Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has today tweeted on the state of Anglo-American relations, but why he feels he needs to pontificate about these things, we have no idea.
Joey Barton – decries state of Britain and United States
Joey seems to be upset about the state of the British, and he doesn’t think too much of the United States either.
Here’s what Joey tweeted today:
“This is a good country but we were once pioneers of the known world, a truly GREAT country, now we pedal the stuff the America’s tell us to,”
“‘Land of the free, home of the brave’ only George Bush and his idiotic subordinates believe that …”
“This is not about American people, there’s some good America friends of mine, truly great people,” “It’s their gov and also r gov following them.”
A little pull-back there at the end, just in case some Americans got upset about Joey’s criticism of their country.
But why Joey keeps tweeting these opinions, mostly negative, about different things we don’t know, and it’s not clear what he thinks he achieves from these tweets.
We think the US Congress has been acting like children these last few months on the debt ceiling negations, and how they can curb the huge deficit.
But we’d never think of putting those opinions out into the public domain.
Whoops!
135 comments so far
boater
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:01 PM
Comment #41Andy – in a way you’re right, I just happen to agree with what he says, which makes it seem more acceptable.. then again, if he was spouting right wing, racist propaganda would that be ok? hardly.
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Comment #42@ 41 – that’s the point I’m making. Doesn’t matter what, just that he is.
boater
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Comment #43onepeterb // Jul 30, 2011 at 8:01 PM
what makes both countries great is that you can say this sort of comment freely.-
yeah apart from the £100k fine he’ll be paying for it next week of course;-)
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Comment #44boater, Americans aren’t a race?
rossrich
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Comment #45DarloGeordie, you must have watched ‘Zeitgeist’ mate. It opened my eyes to the truth 😮
Boater, I had to google ‘duplicitous’ to know what you were on about 😉
JB is a legend, we should make him manager.
Agent Stardust
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:07 PM
Comment #46erdinc deal is off ive been reliably informed.
sorry to bring the bad news!
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Comment #47rossrich, I read dubious. Google here I come.
Tonytoon73
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Comment #48Stardudust who the f@ck is your reliable source
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Comment #49@ 45 – Priorities, priorities. Now, a lengend? Neil Sika. Make that man Official Unofficial commentator. Well, that would be punctilious.
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Comment #50@ 48 – Ziggy and the Spiders from Mars.
Dannyo
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Comment #51Understand me right, but what the hell does Joeys oppinions about America have anything to do with football.
I read Sammy Ameobis tweet where he says he’s downloading expansion for CoD Black Ops. We should hammer down on him for playing such violent games.
You get my idea?
As long as his tweets is not football related or puts NUFC in a bad light, then just leave it be… We all know Joey speaks before he thinks, there’s no need to shadow his every move.
rossrich
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Comment #52@49 – I’d give him a new contract just for entertainment value.
Andy
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:11 PM
Comment #53The PSG manager said he has a part to play and will be relied on
boater
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Comment #54geordie german – no they’re not a race, they’re a nation, home to a cross section of races.
Even if they were, he’s talking about political actions of the gov’t..
I disapprove of the Zimbabwean government’s tyrannical regime- doesn’t make me racist towards Zimbabweans.
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Comment #55NUFCFAN76, Stardust had nowt to do with David Bowie. It was David Essex.
moonraker
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Comment #56Joey, your a good footballer but why express your political opinions on twitter? Everyone is entitled to an opinion but by putting yours on twitter you are making a prick of yourself! Stick to football related comments which you are qualified to comment on!
boater
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Comment #57rossrich – when you looked up duplicitous did it have a little picture of a heavy set bloke with an owl heed and lies coming out the beak by any chance?
GeordieGerman “allez les gars!”
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Comment #58boater, thank heavens for that. I can’t stand Yanks. Nice to know I’m not racist.
rossrich
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Comment #59I really dont see the issue with this. Its his opinion and no-one else’s. Just because he’s a footballer and NUFC’s best player by far (my own opinion) he gets the shit kicked out of him. People need to lighten up.
Say what you want Joey, as long as it doesn’t involve Mexicans. Leave that to Clarkson.
Smooth moves Shola
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Comment #60NUFCFAN76 – Reading your comments, either you expect everyone to adhere to some convention or, you come from the Robbie Savage school of thought, whereby, if you haven’t done it, you know nothing about it and your opinions are meaningless? In which case Ed may as well shut down this blog, no?
I really can’t fathom your angle?
boater
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Comment #61moonraker – when Barton comments on football he gets slaughtered…
reet am away for a pint..
Tonytoon73
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Comment #62Andy pardew said carroll would not be sold and look what happened. If the owner wants to sell a player it is goodbye my son.
rossrich
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Comment #63@ Boater – du·plic·i·tous/d(y)o?o?plisit?s/
Adjective: Deceitful: “treacherous, duplicitous behavior”.
I had to google ‘Adjective’ to know wtf this was saying 😉
xfer
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Comment #64Split personality! lol, nice going…
To be fair, the debt ceiling issue hasnt been the easiest to resolve especially if they were to consider the people of america, which imo, should remain a top priority.
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Comment #65@ 60 – What don’t you understand; I was pretty clear above. And I fail to find the significance of comparing me to Savage or implying free speech is for everybody by citing this blog as an example. It’s not: use your head.
Andy
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Comment #66Yeah but they don’t need to sell i suppose. They’ve got arab owners now so not short of money
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:25 PM
Comment #67Anyone gonna watch rematch of CL final later today? Manure vs Barca.
Toon XI
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Comment #68GG,
You hate Yanks???? Do you hate the thousands of yanks who gave their lives defending the European countries from Nazi occupation during the last World War? Or do you hate them because they defeated your “party” during that war?
Say what you will of the American government – it’s people have come to the help of the western europe more then once.
Andy
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Comment #69Just seen kaz lualua’s goal for brighton v spurs today. Cut inside from left shot on right bottom left corner. Good goal
Desange
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Comment #70Rio ferdinand and michael owen tweet?
Loads of other premiership players tweet
Why shouldn’t joey barton be allowed to tweet?
Plus joey is probably pissed off about missing the states tour lol
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM
Comment #71@ 69 – think we should have more of a “look” at him. He did a backwards wing pass to himself in one of the last games he played for us; stunning. If Jose leaves, put Joans on the right and start Marv. With Lua Lua as backup, the kid will come on (learn/grow) fast.
Tonytoon73
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Comment #72Andy true mate.
NUFCFAN76
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:37 PM
Comment #73@ 70 – agreed on all points. But ALL Joey’s tweet are lightning rods. And those players you cited, have come under fire for such. So, a double edged sword, yes. But why open the club up to that?
Tweeting about the birds, ocean, life in Toon, okay. But about politics? Transfers? Contracts? Owners? Uh, no.
NUFC 1892
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Comment #7474TH !!! HA HA HA HA HA
Toon XI
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Comment #75NUFC 1892 –
What do you get when you subtract 18 from 92?
74th.
NUFC 1892
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Comment #76THERE’S ONLY ONE JOEY BARTON !
Tonytoon73
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Comment #77Deaange every f@cker hates Barton, so they all have a go at his twitters. At least he has not put photos of the white house on his twitter like dickhead rio has.
ochytoon
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Comment #78ToonXI
To be fair the Americans only came to our aid once during WW2 and that was only after the Japs kicked their arse. Up till then they weren’t to bothered about us.
NUFC 1892
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Comment #79@ Toon XI
WTF R U SMOKING?!
HAHAHA NICE 1
JAMSHA
Jul 30, 2011 at 8:43 PM
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