Well here is a cracker, as reported in todays Western Morning News. It would seem that greed has no bounds in the eyes of those in the hierarchy of Devon and Somerset fire brigade.
Whilst Devon faces major swinging cuts in fire cover and manpower, fire Chief Paul Young and four other senior fire officers were awarded "more than £109,000 in wage increases". Their cynicism knows no bounds and I cannot believe how people in positions of power such as this can expect any respect from the fireman on the ground. This is at a time when fire fighters face daily attacks from yobs and scum whilst attending "shouts" and in some areas are being issued with "DNA" kits to get DNA samples from phlegm, which has been spat at them.
This, stinks and is just another example of mis management, greed and avarice, with public funds.
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Saving Petrol
The British Solution to Save Petrol.
Gordon Brown wants us to cut the amount of petrol we use......
The best way to stop using so much petrol is to deport 3 million illegal immigrants!
That would be 3 million less people using our petrol. The price of petrol might come down..... Then
Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the Channel....
When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Channel, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq ...
Tell him if he wants to come to Britain then he must serve a tour in the military defending the freedoms that our troops have been fighting for....
Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.....
After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country.....
He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident..... .
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.. .....
If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.....
Problem solved.....
If you think this is a good solution to both the problems, forward it to your friends. .........
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Nice Quote
Found today on a friends webspace....
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
Ian
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."
Ian
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
LEST WE FORGET
"AMENDED POST" The following post has been shown to be incorrect and part of a circulating e mail, falsely claiming the removal of the holocaust from the national curriculum.
Please see this link for more info:
http://www.boycottwatch.org/misc/UK-Holocaust.htm
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE THIS YEAR...READ THIS AND ENSURE OTHERS READ IT TOO...
It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied
Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps, he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.'
In Memorial
This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.
This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
This email is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the
6 million Jews,
20 million Russians,
10 million Christians
and 1,900 Catholic priests
who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated while the German and Russia peoples looking the other way.
Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be a `myth`, it is imperative to make sure the world NEVER forgets.
This email is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide.
Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
Don't just delete this. It will take a minute to pass this along.
'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing'.
Edmund Burke
Please see this link for more info:
http://www.boycottwatch.org/misc/UK-Holocaust.htm
IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE THIS YEAR...READ THIS AND ENSURE OTHERS READ IT TOO...
It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied
Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps, he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.'
In Memorial
This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.
This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
This email is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the
6 million Jews,
20 million Russians,
10 million Christians
and 1,900 Catholic priests
who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated while the German and Russia peoples looking the other way.
Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be a `myth`, it is imperative to make sure the world NEVER forgets.
This email is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide.
Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
Don't just delete this. It will take a minute to pass this along.
'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing'.
Edmund Burke
Monday, December 10, 2007
Happy Birthday
Hey diddle e dee! it's birthday time for me, well at least it was on Friday. Today its the ex's birthday. So big birthday hugs to Rosemary, who is suffering from the nasty cold doing the rounds. Keep smiling xxxx
Happy Anniversary to me...
Only 11 days to go....yeeee harrrr!!! and its my anniversary. No not my wedding anniversary, but the third anniversary of me being knocked of my motorcycle and injured by that blind piece of human excrement TIM CHADWICK I am sure good old Tim will be enjoying the festive season with his "Born again Christian mates" all having a little jolly at this festive time. Well "Timmy Baby" I wont be having a jolly, because i am still suffering, looking forward to another visit to a back specialist on the 21st, because i am losing the feeling in my toes. Oh and of course your stinking insurance company still haven't settled. Because "oh yes, I forgot" you driving half a ton of ******* toyota into me, didn't cause me any long term problems, just exacerbated a pre existing condition!!! I do hope you never break any limbs in a ******* car accident, coz guess bloody what, once they have healed, I might just pop round and break them again, after all, they couldn't charge me, because i would only be exacerbating a pre existing condition!!! YOU ******
All I can say at this festive time of year, is "I hope you choke to ****ing death on a stuffing ball" at least you will get to meet your "chum upstairs"
All I can say at this festive time of year, is "I hope you choke to ****ing death on a stuffing ball" at least you will get to meet your "chum upstairs"
Fuel Protest
I haven't been blogging for a while, but news of merit!! The action group transaction 2007 are organising a new round of fuel protests from Saturday 15th December. Look out for them at
http://www.transaction-2007.com/
Sign up and give them your ideas and support as to how we can protest about this total abuse of taxation!!
