If you have never
read George Lakoff's
book then do.
Afterwards you will
never watch the news
and be hoodwinked
again. If I had
enough money I'd buy
it for everyone I
know.
***
On my way to
probation Monday I
was a little
anxious. I had a go
at my case officer
calling him a
BARSTARD! over the
phone. Well not him
in particular. I
used the plural not
the singular,
thereby having a go
at the system not
the bus conductor.
He told me that I
had missed three
times and that
although one reason
was accepted the
other two were not.
You didn't tell me
that when I told
you! I lost my rag.
So, I expected a
'telling off' and a
return to court.
Then what? Prison or
added probation? So
on my way I felt
worried. It so
happened that I
didn't get pulled,
but went in to the
Drivers Awareness of
Alcohol class as
normal.
This session was
about Emotions and
how to contact and
understand them.
Fucking hell. Three
cards. On one was
written Body, the
next Trigger, and
the third Name. What
did you feel, what
triggered the
emotion and can you
name it. We were not
allowed to go home
by 8 unless we all
did this test. One
guy got up, stood at
Body and said, "I'm
in doors feeling
worried" He steps
onto Trigger. "It
was a phone call
that did not please
me" He steps on to
Name. Frustration.
Another guy gets
up and does more or
less the same. The
rest of the group
were disinclined. So
I thought fuck it
let's get out of
here. I stepped up
to Body. Erection.
Trigger. Sexy woman.
Name. Lust.
Everyone broke up
with laughter.
This young guy is
going up and down
the road outside on
a Quad bike. The
bloody noise. I
called the coppers.
Later a couple of
women specials
called. They said
that they both lived
local and would
arrest the Quad
biker. Now I don’t
want to see anyone
arrested, just want
the coppers to have
a word. Then the
woman special said
if he doesn’t stop
we have the power to
take away the
mothers car.
Well, I’m not going
to call again and
complain, because
the punishment on
the mother is worse
that the ‘crime.’
Bit much I thought.
The
TV news about the
death of UK solders
asks us to form a
knee-jerk opinion.
We are presented
with a coffin draped
with the Union Jack
and carried by Armed
Forces personnel. We
are invited to form
an immediate
opinion. The dead
solider is innocent
and the people who
killed him are
guilty. He is the
good guy and they
are the bad murders.
Indeed, so blatant
is this proper
gander the news
presenters (Actors
who can’t get job
acting, but this
highly paid job is a
sell out of their
once committed and
honourable career)
tell us the solider
was murdered.
Did this now dead
man kill children,
did he rape women,
did he murder by
order of his
superiors without
moral question?
Did he blow up a
town, a village, or
a hamlet full of
innocent people? We
don’t know if this
guy was a victim of
political
psychopaths or a
psycho himself.
We don’t know
because we are not
told, nor are we the
very people who are
paying for the war
are invited to ask
questions. No, only
one thing is
required, that we
feel sympathy and
agree with our
government.
In other words we
are treated like
robots who must
obey. We are
insulted day after
day by the
mainstream news
media. That most of
that media is owned
and run for the few
very rich and whose
wars we fight to
make them richer day
by day whereas we
struggle on a
pittance is
understood. But the
BBC for whom we pay
a licence fee of
£139.50 a year is
complicit with the
rich mans propaganda
is a double insult
to every adult in
the UK.
They repeat the rich
man’s view again and
again until we
believe it is a
fact. Why are we
fighting? To keep
our homeland safe?
We must attack them
before they attack
us. What bullshit.
If we all believed
in that then we as
individuals would
attack anyone we met
in the street
because he might at
some point in the
future attack us.
The oil corporations
don’t have a
homeland. They can
operate anywhere on
earth. They are
global
organizations. They
rape the Earth of
its natural
resources that by
common right belongs
to all and sell it
to us at a huge
profit.
We are being
hoodwinked, no
that’s too soft a
term - we are being
swindled out of our
born rights.
