lizzer and me

Queen Elizabeth The Second will be visiting Kilcullen on the 19th of May.
It's gonna be a short visit.
Supposedly she's just passing through.
A few days ago the Irish Police Force, styling itself An Garda Siochana, held a meeting with local traders, business people and community representatives to discuss security arrangements for the Queen's visit.
You all know my opinion of the Irish Police Force.
You all know I believe the Irish Police Force is a corrupt coterie of thugs and murderers utterly out of control.
It is no longer accountable to the Civil Power.
This fact is borne out by the emergence of several tapes recently which showed Irish Police Officers threatening to rape and humiliate citizens.
The Police Officers in question are still on the Force.
Case closed.
Last week's Police meeting with community representatives in Kilcullen was billed as being a consultative one.
What it turned out to be was a universal summons for the issuance of Police dictats.
Seriously though.
What actually transpired at the meeting is that the business people were presented with a list of demands and requirements from the Police.
No consultation.
No discussion.
No debate.
Dictats.
Nothing more.
Representatives of the community were informed (not consulted) that the town would be flooded with upwards of fifty armed Police officers throughout the day to facilitate the Queen's three minute drive through.
These armed cops would be entitled to enter any premises and stand in the window area if they so choose throughout the day.
All schools in the town will be compulsorily closed throughout the day.
The town of Kilcullen will be completely sealed off by the Police, with no traffic allowed in or out, throughout the day.
All this for a three minute drive through.
On being informed at this "consutative meeting" that our town is about to become a Police State, one cafe owner turned to a friend.
"Why is she coming here anyway?" hissed the cafe owner.
Her friend put up his hand immediately.
"Why is she coming here anyway?" he demanded.
The Superintendant of An Garda Siochana Naas Division drew himself up to his full tremendouly important pipsqueak height.
"We expect everyone to conduct themselves with respect towards the Queen," he intoned loftily.
Ah yes.
Let me be clear gentle readers.
As you might expect, I welcome Queen Elizabeth The Second to Ireland with all my heart.
But I don't presume to speak for everyone.
Nor do I presume to prevent anyone else speaking for themselves.
No Police Force in the Free World gives its Officers the sort of power that the Superintendant of the Naas Division is arrogating to himself and his men in attempting to define what people may say or think or do about the Queen Of England's visit to our town.
So fifty armed cops, members of the most individually and institutionally corrupt Police Force in Europe, will turn Kilcullen into a Police State on May 19th.
The armed thug cops will be pretending to protect the Queen Of England from a non existent terrorist threat.
Who the hell is going to protect us from them?