tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1541430419480788145..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Sitting Next Door to AliceIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71284906499865133042010-11-01T20:08:22.031+00:002010-11-01T20:08:22.031+00:00@ Dick the Prick
Lucky for you this isn't Ame...@ Dick the Prick<br /><br />Lucky for you this isn't America. If it were I'd be suing your sweet ass for deception for leading me to the "brilliant" piece in The Herald which turns out to be just the standard left-wing rant against the cuts. Quite appropriate really for someone drawing his salary from the Institute of Archaeology.<br /><br />Ascherson doesn't appear to allow comments on his own article - though we are offered the North Korean option of applauding it via Facebook - and so I'll say my little piece here. Which is that if Scotland wants to be "the last bastion of faith in a public-service state", let it be. And if the Calman proposals don't go far enough in enabling it to raise its own taxes to pay for Ascherson's nirvana, a dose of independence ought to do the trick.<br /><br />Hadrian's Wall the new 38th parallel. Can't come soon enough.HampsteadOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579484010636107402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82192480202586951592010-11-01T18:45:06.479+00:002010-11-01T18:45:06.479+00:00Iain
At the time I wrote you had not cleared mine...Iain<br /><br />At the time I wrote you had not cleared mine but had cleared a later comment. Thank you for clearing them now.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74353402820287861982010-11-01T15:11:21.921+00:002010-11-01T15:11:21.921+00:00DizzyRingo said...
"the Tea Party knows and ...DizzyRingo said...<br /><br />"the Tea Party knows and understands the Constitution a great deal better than some of those porkers in DC"<br /><br />LOL! McDonnell didn't even know that separation of church and state was in the First Amendment!<br /><br />See here: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/29-0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18111563269767821962010-10-31T23:09:02.785+00:002010-10-31T23:09:02.785+00:00Doubting Richard, I haven't disallowed any com...Doubting Richard, I haven't disallowed any comment by you.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25659700883405246422010-10-31T22:59:38.010+00:002010-10-31T22:59:38.010+00:00I think Yorkshire blue and Alcuin have it Iain, yo...I think Yorkshire blue and Alcuin have it Iain, you had a big chance to mar Marr there and were, I think, too polite to do it.<br />I enjoy your Londoncentric blog though, even from this far away. (200 miles)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908349455211872563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53638184627935862582010-10-31T22:17:57.140+00:002010-10-31T22:17:57.140+00:00I don't think anyone - here or in the States, ...I don't think anyone - here or in the States, has quite figured out how angry the TEA party people are. They have been denigrated by everyone, and - quite rightly - they feel their "rulers" have finally overstepped the mark.<br />You wratle a grizzly at your perilkinglearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252474133821652670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71202559200255751002010-10-31T21:27:26.381+00:002010-10-31T21:27:26.381+00:00Interesting that you don't allow my comment po...Interesting that you don't allow my comment pointing out the specific MSM myth you are perpetuating. No-one ever proposed banning masturbation, that was simply dishonest reporting.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25538449352544191322010-10-31T19:45:31.229+00:002010-10-31T19:45:31.229+00:00Yeah, I'm a real homophobe,me.Yeah, I'm a real homophobe,me.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54420248096389299162010-10-31T19:33:38.618+00:002010-10-31T19:33:38.618+00:00Rather homophobic of you to discount what Stephen ...Rather homophobic of you to discount what Stephen Fry says just because he is gay. Or should that be prejudiced?Jonathan explains it allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318916808517918855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50789721370810051192010-10-31T19:03:26.334+00:002010-10-31T19:03:26.334+00:00Iain for the fault of one individual, judge not th...Iain for the fault of one individual, judge not the whole...<br /><br />It would appear you are less capable of independent thought than I realized, especially if you unquestioningly soak up every nauseating cliche about the Tea Party movement the MSM feeds you...<br /><br />Any road, he may have a point. Why do you think wankers are so called?happyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459558077829920642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2954520290606053452010-10-31T18:30:59.177+00:002010-10-31T18:30:59.177+00:00@Iain - yeah, but John Bolton is a helluva lot mor...@Iain - yeah, but John Bolton is a helluva lot more scary than someone who calls me a wanker. <br /><br /> Not wanting to sound like, yer know, a Yorkshireman but loads of American politics seems nutty.<br /> <br /> I genuinely think that if we didn't have the Libs then perhaps British politics could go that way. What would be the point if the only protest vote one had was to not vote at all? At least in Blighty the 3rd (and obviously the rest of them) do make electoral maths a bit more restrained. Plus, chuck that through the prism of British scepticism and it can appear that Yanks are being failed not by their politicians but by the fact that the dog whistles only attract 2 pedigree dogs - no mongrels have the hearing aids.<br /><br /> All foreign politics is dodgy - I can't work out Scotland but i'm in no position to denegrate them until I know the locality.<br /><br /> Oh - Daley Dozen - <br /><br />http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/guest-commentary/return-to-babylon-1.1064858<br /><br /> Brilliant. The writer has serious form, too.