Top o' the mornin to ya O'Bama

Lapin

http.www.independent.ie/national-news/musical-brothers-back-on-the-barack-bandwagon-2597020.html

Am I the only one embarrassed by the build up surrounding the forthcoming visit of US President Barack Obama ?

On a trip taking in a state visit to the UK and the important G8 summit in France, the most powerful man on the planet is also taking time out to visit Ireland.

And true to form, rather than using the visit for something useful, our main focus seems to centre around dragging him down to some backwater in Offaly that claims to be the home of one of his ancestors.

If Obama were to visit all his ancestral homes around the world, his term in office would be taken up by looking at villagers worldwide dancing jigs and singing their version of that bloody awful song by the Corrigan Brothers. The man is about as Irish as chicken chow mein.

Derek Mooney has spent the last hour on the radio salivating over the visit like a 13 year old girl with tickets to a Justin Bieber gig. He dismissed people like me as having no sense of fun by claiming we would prefer constant news coverage of tribunals instead. I'd actually prefer if we took the visit seriously for a change.

He also said the worlds media will be present for the visit, and this is the bit that annoys me. Front page newspaper photos will carry images of shamrock drowning paddies in true beggorah style competing with each other to shake the president's hand and the obligatory photo of the man drinking a pint of stout. (Remember the embarrassing claim publicity stunt between Guinness and Murphy's after a visit by Clinton?)

I thought we had moved on from all this fawning guff and prickology.

At a time when we need our European neighbours to take us seriously more than ever before, we are doing our best to prove incapable of doing so ourselves by treating this visit like a circus.

Derek Mooney may feel orgasmic when he hears There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama.

I feel like throwing up when I hear it.

20Cent

Not embarrassed at all, think its great.



Yes we can, so we can!

Ash.J.Williams

Lapin wrote: »

http.www.independent.ie/national-news/musical-brothers-back-on-the-barack-bandwagon-2597020.html

Am I the only one embarrassed by the build up surrounding the forthcoming visit of US President Barack Obama ?

On a trip taking in a state visit to the UK and the important G8 summit in France, the most powerful man on the planet is also taking time out to visit Ireland.

And true to form, rather than using the visit for something useful, our main focus seems to centre around dragging him down to some backwater in Offaly that claims to be the home of one of his ancestors.

If Obama were to visit all his ancestral homes around the world, his term in office would be taken up by looking at villagers worldwide dancing jigs and singing their version of that bloody awful song by the Corrigan Brothers. The man is about as Irish as chicken chow mein.

Derek Mooney has spent the last hour on the radio salivating over the visit like a 13 year old girl with tickets to a Justin Bieber gig. He dismissed people like me as having no sense of fun by claiming we would prefer constant news coverage of tribunals instead. I'd actually prefer if we took the visit seriously for a change.

He also said the worlds media will be present for the visit, and this is the bit that annoys me. Front page newspaper photos will carry images of shamrock drowning paddies in true beggorah style competing with each other to shake the president's hand and the obligatory photo of the man drinking a pint of stout. (Remember the embarrassing claim publicity stunt between Guinness and Murphy's after a visit by Clinton?)

I thought we had moved on from all this fawning guff and prickology.

At a time when we need our European neighbours to take us seriously more than ever before, we are doing our best to prove incapable of doing so ourselves by treating this visit like a circus.

Derek Mooney may feel orgasmic when he hears There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama.

I feel like throwing up when I hear it.

I agree 100%. Those d*cks were actually brought to the whitehouse....

Lapin

I think its great that he's coming.

I just don't agree with the bullshít that surrounds the visit.

20Cent

Lapin wrote: »

I think its great that he's coming.

I just don't agree with the bullshít that surrounds the visit.

Americans love that sh1te that makes us cringe.
No harm in it.

Dyr

When are we being issued with the green jackets and fake red beards? tis a fine fine ting to be sure to be sure, oh begorrah and bejaysus, toooraloorlooraloo etc etc

Ash.J.Williams

20Cent wrote: »

Americans love that sh1te that makes us cringe.
No harm in it.

that is a myth

20Cent

If he was visiting any country they would wheel out the traditional music and stuff. Only in Ireland people are somehow embarrassed by their own culture for some reason.

Ash.J.Williams

20Cent wrote: »

If he was visiting any country they would wheel out the traditional music and stuff. Only in Ireland people are somehow embarrassed by their own culture for some reason.

and you think "there's nobody more irish than obama" and it's sequal are a fair representation of our musical culture?

Twin-go

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I agree 100%. Those d*cks were actually brought to the whitehouse....

No they wern't!! and they are not Dicks!!

Latchy

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

and you think "there's nobody more irish than obama" and it's sequal are a fair representation of our musical culture?

It's more a flovour of the month song than a true reflection of Irish culture , a bit like ''Oooh Ahhh ... Paul McGrath '' although I'm sure there's more Irish in Paul than O'Bama

Iwasfrozen

It will be interesting to see the same people condemn the Queen's visit on the back of her countries involvement in the middle east, then swoon over Obama!

Latchy

No doubt with O'Bama's visit the whole country will be taken over again by the CIA / Secret Service and probably MI5 for the Queens .

Ash.J.Williams

Latchy wrote: »

No doubt with O'Bama's visit the whole country will be taken over again by the CIA / Secret Service and probably MI5 for the Queens .

along with the right to shoot and kill

dan_d

I'm not embarassed to be Irish, but it IS embarassing when you hear people trying to convince him that Offaly and the Irish are practically solely responsible for his presence on this planet!

So the man's (apparently) from somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Offaly.Big deal. It's great that he's coming here, I will say that, but it's fairly nauseating listening to all the crap that goes on. It's ok to be proud to be Irish, but we do occasionally have to remember that we aren't actually as wonderful as we like to think we are.

Latchy

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

along with the right to shoot and kill

Yep .... and a big headache for all the Irish security forces to .

Lapin

Won't be much of a headache if he's only going to be in the country for 5 hours.

fly_agaric

Lapin wrote: »

Won't be much of a headache if he's only going to be in the country for 5 hours.

Really? Is he just visiting BallyNaSpoof (or wherever is laying claim to him as a long-lost son of the parish now)?