Tony Blair Pelted With Eggs and Shoes in Easons, cancels future signings as a result

[bonkers]

should you not be in bed,school tomorrow you know.

[cry freedom]

I was having lunch with one of my favorite clients last week and the conversation turned to the government's recent round of tax cuts.
'"I'm opposed to those tax cuts," the retired college instructor declared, "because they benefit the rich. The rich get much more money back than ordinary taxpayers like you and me and that's not fair.'"
"But the rich pay more in the first place," I argued, "so it stands to reason that they'd get more money back."
I could tell that my friend was unimpressed by this meager argument. So I said to him, "let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand."
"Suppose that every day 10 men go to a restaurant for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If it was paid the way we pay our taxes, the first four men would pay nothing; the fifth would pay $1; the sixth would pay $3; the seventh $7; the eighth $12; the ninth $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59."
The 10 men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20." Now dinner for the 10 only costs $80. The first four are unaffected. They still eat for free. Can you figure out how to divvy up the $20 savings among the remaining six so that everyone gets his fair share? The men realize that $20 divided by 6 is $3.33, but if they subtract that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would end up being paid to eat their meal.
The restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same percentage, being sure to give each a break, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so now the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving the tenth man with a bill of $52 instead of $59.
Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20," complained the sixth man, pointing to the tenth, "and he got $7!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!"
"That's true," shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor."
Then, the nine men surrounded the tenth man (the richest one, paying the most) and beat him up. The next night the richest man didn't show up for dinner, so now the nine men sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short! "And that, boys, girls and college instructors, is how America's tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table any more. There are lots of good restaurants in Switzerland and the Caribbean."

Enjoyed that!

[Timshel]

should you not be in bed,school tomorrow you know.

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Doubt this loser has the mental maturity to have a client

[Twin Towers]

"Suppose that every day 10 men go to a restaurant for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100.

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[Keith-M]

I once received legal advice on citizen's arrest in connection with shoplifters and the solicitor was quite clear that one must personally have witnessed the crime in order to be able to make an arrest. Even without that, Blair was surrounded by Gardai at the time so your point is a little moot.

Blair, like it or not, has not been found guilty of any crime not has he even been charged.

That silly bint was a joke. This whole "protest" was an embarrassing joke and while it's sad that less than two hundred miserable misfits can bring O'Connell Street to a stop, when you look at most of the media coverage it is reasonably balanced and shows that the protestors were hugely outnumbered by those who got their books signed.

The publicity will only make more people aware that Blair's book is released and will help sell more copies.

[Eurocitizen]

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Doubt this loser has the mental maturity to have a client

Yes I am a loser and I regret that I have not wrecked the streets of Dublin and regret that I earn a good living through hard work and can affort to pay tax that supports the scum who are shaming Ireland by their actions.

[Eurocitizen]

should you not be in bed,school tomorrow you know.

People like me never sleep , we are to busy watching people that wish to destroy the fabric of society that gives all decent people a good life in Ireland.

[inchicore_republican]

Yes I am a loser and I regret that I have not wrecked the streets of Dublin and regret that I earn a good living through hard work and can affort to pay tax that supports the scum who are shaming Ireland by their actions.

Our tax is paying for the people who have shamed Ireland, FF and their banker friends.

[Timshel]

should you not be in bed,school tomorrow you know.

That silly bint was a joke. This whole "protest" was an embarrassing joke and while it's sad that less than two hundred miserable misfits can bring O'Connell Street to a stop, when you look at most of the media coverage it is reasonably balanced and shows that the protestors were hugely outnumbered by those who got their books signed.

The publicity will only make more people aware that Blair's book is released and will help sell more copies.

Facilitating an international terrorist that got disrupted a considerable portion of City the City center. Large security operation, like to know the cost to the tax payer?

Protest was successful in highlighting this man'srole in a system that has devastated counties and carnaged people.

Original Script meant to be:

"Man of peace signs books" but changed to "Violent dissent republican crusty hippy, jobless, parasite, tracksuit wearing protesters highlight Blairs role in Iraq...etc"

Just connotations with Geoge Bush trowing incident. Sorry day in this country if a prolific butcher like Bliar can snake the streets unopposed.

Fair play to everyone who turned out against Blair.

Those lemming zombies who queued up to met"the great man" sould read more than Sunday Independent if u want to some day have an independent mind of your own apart from "saw him on late late show great man for Ireland, very charming"

Was people of nothern Ireland who won the peace and are keeping the peace, toss off to Blair's portrait with a revisionist view of history, as him as chief peace maker.

[Timshel]

People like me never sleep , we are to busy watching people that wish to destroy the fabric of society that gives all decent people a good life in Ireland.

Whats your definition of

"the fabric of society"

"gives all decent people a good life in Ireland"

Particularly your definition of "decent"

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