LETS GET IT ON IN THE HAGUE JOHN BULL

John Bull was created by Dr. John Arbuthnot, a close friend of Jonathan Swift, Irish author of the satire, 'A Modest Proposal', in 1712. Arbuthnot created John Bull in his pamphlet, "Law is a Bottomless Pit ," in 1712. Arbuthnot gave John Bull a sister named Peg, who was Scottish and a French enemy called Louis Baboon. In those days, long before the internet, this was the basis of British establishment humour and entertainment, which evolved into their infamous satire magazine, called Punch, which created the Irish joke and cartoon, which entertained the elite of merry old England. 

John Bull" from The Sketch Book; "A plain, downright, matter-of-fact fellow, with much less of poetry about him than rich prose. There is little of romance in his nature, but a vast deal of a strong natural feeling. He excels in humour more than in wit; is jolly rather than gay; melancholy rather than morose; can easily be moved to a sudden tear or surprised into a broad laugh; but he loathes sentiment and has no turn for light pleasantry. He is a boon companion, if you allow him to have his humour and to talk about himself; and he will stand by a friend in a quarrel with life and purse, however soundly he may be cudgelled."

A lot of this humour was used for political purposes by all political sides, similar to Charlie Hebdo satire in Paris. However it became mainstream in London, to the point that, The Times could boast in it's editorial, on their Irish Holocaust of six million, with establishment approval, that, "A Celt will soon be as rare on the banks of the Shannon as the red man on the banks of Manhattan." - The London Times, triumphant editorial of 1848. Some Irish, not suffering from Stockholm Syndrome are still a little irritated about this. There was however considerable debate among the British establishment, as to whether it might be better, to ship all of the Irish to America instead and employ them to kill all of the Negros which was commented on by British historian Edward Freeman, writing on his return from America. 'This would be a grand land if only every Irishman would kill a Negro, and be hanged for it. I find this sentiment generally approved - sometimes with the qualification, that they want Irish and Negroes for servants, not being able to get any other.

Now it appears after the "Special Relationship" meeting yesterday, between the two burgers Obama and British PM Cameron, that Obama has not done his research on Perfidious Albion, as the more educated French have, who received further lessons from Charlie Hebdo.  If some of these British had their way, more than half of Obama's ancestors would have been liquidated too, like the Irish and we would have a white woman in the White House. Now I have nothing against Hilary Rodham, unfortunately, other than possible WASP ancestry but Rodham is not of blue blooded stock, so no problem Hilary, you can be on top.

Some people say I have a resentment against the English, which is not true. My best friend is as English as the come and we disagree considerably in political matters. I would say, this is generallytrue of most Irish people. When it comes to Royalty and the City of London elite, yes there are a few issues which enter the realm of Buddha's mosquitos. I was taught, that the process of forgiveness and reconciliation, requires a sincere apology and acknowledgement for harm done and then a form of restitution. Now if you happen to visit the original constituencies of Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, just to begin with, which incidentally, suffer even greater deprivation and poverty, since they came to power, you will find thousands of people, who have serious issues with the elite of the City of London.

The subject of holocausts, genocide and ethnic cleansing, is a source of great amusement and entertainment to the British elite, to this day, to the point, that they have with perfidious black humour, commissioned a writer of Anglo-Irish stock, fattened on the vacant lands of the Irish Holocaust victims, to produce a comedy series, on one of their principal channels. Now being a little mosquito bitten myself, I took it upon myself, to start a petition on the very empowering Care2 Network, to have the International Criminal Court, adjudicate this matter, and deal with it, in a civilized way. The first day, there were 59 good people who signed and one on each two days subsequently, there after none.

I have proposed this course of action to try to achieve justice, and I have proposed it as an alternative, to more militant forms of achieving social justice. Last time I checked there was not a single signatory in Ireland. Frankly I was not surprised from a lifetimes' experience of both British and west British censorship, to find this to be the case. I am seeking a peaceful resolution of these outstanding issues, as I believe there is clear evidence, that violence is self-defeating. So either all of the island of Ireland has Stockholm Syndrome or British censorship is extremely effective but guarantees even more violence. You see there is no money in the truth or peacefully resolving issues related to both state counter gang terrorism or the causes of violence. It's like ancient medicine, using leeches to heal the anaemico or bloodletting for varicose veins.

Obama and Cameron there is one minor problem with Genocide. It is carried in the bloodstream DNA of generations thereafter, like some mosquito-borne malaria or dengue fever, and has consequence like, these never ending wars in your terrorist narrative of yesterday. I was reared on your expensive diet of the Cold War and subsequently your Terrorist Wars, which conveniently keep your prefix of United attached to Kingdom and States behind never eternal wars that generate trillions from your taxpayers, for your, oh so profitable war complex industries.The collective memory of your genocide, simply doesn't go away you know.

