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Minister For Defense To Clean 'Radicals' Off The Streets?

category national | anti-war / imperialism | feature author Friday November 18, 2005 02:31author by seedot/eeekkkk Report this post to the editors

'Jaysus' sez Wag 'Don't mention the war sez Willie Bickle - especially if you're a 'Radical''

Meeting with the Irish Rangers - the elite wing of the Irish army, discussed in strange detail here on the newswire - the Minister with the 'tache promised to protect Ireland from that free speech disease.

Willie O'Dea pointed a gun at camera and said (around the same period of time to an Indo journalist) "You can't have absolute freedom of speech. There has to be some balance ...". He told "radicals like" Mr Choudary that pointing out that Ireland might be a potential target for a terror attack or implying that Ireland was anything but neutral and holy or saying the massive US military use of Shannon Airport was anything unusual was (like limerick and his photo perhaps) "beyond the pale".

Meanwhile the hiberno-blogosphere choked up in amusement with a plethora of images of Minister O'Dea as Charles Bronson, Groucho Marxman and Dirty Harry as everyone tried to nail down the perfect caption. It just goes to show that Fianna Fail in its headlong upward endless quest for the supreme heights of the grotesque, bizarre etc. is always guaranteed to consistently supply Ireland and the World with a unique twist on the political cowboy genre.

The Indy Newswire coughed up a Taxi Driver classic. Something special in the eyes? Or just another Limerick bhoy with oily mitts sexed up on easy money and the power of the gun?

"Listen . Here's a man who would not take it anymore. Who would not let...Listen you fuckers, you screwheads. Here's a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit, here is someone who stood up. HERE IS"

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   "Go on punk, make my day"     FF Watch    Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:13 
   Willie Bickle     .    Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:27 
   Willie has done himself no favours. He must go.     Righteous Pragmatist    Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:00 
   :)     Warning shot    Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:05 
   O'Dea(r)     choudary worm stew eater - delicious    Thu Nov 17, 2005 13:01 
   I'm shocked.     iosaf    Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:52 
   Willy would love to kill the messengers     .    Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:57 
   .     .    Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:58 
   Why was this deleted yesterday     FF Watch    Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:12 
 10   FF watch: write to contact form and I'll fill u in     an imcer    Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:34 
 11   will the rats desert the sinking ship / each way bets     eeekkkk    Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:54 
 12   willie staring in the old langerland cartoon     dunk    Fri Nov 18, 2005 18:52 
 13   Tom McGowan     Tom McGowan    Fri Nov 18, 2005 20:37 
 14   Freedom Fries & Willie O'Dea's toy soldiers     Freedom Fries    Mon Nov 21, 2005 01:16 
 15   Reply to Tom     Michael    Tue Nov 22, 2005 15:04 
 16   Reply to Michael.     Paul Adair    Tue Nov 22, 2005 22:04 
 17   oh yes. Big swinging Mickey Mcdowell and 9mm willie O dea. "our regime"     iosaf    Thu Feb 09, 2006 20:30 
 18   Leave willy alone     Mike    Thu Feb 09, 2006 20:49 


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