Why? How is a very
easy question to
answer. The rich own
the media, they have
spent billions to
own TV and radio and
newspapers so they
can persuade us the
many of the
interests in the
mask that their
interests are ours.
Why? Limited
Utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism used
to be a word that
was understood as
the best good is the
good that serves the
majority. But now it
means that which
serves the few. That
is why the big
corporations are
bedfellows with our
so called leaders.
Bush and Blaire are
prime examples. They
don’t care how many
human beings are
killed; soldiers or
citizens, as long as
their clique are
okay. And by clique
I do not mean three
or four or five, I
mean thousands.
Thousands of rich.
Whereas there are
billions of us.
They try to scare us
shitless into
believing that our
planet cannot
sustain us all. A
lie. Even one of the
UK’s most respected
broadcasters David
Attenbough, by
stupidity or
naivety, is on TV
pontificating about
the survival of the
human race.
Trillions are being
spent on wars. For
who? For the rich.
If that money was
spent on education,
on health and on the
welfare of the many
then not only
humankind but also
our living in
species on the Earth
could all survive
and with plenty.
An oil company goes
into a country sucks
it dry then leaves
without clearing up
the mess. Do we
prosecute the guilty
- no - why - the
Judges, the military
and the politicians
are all in a rich
look-out-for-number-one
system created by
uncontrolled
Capitalism.
I was in the Moon on
Sunday last. I
bought a local guy a
pint. I don’t know
him very well, but
by the look of him I
knew that he could
not buy me a drink
back, but I bought
him a pint anyway.
Why? I gave a bloke
I knew enough money
to pay his car tax
so that he could go
out and look for
jobs. Why?
I could go on with
stories like that,
but you might think
I’m bragging. So why
do I give a little
to others who are
not doing so well.
And believe me I’m
no rich man. It is
because I have
compassion. Sound
weak? To some it
might. But no, it is
because I’m human.
See a kid run into
the road? What is
your reaction?
Horror.
See that baby fall
under a train last
week because she was
distracted of a
second. What was
your reaction?
Horror.
If you do not feel
horror when people
are shot, maimed and
killed, then you are
a psychopath. Why do
not Bush, Blare and
Brown feel horror at
the deaths of so
many innocent
people? Because they
are psychopaths.
They should be
arrested, tried in
court and sentenced.
Why are they not,
because they control
the many with the
filthy propaganda
they create for
there own shellfish
interest.
Basically I’m just a
poet. I don’t want
to rule the world,
nor even one single
bird. (take that as
you will) No, just a
home and a couple of
shilling to have a
pint with and that
is it.
So, did the
terrorists kill that
solider or was it
his leaders.
I know who and I
don’t need the BBC
to tell me.
At
probation the group
instructor for
Drivers Alcohol
Awareness Course
drew a diagram on
the board and said
to the class of
fifteen,
“I want you to give
me an example of a
decision you made
this week”
“I decided to have a
bath.”
“I had chips,
because I fancied
it.”
“I decided to drink
less”
“To get fit”
“I decided not to
make decisions.”
The group laughed.
The instructor asked
why.
“Because what is
going to happen will
happen anyway.”
One guy agreed.
“He wanted some
chips. Did he decide
or was he just
reacting to what his
body was telling
him? Sometimes I
fancy some cheese.
Why? Because my
metabolism was
telling me it needed
that kind of food. I
did not
independently or
arbitrarily decide,
I reacted to a
physical demand. I
did not decide to be
here this evening, I
was compelled by the
court. The court
made the decision
not me.”
This got the
discussion going in
a direction that
completely threw the
instructor.
He had an agenda. To
guide the class into
an admission that we
all decided to drink
and drive and we
therefore
consciously acted in
an Anti-Social
manner and deserved
our punishments.
However, now the
very act of decision
making as an act of
independent free
will was brought
into question, the
very foundation ,
the assumption on
which his agenda was
based may be
misplaced and
consequentially the
relevance of the
whole course.
