Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Supermarket Fashionistas - More Greed Than Green.
When twenty thousand limited edition shopping bags went on sale this morning at Sainsbury’s supermarkets throughout the UK, the queues of ‘fashionable, environmentally concerned’ lunatics determined to buy them at a fiver each started at 3am.
People so ‘fashionable and environmentally concerned’ that they are selling their bags on eBay for a fat profit.
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Labels: Environment, People
Ten Easy Steps To A Fascist America - What Bush Learnt From Hitler & Pinochet.
Beneath our very noses, Bush and his administration
are using time-tested tactics to
close down an open society.
Naomi Wolf gives a frightening rundown of the methods used by would-be dictators to destroy constitutional freedoms.
If you look at history, she argues, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But it is always effective.
It is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration.
1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law
We hear much in the UK, and tend to be extremely critical, of the American love affair with firearms and especially the reason, oft quoted, that the US citizen does not trust government and has a right to a means of defence against the state.
Studying the 10 steps listed above, and Bush's steady application of them perhaps, just perhaps, the pro-gun attitude of many Americans may, after all, turn out to be justified.
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Labels: America, Bush, Liberty, State
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Bush's Great Wall Of Baghdad - Puppet al-Maliki's Words Have Little Effect.
When Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki said during a visit to Egypt on Sunday that the construction of Bush’s Great Wall Of Baghdad must stop, the question was who carried the authority to decide the future of the barriers - Maliki, so-called Prime Minister, democratically elected, or the US military and George Bush.
The answer, it would appear, is that Maliki does not have such authority making him, as many suspected, little more than a puppet whose strings are pulled by Washington, to be ignored and overruled when his opinions do not fit in with the wishes of his masters.
The construction of the three-mile wall in Baghdad continued Monday, a military spokesman for the Iraqi government said, despite Premier Nuri al-Maliki's opposition.
Experts say the building of walls around Sunni districts will increase violence and worsen the lives of thousands of Iraqis
”US troops allege that such walls will help protect civilians but we believe that they will just help fighters to know who to target and where. The construction of walls should stop and the Prime Minister’s decision should be respected,” said Lt. Col. Ala’a Hussein Obadi, senior officer at the Ministry of Interior.
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The answer, it would appear, is that Maliki does not have such authority making him, as many suspected, little more than a puppet whose strings are pulled by Washington, to be ignored and overruled when his opinions do not fit in with the wishes of his masters.
The construction of the three-mile wall in Baghdad continued Monday, a military spokesman for the Iraqi government said, despite Premier Nuri al-Maliki's opposition.
Experts say the building of walls around Sunni districts will increase violence and worsen the lives of thousands of Iraqis
”US troops allege that such walls will help protect civilians but we believe that they will just help fighters to know who to target and where. The construction of walls should stop and the Prime Minister’s decision should be respected,” said Lt. Col. Ala’a Hussein Obadi, senior officer at the Ministry of Interior.
Sunnis Protest Against 'Ghetto' Wall.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Sticks And Stones May Break Your Bones - But Crocodiles Will Eat You.
In China, a nine year old boy who shot at crocodiles in a zoo with a catapult and beat them with sticks was eaten by a swarm of the irritated reptiles.
I will say no more on the matter, and leave the jokes about chinese food to the contributor who commented on the article in todays Times.
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I will say no more on the matter, and leave the jokes about chinese food to the contributor who commented on the article in todays Times.
Bored at work? Colour in your very own croc.
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Yak Herder To Receive Prestigious Environmental Prize.
”I spent my childhoodby the banks of the Onggi River and I think of myself as one with the river.“
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar, a self-educated yak herder from Mongolia, is to receive the $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for founding the Onggi River Movement and protecting the water from polluting mining companies.
The Onggi River is crucial to the existence of the yak and other rare species.
Ignored at first by the government, Munkhbayar organised protest marches and rapidly gained support from Mongolians shocked by growing pollution. He appealed to ministers during the 2004 national election and created a parliamentary lobby group, gradually gaining international recognition for his work.
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Labels: Animals, Environment, Land, People
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Bush’s Baghdad Wall - Maliki Orders Halt.
According to AFP, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on a visit to Egypt, announced that he had ordered a halt to the construction by US troops of the controversial three mile wall around Adhamiyah.
