(Tony) Blair cancels 2nd event for memoir

[sabra]

Source: CBC

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has cancelled a second London event to launch his memoir after protesters threatened to picket it.

A party scheduled for Wednesday at Tate Modern, London's most prestigious contemporary art gallery, has been postponed, according to Blair spokesman Matthew Doyle.

Blair's memoir, A Journey, has rocketed to the top of bestseller lists in Britain and is among the top 20 in North America.

But the book has inflamed passions over his controversial decision to join the war in Iraq, for which he offers no apologies.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/09/08/tony-blair-cancellation.html

[global1]

1. Thinking Out Loud ..... I Wonder If The Same Thing Will Happen To G.W.Bush When His Book Comes Out?.

I heard that Dubya's book will be coming out in November. I wonder if protesters will picket him?

[knowbody0]

2. I had the same thought

and definitely would throw crap at him gleefully

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Me three.

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. Fingers crossed!

although, i think after what he has just seen with Tony Blair, he will hold his in much more friendly places, surrounded by a small army.

[savalez]

5. What's that Bush?

[Submariner]

7. I hope Bush does a tour - I've got a shitload of old shoes to get rid of

[valerief]

6. I never knew poodles could write. nt

[Loge23]

8. "They shouldn't be able to leave their houses.."

This was a particular on-the-mark comment from one of The Nation writers (sorry, I don't remember the name) last week on K.O.'s show in regard to the new wave of neo-con non-apologists whom lately have been polluting the discourse about Iraq.
It's wonderful to see that people in the U.K. have been taking this idea to heart.

[ezmerelda39]

9. War Criminals Tony Blair

and George W. need to get together, form a mutual admiration society and buy all of each other's books, then send them to all of their other war criminal friends. Those folks who helped to 'spin' the war in Iraq will be the only ones on the 'inside' who completely understand all of the lies and falsehoods, why they were needed and how successful they were. They need to include the media who passed along to the rest of us any and all of their schemes and can now tell us how wonderful these men and their books really are. I personally would not pick up a book produced by Blair or Bush let alone read one. I will, however, read a book or books by anyone out there who has a feasible plan to bring either or both of these men to justice.

[Lint Head]

10. Oh man. I hope this war criminal comes my way. I would gladly

use my protest rights on the war criminal.

[rocktivity]

11. If the book is so "popular,"

why is his having such a hard time promoting it? Has it "rocketed" to the top of the best-seller lists via bulk purchasing?

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Ticonderoga]

12. What a despictable little man.

He now hopes to profit handsomely from his crimes against humanity.

[kpete]

13. Ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair cancels London book signing after protests in Dublin

Source: Daily News

Ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair cancels London book signing after protests in Dublin

BY Tracy Connor
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, September 7th 2010, 4:00 AM

Londoners can put their shoes and eggs away - former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has canceled a book signing there.

The announcement came two days after protesters angered by Blair's role in the Iraq war pelted him with missiles at a signing in Dublin.

Blair said he was doing the public a favor by scrapping tomorrow's scheduled event at a shop in central London.

"I don't want the public to be inconvenienced by the inevitable hassle caused by protesters," Blair said.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/07/2010-09-07_intheglare_blair_cancels_book_signing.html

[no_hypocrisy]

14. My prediction: Blair's tour "suddenly" is moved over here.

And without Sarah Palin.

[wtmusic]

15. Note: "protesters" and "public" are mutually exclusive.

Poodlewhore has spoken.

[polly7]

16. Oh just get it over with Blair, and take your book book of lies straight to The Hague.

Possibly the ICC will be kinder to you than these ungrateful protesters.

Too late for more lies and excuses, we caught on long ago. Toodles, a**hole.

[Downwinder]

17. I thought the whole purpose of a book signing was to attract people. n/t

[LiberalLovinLug]

18. Poodle love

Give me
Your dirty love
The way your mama
Make that nasty poodle chew

I'll ignore your cheap aroma
And your
little-bo-peep diploma
I'll just put you in a coma
With some dirty love
Some dirty love
That dirty love
That dirty love

THE POODLE BITES!
(Come on, Frenchie)
THE POODLE CHEWS IT!
(Snap it!)
THE POODLE BITES!
(Come on, Frenchie)
THE POODLE CHEWS IT!
(Snap it!)

excerpt- Dirty Love - Frank Zappa

The poodle knows about inconvenience. Inconveniencing the thousands of UK soldiers who died or were wounded, and the thousands of Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire, and the inconvenience of the terrorist blowback that will result from his disastorous decision to lick Dubya's ass.

[Cherchez la Femme]

25. Sing it, brother!

Gotta love Zappa & his 'Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play' :D



Wow, one more post until 1,000 -- wish it had been about Frank :/

[awoke_in_2003]

19. Coward. nt

[Hardrada]

20. I will have a few eggs in reserve if he visits here but of course

any such event here would be guarded by the inevitable murderous stormswats.

[swilton]

22. Color This Guy as BS

The millions upon millions of people marching in the streets had no 'intelligence' and saw through the fabrications and lies.....

He's trying to rewrite history as are many of our brothers and sisters in the Democratic Party.

They were all complicit in the stupidity and belief in might makes right myth.

[Hubert Flottz]

23. I'll bet a lot of them would cheer for a war crimes trial...

I know I would.

[pjt7]

26. the "we the people" constitution museum in philly

just gave phony tony an award.

Low point for Philadelphia.

[No Elephants]

21. What's a protest, given he should be in prison?

[Jefferson23]

24. As he says himself, NO aplogies. Freaking bastard that he is, write

all the garbage you want. That will not change the truth, not today, not ever.

Kudos to the protestors!!!!!!!!!