Ian
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Great quote I heard today..
If you keep on doing what you have always done, you will only end up with what you always got.....
Now there's a recommendation to change!!
Now there's a recommendation to change!!
Sunday, July 01, 2007
If you are searching the net for a T Shirt with a difference, visit the guys at :
http://www.threadless.com/
For some original T Shirts, which you will not find else where. You can even submit designs of your own, such as the superb "Communist Party"pictured by "Tom Burns" or the superb "Pie Chart" by "Graham Dobson". Well worth a look.
http://www.threadless.com/
For some original T Shirts, which you will not find else where. You can even submit designs of your own, such as the superb "Communist Party"pictured by "Tom Burns" or the superb "Pie Chart" by "Graham Dobson". Well worth a look.
Proof that blogging has been around for ages.
An early illustration of a "Blogger" using the early version of "Windows" only able to "Scroll" in one direction and with limited ability to cut,copy and paste, the early Bloggers still managed to produce some fine work.
been writing to the Western Morning News Again
Not particularly normal of me to write such a politicized letter, we will see if they publish it, although having had one in the E and E last week and one in the WMN this, i may be pushing my luck..
I was sad to read in the papers on Wednesday that Tony Blair was finally leaving us, but my sadness was for only one single reason!
That reason, being Gordon Brown. For if Tony was bad, I think Gordon will be a complete disaster. The advantage, if any, with Blair, was that although he was busy ruining the country, he loved to "posture" on the world stage and therefore did not, luckily for us, concentrate his energies 100% on the destruction of this country and its institutions. Gordon however, seems far less of an "international politician" and I fear "Tony's legacy" will pale into insignificance, in relation to Gordon’s.
With interest, I scanned the national media to see the comments of Blair’s acolytes on the fantastic achievements of his years in power and I could not believe my eyes to read some of the complete drivel with which he was being credited. How can anyone, however deluded, be fooled into thinking that he has: A: improved the NHS. B: lowered unemployment C: improved care for the elderly and disabled or most laughably D: reduced crime in this country and “brought peace and democracy to Iraq”!! Even living as we do, in a beautiful area of the country, it would be hard for anyone to accept any positive aspect of “Blair’s Britain”.
Whilst I would be the first to admit, that David Cameron and the Conservatives are no better. Bestowing honours upon TB, for his great works is a total "crock" The man and his government have taken this country to "Hell in a handcart" and mark my words, it will only get worse.
As a nation, we need to “wake up” and "smell the beans", to look around ourselves and observe the hospitals, riddled with infections, look at the thousands of bureaucrats, behind the scenes. See the money that this government haemorrhage's away into quangos and spin-doctors. Watch the local councils and see them closing old peoples homes and homes for disabled kids, due to “a lack of funding”, whilst advertising jobs at 40k a year for "outreach workers", or "ethnic minority inclusion officers" etc. Whilst the burden of ever increasing council taxation allied to reductions in services affect our daily lives and the insidious introduction of environmental taxes on us, as a means of “stealth taxation” actually does nothing for the environment, merely funds more beaurocracy and regulation.
Look in your shopping trolley and if you are lucky enough to be able to read after having exited our "dumbed down education system", read the labels, see where your food and shopping comes from. Observe how little we produce anymore and how much we rely on imports of food and vital products. Take in the environment around you, observe the litter, the drabness, the state of our roads and utilities and ask yourself why? Where are our taxes spent?
Walk the streets of any town and feel the cold chill of fear that now stalks many former havens of peace and tranquillity. Ask yourself, "do I feel safe?". When was the last time you saw a police officer? Even worse, when was the last time you held a Police officer, a Judge or a politician in any form of respect? When was the last time that you saw a criminal adequately punished for crimes against the innocent?