Others agreed that
they too were there
only because they
were compelled by
the court and
therefore they too
had not made a
decision.
I gave another
example. When
driving we sometimes
go into complete
automatic. Our
conscious minds will
shift attention to a
subject completely
unrelated to
driving, then
suddenly it will
switch back to
driving and we are
surprised how far
along the road we
have come without
consciously
attending to our
driving. Our minds
went into machine
mode, the myriad of
decisions made to
the road driving
phenomena were not
made consciously,
our subconscious
processed all that
information and
acted according to
it and responded
correctly. That
proves that we can
react to the world
successfully without
making any decisions
consciously.
Therefore if
decisions are made
for us by our
unconscious minds
how can they be a
product of our free
will and if they are
not how can we be
held accountable for
them and if we
cannot be held
accountable why
should we be
punished?
The instructor
dropped his pen.
After that the rest
of the session was
played out as set by
the agenda, but we
were all players and
no longer pupils.
MAKES YOU LAUGH -
WITH TEARS.
TV
reporting of the pending Postal strike is so bias for the bosses that I get
mad that they think we can’t spot their little tricks. Little tricks, so little
that the whole nation falls for them.
The presenter will introduce the report,
“The Royal Mail union has had a ballot and, it seems, 76% of its members have
voted to go on strike. How will this affect the country? Our reporter brings
this report.
We go to a hack hired by the Media owners.
“I am standing outside the Royal Mail depot at Pimlico. You can see behind me
that there is not much happening. Is this the right time to go on strike? The
union leaders say yes. But what will happen if they do? Will it be a disaster
for Royal Mail? Will mail order companies like Amazon and eBay switch to private
mail delivery? These are questions that yet have to be answered.”
Then the reporter interviews members of the public. The interviewees are usually
completely uninformed as to the reasons for the strike and so they can only talk
in terms of how it might affect them personally. The downright crudity of this
method of framing the report is astonishing.
“I had to wait four weeks to hear from the DHSS!” said one angry woman.
That the delay had nothing to do with a postal strike is irrelevant as far as
the report is concerned as long as it is conveyed to the viewer that the public
is angry and if the ‘good old British public’ is upset the unions are rotters
for up setting them.
“I think they are holding the public to ransom.” said Fred Bangers.
Back to the studio
And we have our presenter, who by the bye is usually not a news reporter him or
herself but an actor hired to present. They mouth the questions given to them.
That is why presenters hardly every follow up any interesting point.
The union leader is interviewed. Now these chaps are rarely schooled in TV
presentation and therefore often appear flustered. That is why politicians and
company representatives spend thousands on training how to present themselves on
TV.
The interviewer will now put to the union leader all the negative points of the
strike that the reporter has already mentioned. So now the negative has been
repeated twice. If they do interview a boss, he will be allowed to repeat them
for a third time.
“You are the union leader. An issue in this case is: - will mail order companies
such as Amazon and eBay switch away from Royal Mail to a private mail delivery
firm?”
“Months ago we offered the management a no strike agreement. They refused. We
have been trying to come to a resolution, while they have been hiring casual
labour to undermine our members pay and conditions in the workplace, also…”
It is coming up to Christmas, do you think that the public will appreciate that
they cannot contact there nearest and dearest because you are on strike? Will
your biggest customers like Amazon and eBay switch to private mail delivery
companies because you cannot deliver?”
You notice that there is no follow up to the fact that the union offered a no
strike deal.
Now we have interviews with the bosses of private companies who all repeat the
negative aspects of the strike. For the third time.
Surely there are some positive aspects from the Unions point of view?
We are not informed. Just as we are never informed about the background of the
bosses of Royal Mail. Who are they? Had they any previous experience of mail
delivery systems? Have they run large companies before? And if so were they
successful? Surely this is relevant? Not to the presenters of TV news.
A member of the management is interviewed. Nothing is asked about the no strike
offer.
