DISQUS

Nigel Elliott · 1 year ago

This smells like a Tory set up. The British neocons brought down the mayor of London, now they're after Brown's government. The neocons cannot let Britain pull out of Iraq. That would give Obama cover to withdraw American troops.


This is brilliant!

I'm voting Republican
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQJ9Xp0xxU

Nigel Elliott · 1 year ago

BTW, Chris...I never see post critical of Sarkozy's government. A lot of Mugabe posts, but none of France's right-wing government. You know what they say...you can take the boy out of South Africa, but never the Afrikaan from the boy.

blackwolf · 1 year ago

Sounds like a racist remark to me. But by all means, feel free to elaborate a little more.

AbdulRahim · 1 year ago

Afrikaan is an ethnic group in South Africa, I don't know why it would be used as a derogatory term

blackwolf · 1 year ago

It's the boy word! But then, let's equalize it. Are there any such terms or phrases for your own culture?
Don't feel backed up against a wall, I'm here to be enlightened.

Are you part of an ethnic group? And if so, are there any such terms used against your
group?

Indigo · 1 year ago

Train? Government officials ride on trains? That's way too quaint for Americans to believe. Not that it didn't happen, of course it did. Why would the press lie? Fortunately for that fellow's job, it's just a case of absentmindedness and no sexual mischief is implied.

bumpkis · 1 year ago

PLANTED. The end.

bumpkis · 1 year ago

For Nigel...speaking of Sarkozy....shades of Canadian lawsuit going on right now re reporting of "offensive" internet sites....total set up.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/200...

OlderAndWiser · 1 year ago

Sounds like no harm was done anyway, since it was turned over, unlike the seemingly hundreds of laptops taken home by both govt and business workers which get "lost" or "stolen" putting millions in jeopardy of ID theft.

AbdulRahim · 1 year ago

Well he did just win a huge victory in the House of Commons, ironically on 42 days detention for terror suspects(thanks only to the mercy of the smaller parties like the DUP).

jixter · 1 year ago

RE: Nigel Elliott and bumpkis: I always tend to think the same way when this sort of stuff happens. Otherwise, it seems so ... I don't know .... stupid and incompetent - and despite what I may think about my or anybody else's government, the idea that government employees entrusted with this kind of data would simply LEAVE IT BEHIND as though it had no more importance to the person than their daily newspaper is just not believable. What else are their minds occupied with? Whether to steam or wave their dinner veggies?

I put myself into their position and if it had been me, I would never let that stuff out of my sight - if only for fear of what might happen to me if it got lost.

So yeah. Planned? Sure. Why not? It makes more sense.

And then ... why publicize it? Wouldn't normal people (and government bureaus) be too ashamed?

Paul_In_SF · 1 year ago

There was a similar incident in London in the past. A couple of years ago maybe? At least you know something like that isn't going to happen here in the US of A. A senior government official lowering her or himself to taking mass transit? Not going to happen here.