Our police forces have become politicised beyond belief and are now little more than some sort of “eastern European Stasi” more interested in enforcing “PC government dictats” than making our streets safe for all. The legal and judicial system has become a “cash cow”, with millions being made on legal aid and compensation claims, whilst true justice for the victims of real accidents and crimes has become a joke. Those people who “make the laws”, administer and run the legal system and also much of government, make “true justice” a mere “pipe dream”, but allow themselves a dangerously large amount of power, over all of us “mere mortals”
These, unfortunately are the legacies of “Blair’s Britain” and we must ask, “Whatever happened to our Britain”? Sadly though, until we see a great "sea change" in British politics and a return to politics being "For the people and by the people", we as a country will only have ourselves to blame for the mess we have allowed ourselves to become....
Monday, June 04, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Bike Accident Blues !!!
In December 2004, whilst on my way to work, the day after taking my "PSV" licence, I was stationary, at a junction astride my trusty classic BMW R100RS. When a "piece of shit" under the name of Tim Chadwick, drove his Toyota Carisma into the back of my motorcycle! Throwing me and the bike accross the road in front of a "Bardon Aggregates truck" coming down the hill . Luckily the trucker was on the ball and managed to avoid running me over. Unluckily the impact was so heavy, it smashed my shaft drive into my gearbox and my bike was written off. Also my back took hell of a beating and due to having body armour in my jacket i was saved serious injury, but put my back out badly which cost me nearly 10 weeks of work and the inability to drive long distances or be imobile for any length of time.
The fuckwit who ran me off the road said "dont worry I wont try and get out of it, I go to church!!!", "it was my fault". There a f**king surprise, too busy talking to GOD, to keep his eyes on the road. Using divine guidance, he also managed to not be prosecuted by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary for dangerous driving, but had to do a "driver awareness course intead"
On the other hand, Bennets insurance (MONEY GRABBING SCUM) paid me the grand sum of £1000 quid for my bike, even though it was a classic worth nearer £2500 and Direct Line (CHADWICK INSURERS/SCUM ALSO) have paid me for my time of work, but still owe me my excess of 200 quid, new helmet/jacket and nearly a grand in medical expenses plus compensation for having to give up my bus driving job. This is now 2 years and 5 months on, yet it is still dragging on, even though the solicitors acting for me are "bike claims specialists" I am sat writing this "pumped up on pain killers", after having had a strenuous day. Feeling bitter about the whole affair. Someone said to me that I should be glad I wasn't crushed by the truck!! Tell you f**king what, I think it would have been less agro and at least the "born again christian wanker" would have paid for his crap driving and I wouldn't be in pain and angry. So the moral of this tale is, if involved in an accident and able to still use your fists, ensure that you beat the living shit out of the person who hit you, then claim you "were in shock" at the subsequent court hearing. At least you will have the satisfaction of knowing some one else is sharing your pain! Also let this be a warning, when following a vehicle with a "fish symbol" on the bumper/rear window etc. STEER CLEAR, the idiot is on "first name terms with GOD!!" he is not concentrating on the road and he will kill you, because death holds no fear for him and he wants to sit at GODS right hand!! You however, if involved in an accident that is not your fault, will suffer pain, anger, frustration, financial loss and hardship, yet you will wait till hell freezes over for the parasites from the insurance companies to settle your case...
So to sum up...
Bardon Aggregates driver = True profesional , still here because he drove well.
Bennetts Insurance = Money Grabbing useless scum
Direct line = As above
Tim Chadwick/Exmouth Devon = Remember these words!!
"That terrible day of the LORD is near. Swiftly it comes – a day when strong men will cry bitterly. It is a day when the LORD's anger will be poured out. It is a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, of clouds, blackness, trumpet calls, and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and strongest battlements! "Because you have sinned against the LORD, I will make you as helpless as a blind man searching for a path. Your blood will be poured out into the dust, and your bodies will lie there rotting on the ground."
(Zephaniah 1:7:18 NLT)
Ooops almost forgot, Mr XXXXX, consultant back specialist, out to prove that my accident symptoms were already pre existent or only exacerbated by my accident injury. Another parasite, suffering from usual consultant problem, believing himself to be on the same level as God!! (I,ve met better witch doctors!)