“The Royal Mail has to keep up with the economic times. We cannot live in the
past. Our best customers like Amazon and eBay will switch to private companies
if the union go on with this self destructive course. They are hurting the
British public.
Under the guise of being impartial and allowing both sides their argument, they
have successfully repeated the case against the strike four times!
The uncritical viewer, not schooled in the manipulation of news by the mostly
right wing media, is left with the feeling that the strike is wrong and the
union is the trouble maker. This viewer may even belong to a union himself. Yet
he has been so successfully and unconsciously manipulated he feels angry with
his fellows.
We are all left with the vague yet real feeling that the union is in the wrong
and the management is in the right.
Blimey! I get so pissed of with it, yet if I wrote to the BBC or Channel 4 or
any other rich controlled media organization, they would simply ignore me.
Yet, would they. We, the great old British public are getting wised up. And even
though the TV bosses keep coming out with this sort of bias ‘news’ are getting
worried behind the scenes. Worried that the good old once easily manipulated
British public might say NO!
This book
should be read by every
police officer and
politician in the world. Not
only a first class thriller,
but also an insight into
State organized paranoia and
cruelty. And how that leads
to real horror, not the
silly fictional horror of
vampires and ghosts.
Sometimes
the descriptions of human
cruelty that was carried out
in Stalinist Russia is hard
to read. Evil is not a
monster it is the torture
people willingly inflict
because they believe it is
right.
***
PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR
FRIENDS & FAMILY.
The new telephone 'scam' has
arrived in Medway.
I received a call from a
'representative' of BT,
informing me that he was dis-connecting
me because of an unpaid
bill. He demanded payment
immediately of £31.00 , or
it would be £ 118.00 to
re-connect at a later date.
The guy wasn't even fazed
when I told him I was with V
irgin Media, allegedly VM
have to pay BT a percentage
for line rental!
I asked the guy's name - the
very 'English' John Peacock
with a very 'African' accent
- & phone number - 0800 0800
152.
Obviously the fella realized
I wasn't believing his
story, so offered to
demonstrate that he was from
BT. I asked how & he told me
to hang up & try phoning
someone - he would dis-connect
my phone to prevent this.
AND HE DID !! My phone was
dead - no engaged tone,
nothing - until he phoned me
again.
Very pleased with himself,
he asked if that was enough
proof that he was with BT. I
asked how the payment was to
be made & he said credit
card, there & then.
I said that I didn't know
how he'd done it, but I had
absolutely no intention of
paying him , I didn't
believe his name or that he
worked for BT.
He hung up.
Did 1471 & phoned his
fictitious 0800 number - not
recognised.
I phoned the police to let
them know , I wasn't the
first! It's only just
started apparently but it is
escalating.
Their advice was to let as
many people know by word of
mouth of this scam. The fact
0Athat the phone does go off
would probably convince some
people it's real, so please
let as many friends & family
aware of this.
The
Troops still keep coming
home in body bags. Not to
mention the poor other lads
who come home maimed and who
don’t get a mention on TV
and Newspapers. Do they know
why? Do you? No.
The Government gives us
bullshit about the Taliban;
yes those folks who ride
about the barren mountains
of Afghanistan on clapped
out motorbikes. It strikes
me (forgive the pun) that
all the military might of
the richest countries in the
world can’t defeat a small
religious group. Small, yes
small - okay how many
Taliban are there? A
thousand, two, perhaps a
100,000, top whack. So why
can’t they be defeated?
The same reason that Hitler
would never have been able
to defeat the British
people. Guts and an
indemonstrable love for
their country. Imagine if we
were invaded by some foreign
power. Wouldn’t you fight?
Of course you would. Yes
there are always Quislings,
but most people would fight.
So can you with all heart
blame the Afghan people? Or
the Iraqis?
Our troops are being led to
the slaughter not by the
ordinary men and woman of
the UK, but the arrogant
rich rulers of our land and
notably the US. Why? What is
to gain? If iIt is oil or
gas why don’t our rulers be
honest about it and tell us.