"I am opposed to the building of the wall and its construction is going to stop," he said at a press conference.
In earlier update, the US military announced it was extending its scheme of erecting concrete barriers around districts in Baghdad.
I cannot help but wonder who is going to win this 'battle' - the US military or the supposed democratically elected Prime Minister of Iraq.
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"I am opposed to the building of the wall and its construction is going to stop," he said at a press conference.
In earlier update, the US military announced it was extending its scheme of erecting concrete barriers around districts in Baghdad.
I cannot help but wonder who is going to win this 'battle' - the US military or the supposed democratically elected Prime Minister of Iraq.
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Update On Bush's Great Wall Of Baghdad.
Since this earlier post today, the US military has announced it is extending its scheme of erecting concrete barriers around districts in Baghdad,
An official has said it is extending its scheme of erecting concrete barriers around districts in Baghdad, calling them "gated communities".
Aljazeera Report
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An official has said it is extending its scheme of erecting concrete barriers around districts in Baghdad, calling them "gated communities".
Aljazeera Report
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Nimrod Faults Still Exist, Despite Refurbishment.
Following last years crash over Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of a Nimrod aircraft based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland, todays Sunday Times reports that a fleet of refurbished Nimrods will have the same leaking fuel systems that were identified as the cause of last year’s disaster which killed 14 crew.
According to the report, a Nimrod returned to base recently with seven tons of fuel “sloshing around” after it leaked into its bomb bay.
Defence Secretary Des Browne is facing accusations that the government has put cost-cutting before the welfare of the services, a claim he will find hard to deny given the continual criticism over equipment shortages in the armed forces and the fiasco of the captured UK personnel by Iran.
There is widespread disillusionment among crews. So many ground crew have left that the Ministry of Defence is advertising on the internet for civilian technicians to work at Kinloss.
Browne should leave too, in disgrace.
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According to the report, a Nimrod returned to base recently with seven tons of fuel “sloshing around” after it leaked into its bomb bay.
Defence Secretary Des Browne is facing accusations that the government has put cost-cutting before the welfare of the services, a claim he will find hard to deny given the continual criticism over equipment shortages in the armed forces and the fiasco of the captured UK personnel by Iran.
There is widespread disillusionment among crews. So many ground crew have left that the Ministry of Defence is advertising on the internet for civilian technicians to work at Kinloss.
Browne should leave too, in disgrace.
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Labels: Afghanistan, NuLab, Scotland
Bush's Great Wall Of Baghdad.
In the Ghetto: Bush Begins
Forced Ethnic Partition
of Baghdad in the dead of night
Working only at night, heavily guarded by tanks, the Bush Regime in Iraq, taking a cue from Cold War Soviet policy in Berlin – not to mention the enlightened approach of the Israeli government in the West Bank – has begun walling off a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, driving a stake into the heart of the flickering reconciliation efforts among the Iraqi grassroots.
The wall, three miles long, 12ft high, made up of 14,000 pound concrete barriers, is designed to separate Sunni and Shia Muslims, and effectively seals the Sunnis of Adhamiya into a ghetto.
"When the wall is finished, the minority Sunni community of Azamiyah, located on the eastern side of the Tigris River, will be completely gated, and traffic control points manned by Iraqi soldiers will allow authorities to screen people entering and leaving the area, while keeping death squads and militia groups out,” a military spokesman said.
Residents say it will bring even more violence to the area.
As Iraq violence resurges amid the 'surge', and Despair stalks Baghdad, this looks like another desperate plan by the Bush administration that is doomed to failure, and destined to make matters in Iraq even worse, if that is possible.
UPDATE 1 at 18.08
UPDATE 2 at 23.24
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Bush Sees Gains In Iraq.
Speaking on Friday, George Bush urged people not to be swayed by the violence inflicted by suicide bombers and focus, instead, on gains Iraqi and U.S. forces are making day by day, block by block in Baghdad.
He said early signs show the operation to quell violence is meeting expectations.......
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He said early signs show the operation to quell violence is meeting expectations.......
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Add A Button For Alan Johnston.
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was abducted in Gaza on March 12, and there is great concern for his safety.
There is a PETITION calling for anyone who has any influence on the situation to increase their efforts to secure Alan's immediate release.
A button is available HERE for anyone with a blog or website so they may show their support.