Last but not least, my chiropractor Julie Englefield, from Sidmouth Chiropractic centre. More talent in one finger than a room full of consultants. Thanks to her, my recovery was helped no end. I can recommend her to anyone who has a back problem.
The fuckwit who ran me off the road said "dont worry I wont try and get out of it, I go to church!!!", "it was my fault". There a f**king surprise, too busy talking to GOD, to keep his eyes on the road. Using divine guidance, he also managed to not be prosecuted by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary for dangerous driving, but had to do a "driver awareness course intead"
On the other hand, Bennets insurance (MONEY GRABBING SCUM) paid me the grand sum of £1000 quid for my bike, even though it was a classic worth nearer £2500 and Direct Line (CHADWICK INSURERS/SCUM ALSO) have paid me for my time of work, but still owe me my excess of 200 quid, new helmet/jacket and nearly a grand in medical expenses plus compensation for having to give up my bus driving job. This is now 2 years and 5 months on, yet it is still dragging on, even though the solicitors acting for me are "bike claims specialists" I am sat writing this "pumped up on pain killers", after having had a strenuous day. Feeling bitter about the whole affair. Someone said to me that I should be glad I wasn't crushed by the truck!! Tell you f**king what, I think it would have been less agro and at least the "born again christian wanker" would have paid for his crap driving and I wouldn't be in pain and angry. So the moral of this tale is, if involved in an accident and able to still use your fists, ensure that you beat the living shit out of the person who hit you, then claim you "were in shock" at the subsequent court hearing. At least you will have the satisfaction of knowing some one else is sharing your pain! Also let this be a warning, when following a vehicle with a "fish symbol" on the bumper/rear window etc. STEER CLEAR, the idiot is on "first name terms with GOD!!" he is not concentrating on the road and he will kill you, because death holds no fear for him and he wants to sit at GODS right hand!! You however, if involved in an accident that is not your fault, will suffer pain, anger, frustration, financial loss and hardship, yet you will wait till hell freezes over for the parasites from the insurance companies to settle your case...
So to sum up...
Bardon Aggregates driver = True profesional , still here because he drove well.
Bennetts Insurance = Money Grabbing useless scum
Direct line = As above
Tim Chadwick/Exmouth Devon = Remember these words!!
"That terrible day of the LORD is near. Swiftly it comes – a day when strong men will cry bitterly. It is a day when the LORD's anger will be poured out. It is a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, of clouds, blackness, trumpet calls, and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and strongest battlements! "Because you have sinned against the LORD, I will make you as helpless as a blind man searching for a path. Your blood will be poured out into the dust, and your bodies will lie there rotting on the ground."
(Zephaniah 1:7:18 NLT)
Ooops almost forgot, Mr XXXXX, consultant back specialist, out to prove that my accident symptoms were already pre existent or only exacerbated by my accident injury. Another parasite, suffering from usual consultant problem, believing himself to be on the same level as God!! (I,ve met better witch doctors!)
Last but not least, my chiropractor Julie Englefield, from Sidmouth Chiropractic centre. More talent in one finger than a room full of consultants. Thanks to her, my recovery was helped no end. I can recommend her to anyone who has a back problem.
Not Inspired of late.
Well well, inspiration has hit a low at present, not enough in the world to whinge about!! So haven't blogged lately. The news is depressing and the weather has gone to rats. I have got a 55 mile cycle ride on 24th June for Cancer relief and I did my knee in at work a couple of weeks ago. That is giving me a bit of stick, as i am trying to train. Totally fed up with politics in this country, there is no credible alternative to Labour, so we continue to suffer at the hands of a corrupt and despotic dictatorship, with the joy of looking forward to having Gordy as PM. (oh joy)
A tee shirt I saw sums it up, it read....
A Kingdom is run by a "KING"
A Dictatorship is run by a "DICTATOR"
Looks like we must be living in a "COUNTRY"!!!
A tee shirt I saw sums it up, it read....
A Kingdom is run by a "KING"
A Dictatorship is run by a "DICTATOR"
Looks like we must be living in a "COUNTRY"!!!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Key Workers!!!!!
