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category international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Monday July 28, 2003 20:44author by the ipsiphi AKA iosaf mac diarmada the dreaded Mr O'as if Report this post to the editors

Special games for special people.

The world police and firefighters games, the Olympics for the blue block has just kicked off in Barcelona. Your online intrepid reporter went along for a goo.
Don't worry as Hunter S. Thompson proved whilst recording Fear and Loathing you really can deal with police when off your wondrous head. %-)
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First off I have not seen any of the Gardaí in the photographs at the games. Not surprisingly these are games are a serious matter.
Gardaí and Police worldwide have social problems.
They often don't tell their neighbours they are police, and hide their uniforms and wear wooly hats to look "au fait with the street culture sort of thing". Others don't give a fuck, and will wear their uniform everywhere to evictions, to get on the bus for free, "you need anyone sorting out jaysus, if there here I'll do the sorting, now if it's a union matter you want sorting, well now...."

So dedicated reader, what are the special police games all about? Well you aren't the first to ask, and if you check one the history pages of the Garda/Police/riotman/ for the ireland section you will find:

{{{{The Paralympic movement has a long history of perturbation at being confused with the Special Olympics.

iranmania.com got it backwards this time, confusing the Special Olympics World Games in Dublin with the Paralympics, calling the Dublin games the 11th Irish Paralympic Games several times.}}}}
Quite right the games are "special" but not that "special" so let's get it right.
http://www.internationalgames.net/newsireland.htm
(July 2, 2003)

What sort of games do the Police get to play in Barcelona from today till the next month of August?

CHECK THE SCHEDULE
:-)
http://www.2003wpfg.org/i_index.htm

.....%-).....but amongst my favourites are the well known ___sports____
Angling . Chess


31. P.A.P. (Police action pistol)
32. P.C.P. (Police center fire pistol)
33. P.P.C. (Police pistol combat)
34. Pocket billiards
(that's the snooker and the pool)
37. Rifle (air)
(ouch)
38. Rifle (small bore)
(dead) (remember to shout the warning Lads!!!)
39. Road race
(in those heavy shoes)
49. Stair race
54. Toughest competitor alive
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!do you really expect me to comment on "toughest competitor alive"????
56. Trap
????????????well really.
64. Wrist wrestling
wrist wrestling.
what in god's name, I ask you ponder it a while on a day when the newswire see's trhe drug debate marginalised into planning the dopeing of the hurling final, and young Alex resurfacing from young Fine Gael, and lap dancers, what is "wrist wrestling"?
is it like arm wresting but more "au fait with lanes"??

I shall make use of the open publishing comment section to update Ireland's police representatives throughout the course of the "special you can't go to a normal sports club can you coz most people think you're a cunt" olympics.

Best of luck Lads and Mná Lads.
We're behind you.

Related Link: http://www.2003wpfg.org

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author by iosaf - supporting our lads and mná ladspublication date Tue Jul 29, 2003 16:09author address author phone Report this post to the editors

dwellt on the 4star **** hotel the visiting Californian LAPD athletes are staying in. "oh they're very well behaved" (cleaning lady).
Apparantly one visiting American law enforcement agent had to be turned back for carrying his gun through the airport.
Now Lads and Mná lads, we know you don't have guns yet, not even the telescopic batons, but when you do, you must remember that in the post Sept11 world you can't carry your magnum or "piece" as some call it onto a passenger airline not even "hey sure if there's any trouble I'll sort it out for you" excuse works.

and today's choice link which I recommend to all dedicated to protecting our youth, old people, legitiamate lines of succession and the true nature of Ireland:
http://www.stopabductions.com/
therein you shall learn how to protect your family from alien abduction, the original "tinfoil hat".

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author by TheIdiotsAreTakingOverpublication date Fri Aug 01, 2003 17:32author address author phone Report this post to the editors

JON LOCKE,
ALIEN ABDUCTEE

“Since trying Michael Menkin’s Helmet, I have not been bothered by alien mind control. Now my thoughts are my own.I have achieved meaningful work and am contributing to society.My life is better than ever before.Thank you Michael for the work you are doing to save all humanity.”
- Jon Locke

:D

author by iosaf.publication date Wed Sep 10, 2003 13:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

http://wimble.org/kitchen/kitchendesign.html

the Wimbles are truly inspired people, and I for one thank them for the inspiring "Society for the Prevention of Plate Tectonics"
A.k.a. SoPrePlaTec, and pronounced "soapy platex", which is dedicated to the prevention of plate movements on planets. They attempt to use technology or any other useful means to prevent continental drift and the associated disastrous earthquakes and volcanoes.