Press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders yesterday called on President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh to coordinate their efforts to obtain Alan’s release as soon as possible.
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There is a PETITION calling for anyone who has any influence on the situation to increase their efforts to secure Alan's immediate release.
A button is available HERE for anyone with a blog or website so they may show their support.
Press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders yesterday called on President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh to coordinate their efforts to obtain Alan’s release as soon as possible.
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Labels: Freedom, Media, Middle East
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Honours File In Hands Of Prosecution Service.
The final file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service after the 13-month police investigation into the 'cash for honours' scandal.
Police are calling for charges to be brought against at least two of Tony Blair's closest aides.
Scottish Nationalist MP Angus MacNeil, whose complaint triggered the police investigation, said: "This is an enormously significant development. It confirms the scale of the case to answer in the 'cash-for-honours' scandal, and we now await the CPS recommendations. The police are to be congratulated for resisting political pressure and conducting such a thorough inquiry at every stage."
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Police are calling for charges to be brought against at least two of Tony Blair's closest aides.
Scottish Nationalist MP Angus MacNeil, whose complaint triggered the police investigation, said: "This is an enormously significant development. It confirms the scale of the case to answer in the 'cash-for-honours' scandal, and we now await the CPS recommendations. The police are to be congratulated for resisting political pressure and conducting such a thorough inquiry at every stage."
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Labels: Blair, Crime, NuLab, Police, Politics
Karl Rove's Blatant Rewriting Of History.
As part of a re-emerging tactic by the Bush administration to associate the ongoing war in Iraq with 9/11, Karl Rove claimed Thursday that it was Osama bin Laden, not President Bush, who decided to launch the Iraq war:
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Freshly Squeezed Orangeman Visits Scotland.
Labour and Tories in the shapes of Gordon Brown and David Cameron once more graced Scotland with their presence ahead of the May elections, a sure sign of the panic within their ranks at the polls, which continue to show a lead for the SNP.
Tory leader Cameron was accompanied by no less than David Trimble, former Ulster Unionist leader who, having been rejected by his countrymen in Northern Ireland, has joined the Conservatives.
Trimble, in Gretna Green, wisely staying as close to the border as it's possible to get, accused the SNP of having no interest in running a better administration in Holyrood, only wanting to sow more discontent and more discord.
Pretty rich coming from an Ulster dinosaur.
Contenders for No 10 make their defence of the Union
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Tory leader Cameron was accompanied by no less than David Trimble, former Ulster Unionist leader who, having been rejected by his countrymen in Northern Ireland, has joined the Conservatives.
Trimble, in Gretna Green, wisely staying as close to the border as it's possible to get, accused the SNP of having no interest in running a better administration in Holyrood, only wanting to sow more discontent and more discord.
Pretty rich coming from an Ulster dinosaur.
Contenders for No 10 make their defence of the Union
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Tony Blair's "Progress In Iraq."
“I think the evidence on the ground
in Baghdad
is that progress is being made........“
As the BBC and other news channels in Britain continue to give blanket coverage of the killings at Virginia Tech University in the US, a limited amount of airtime was grudgingly given on Wednesday to the horrific events of the day in Iraq where more than 190 were killed and over 200 injured in the series of bomb attacks.
That was only for the major coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad.
The true figures for the day, if the media could have been bothered researching and reporting, actually added up to 313 killed and 302 injured throughout the country.
The Herald today reports (they too only quote the lower numbers) the comments made by Blair’s Downing Street spokesman yesterday that “the evidence on the ground in Baghdad is that progress is being made."
He added that "determined efforts" were being made by insurgents "to counter that progress".
Such nonsense, surely an insult to any man in the streets intelligence, continued when Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett uttered the usual and oft repeated absurdities about strengthened determination, undermining of democracy, appalling, horrific carnage, importance of the reconciliation process - all the usual platitudes.
By contrast, today (Thursday) has been a relatively ‘quiet’ day in Iraq, with 46 Iraqis killed, 62 Iraqis injured and three US service personnel dead. Two UK soldiers were also killed and three injured, one seriously.
Two days in Iraq, equivalent to 11 Virginia Tech massacres, if you ignore the injured and maimed, is a long way away from Tony Blair's" evidence on the ground in Baghdad that progress is being made," and a sad indictment of the priorities of the mainstream news media in the UK.