No, because they think we
are nitwits. A population of
sheep the only interest of
which is to watch Football
and Eastenders.
Are we?
Strategic area. From a
vantage point you can
control the whole valley.
Nay, the whole world. If we
don’t get the resources of
our Planet - they will. Who?
Other human beings. So we
lucky ones kill them off in
any manner we can. Okay,
fine, lets face it I’d
rather them die than me.
But is that the only choice?
Killing?
No, of course not. But our
rulers what two luxury
yachts, and four homes and
more and more and more. And
if you disagree, you their
fellow countrymen and woman
will be killed also. And who
by? The police, the troops
we support. Our very own.
Think not?
Put a man or woman in
uniform, brainwash him or
her for six months and allow
the natural jealousies to
proceed and a policeman or
serviceman or woman will
kill his or hers own family.
That is a well established
fact about human nature.
Your, so called Humanity
will be rubbed out of you.
Obey orders. Without
obedience no military
organization in the world
can exist.
Basildoneye supports our
troops. But let us not be
blind. They are donkeys led
to a slaughter they neither
understand nor have the
heart to seek by a rich
elite of perhaps world wide
a million rich, if that.
Basildoneye could be charged
with treason by saying this.
Treason is a betrayal
But who is betraying who
now? We know our MP’s have
betrayed us. They have
besmirched the very word
Democracy as have Bush and
Blare.
So, what do you and me do?
March!
Support your local Anti-War
group. Stop the Army coming
into Basildon and showing
guns to kids. Stop the
police being our masters
instead of our civil
servants. What a laugh that
is!
Write to Angela Smith! Tell
her what she is - a
careerist, not a
representative of the people
of Basildon. One day she
will be a Baroness. That is
all she has every wanted!
And every privilege that
goes with it, unreported by
the Editors of the ’news’
papers you read every day.
Can you change anything? No,
some of you good folk say.
But look at history,
ordinary folk like you - yes
you - have changed the
world.
Here is another video
example of cops Tasering a
guy without the least
provocation
CCTV spots a guy going into
a chemist. He is suspected
of robbing a store. Police
watch him come out, walk up
the road and join a pal. The
pal goes into a telephone
box and the suspected guy
waits. The police pounce.
Two cops have Taser guns
which they point at the guy,
then warning him, but not
allowing the surprised guy
to comply they immediately
Tasered him. 50,000 volts
shoot through the guy and he
collapses.
Ever had an electric shock?
I was mending a ceiling
light once and forgot to
turn off the current. 250
volts shot up my arm. Wow,
it was very painful. I can
only imagine the pain 50,000
volts causes.
We are told by officials
that Taser guns are used
only as a last resort and
only after the cops have
given ample warning and the
suspect refuses to comply.
The guy in this arrest was
shot quickly with only the
minimum of warning. Also, he
was only a suspect, not the
proven culprit of the
robbery. He may have been
completely innocent. The
cops didn’t care they used
the electric weapon because
it was quick and convenient.
And therein lays the
problem.
In the US over 300 hundred
people have been killed by
this method of arrest. So
far the UK has had no
deaths, but it is only a
matter of time.
Do we have to wait for a
death before these weapons
of torture are banned? The
use of electric shock is a
well know form of torture.
Yet we don’t associate
Tasers with torture. We are
told that they are a
non-lethal weapon. That
facts conclusively disprove
that official claim. Yet
more and more coppers are
being issued with these
guns. They are a weapon of
repression.
If some hot headed cop barks
an order at you and you do
not comply, do you deserved
to have 50,000 volts shot
through your body? Yet by
slow degrees the police will
use this method of arrest as
a matter of course, on
drunks, women and kids. No?
They have already done so in
other countries. If it is
allowed to continue in the
UK the ordinary citizen will
be in such fear of the
police, they will be as
hated as the Nazi SS.