I found them by mispelling "womble" one day.

Related Link: http://wimble.org/kitchen/kitchendesign.html
author by I Mac Diarmada.publication date Mon Apr 05, 2004 14:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A little note to Mc Dowell and Mc Creevy
from I. MacDiarmada.

Now let's get something straight,
all of us,
you can't go on to the radio one week and say
"If they're are any people listening who have the necesary skills and know-how to solve our fucked up society, call me" meaning :- anyone listening who hasn't as of yet sold their soul to a corporative career for more dosh than you get, or found themselves in the company of drug addicts, liars, cheats and hypocrites where you sit.

& then the next week, because a granny is shot in cold blood, decide that we need 2000 extra Gardaí and lots more rules.

YOU DONT GET ANY POINTS FOR THAT ONE MINISTER.

Rather you confirm your reputation as a manipulator of insecurity amongst the older and cherished of our community. Our older generation very rarely phone the Police who as we all know "are always there for you".
They _do_ regularly worry about their pension, you sit in the same halls of Elected Government as those who have the power to spend "the extra cash" (that did not exist before ahem) to increase their pensions.
Perhaps you could suggest to one of your slimey friends that they at long last increase the pension funds for people who have worked all their lives to make your nation.
You did not make any Celtic Tiger, Minister, you got the job to tweak the indicators.
THAT IS ALL.

The older people of our society made that Tiger, they made it with love, some made it by mistake, but they clothed, toiled, worried, sweated over their niños, who you think to presume are the product of your quite dissappointing Blackrock college career.

How much do you want to be black balled?
You Slimey Hypocrite?

from "the irish independent", if
yes that effing big "IF"
Mc Dowell get's his way, there will be 14,000 Garda in Ireland. More per capita than any other civilised country.
And no the USA presently expelled from the UN Human Rights Council is not a civilised country in these well studied lists.

if
yes that effing big "IF"
Mc Dowell get's his way, Templemore will be expanded, In what way Minister?

Do you intend to allow the police do the job created for them, by your long dead betters, which is to protect and serve the community?
Do you nurse illusions of being your own grand-daddy or was it uncle? how many times removed are you from that nasty not studied enough little button polisher?

The Police, or let's call them the Gardaí.
boys and girls, want to
SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
They don't want to be recruited so that they are standing between a bullet and a granny every night, and you know as well as we do, that there are more than 14,000 grannies and grand-das in the Irish State.
¿Do you suggest a Garda for every senior citizen?
Honestly, Mr Mc Creevy they'd prefer a bigger pension.

The Police, deal with the shite caused by your failed policies every day. They live apart because it's easier for everyone to consider them the Cunt, and yes I will write Cunt, because it's the strongest we can get online no? Because no-one goes knocking on your door and telling you what a Cunt you are.

The Police, monday to Sunday, every day have to be abused, and let's be honest, every time they have read the writing on the wall about being "cops are torturers" about "cops take drugs too", they have felt _guilt_ and _shame_. This has helped them become better people oddly enough.

=You Mc Dowell seem to show no shame.
=You Mc Dowell seem not to be doing your best to be a better person.
=what is so special about you Mc Dowell?

You ought be thinking about why the boys and girls the lads and ladettes in the Gardaí joined up in the first place.

1. to get the bad guys.
2. to have a secure job so they don't have to rely on the miserable pension left over from your arrogant self-serving egotistical plans.
3. do you need a third?

Now we "on the left" and "on the right" traditionally give the Lads and Ladettes a bad time, that is our job, we give you all a bad time, but you know something really interesting?

WE ALL WANT TO GIVE YOU A REALLY BAD TIME. & you keep putting straws on the donkey's back and when that last straw comes, you will have a really bad time.

In Your Head Minister.

Now Mr Mc Creevy, give your elders & betters a decent living pension, decent living rewards for their life span, which as you well know is shorter than "ours" or even a well medicated / expensively health treated Minister of Government. And the rank and file Gardaí will probably thank you. If not they will vote you out and vote someone else in.

& then guess what!
We shall dance on your graves.
pissed shitty drunken nasty dancing.


Now the Lads and Ladettes love every time they see their historic photo montage on Indymedia. So don't think they get upset about it at all.
and as a refresher this is the "wimble" page again, "society for the prevention of Plate Tectonics", pronounced Soapyplatex".
http://wimble.org/SoPrePlaTec/preventionhome.html

Good Gardaí you know who you are,
Get The Real Bad Guys, You have our support. Bad Gardaí you know who you are,
we will dance on your grave. Even if we have to come back from ours' to do it.

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