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Labels: Blair, Iraq, Politics, War
America's Obsession.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Beckett Inflicts Herself On The UN.
Hapless and hopeless Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, chairing the United Nations Security Council's first debate on climate change, got a roasting from China, Russia and leading developing nations when she spouted, no doubt in her usual supercillious and pompous manner, that climate change posed a threat to world peace, making it a fit subject for the 15-nation Security Council.
"Our responsibility in this council is to maintain international peace and security, including the prevention of conflict. An unstable climate will axacerbate some of the core drivers of conflict such as migratory pressures and competition for resources," she said.
Russian UN Ambassador Vitali Churkin advised Beckett to "avoid panicking and over-dramatising the situation."
Impossible advice for New Labour's Beckett to take to heart, when the racking up of a constant state of fear appears to be key government policy, along with ever more tax rises disguised as 'green' policy.
Perhaps Beckett's sudden concern with conflict in the world would be more convincing if she was not a minister in a government already embroyled in two preemptive wars, at least one of which is clearly illegal, and if she was not the Foreign Secretary who stayed silent for so long as Israeli troops and aircraft pounded the citizens of Lebanon last year.
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"Our responsibility in this council is to maintain international peace and security, including the prevention of conflict. An unstable climate will axacerbate some of the core drivers of conflict such as migratory pressures and competition for resources," she said.
Russian UN Ambassador Vitali Churkin advised Beckett to "avoid panicking and over-dramatising the situation."
Impossible advice for New Labour's Beckett to take to heart, when the racking up of a constant state of fear appears to be key government policy, along with ever more tax rises disguised as 'green' policy.
Perhaps Beckett's sudden concern with conflict in the world would be more convincing if she was not a minister in a government already embroyled in two preemptive wars, at least one of which is clearly illegal, and if she was not the Foreign Secretary who stayed silent for so long as Israeli troops and aircraft pounded the citizens of Lebanon last year.
Margaret Beckett, a keen caravanner, pictured on holiday.
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Labels: Climate Change, NuLab, Politics, UN, War
Yo Blair - But They're The Only Words I Can Pronounce.
Britain's international development secretary, Hilary Benn, said in a speech in New York that the government has stopped using the phrase "war on terror" because the expression strengthens terrorists resolve by making them feel part of a larger struggle.
Somebody better explain to George.
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Somebody better explain to George.
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Labels: Blair, Bush, Politics, Terrorism
The Quackers Story Of Mister Peepers.
Mr Peepers the duck had a lucky escape when he narrowly avoided being flattened by the getaway car driven by a man who was caught trying to shoplift a set of iPod speakers.
Escaping from the electrical shop, the thief ran into a pet store where his girlfriend was shopping and took her car keys from her, before running out and driving off.
Carrying her pet duck, and unaware of what her boyfriend was up to, the girl left the shop, and in the confusion dropped Mr Peepers in the path of the fleeing car.
Fortunately, the duck was in luck, as a pet shop employee threw herself in front of the car and saved the quacker from an undignified end, though she was run over herself in the process.
The man is now in jail.
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Escaping from the electrical shop, the thief ran into a pet store where his girlfriend was shopping and took her car keys from her, before running out and driving off.
Carrying her pet duck, and unaware of what her boyfriend was up to, the girl left the shop, and in the confusion dropped Mr Peepers in the path of the fleeing car.
Fortunately, the duck was in luck, as a pet shop employee threw herself in front of the car and saved the quacker from an undignified end, though she was run over herself in the process.
The man is now in jail.
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Labels: Animals, Crime, People
Monday, April 16, 2007
Blair's Legacy Will Indeed Stand The Test Of Time - Who Could Ever Forget It?
Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about his legacy
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Labels: Afghanistan, Blair, Iraq, NuLab, Surveillance, War
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Park Trident On Your Own Doorstep, Tony.
Scotland on Sunday report that the Ministry of Defence are drawing up plans to move the UK's nuclear missiles south of the border - a further indication of the panic in London at the mere thought of an SNP victory at the polls in May.
Three locations in England and one in Wales are being considered by the MOD, but most Scots consider the final destination of these weapons of mass destuction is a no-brainer.......
And the sooner they're sailing south out of Scotland for the last time the better.
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Three locations in England and one in Wales are being considered by the MOD, but most Scots consider the final destination of these weapons of mass destuction is a no-brainer.......