If you cannot see the ICC Petition above this article, in your respective country, then it is censored. Are there any sisters and brothers of Hilary out there, who might Care2 help?

ICC opens initial probe into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories

Step could lead to charges against Israeli and Palestinian officials; FM Lieberman calls to dismantle International Criminal Court.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says she has opened a preliminary probe into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories.

Fatou Bensouda said in a statement Friday she will conduct the preliminary examination in "full independence and impartiality."

The announcement comes after the Palestinian Authority acceded to the court's founding treaty and recognized its jurisdiction dating back to the eve of last summer's Gaza war.

Potential cases Bensouda could take on include allegations of war crimes by Israel during last summer's Gaza war where the Palestinians suffered heavy civilian casualties. Israel's settlement construction on occupied Palestinian lands could also be examined.

The cases could also include alleged war crimes by Hamas, which controls Gaza, including the firing of thousands of rockets at Israeli residential areas from crowded neighborhoods.

The prosecutor's announcement comes after the Palestinian Authority acceded to The Hague-based court's founding treaty and recognized its jurisdiction dating back to July, the eve of the last Gaza war.

Israel is not a member of the court.

A preliminary examination is not an investigation, but weighs information about possible crimes and jurisdiction issues to establish whether a full investigation is merited. It is unclear how long the preliminary examination might take. Bensouda said "there are no timelines" set in the court's founding treaty.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki welcomed the move and said the Palestinian Authority would cooperate.

"The Palestinian people called upon us to go to court and ask for an investigation and therefore we consider the announcement today as a historic event," he said.

Netanyahu: PA cooperates with terror organization Hamas

"Israel categorically rejects the statement by the ICC prosecutor" a statement issue by the bureau of Prime Minister Netanyahu said in response, adding that "The Palestinian Authority is not a state and therefore there is no place, also according to the ICC's own regulations, for such a probe."

"The absurdity of the decision is even greater since the PA is cooperating with Hamas, a terrorist organization that commits war crimes," the statement said, adding that unlike Hamas, "Israel is fighting terrorism while upholding international law and has an independent judiciary."

The decision by the ICC, the prime minister said, was a "complete reversal of the original objectives that were at the basis of the founding of the ICC," which was also founded "following the mass killing of six million Jews by the Nazis." Now, Netanyahu said, there are those who "wish to use this court against the Jewish state, which is defending itself from murderous terror that attack it as well as the entire world."

Netanyahu also said that, "unfortunately, the move turns the court into part of the problem, rather than part of the solution," Netanyahu concluded. "It's a scandalous that only days after terrorists slaughtered Jews in Paris ... the ICC opens an inquiry against the Jewish state, and only because it defends its citizens against Hamas, a terrorist organization that is partnered with the Palestinian Authority."

Lieberman: Israel will seek ICC's dismantle

Describing the court's statement as hypocritical and supportive of terror, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman the decision was "scandalous," stemmed political and anti-Israel motives and was an attempt to "harm Israel's right to defend itself against terror." He added that Israel would take international action to have the ICC dismantled.

He said that the fact the court had not found it necessary to intervene in Syria, despite the over 200,000 deaths in that country's civil war, but sees a need to "examine the most moral in the world" proves the decision was motivated by "political and anti-Israel considerations."

Lieberman said that it was impossible to compare the Israel Defense Forces, which "does everything possible to avoid harming innocents," with "terror organizations which fire from areas populated by civilians against areas populated by other civilians."

"We won't accept it and I will recommend that we don't cooperate with it," Lieberman said.

The Palestinian Authority two weeks ago officially submitted to the United Nations the request to join 22 international treaties, including the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.

The applications were signed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following the failure of a Palestinian statehood bid at the UN Security Council.

In response to the Palestinian request to join the court at The Hague, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel expects the ICC to reject the Palestinian application due to the fact that it is not a state.

Israel retaliated to the Palestinian move to join the ICC by freezing the transfer of more than $100 million a month in taxes it collects for the Palestinians.

The prosecutor is currently conducting eight preliminary examinations in Honduras, Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Guinea and Nigeria. Some have been going on for years.

Judges at the court must approve any request by the prosecution office for a full investigation.

Established in 2002, the court has struggled to live up to high expectations that it would end impunity for high-ranking perpetrators of atrocities in conflicts around the globe.

It has completed only three trials, ending in two convictions and an acquittal, all of rebel leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The court has no police force to secure crime scenes, gather evidence and arrest suspects and has repeatedly had trouble gaining custody of indicted suspects such as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been charged with genocide in the conflict-torn Darfur region of his country.

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