British Journalist States His Warped Opinion

Daily Mirror UK ^ | 09/07/04 | Kevin Toolis

[Onelifetogive]

Are we sure that this is not some sort of clever satire?

While I can't address the "satire" part, I can comfortably refute any notion of it being "clever."

[JoJo Gunn]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=14612248&method=full&siteid=50143

[headsonpikes]

You're absolutely right!

Strike 'clever' from my post. ;^)

[WOSG]

Aside from the usual travesties, this barfer ...

"In downtown San Francisco, for instance, close to the rich financial district, poor sick people who should be in hospital lie in the street, in scenes reminiscent of the slums of Calcutta."

What a moron!

In SF, drug addled homeless crazies infest the streets because the local government caters to the homeless, doesnt demand they not urinate in the street, gives 'em freebies at the homeless shelter and refuses to lock them up even when they are certifiably insane and in need of institutional care!!

He blames Bush for the actions of ACLU-type ultra Liberals!!

Anyone in America who shows up at an emergency care unit will not be turned away. The US spends more on Government paid medical care than any other nation on earth.

[expatpat]

The Mirror is a tabloid.

[wideawake]

I have found the "credentials"!

Toolis is an IRA sympathizer who wrote a book called Rebel Hearts which is a fawning book of profiles of 10 IRA terrorists.

So his "expertise" on terrorism consists of writing superficial puff pieces on Irish terrorists.

Little Kevin is also a screenwriter who used to live in San Francisco.

This would explain his apparent obsession with feces. I wonder if he caught "the slim" from Mark Morford?

[Ciexyz]

This is the typical drivel you see on The Guardian message board. Get used to it: half of Britain hates our guts.

[Wombat101]

You forgot George Orwell...But then again, Orwell DID see the error of his ways, didn;t he?

[Jinjelsnaps]

Yet many of those soldiers would not be dead in the first place if they had the proper armoured vests and equipment to stop an AK-47 round - the favoured weapon of the Iraqi insurgents.

Oooohhhh, you mean the $87 billion in funding that John Kerry voted against? That funding?

And btw, the 7 heroic marines he mentioned that died this weekend were blown up by a car bomb. I'm not a military expert by any stretch, but I'm pretty sure a flak jacket won't do much against an explosive-filled car...

[cyncooper]

Kevin Toolis is a writer and expert on terrorism

No. Whatever he is, it is not an expert on terrorism.

What a vile little worm.

[JRjr]

Specifically, The Mirror is a Fleet Street rag.

[Terriergal]

No lie is too outrageous to be spun. No truth is too sacred to besmirch.

..and don't the Bush-haters know it!

[misterrob]

[TheBigB]

Ivan, are you familiar with this guy?

[Rebelbase]

A couple of schools of thought on this: What a schmuck to be commenting so hatefully on our Executive Branch of Government.

Little creeps in parliment like this guy must have been the driving factor that led to the rebellion 230 years ago.

And who does he think he is in the first place? Kevin Toolis oozes the socialist Euroweenie mentality that is everything anti-American. He is nothing more than a wanker hack.

[Terriergal]

BUSH, a rabid coward,

Obviously he hasn't read 'Unfit for Command.'

No girly men allowed.

"walk softly and carry a big stick."

[Terriergal]

Now, look carefully at your pic of the loser and the pic of Bush working on the ranch. Which one looks like a girlyman? Hmmm....

:-)

[luvbach1]

Full of fallacious crap. Where to begin? Most of our troops have been killed by roadside bombs or suicide bombers in cars, not by AK-47 slugs, so armored vests, which they now have, would not have helped in those instances. And he bemoans the fact that Bush is not on the tarmac, blubbering, when our fallen heros return.The POTUS has expressed privately to the families that he does care.Hopefully others will point out further bull replete in this ridiculous piece.

[loboinok]

Kevin's Toolis limp is a frigging idiot.

A writer he is NOT.
The only thing he is an expert at is maintaining just enough brain function to avoid Life support machines.

If he were standing before me,I would do things to him that would give terrorists,NIGHTMARES!

[Mr. Keys]

Yo, Foolis. STFU !!!!!!!!!