I wrote to Angela Smith MP
about the use of Tasers and
if there was any debate
about there use. She replied
that it was an operational
matter for the police. How
lazy and how irresponsible.
A report called 'Unleashing
Aspiration' tells us what we
all know. The UK is a class
ridden society. David
Milliband says lower class
people are effectively
banned from the professions.
His report like so many
others will put on a dusty
shelf and forgotten. As they
all have been in my life.
Why?
What sustains our class
ridden society? What is the
central core? The Royal
family. All the time they
exist we will have glass
ceilings. Look up, but never
touch. The whole monarchic
system is rotten. Why?
Because it sustains the
belief that some human
beings are intrinsically
better than you.
It is a lie. But a lie that
suits the rich. And they are
the ones who make laws. Sure
some MP's who come from
modest backgrounds are
patted on the back and
receive privileges above the
common lot did set out to
change our lives, but once
in the club they are
seduced. So the regime
remains the same.
What to do about it? Write
to your MP and annoy her.
Make her work for you.
Recently I wrote to Angela
Smith and asked her if she
voted for the Iraqi war. I
think I know she did, but I
have never heard her say so.
If she did, did not she know
of all the human beings who
would be killed - in fact
murdered.
They talk of conspiracy
theories. And what the
public to ridicule some of
us who believe that 9/11 was
an American Government plan;
that Diana and Dodi were
murdered and not a result of
an accident. But what was
the most infamous conspiracy
theory ever perpetrated on
two nations and the world?.
Saddam Hussein had weapons
of mass destruction.
It was a lie.
Angela Smith might have been
taken in like most of us,
but has she ever apologised?
No. We didn't get a chance
to vote? No, but she did.
I was one of the millions
who protested in London,
along with millions all
around the world. Has she
every said, "I'm sorry." No.
Even now that she knows now
she did wrong. What
arrogance!
Yes, I know that after a
hard days work you don't
want to bothered about all
this. Well, then when your
in the pub - don't complain!
Some of my mates are out of
work, still bankers are
getting large bonuses. And
their banks are three
quarters owned by public
money! That is your dosh.
Paid by you out of your
earnings each week or month.
The spongers are living off
your backs. And still you
will not write or march.
Still you buy the Sun and
the local Echo newspapers.
You might as well asked for
Swine flu.
Die then. Don't think of
your children's future. Roll
over an die. Because that is
exactly what the rich want
you to do. Their are old
ladies who protest. They are
not intimidated by the
police. Most of the police
don't know what they are
doing. They believe in
democracy, but they there
are recording you and
intimidating you. What is
that mind set that coppers
and the armed services have?
Beating up and killing in
the name of what? Not
Democracy. No, just for
their wife, sons and
daughters? Their home. But
the coppers could be the
next in line for a beating,
from our troops if they got
out of line. And, ask
yourselves, whose line is
it? The Queens line. Her
Majesty.
Some majesty that puts down
her own subjects. Yes
subject. That is you. In UK
law you are a mere subject.
We are often told about
dysfunctional families, the
concept is mainly aimed at
you. But if every there was
a dysfunctional family it is
the Windsor's. Yet they rule
you. With your blind
consent.
I'm not looking to harm
Elizabeth, nor Philip, nor
the rest of the Royals, I
just wish they would have a
human conscious and leave.
Every day they exist more
harm is caused to our
children's sense of
responsibility and intellect
than any Swine Flu.
The Daily Mail leads with
the headline 'Lords probe to
see if Sir Alan Sugar is a
'fit and proper person to be
a peer'
I'm no fan of Sugar, his
'You're fired!' dictum is
crude and cruel. To be
sacked for most people is a
horrible experience. Yet
this slogan has been
accepted as a righteous
announcement of
inevitability. Whereas
Unions and all the hard won
rights for poor people are
depicted on TV as old
fashioned.
Even the new play 'Journey
Into Space: The Host' on
BBC4 characterized people
who engage in debate as a
waste of time. In fact most
TV and Movies define
unionship as a dishonourable
human activity. Most cowboy
films show the lone man
against the many. Why is
this so?
