Proud to be British, part one.........

[red indian]

..........I trust all you Americans enjoyed the television coverage of "Gorgeous George" Galloway MP giving testimony before the Senate committee on homeland security.

I hope it finally dispells the commonly held view of many Americans of the British as being, mealy mouthed, over polite and incapable of straight talking.

I have to say I enjoyed immensly the tremendous discomfort evidenced on the faces and body language of the happless committee members!

They were clearly not used to being spoken to in such a blunt uncompromising manner.

These dusty pompous senators would wonder what had hit them if they had to ply their trade in the house of commons.

Galloway, and many other mp's talk to the prime minister in exactly the same way, this was no special performance laid on just for the Americans. It was just another day at the office for gorgeous george.

American politicians need to be spoken to like this on a regular basis in my opinion. They need their "duck knocking off" rather more often.

 

[Cav88]

The full video is here

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8869.htm

It was an interesting watch that's for sure.

 

[asutickler]

Welcome to England: Where soccer is considered manly, warm beer is regarded as delicious, and a guy named "Gorgeous George" is hailed as some sort of parliamentary badass. 😕

 

[nerobob]

He isn't hailed as a parlimentary badass, he's a joke, and everyone knows it.

It's just the "America sucks" brigade like to view anyone who talks down to the USA as some kind of hero. The senators knew he was going to be an attention ***** and seem content to let him do his little act.

"Proud to be British" because of this clown?

Oh and:

Where soccer is considered manly

Ever heard of rugby? It's like American Football, without the kevlar body suits or butt slapping. That's considered manly.

 

[red indian]

I agree with Bob.........

.....Galloway is a certified screaming left wing nutter and former Saddam arse licker.

But I still enjoyed his performance.

You may have missed the trace of irony implied in this thread. I could forgive you this had you been American!


......dont know why i bother sometimes.

 

[DEV]

I found it funny when he accused some senator of supporting the war when he didn't. It was like watching a wasp and a nettle trying to sting each other, brilliant!

 

[Newcastle Uni]

Red Indian. George Galloway is one of the best orators I have ever had the pleasure of watching. His speech following election as MP (beating that Labour woman, sorry i forget her name) was pure genius and every BBC commentator had to conced that (although they also agreed that he is arrogant).

However, I liked George's comment to one of the senators about his meating with Saddam Hussein. He turned round and said that his meeting was just a meeting, whilst at the same time Donald Rumsfeld was meeting Saddam to sell him American guns.

 

[nerobob]

.....Galloway is a certified screaming left wing nutter and former Saddam arse licker.

But I still enjoyed his performance.

You may have missed the trace of irony implied in this thread. I could forgive you this had you been American!


......dont know why i bother sometimes.

Ho ho.




¬_¬

 

[Nige]

I wonder what he did with all his FREE oil?? 🙂

 

[red indian]

Blimey Bob!!!......

....what a tremendous put down! you really put me in my place with "ho ho"

 

[asutickler]

....what a tremendous put down! you really put me in my place with "ho ho"

...someone is apparently unfamiliar with popular American euphemisms for the word "prostitute." 😛

 

[nerobob]

....what a tremendous put down! you really put me in my place with "ho ho"

It wasn't really a put down. It was a "another 'Americans can't do irony' comment excuse me as I mop up the puddle of urine beneath my chair"

In less words.

 

[red indian]

Blimey bob........

....you sound in a bad way mate, i should get that seen to, sounds quite a dangerous thing to be doing near electrical appliances as well.

Get yourself off the the quaks real fast......oh and see if he has a spare sense of humour he could let you have while your there.

 

[chrisheaven]

enough of the anti America stuff- it certainly does NOT make ME proud to be British
What does ,however, is
HM the Queen( although she is German)
Cricket played at Lords on a Summer's afternoon in June
Our universities ( both of them!)

 

[Braveheartickle]

MP for bethlehem green

The Aglocentrics amongst us should bear in mind gorgeous is in fact SCOTTISH with IRISH roots....He is an orator in the true Celtic tradition and not a lickspittle anglopoppinjay!!!! Please do not troduce his ideguifatabilty by referring to England!!!!

Woo Woo

 

[BigJim]

Personally I think Galloway is a knob-end, but seeing him tell Jeremy Paxman to fuck off was the highlight of my election. 😀