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Rooney's Irish road trip

President Obama calls his nominee for ambassador 'an unwavering supporter of Irish peace, culture and education'

As ambassador-designate, Dan Rooney is heading to a Dublin whose economic troubles pose a challenging new context for the traditionally strong ties between the U.S. and the Republic of Ireland.

Congratulations, Ireland!
(Dan Rooney is the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the (American) football team.)


As an aside, what does everything think of appointing people with little or no diplomatic experience to be diplomats?

Again, Ireland does not care what your ambassador-designate owns. :p

What's steeler? Is he a thief or something?

What's steeler? Is he a thief or something?

He makes steel.

He makes steel.

Ah.
Well, I wish him all the best over here. Not exactly a steely kind of place altogether, though.

I guess that its alright to pick someone who isn't actually a diplomat when the relationship between the two countries is quite relaxed as it is between the US and Ireland. Its not like he's ambassador to, say, Israel or Venezuela.

I guess that its alright to pick someone who isn't actually a diplomat when the relationship between the two countries is quite relaxed as it is between the US and Ireland. Its not like he's ambassador to, say, Israel or Venezuela.

Or hates the place he's supposed to go to, like John Bolton.

For an extraordinarily confusing second I thought that the OP was referring to the Sheffield Steelers (www.sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/). Why Ireland would have anything to do with British Ice Hockey was quite beyond me...

For an extraordinarily confusing second I thought that the OP was referring to the Sheffield Steelers (www.sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/). Why Ireland would have anything to do with British Ice Hockey was quite beyond me...Heh. No, I meant the Pittsburgh Steelers, the (American) football team. (OP is edited.)

Heh. No, I meant the Pittsburgh Steelers, the (American) football team. (OP is edited.)
I quickly (by which I mean, slowly) worked that out.:tongue:

Heh. No, I meant the Pittsburgh Steelers, the (American) football team. (OP is edited.)

Wow, he's going to have fun over here learning about real sport. :D

Wow, he's going to have fun over here learning about real sport. :DThat's just it - he'll be bringing one to Ireland. ;)

Or hates the place he's supposed to go to, like John Bolton.

Yeah, I'm sure the fact that he's not going there with the belief that Ireland should be dismantled can only be a bonus.

That's just it - he'll be bringing one to Ireland. ;)

Pfft, we have, like, 3 of our own.

Pfft, we have, like, 3 of our own.

More, I'd say. :D

Why would they economic situation here effect relations between Ireland and The U.S. ?

it is quite appropriate to select an ambassador with no experience, when your secretary of state is in a likewise boat. Cant have the Ambassadors showing up the secretary of state after all.

President Obama calls his nominee for ambassador 'an unwavering supporter of Irish peace, culture and education'

so wait the US could of just sent an ambassador in during 60's and the Irish would of calmed down and gone to theater school?

Everyone knows Ambassadors are just figureheads. The people who do the real work are career diplomats, who would never dream of standing in the historic tradition of rewarding campaign supporters with Ambassadorships.

I hope to be a career diplomat one day!

I hope to be a career diplomat one day!

you just want to sit in starbucks all day talking to a guy in a Russian accent confess!

you just want to sit in starbucks all day talking to a guy in a Russian accent confess!

If a man in a nondescript suit came up to me one day and handed me a slip of paper with the address of a defunct and (thought to be) abandoned warehouse on it, I would definitely go. :P

But I think passing the FSE is probably within my reach, while being CIA... perhaps less so.

so wait the US could of just sent an ambassador in during 60's and the Irish would of calmed down and gone to theater school?

that was this guys Thesis in business school.

Pfft, we have, like, 3 of our own.

Hurley, Gaelic Football and some weird road bowls one?


Talking about Irish sport, Ireland for the grandslam in the 6 Nations on Sat.