And the sooner they're sailing south out of Scotland for the last time the better.
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Labels: Blair, NuLab, Scotland
Blair Asks Scots - Don't Kick Me, Pleeeeeese.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, visiting Scotland ahead of the May elections, has pleaded with Scots voters to resist the temptation to give him one final “kicking“ when they cast their ballots two days after the 300th anniversary of the Union with England.
With the Scottish National Party consistently ahead in the polls, Blair has thrown away what was traditionally Labours heartland during his ten years in office.
Blairs policies such as new nuclear power stations, the illegal and disastrous war in Iraq, the upgrading of the Trident nuclear deterrent (based in Scotland, of course) and his one-sided 'special relationship' with George Bush are deeply unpopular north of the border, not to mention the 'cash for honors' scandal and ID cards.
Labour is fighting a panic-stricken negative campaign of gloom and doom in Scotland, and a plethora of flying visits by Blair and Brown, their top brass and yes-men, has so far seemed to have had only a positive effect for SNP leader Alex Salmond and his deputy, the feisty Nicola Sturgeon.
Of course the present First Minister, toady to Labour in London Jack MacConnell, being utterly useless and out of his depth, is almost as unpopular as Blair, and barely worth mentioning except that he is a gift to the SNP's campaign.
Today the Observer reports that a TV broadcast by Labour using scare tactics backfired when it was discovered that 'an ordinary family' turned out to be that of a party official.
Nicola Sturgeon, deputy leader of the SNP, accused Labour of trying to hoodwink voters. 'First we had a dodgy dossier from New Labour, now we have dodgy broadcasts.'
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With the Scottish National Party consistently ahead in the polls, Blair has thrown away what was traditionally Labours heartland during his ten years in office.
Blairs policies such as new nuclear power stations, the illegal and disastrous war in Iraq, the upgrading of the Trident nuclear deterrent (based in Scotland, of course) and his one-sided 'special relationship' with George Bush are deeply unpopular north of the border, not to mention the 'cash for honors' scandal and ID cards.
Labour is fighting a panic-stricken negative campaign of gloom and doom in Scotland, and a plethora of flying visits by Blair and Brown, their top brass and yes-men, has so far seemed to have had only a positive effect for SNP leader Alex Salmond and his deputy, the feisty Nicola Sturgeon.
Of course the present First Minister, toady to Labour in London Jack MacConnell, being utterly useless and out of his depth, is almost as unpopular as Blair, and barely worth mentioning except that he is a gift to the SNP's campaign.
Today the Observer reports that a TV broadcast by Labour using scare tactics backfired when it was discovered that 'an ordinary family' turned out to be that of a party official.
Nicola Sturgeon, deputy leader of the SNP, accused Labour of trying to hoodwink voters. 'First we had a dodgy dossier from New Labour, now we have dodgy broadcasts.'
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
General Calls For Blair To Be Impeached before He Stands Down.
General Sir Michael Rose, former head of the elite SAS Force and Commander of UN Forces in Bosnia, warns that Prime Minister Tony Blair must be impeached before he leaves office over the Iraq war because of the damage caused to the country's armed forces during his ten years in office.
The politicization of the army was one of the most damaging developments under Blair. "If Blair had been a director of Enron (the American energy firm which spectacularly collapsed in 2001 after massive accountancy fraud), he would be doing 40 years in jail,“ he said.
Rose, who retired from the military in 1997, underlined his opposition to the invasion of Iraq from the start, by saying that if he had been chief of general staff, he would have resigned.
"I would not have been prepared to sign up to that war," he said. "Iraq has undermined the military ethos. You trust troops to do the ultimate, but they trust you not to throw them into situations that are pointless and wasteful”.
Pointless and wasteful indeed, but there is more chance of Hell freezing over than Blair being called to account for his crimes.
ALSO, This is London reports that General Sir Michael Rose said he was convinced the decision to allow 15 sailors and Marines held captive in Iran to cash in on their ordeals had been driven by the Prime Minister's office.
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The politicization of the army was one of the most damaging developments under Blair. "If Blair had been a director of Enron (the American energy firm which spectacularly collapsed in 2001 after massive accountancy fraud), he would be doing 40 years in jail,“ he said.