On Friday, I caught a whinging whining report on the BBC, about how the poor hard done by, "KEY WORKERS" couldn't afford houses in todays market. We where treated to the sight of one poor soul, who informed us "she had been to university" but couldn't aford a house.!!!
My heart nearly broke with unhappiness for her, I mean, what would one do, all that training, those high wages and now, no house in her price band. What a sad sad tale of woe!! Forget the poor checkout girl on minimum wage at Tesco, or the council street sweeper, neither of whom earn enough for a cardboard box on the streets, let alone a house.... But of course, they are merely lower class in the eyes of our graduate teacher and therefore not needing to have a roof and four walls.
Why is it the media and the government are fixated on "key workers". All workers are important and to my mind, all equally in need of house to live in. The "key workers" seem to think that they should be a special case, why ? i cannot fathom, lets have affordable housing for all as a government aim, not just for a small minority of elitist whingers.
On a cheery note, i attended the annual "Tuckers Maltings beer Festival" in Newton Abbot on Friday. 200 beers to try and a superb event not to be missed. Will definately be back next year!!
Big Ian
My heart nearly broke with unhappiness for her, I mean, what would one do, all that training, those high wages and now, no house in her price band. What a sad sad tale of woe!! Forget the poor checkout girl on minimum wage at Tesco, or the council street sweeper, neither of whom earn enough for a cardboard box on the streets, let alone a house.... But of course, they are merely lower class in the eyes of our graduate teacher and therefore not needing to have a roof and four walls.
Why is it the media and the government are fixated on "key workers". All workers are important and to my mind, all equally in need of house to live in. The "key workers" seem to think that they should be a special case, why ? i cannot fathom, lets have affordable housing for all as a government aim, not just for a small minority of elitist whingers.
On a cheery note, i attended the annual "Tuckers Maltings beer Festival" in Newton Abbot on Friday. 200 beers to try and a superb event not to be missed. Will definately be back next year!!
Big Ian
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The day off sick!
Yuk, what a horrendous day! felt like shit all last night and was ill going into work. My boss took one look at me and said "GO Home". So not being one to argue, I did and just made it home before projectile vomiting over my cat!!! Laid in bed all day, feeling like a sack of cack and have just crawled out of bed and managed a piece of dry toast.. yeeeharrr it stayed down. No idea what brought that little bug on, but their seem to be loads of bugs and sickness related things about at the moment. Lets hope i feel better in the morning, as I hate letting my fellow workers down, specially as its hectic at the moment.
Ian
Ian
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
News of the World
Hey, Ho, time for me to critiscise someone whom I have felt the need to support over the past couple of weeks. Our young wren, captured by the iranians. Sorry my dear, but what the hell possessed her, to sell her story to the "News of the world"!!!!
It has been bad enough, the stream of unfounded critiscism which has been aimed at the captives and at women in the military over this matter. But selling your story to the gutter tabloid press takes the biscuit. This has given the "anti" brigade a fistfull of amunition and I am sorry to say, does her cause no good at all.
The decision to allow her, as a serving member of the armed forces, to sell her story, should result in an instantaneous court martial, for whomsoever allowed it!. Whatever did they think they would gain? Whilst I do not doubt her story at all, surely the MOD would have been far better releasing a joint article by all the hostages to explain to the public their ordeal. Thus negating the levels of critiscism levelled at them. To go it alone in this manner has done the "senior service", a great diservice and if any fee has been paid for the story and the interview with Trevor Mc Donald on TV, I feel that all this money should be immediately donated to the armed forces charities, who help those maimed and disabled in combat. Having spoken to some active serving personnel about this whole affair, (both male and female) there is a certain level of disgust about this whole affair, which I feel can do nothing but harm morale and damage relations between men and women serving in the Royal Navy.
The hand of Blair!, seems somewhere to be present in this sorry tale of spin and propaganda I wonder what instructions where given by the government to those who pull the strings at the MOD, in an effort to regain some political standing for "his royal blairness?"