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30045265572771392612010-10-31T18:24:34.591+00:002010-10-31T18:24:34.591+00:00In any case, even if you take that interpretation ...In any case, even if you take that interpretation as representative of a single candidate's views, why does that condemn a whole movement, which gives support to many candidates? A lot of these are capable people, who have run their own businesses and have well-constructed, constitutionalist, libertarian, small-government views.<br /><br />You didn't even stop that stupid leftist woman when she mentioned Bush and the economic collapse. Of course the Tea Party oppose many Bush large-government policies, and Barney Frank (threatened by a Tea Party candidate) had far more to do with the banking crisis than Bush.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5615570927324132902010-10-31T18:18:17.856+00:002010-10-31T18:18:17.856+00:00No-one proposed to outlaw masturbation, Iain, that...No-one proposed to outlaw masturbation, Iain, that is exactly the kind of old-media misrepresentation that I was talking about and of which you ought to be ashamed.<br /><br />Someone having at one time had a personal disapproval of masturbation does not mean wanting to ban it. That candidate then saying they have no wish to ban any such thing <i>should</i>, amongst honest commentators, be far more important. Suggests the journalists from whom you find your "facts" are not honest.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1650024911989266412010-10-31T18:08:52.904+00:002010-10-31T18:08:52.904+00:00Sorry, but any candidate who proposes to outlaw ma...Sorry, but any candidate who proposes to outlaw masturbation cannot expect to be taken seriously.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82068326436623661792010-10-31T17:57:48.527+00:002010-10-31T17:57:48.527+00:00Iain
It is ironic that you, as a blogger, repeate...Iain<br /><br />It is ironic that you, as a blogger, repeated the MSM memes with regard to the Teas Parties, them being dangerous and the candidates oddballs. If you read US blogs you would realise how broad, positive and healthy the movement is. it might not fit with your idea of big-government conservatism, but it is a great movement I wish had a chance of spreading to Europe.Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23164074507023358772010-10-31T14:55:35.032+00:002010-10-31T14:55:35.032+00:00She came out with the usual leftist generalization...She came out with the usual leftist generalization about Tea Partiers being right-wing nutjobs, rather than ordinary people like you and I. <br /><br />Typically lazy, shallow leftist know-nothingt. Verily it is THEY who are out-of-touch.happyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459558077829920642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17036336193724592212010-10-31T14:20:44.227+00:002010-10-31T14:20:44.227+00:00The Tea Party is middle America stating that it ha...The Tea Party is middle America stating that it has had enough. And, interestingly, the Tea Party knows and understands the Constitution a great deal better than some of those porkers in DC.<br /><br />By all means denigrate the Tea Parties - but, hopefully, (if the SEIU and the Democrats haven't succeeded in their fraudulent voting tactics), there will be a whole new day on wednesday.<br /><br />There's a lesson for Middle Britain here - Janet Daly in the Telegraph has the message but the Biassed BBC has yet to catch up.DizzyRingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851990368962898867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45785819302925582022010-10-31T13:46:41.010+00:002010-10-31T13:46:41.010+00:00As noted above, it took Alice to point out the lib...As noted above, it took Alice to point out the liberal bias in the US media, though Marr did not have the grace to blush.<br /><br />Actually, Iain, I did not think you made that much impact on the programme, and I don't think you are nearly angry enough at what the Left in both countries have done to them. The Tea Party are hopping mad, and they represent the silent majority. Why aren't you? (hopping mad, that is)Alcuinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416831991192826122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90516808264469096312010-10-31T11:49:33.535+00:002010-10-31T11:49:33.535+00:00... he didn't offer Helena and ??? ...... he didn't offer Helena and ??? ...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701378599674301492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44007658958992405322010-10-31T11:21:34.300+00:002010-10-31T11:21:34.300+00:00Noticed snooty twittering about Alice Cooper's...Noticed snooty twittering about Alice Cooper's inclusion in Marr show but actually thought he had a fresh US slant on news, v neatly sandwiched by you & HelenaYorkshire bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846260543901014137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37955344377046533942010-10-31T10:06:26.578+00:002010-10-31T10:06:26.578+00:00Hmm..yeah, it was alright but not completely convi...Hmm..yeah, it was alright but not completely convinced you're on the QT regarding the TEA party movement. As Alice rightly pointed out, Yanky media is drivel and the TEA party just stands for Taxed Enough Already. Why should people buy into the rationale that only the state can provide things? Why? Who agreed?<br /><br /> On the week when Cameron blatantly folded to the EU, it's rather disingenious to describe the people paying for this nonsense as freaks or colourful characters.<br /><br /> I am taxed enough already and for what? For what exactly am I paying lay about public servants, BBC staff getting paid millions (which undoubtedly Marr is) and coppers that spend 8% of their time doing their primary role?<br /><br /> Hardly extremists - just skint, thanks very much.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.com