Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Hey Post Office! Instead of blowing your money on stupid ads with dancing CGI ants, why not spending it on ensuring that service goes a bit quicker so we don't feel like extras in Shaun of the Dead, surrounded by the blue rinse brigade who are flumoxed by trick questions like "Good morning!".
Still, Plums is feeling a bit under seige at the moment what with Labour Party bastards in town and furry animal killers in there. The latter did a KLF and dumped some carcasses around town. I tend to feel they've got their tactics all wrong, the average reaction of people to landed toffs complaining about being hard done by that I've seen is "Good. More please." The day after the Commons invasion the Daily Mail had some pictures of Bryan Ferry's son, Moon Unit Ferry or whoever he is, working on a farm. Apparently, despite the fact that his Dad is loaded, he likes to live like the common people and do whatever common people do. But, he doesn't get paid! He does this all for free! So surely we should let him kill foxes as he doesn't get paid for mucking out the horses? Of course, you can probably do something for the sheer love of it when 'Virginia Plain' gets paid as often as it does on VH-1.
Now I can sort of understand the dead horse as hunters have long tried to moral blackmail approach of "If we're not allowed to tear apart foxes with our bare hands and drink their blood for satanic rituals, then we're just going to have to do it with our dogs, our horses and our lower classes. And how would you feel to have their deaths on your conscience?" but where to calves come in to the whole blood sports area? Is this some hitherto secret side of the fox hunting scene? If they can't find any foxes do they fling some rugs over the back of a couple of cows instead? Or are there secret calf-fighting pits, where men gather round to watch baby cows get pitted against one another? Or was it that, come the morning the organiser looked in the horsebox and said "That's a dead horse and, oh bollocks, he's killed two calves as well. I knew we shouldn't rely on Lord Magoo to supply the dead horses for this." I wonder whether these animals died naturally?
Meanwhile inside, Tony Bliar edges closer to an apology. He's sorry that the intelligence was faulty but he's not sorry for getting rid of Saddam.
The evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to be wrong. I acknowledge that and accept it. I simply point out, such evidence was agreed by the whole international community, not least because Saddam had used such weapons against his own people and neighbouring countries.
But there is evidence that the United States both have and are developing biological and chemical weapons and the international community would agree that they have them. They have identified a number of communities they consider to be their enemy. They have attacked countries like Iraq which posed them no threat (as Bliar agrees above) and used chemical weapons such as missiles with depleted uranium missile tips which have half-lives of thousands of years and can poison communities for decades. So when do we bomb Washington Tony? When do we occupy the country and send in UN observers to try and ensure a fair election this time?
There are two views of what is happening in the world today. One view is that there are isolated individuals, extremists, engaged in essentially isolated acts of terrorism... The other view is that this is a wholly new phenomenon, worldwide global terrorism based on a perversion of the true, peaceful and honourable faith of Islam; that's its roots are not superficial but deep, in the madrassehs of Pakistan, in the extreme forms of Wahabi doctrine in Saudi Arabia, in the former training camps of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan; in the cauldron of Chechnya; in parts of the politics of most countries of the Middle East and many in Asia; in the extremist minority that now in every European city preach hatred of the West and our way of life.
But to take this view, the view of Shrubya and Bliar, is to play their game, because they would love nothing more than a Holy War between 'Islam' and 'Christianity' and as an unbeliever I don't want anything to do with either. A pox on both your houses.
I know people say we should take the Lib Dems seriously. But I can't. I like Charles, incidentally. But recently he asked: "The Lib Dems are doing well but we have to answer the question: what do you stand for?" Charles, my strong advice is: don't go there.
The transcript doesn't note whether he clicks his fingers, but at least he doesn't later say "Anyone who criticises me should talk to the hand." Conference delegates were chanting "four more years!" (or was that a resigned chant, "four more years of this shithead!"?), but I don't think they were doing that weird stirring motion or shouting "Go Tony! Go Tony!" or "You tell 'em girlfriend!"
Still, Plums is feeling a bit under seige at the moment what with Labour Party bastards in town and furry animal killers in there. The latter did a KLF and dumped some carcasses around town. I tend to feel they've got their tactics all wrong, the average reaction of people to landed toffs complaining about being hard done by that I've seen is "Good. More please." The day after the Commons invasion the Daily Mail had some pictures of Bryan Ferry's son, Moon Unit Ferry or whoever he is, working on a farm. Apparently, despite the fact that his Dad is loaded, he likes to live like the common people and do whatever common people do. But, he doesn't get paid! He does this all for free! So surely we should let him kill foxes as he doesn't get paid for mucking out the horses? Of course, you can probably do something for the sheer love of it when 'Virginia Plain' gets paid as often as it does on VH-1.
Now I can sort of understand the dead horse as hunters have long tried to moral blackmail approach of "If we're not allowed to tear apart foxes with our bare hands and drink their blood for satanic rituals, then we're just going to have to do it with our dogs, our horses and our lower classes. And how would you feel to have their deaths on your conscience?" but where to calves come in to the whole blood sports area? Is this some hitherto secret side of the fox hunting scene? If they can't find any foxes do they fling some rugs over the back of a couple of cows instead? Or are there secret calf-fighting pits, where men gather round to watch baby cows get pitted against one another? Or was it that, come the morning the organiser looked in the horsebox and said "That's a dead horse and, oh bollocks, he's killed two calves as well. I knew we shouldn't rely on Lord Magoo to supply the dead horses for this." I wonder whether these animals died naturally?
Meanwhile inside, Tony Bliar edges closer to an apology. He's sorry that the intelligence was faulty but he's not sorry for getting rid of Saddam.
The evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to be wrong. I acknowledge that and accept it. I simply point out, such evidence was agreed by the whole international community, not least because Saddam had used such weapons against his own people and neighbouring countries.
But there is evidence that the United States both have and are developing biological and chemical weapons and the international community would agree that they have them. They have identified a number of communities they consider to be their enemy. They have attacked countries like Iraq which posed them no threat (as Bliar agrees above) and used chemical weapons such as missiles with depleted uranium missile tips which have half-lives of thousands of years and can poison communities for decades. So when do we bomb Washington Tony? When do we occupy the country and send in UN observers to try and ensure a fair election this time?
There are two views of what is happening in the world today. One view is that there are isolated individuals, extremists, engaged in essentially isolated acts of terrorism... The other view is that this is a wholly new phenomenon, worldwide global terrorism based on a perversion of the true, peaceful and honourable faith of Islam; that's its roots are not superficial but deep, in the madrassehs of Pakistan, in the extreme forms of Wahabi doctrine in Saudi Arabia, in the former training camps of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan; in the cauldron of Chechnya; in parts of the politics of most countries of the Middle East and many in Asia; in the extremist minority that now in every European city preach hatred of the West and our way of life.
But to take this view, the view of Shrubya and Bliar, is to play their game, because they would love nothing more than a Holy War between 'Islam' and 'Christianity' and as an unbeliever I don't want anything to do with either. A pox on both your houses.
I know people say we should take the Lib Dems seriously. But I can't. I like Charles, incidentally. But recently he asked: "The Lib Dems are doing well but we have to answer the question: what do you stand for?" Charles, my strong advice is: don't go there.
The transcript doesn't note whether he clicks his fingers, but at least he doesn't later say "Anyone who criticises me should talk to the hand." Conference delegates were chanting "four more years!" (or was that a resigned chant, "four more years of this shithead!"?), but I don't think they were doing that weird stirring motion or shouting "Go Tony! Go Tony!" or "You tell 'em girlfriend!"