Whilst the way in which we are told the captives were treated, is not up to the standards we would expect. I do not think the way in which we support the Americans treatment and torture of captives at Guantanamo Bay, allows us any moral high ground to critiscise the Iranians for their treatment of our troops...however much I feel their seizure was wrong, we have played a crooked game of international chess with the Iranians for many years and meddled in their internal affairs, been involved in coups and all sorts of skulduggery, so unfortuanately this and incidents like it were always going to happen.
Let us hope that the MOD review its methods and ROE to avoid embarrasing situations like this occurring again.
Big Ian
It has been bad enough, the stream of unfounded critiscism which has been aimed at the captives and at women in the military over this matter. But selling your story to the gutter tabloid press takes the biscuit. This has given the "anti" brigade a fistfull of amunition and I am sorry to say, does her cause no good at all.
The decision to allow her, as a serving member of the armed forces, to sell her story, should result in an instantaneous court martial, for whomsoever allowed it!. Whatever did they think they would gain? Whilst I do not doubt her story at all, surely the MOD would have been far better releasing a joint article by all the hostages to explain to the public their ordeal. Thus negating the levels of critiscism levelled at them. To go it alone in this manner has done the "senior service", a great diservice and if any fee has been paid for the story and the interview with Trevor Mc Donald on TV, I feel that all this money should be immediately donated to the armed forces charities, who help those maimed and disabled in combat. Having spoken to some active serving personnel about this whole affair, (both male and female) there is a certain level of disgust about this whole affair, which I feel can do nothing but harm morale and damage relations between men and women serving in the Royal Navy.
The hand of Blair!, seems somewhere to be present in this sorry tale of spin and propaganda I wonder what instructions where given by the government to those who pull the strings at the MOD, in an effort to regain some political standing for "his royal blairness?"
Whilst the way in which we are told the captives were treated, is not up to the standards we would expect. I do not think the way in which we support the Americans treatment and torture of captives at Guantanamo Bay, allows us any moral high ground to critiscise the Iranians for their treatment of our troops...however much I feel their seizure was wrong, we have played a crooked game of international chess with the Iranians for many years and meddled in their internal affairs, been involved in coups and all sorts of skulduggery, so unfortuanately this and incidents like it were always going to happen.
Let us hope that the MOD review its methods and ROE to avoid embarrasing situations like this occurring again.
Big Ian
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Two faced "back stabbing media"
Well well, our good old two faced, back stabbing media, are really sticking the knife into our brave sailors just released by the Iranians. The Daily Mail today, was like a propaganda broadcast by the Tehran government and Littlejohn and Max Hastings just went down to the bottom of my list, for the way they both slagged of the captives. Nice isn't it, when you sit behind a desk or push a pen, how you can state, you feel the hostages were weak under the pressure from their captors and buckled too quick in front of the cameras.
I wonder if it has ever crossed the minds of the idiots that run the media in the UK, that if they were not so happy to show propaganda for the enemy, stunts like capturing 15 sailors would have no propaganda value at all! The trouble is, that our press is just like the press in the USA during the Vietnam war, all too ready to beam enemy propaganda into the homes of ordinary members of the public, whose "need to know" is questionable, with the resulting backlash and positive PR for the enemy!
Can anyone imagine, Winston Churchill, allowing Pathe News and the BBC to show pictures and film interviews of British Airmen captured after being shot down, then forced to apologize for bombing the third Reich? Of course bloody not! because back then, we had some patriotism and pride, in both our country and our armed forces. Now however, the prime minister, the media and the press would happily burn our flag and abandon our soldiers for the sake of a headline....
As for some of the weak kneed desk jockey generals who are calling for heads to roll over this affair, perhaps they should ask, who is it who hamstrings our forces, who writes the rules of engagement and who puts our troops at risk with outdated equipment and insufficient support.
Add to that, the vulture like legal aid brigade, clamoring to support the poor "innocent" Iraqi's
whilst heaping blame and claim on our troops and I am surprised we have any military left.
I have been a Daily Mail and Sunday Mail reader now for over 25 years and I am afraid after your comments today from your "leading columnists" , I will never purchase a Mail again.
I wonder if it has ever crossed the minds of the idiots that run the media in the UK, that if they were not so happy to show propaganda for the enemy, stunts like capturing 15 sailors would have no propaganda value at all! The trouble is, that our press is just like the press in the USA during the Vietnam war, all too ready to beam enemy propaganda into the homes of ordinary members of the public, whose "need to know" is questionable, with the resulting backlash and positive PR for the enemy!
