
    According to Easons rules, there is no personalisation of books when being signed.

    You can leave in the war criminal bit though! :pac:


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  • #22
    Thomas828
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    I supported Tony Blair up until he blindly followed Bush by sending British troops into Iraq, blatantly ignoring the calls of the majority of the British people, the million-strong march through London on February 15th 2003 and the calls from more than half of his own party, "For God's sake, stop and think!"

    When I heard the news the next day that Blair was still going to war, my first thought was, "Well, you can go to hell, Blair!"

    And that's still my thought today.


  • #23
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,033 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Well, he became a Catholic, so that should keep the Dublin Mafia happy. He had to wait till he was out of office before officially admitting it and converting since, as his spin doctor Alistair Campbell once said, "We Don't Do God" in the UK. Openly religious politicians are viewed with suspicion, and we now know that Blair's beliefs were a factor in his decision to help invade Iraq. It's one thing to be wrong, but it's another thing to be wrong for the wrong reasons. I won't be there.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



  • #24
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    Anyone get this book today? If so how much you pay for it?


  • #25
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    What's the title of it, "101 Ways to Start an Unholy War" by any chance???


  • #26
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    bnt wrote: »
    Well, he became a Catholic, so that should keep the Dublin Mafia happy. He had to wait till he was out of office before officially admitting it and converting since, as his spin doctor Alistair Campbell once said, "We Don't Do God" in the UK. Openly religious politicians are viewed with suspicion, and we now know that Blair's beliefs were a factor in his decision to help invade Iraq. It's one thing to be wrong, but it's another thing to be wrong for the wrong reasons. I won't be there.
    You can't blame his Catholicism for his decision to go into Iraq, especially as it's not viewed as a just war by the church.



    I was, with my parents and brothers, on that march in London in 2003. The view of the British people was quite clear, we should never have gone in. He reportedly worried about his 'legacy'. His legacy will be the unnecessary death of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. I wouldn't go near his book, there won't be an ounce of truth in it.


  • #27
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    I wouldn't piss on him if he was allergic to piss.


  • #28
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Sanjuro wrote: »
    I wouldn't piss on him if he was allergic to piss.

    A truly memorable 1,000th post sir, I salute you!


  • #29
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    why am I experiencing a sense of deja vu??

    I liked Tony, I even thought he was right to go into Iraq, but that all proved to be a lie and in hindsight was a terrible thing to do.

    He did a lof for the UK, patching up a lot of what the Tories did and he managed to get the GFA signed, which was a bit of an achievement.

    i think he actually did quite a bit of good, but it is, rightly so, overshadowed by the Iraq war.


  • #30
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Sanjuro wrote: »
    I wouldn't piss on him if he was allergic to piss.

    I hate him more than I hate Thatcher (which I once wouldn't have thought possible, but there ye go)


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  • #31
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    kfallon wrote: »
    A truly memorable 1,000th post sir, I salute you!
    Oh sweet! I didn't notice. Chuffed now!


  • #32
    BigBenRoeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭BigBenRoeth


    Fúck him.


  • #33
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    We should all queue up and buy a signed copy and then, five minutes later bring it back to him saying "sorry, I've made a terrible mistake, I thought you were Lionel Blair - can I have my money back please?"


  • #34
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Fitzcaraldo wrote: »
    We should all queue up and buy a signed copy and then, five minutes later bring it back to him saying "sorry, I've made a terrible mistake, I thought you were Lionel Blair - can I have my money back please?"

    No we should all buy a copy (has to be hardback), get him to sign it, smile, pick it up and then smack it off his face. The winner of the competition is the one who can get the most smacks into him before security throw you out!


  • #35
    stbrennan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭stbrennan


    PirateShampoo wrote: »
    Tony Blair


    Matt Damon


  • #36
    omahaid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭omahaid


    ciano1 wrote: »
    Who??
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tony+blair


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  • #37
    beanyb
    Registered Users Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭beanyb


    It says in The Irish Times today that he might show up to Mindfield at Electric Picnic on Saturday. He'd get an interesting response to say the least!


  • #38
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,996 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    Tony Blair: I liked Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness 'more than I should'
    Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness have "courage in abundance" according to Tony Blair, who admits in his memoirs he liked them "more than I should have" during the Northern Ireland peace process.

    Mr Blair paid extensive tribute to them in his book, saying they were "supreme masters of the distinction between tactics and strategy" and were "an extraordinary couple".

    The former Prime Minister continued: "Whether you like them or not, and no matter how strongly you disapprove of their past actions, they had courage in abundance."


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