Whether the real Queen Elizabeth said this to the real Tony Blair or this was just poetic license for a bit of current events irony I don’t know, but I appreciated the moment.

The movie was about Queen Elizabeth. They did not make Tony Blair look like a fool. He was portrayed respectfully. There were no jabs against him. His awkwardness upon first meeting the Queen after his election very well could have really happened, but it was an amusing anecdote that was still respectful of Blair.

“Hey, boss! How are ya today? I just hit the lottery, so $%^* you; here’s my 2 weeks notice.”

“Hey, boss of my boss, how are you today? The way you disseminate information in this company totally blows ass and your opinions mean nothing to me. By the way, my boss has my two weeks notice! Cheerio!”

What a nice pipe dream (for me).

PM Blair is in such a position today as every human being should be entitled to at least once in their lifetime. The position of flipping a verbal bird to those who employ/harass/threaten you on a daily basis.

I’ve long admired PM Blair’s ability to “turn a phrase.” Listening to him speak has always been a pleasure (and makes me wonder just how much I missed out on in my publicly funded schooling). He has a way with English that sometimes sends me scrambling for a dictionary. I’m willing to bet (if he were that kind of guy) that PM Blair could have a nun setting fire to her habit to remove it for him after only 10 minutes of conversation and innuendo (apologies to the Catholic faithful.)

I love it that he has finally called a spade a spade in very eloquent language that never approached being “harsh” by American standards. From my understanding of his speech, he basically equated the MSM with the Tabloids. He also seems to have lobbed a shot across the bow when he basically states that MSM reporters “report” opinion as fact. I love it. What politician on this side of the pond has the stones to do that?

Mr. Tony Blair, you have now risen above the title of Prime Minister into the ranks of the private sector. Although I think your domestic policies may someday prove to be more problematic than the present (at best) or utterly disasterous (at worst), I still admire you for making the hard decisions and standing with a friend in our time of need. Here’s a Strongbow to you, sir!

He has allowed the rampant Islamification of the England, and pretends to know the Koran, when, apparently he fails to realize, when it is taken fundamentally, it creates something more dangerous than a feral press.

I have never heard him criticize the jihadists so seriously.

Exit question: Does his sinister call for revising the “regulatory framework” in which the media operates end up sabotaging the righteousness of his criticism?

Is it just me, or does that “exit question” not fit the description of what he’s complaining about? More news and less opinion would probably be good all around.

You heard it here first, folks!

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No. He might attack illegal immigrant amnesty opponents some more, though.

PRCalDude on June 12, 2007 at 1:38 PM

Lets just hope he doesn’t turn into Jimmy Carter, spending the rest of his life trying to make up for a botched presidency. Can you imahine a future headline?

“Bush foundation inspects al-Qaeda reactor, gives thumbs up!”

I’m sick of his inability to explain himself.

No. He might attack illegal immigrant amnesty opponents some more, though.

The Independent’s editor-in-chief, said the comments were a vindication of the paper’s anti-Iraq war stance, saying: “He was wrong, we were right.”

I didn’t know it was the role of the media to speculate, and then vindicate themselves when they think they’re right…because Lord knows they apologize when they are wrong.

Exit question: Does his sinister call for revising the “regulatory framework” in which the media operates end up sabotaging the righteousness of his criticism?

Probably. However, the First Amendment does not exist on the far side of the pond.

Ugh…

Second, attacking motive is far more potent than attacking judgement. It is not enough for someone to make an error. It has to be venal. Conspiratorial.

Man, ain’t that the truth. Apparently there is no such thing anymore as an honest policy decision that didn’t work out well. Any bad result has to have been the maliciously intended goal from the outset.

Exit question: Does his sinister call for revising the “regulatory framework” in which the media operates end up sabotaging the righteousness of his criticism?

Not sure. The media functions differently in England. I beleive the BBC is publicly funded and therefore insulated from the free market pressure that prevents liberal media from proliferating in the U.S. If the BBC had to compete its significant liberal slant would hurt it in the marketplace. That is what I beleive Tony is talking about.