I just heard John Humphries ask William Hague, if he "Shook the hand" of, Moussa Koussa, and if so how he felt about it. ! I am constantly astounded by the moronic questions some "Journalists" ask! of what possible importance does a question like that have? it strikes me that it could only ever appeal to another moron  who feels perpetuating "Uncivilised behaviour" is a good way to resolve issues. 


If you treat someone like a dog, they will probably behave like one. if you treat them like a member of your own species there "Might" be a chance they will respond accordingly.

"God"

How old do you need to be to stop believing “Fairytales?”

A couple of thousand years ago this big Grey bearded bloke in the sky, who apparently created “Everything” (including Fred Goodwin), was taking a look at how it was all going. He peered down from his position of omnipotence and thought, “Hmmm, what the fuck is going on down there in that Arid barren place wot I Have Forsook” he saw a load of his less intelligent apes doing all sorts of shit to each other despite these other leather and steel clad, more advanced apes trying to bring some sort of order to the place.

He wasn’t amused at the dreadful sordid behaviour of these Dress wearing Bearded people (Long dress and beard in THIS heat!!, go figure) so he turned his eyes to other parts of the world he created. Yep, looks ok in the Americas all those nice Indians living in tune with the land. Europe looks a little rough but as I am all knowing, I know they will get it sorted pretty soon, a few thousand years mebbe.  Asia is odd! All those animals and they choose to eat the “Dogs”! Ah well, they are a pretty spiritual bunch, no real problems there……………. Oh well, back to the desert! (Note to self, must figure out why the pygmy’s are so small)

On the whole he (or she apparently!) was quite pleased with the world. There was plenty of water and food, you could breathe without masks, the smarter people had found the Marijuana and were NEVER going to be a threat to peace and stability, but those bloody Dune Dwellers were becoming a pain in the arse (Which he had already said “Don’t do”) he sat thinking for a while and hit upon a brilliant idea. He had always liked that Mary; she was a nice girl but Joseph! There were few enough trees already and he was making things out of them, will they never learn. He decided to sneak up on Mary and get her pregnant with a Son. It will work well because Joseph will get all jealous and leave her and the Lad will have loads of powers and persuasive arguments to bring the people back into line. There was a risk she would get stoned to death by the locals but at least she could come home early.

He decided to give the plan a little more thought. He was reasonably ok with the rest of the world, it had its problems but he didn’t think it warranted a visit. He decided his plan was ok as it was the where the worst shit was happening (no change there then)

He thought Mary might get a bit freaked by being pregnant so he decided to freak her out a bit more by sending Gabby down to explain everything. (We still don’t know why he/she has such a poor sense of humour!)Mary was freaked, mainly because Joseph still hadn’t fixed the table in the house and he WAS going to leave her!

God didn’t take into account “money”, money could do shit that you could see, right there and then. You could get a man to Beg for it, borrow it, save it, spend it, and worship it! And whenever you did ANY of those things for it……… stuff happened! No “rare as rocking horse shit” miracles here! It wasn’t much of a toss-up, Beggar would sit there praying for some guidance and help and wait………………..”Nothing” “Squat”, Nada” then a bloke comes along and throws down some coins! “God has answered my prayers!!! “NOPE” bloke with spare coins has answered your offensive presence, and waiting in the wings is a sanctimonious all in black clad tall hat wearing beardy smooth-talker who comes in for the kill. “It was God because he loves you”! “No shit” says the beggar, “then why doesn’t he help me get a job” cos now you want me to give you 50% of my takings and thank some imaginary being who seems to make sure “YOU” are doing ok while me, the poor sod who “Needs” help, has to beg! “Sounds like a vicious bloody circle to me” and how come you are spending it on bloody gold effigies and blocks of flats and fancy dud’s for yourself eh?

Now if I was a “Farmer” and grew meself some cabbages, you’d be stuffed wouldn’t you”? The “Smooth-talker” called him a heretic and had him killed, took the other 50% gave his clothes to some even poorer people, told them God had answered their prayers and so increased the income from recruiting more beggars. Got to admire the ingenuity of the system.

So, while all around, the “Chosen people” are lending, spending hoarding and generally breaking every rule in the Big Book, Mary is screaming down the stable (Nice one G, couldn’t even get them a decent room for the birth of your own Son! “Miracles Schmiricles”)  

pause.

When you go on holiday, you don’t take a lot with you, yet you have a good time? Years ago there were no mobile phones, laptops, internet connections or generally much contact with the “media world” (A newspaper in Spain cost as much as a Ryan Air flight does now!) you left behind, and we “Didn’t” miss or need it! The only “Soaps” were Crossroads and Coronation Street and there were no VCR’s to record a “Mustn’t miss” episode. 2 weeks of bliss or at least relaxation that left one feeling invigorated and ready to face the realities of work life again.

My question is: “what the fuck have we allowed ourselves to become!? Television certainly IS the Opiate of the masses and we “Know” it! We now feel we can’t live without all the “Tools” that keep us mired in minutiae. Oh don’t kid yourself, it is as much an addiction as smoking or chocolate, only, the pleasures are as fleeting as a cigarette or Cadburys whole nut.

Most of the shit we now have streamed constantly via the wicked world web was still there but because we didn’t have it 24/7 we could ignore it; but now? Now we don’t have ANY excuse for ignoring it what are we doing? “Ignoring it”! still thinking “It won’t affect us”  still falsely believing our Politicians will sort it out! “When did they ever”!!!

Tsunami and earthquake happen “somewhere else” revolution and civil war are 3^rd world problems, famine and disease are “solvable”  “So how many thousands of years will it take” whilst there is “ONE” Billionaire and “ONE” Pauper, I won’t be satisfied we are taking it seriously! You can bet your bottom dollar there is a Billionaire somewhere trying to become a “Trillionaire”! and he doesn’t give a flying fuck how, or what the consequences are. “Money” is a disease we all suffer from and have stopped looking for a “Cure” we have become very clever at “justifying” it without seriously looking at how we could benefit from eradicating it. I am not religious but JC said 2000 years ago “money is the root of all evil” yet the people with the most still go to church and feign piety! And the Church’s have shit loads of it too.

I used to wonder if I had it wrong, my feelings, but just looking at the few who have done the most “Good” in the world, and how little “Money” they had, is evidence enough for me. And we laud their virtues and continue to collect the paper illusions that prop up the transient benefits. How fucking stupid is that!

6 tonnes of water to make one pair of jeans! Hmmmmm, that doesn’t seem like a very clever deal to me! Why don’t Levi’s tell us THAT on the label? Smokers are told that Smoking can reduce fertility, “Great” let’s all start smoking again and bring the population down. What is this lunatic drive to keep making more babies who can then consume more resources that will inevitable mean, less, or nothing, for us in the end! Do you really need to be a scientist to discover that if we don’t stop making humans, we ARE going to run out of everything! Why are we choosing to believe “everything will work out ok” when it is just as likely “Everything will NOT work out alright” have we suckered for the “Glass half full” bullshit? Ever wonder where the “other half is” and why does it have to be “Half full”? why can’t it be “Brimming” or “Overflowing” you can bet another bottom dollar that somewhere someone has millions of glasses absolutely full (of your other half) and millions of other people don’t even have a “Glass”!