A little proportion

You'd think that he was someone important......

RIP Les Paul

Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies - BBC News

Doomed?

Need I say more? A little bit of perspective here. It's flu..ok? If it was Ebola, I could understand the panic, but come on this is getting silly.

St. Georges Day

St. George for England!

Well....

So...it's nearly April, and what have we learned so far this year?

Well...the recession seems to be entirely bank created and sustained, so lets stop giving them money and making the start lending to get things moving again. Am I the only one that sees this?

Jade Goody has died. No, I don't know anything about her other than the fact that she used to be on Big Brother. I just wish people weren't being so blatantly false about her. Yes, she's died, and it's a shame, but lets move on. There's more press about her than Natasha Richardson ffs.

F1 starts up again this next weekend....will the changes make it more interesting...also...back on the BBC..

ceasefire?

So...the ceasefire starts in less than 25 minutes.... Let's see who breaks it...

2009

Well....it's that time of year again...it's grey, wet and there's yet more conflict in the Middle East.

Isn't it time that we stopped with this endless cycle of pointless death? I would say more but can't be bothered anymore.

The only way this will stop is if both sides put down their weapons, not just one side.

Anyhow....enough of this morbidity, lets make 2009 a year where we put aside our differences and realise we are all the same, and that this planet we share needs to be given a little respect before it's too late...and I think we have a very short period of time to do this.

It starts now...

Confused?

Yes, yes I am. For a start...search for Bloodhound SSC.....attempting 1000mph...from the same team that brought you Thrust SSC.

Then those dozy sods that thought it would be a good idea to go for a run in the Lake District, when the forecast has been for rubbish weather for about a week.... I hope you pay the bill for the RAF and mountain rescue guys having to save your backsides!

On to something slightly more sane....anyone think this whole, "we're in a recession and we're all DOOMED!" thing is going a little too far? Either that, or I need to do some more reading...and what's with giving Mandelson a position of power?

Also, the clocks went back, so watch all the accident rates go up...

Endless

prevarication....or so it seems.

I have been off my blog for far too long.

So...the Olympics is happening in Beijing....and they don't want you to talk about Tibet, freedom, human rights, pollution etc. Please feel free to mention these things when you mention the Olympics in China.

Talking of the Olympics...anyone going to be watching it? I won't because it isn't interesting...and I definitely won't be watching the 2012 London Olympics....because lets face it, we aren't exactly going to be leading the medals table are we? That and the fact it is costing a small fortune to put on....

Actually....talking of the Olympics....it's not the top news item anymore....it's Russia invading Georgia. So far, there hasn't exactly been much from the international community, but then again, they aren't very good at things like that.

Side link....you know this whole global warming thing? Right now it is chucking it down outside....in fact I think it has done for most of the day...

China

Did they seriously think that people would not protest about Tibet and human rights?

Chaos

So...am I the only one that thinks the incidents with the 'Palestinians' and the Egyptians is typical stupidity?

Do they look particularly oppressed to you? I'm sorry, I believe that the only people who oppress the Palestinians are the Palestinians themselves.

Why? Well...short example...when the Israelis pulled out of Gaza they left behind a state-of-the-art greenhouse for the Palestinians to use. What did the Palestinians do? They destroyed it......that's taught those nasty Israelis a lesson......

Oh well....so it continues...and what is with the Egyptians backing down against armed groups crossing their border? Aren't they supposed to get their guns out and shoot back?

*shrugs*

Well...

...this was going to be a random post about how strange it is that Heathrow can't apparently cope with fog etc., but then of course Benazir Bhutto has been killed.

This is where we hope that the people of Pakistan are able to keep the extremists from gaining control, as a civil war would rip the country apart.

The last thing we need is for Pakistan to fall apart.

Merry Christmas

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Cleaner?

Resort bans 'lewd' items for sale - BBC News

Er...ok..

Well....

So, a teacher lets a lad called Mohammed call a teddy bear Mohammed...and apparently it's her fault....insulting Islam apparently.

Now personally I didn't know you couldn't do that.....but the reaction of the Sudanese whipped up by the clerics says all you need to know.

You wouldn't think we were in the 21st century would you?