Can anyone imagine, Winston Churchill, allowing Pathe News and the BBC to show pictures and film interviews of British Airmen captured after being shot down, then forced to apologize for bombing the third Reich? Of course bloody not! because back then, we had some patriotism and pride, in both our country and our armed forces. Now however, the prime minister, the media and the press would happily burn our flag and abandon our soldiers for the sake of a headline....
As for some of the weak kneed desk jockey generals who are calling for heads to roll over this affair, perhaps they should ask, who is it who hamstrings our forces, who writes the rules of engagement and who puts our troops at risk with outdated equipment and insufficient support.
Add to that, the vulture like legal aid brigade, clamoring to support the poor "innocent" Iraqi's
whilst heaping blame and claim on our troops and I am surprised we have any military left.
I have been a Daily Mail and Sunday Mail reader now for over 25 years and I am afraid after your comments today from your "leading columnists" , I will never purchase a Mail again.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
WEEE!!!
Have you ever had one of those days where your blood starts clotting in your veins? and you find your head shaking in disbelief so much your neck aches?
Well that was today and yesterday. i had the joy (not) of registering the company I work for on the governments new "cash generation scheme" known as WEEE!! or for you laymen/women The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive)
If you thought WEEE was Yellow liquid waste matter, think again! this WEEE is government bullshit under an environmental guise!. Yes folks, good old Gordy and the "tree hugging" revenue boys have found a new way to destroy more British business's and reduce our competitiveness.
Surprisingly, the good old boys from the EU have got their sticky little fingers "tainted with weee!" and now they are forcing us to "take the piss" (how many more toilet puns can i get in one post?) From just about now, any Uk producer/importer and distributor will have to label all electrical products with a new symbol (wheelie bin with a cross through it) to denote that all electrical goods must only be dumped at approved recycling centres, set up expressly for that purpose. But to cap it all, the said producers, are obliged to pay the cost of collecting the dead item from the purchaser, then paying for its removal and ecological destruction.
It beggars belief! can you imagine, if everyone who bought a TV from currys, rang them up and demanded that their scrap telly s be picked up, the cost alone would be horrendous, yet this government would rather bring in this stealth tax, than make it easier to let people dump old electrical goods at current waste facility's. I dread to think the level of fly tipping we will see after this ghastly piece of legislation becomes fully implemented or the number of people who will fall foul of it.
The government dept that creates acronyms was obviously on Weee, when they wrote this or "double time",because I have never seen so many acronyms in one document.
I await with interest the continuation of this saga..................................................
Well that was today and yesterday. i had the joy (not) of registering the company I work for on the governments new "cash generation scheme" known as WEEE!! or for you laymen/women The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive)
If you thought WEEE was Yellow liquid waste matter, think again! this WEEE is government bullshit under an environmental guise!. Yes folks, good old Gordy and the "tree hugging" revenue boys have found a new way to destroy more British business's and reduce our competitiveness.
Surprisingly, the good old boys from the EU have got their sticky little fingers "tainted with weee!" and now they are forcing us to "take the piss" (how many more toilet puns can i get in one post?) From just about now, any Uk producer/importer and distributor will have to label all electrical products with a new symbol (wheelie bin with a cross through it) to denote that all electrical goods must only be dumped at approved recycling centres, set up expressly for that purpose. But to cap it all, the said producers, are obliged to pay the cost of collecting the dead item from the purchaser, then paying for its removal and ecological destruction.
It beggars belief! can you imagine, if everyone who bought a TV from currys, rang them up and demanded that their scrap telly s be picked up, the cost alone would be horrendous, yet this government would rather bring in this stealth tax, than make it easier to let people dump old electrical goods at current waste facility's. I dread to think the level of fly tipping we will see after this ghastly piece of legislation becomes fully implemented or the number of people who will fall foul of it.
The government dept that creates acronyms was obviously on Weee, when they wrote this or "double time",because I have never seen so many acronyms in one document.
I await with interest the continuation of this saga..................................................
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