Rose, who retired from the military in 1997, underlined his opposition to the invasion of Iraq from the start, by saying that if he had been chief of general staff, he would have resigned.
"I would not have been prepared to sign up to that war," he said. "Iraq has undermined the military ethos. You trust troops to do the ultimate, but they trust you not to throw them into situations that are pointless and wasteful”.
Pointless and wasteful indeed, but there is more chance of Hell freezing over than Blair being called to account for his crimes.
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ALSO, This is London reports that General Sir Michael Rose said he was convinced the decision to allow 15 sailors and Marines held captive in Iran to cash in on their ordeals had been driven by the Prime Minister's office.
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Labels: Blair, Iraq, Politics, War
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
International Crisis Over Arfurs iPod
Released sailor Arthur Batchelor has complained that the goody bags given to the 15 prisoners as they left Iran contained a "load of junk."
He is also displeased at the quality of Iranian tailoring, and extremely miffed at the capture of his iPod for propaganda purposes.
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He is also displeased at the quality of Iranian tailoring, and extremely miffed at the capture of his iPod for propaganda purposes.
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Labels: Blair, Iran, Mac, Media, War
Sunday, April 08, 2007
I'm A British Sailor - Get Me Captured.
Frogmarching them out
to win
the propaganda war.
Some of them are acting like reality TV stars.
So, the 15 sailors and marines captured and then released by the Iranians are to be allowed to sell their stories to the highest bidders, and even the goody bags given to them on their release will appear on eBay - and the suits given to them too, no doubt.
One of the hostages, Dean Harris, 30, an acting sergeant in the Royal Marines, told a Sunday Times reporter yesterday: “I want £70,000. That is based on what the others have told me they have been offered. I know Faye has been offered a heck more than that. I am worth it because I was one of only two who didn’t crack.”
The father of Joe Tindell, another of the hostages, said his son had turned down an offer of £10,000.
He claimed the marines were planning to sell on eBay the vases given to them in their “goody bags” by the Iranians.
Lucky boys and girl.
Luckier than the 140 or so British military personnel who have died in Iraq for a 'doomed project'.
None of them will be selling their stories.
Apart from that, if the published accounts turn out to be anything like the stage-managed propaganda exercise dressed up as a press conference they (six of them - why only six?) gave on their return to the UK, the stories won't be worth the paper used to print them on.
If these 15 blabbermouths dressed up as toy soldiers think they are stars over this humiliating and cringeworthy incident, perhaps they should give a percentage of their profits to the Iranians, who made the whole thing possible.
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Labels: Iran, Iraq, Media, War
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Ve Haf Vays Unt Meanz Of Makink You A Suspect.
Pensions Secretary John Hutton says lie detectors are to be used to help root out benefit cheats.
“This technology aims to tackle fraudsters while speeding up claims and improving customer service for the honest majority.”
In other words the “honest majority” will be treated like fraudsters until proved otherwise.
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“This technology aims to tackle fraudsters while speeding up claims and improving customer service for the honest majority.”
In other words the “honest majority” will be treated like fraudsters until proved otherwise.
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Labels: Blair, NuLab, Politics, Poverty, Surveillance
Friday, April 06, 2007
Holier-Than-Thou Health Minister Hewitt Requires Urgent Treatment.
Looking back over all that was said and all that happened during the fiasco if the capture of British sailors and marines by the Iranians, prize for most inane comment uttered must go to the priggish Labour government health minister Patricia Hewitt for her take on a crisis which might have escalated into full-scale war.
"It was deplorable that the woman hostage should be shown smoking. This sends completely the wrong message to our young people."
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"It was deplorable that the woman hostage should be shown smoking. This sends completely the wrong message to our young people."
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Good Advice For Blair From Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"I ask Mr Blair instead of occupying the other countries, I ask Mr Blair to think about the justice - to think about the truth and work for the British people not for himself".......
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
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Labels: Blair, Iran, NuLab, Politics
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
My Name Is Reid - I Watch You Sheeple To Help You, So Listen!
Home Secretary John Reid has announced that talking CCTV cameras which tell off people if their behaviour is deemed “unacceptable” to the watchers are being introduced in England.
Competitions are being held at schools in many areas for children to become the voice of the cameras.
It's sad to think that parents or schools would allow any child to have any part in a sick scheme such as this.
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Labels: Freedom, NuLab, Politics, Surveillance
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