Hey you Brits....
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I hate football but I can understand the fans concern
hes bought enough shares to take full control and take it out of public domain
and into his own business
he's now turned it froom a hugely profitable club to one thats in a vast amount of debt
to reclaim this debt (£700,000,000)he will do anything to make money
raise ticket prices, etc
he's never even been to a match apparently
hes bought enough shares to take full control and take it out of public domain
and into his own business
he's now turned it froom a hugely profitable club to one thats in a vast amount of debt
to reclaim this debt (£700,000,000)he will do anything to make money
raise ticket prices, etc
he's never even been to a match apparently
ah okay. cause for the American football Tampa Bay Buccaneers he's brought them a championship, although they're in rebuilding mode right now.
he's also supposed to be intensely private and mysterious, doesn't get seen much, so
I wouldn't read too much into the fact he's never been to a match.
At first I thought it was nobody wanted a foreigner to own a national treasure like ManU, but then I remembered that Arab Fayed owns Harrod's
he's also supposed to be intensely private and mysterious, doesn't get seen much, so
I wouldn't read too much into the fact he's never been to a match.
At first I thought it was nobody wanted a foreigner to own a national treasure like ManU, but then I remembered that Arab Fayed owns Harrod's
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Yeah, but nobody gives a shit about Harrods. The only people that shop in Harrods are the ones who come from overseas. It's just a tourist trap at this point.
The whole thing about him never having been to a game is rather insulting on a general level. First of all, he knows nothing about the sport, and he's looking at this from a pure business angle. Secondly, he hasn't even addressed the fans yet with his plans. They are the "loyal customer" and he's ignored them completely.
The whole thing just defies the passion of the game itself. And yeah, the fact that he's American doesn't help. You're not very well liked you know.
The whole thing about him never having been to a game is rather insulting on a general level. First of all, he knows nothing about the sport, and he's looking at this from a pure business angle. Secondly, he hasn't even addressed the fans yet with his plans. They are the "loyal customer" and he's ignored them completely.
The whole thing just defies the passion of the game itself. And yeah, the fact that he's American doesn't help. You're not very well liked you know.
and who the fuck is this member of parliament Galloway who just testified before US Congress? He really ripped them a new asshole.
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/msnbc_uk_galloway_blisters_us_on_iraq_050517-01.rm.ram
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/msnbc_uk_galloway_blisters_us_on_iraq_050517-01.rm.ram
haha this is some good shit.
Galloway and the mother of all invective
Wednesday May 18, 2005
The Guardian
Whatever else you made of him, when it came to delivering sustained barrages of political invective, you had to salute his indefatigability.
George Galloway stormed up to Capitol Hill yesterday morning for the confrontation of his career, firing scatter-shot insults at the senators who had accused him of profiting illegally from Iraqi oil sales.
They were "neo-cons" and "Zionists" and a "pro-war lynch mob", he raged, who belonged to a "lickspittle Republican committee" that was engaged in creating "the mother of all smokescreens".
Before the hearing began, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow even had some scorn left over to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer Christopher Hitchens. "You're a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay," Mr Galloway in formed him. "Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink," he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens's questions and staring intently ahead. "And you're a drink-soaked ..." Eventually Mr Hitchens gave up. "You're a real thug, aren't you?" he hissed, stalking away.
It was a hint of what was to come: not so much political theatre as political bloodsports - and with the senators, at least, it was Mr Galloway who emerged with the flesh between his teeth.
"I know that standards have slipped in Washington in recent years, but for a lawyer, you're remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice," he told Norm Coleman, the Minnesota Republican who chairs the senate investigations committee, after taking his seat at the front of the high-ceilinged hearing room, and swearing an oath to tell the truth.
"I'm here today, but last week you already found me guilty. You traduced my name around the world without ever having asked me a single question."
The culture clash between Mr Galloway's bruising style and the soporific gentility of senate proceedings could hardly have been more pronounced, and drew audible gasps and laughs of disbelief from the audience. "I met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him," Mr Galloway went on. "The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns, and to give him maps the better to target those guns."
American reporters seemed as fascinated as the British media: at one point yesterday, before it was his turn to speak, Mr Galloway strode from the room, sending journalists of all nationalities rushing after him - only to discover that he was going to the lavatory.
Galloway and the mother of all invective
Wednesday May 18, 2005
The Guardian
Whatever else you made of him, when it came to delivering sustained barrages of political invective, you had to salute his indefatigability.
George Galloway stormed up to Capitol Hill yesterday morning for the confrontation of his career, firing scatter-shot insults at the senators who had accused him of profiting illegally from Iraqi oil sales.
They were "neo-cons" and "Zionists" and a "pro-war lynch mob", he raged, who belonged to a "lickspittle Republican committee" that was engaged in creating "the mother of all smokescreens".
Before the hearing began, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow even had some scorn left over to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer Christopher Hitchens. "You're a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay," Mr Galloway in formed him. "Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink," he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens's questions and staring intently ahead. "And you're a drink-soaked ..." Eventually Mr Hitchens gave up. "You're a real thug, aren't you?" he hissed, stalking away.
It was a hint of what was to come: not so much political theatre as political bloodsports - and with the senators, at least, it was Mr Galloway who emerged with the flesh between his teeth.
"I know that standards have slipped in Washington in recent years, but for a lawyer, you're remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice," he told Norm Coleman, the Minnesota Republican who chairs the senate investigations committee, after taking his seat at the front of the high-ceilinged hearing room, and swearing an oath to tell the truth.
"I'm here today, but last week you already found me guilty. You traduced my name around the world without ever having asked me a single question."
The culture clash between Mr Galloway's bruising style and the soporific gentility of senate proceedings could hardly have been more pronounced, and drew audible gasps and laughs of disbelief from the audience. "I met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him," Mr Galloway went on. "The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns, and to give him maps the better to target those guns."
American reporters seemed as fascinated as the British media: at one point yesterday, before it was his turn to speak, Mr Galloway strode from the room, sending journalists of all nationalities rushing after him - only to discover that he was going to the lavatory.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Outstanding, good for him.
"Now I know that standards have slipped over the last few years in Washington, but for a lawyer, you are remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice," the MP declared.
On stage at the heart of American power, he attacked the US-led war on Iraq and accused Washington of installing a "puppet" regime there.
"Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong," he told the chairman, whom he labelled a "neo-con, pro-war hawk".
"Now I know that standards have slipped over the last few years in Washington, but for a lawyer, you are remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice," the MP declared.
On stage at the heart of American power, he attacked the US-led war on Iraq and accused Washington of installing a "puppet" regime there.
"Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong," he told the chairman, whom he labelled a "neo-con, pro-war hawk".
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
I dunno - I've only been reading about him over the last couple of days. It didn't say he got kicked out on bbc.co.uk - if anything it confirmed that he won the vote for his district.
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
Ayeka
Hell Bent For Leather!