The rich who have control
over most of the media know
that if the poorer class get
control of the Earth's
recourses they will be lose
their power and wealth. The
few own the wealth of our
planet, to the poverty and
death of the many. That is
why the Royal Family is held
in such high esteem by the
owners of the media. It
suits them to that you do
too.
Without the Monarchy, there
would be no Barons, no Earls
and no House of Lords. All
of whom Lord it over the
poor. To be poor is to be
educationally ignorant.
Especially about Politics
and the Law. Thus we are put
into a weak position and
therefore a subservient
place.
To be poor is not about
material possessions. It is
about your ability to
understand and adopt the
skills of critical thinking
so that you can defend
yourself against the lies
and propaganda you read in
the rich owned newspapers
and TV news that you see and
swallow every day.
Every human being has a
right to shelter and water
and food.
Thousands
of homes are being
repossessed every day, yet
do you see the reality of
these peoples lives on TV.
They might as well be
casualties in a war, because
all you see is statistics. A
statistic is not a human
being. You are. Suppose a
country bombed Basildon and
your whole family were
killed. That country on TV
news reported that 20% of
Basildonians where killed.
You would go crazy. Yet we
all do it every day. Because
the TV makes us feel that is
not important. Just another
statistic.
The Queen invents a silver
medal and gives it to you.
Is that the worth of your
children's lives or you? The
royal family lives on
healthy wearing their
buttons and bows along with
their powerful friends whose
in interest it is to keep
you ignorant and - loyal.
Who is out of touch with the
UK public, Basildoneye, or
Angela Smith MP who must
have a second home because
she needs to do her job?
'You're Fired!'
When the police photograph
us on a demonstration and we
are not allowed to
photograph them without
probable chance of being
arrested, ask yourself -
what is going on? Angela
Smith believes this is okay.
In her reply to me about
this disgrace, she said,
"This is an operational
matter for the police."
Who runs the police, who
appoints top officers? Who
sets the agenda. Well, not
my representative, Angela
Smith MP. She just rolls
over and makes democracy a
blue film.
And who are the actors in
that film - us. We are all
forced into the sex trade.
We become the porno for the
rich. And what is more
pornographic than police
beating up their fellow
citizens; our service men
killing people they don't
know, nor for what reason,
and the millions dead
because we live in fearful
entertainment.
Enjoy your lives, but next
time you read a newspaper or
watch the news remember who
is behind that perception,
who wrote that report, and
who wants me to accept their
views? Who? It certainly is
not a doctor.
If you wish: Stuart Case
'The Power of Words' and
Carl Sagaen 'The Demon
Haunted World'
This is Carl Sagaen talking
about our world - A Pale
Blue Dot.
So
our MP Angela spent on us
the tax payer £289 a month
on food. Not overboard, if
it were for food at home,
but no this is eating out.
Can't she pay for this
herself? And the money for
kitchen equipment - more
than £1,400. Don't you dear
reader have to pay for a
fridge, crockery and
cookware out of your wage?
Okay it is not a lot, but
why should we have to foot
the bill? Then £10,774 on
mortgage interest! So many
of Angela's constituents are
struggling to pay their
mortgages and rents, it is a
bare faced cheek to bill us.
It gets worse - £12,085 on
refurbishments for her flat
at the Elephant & Castle.
Why can't she commute to
London from Basildon like
the rest of us? And the
second home flat is also in
her husbands name and he is
not an MP. When she is voted
out, as I hope she will be,
she keeps the flat and can
sell it for - what - at
least £250,000. Nice little
earner as Dell Boy would
say, but not so much Lovely
Jubbly for us - what?
"Firefighters could
strike over reforms"
6:22pm
Monday 8th June 2009
I fully support not only our
local firemen, but all
firemen around the world.
These brave people put their
lives at risk to save others
who because of accident find
themselves in peril.
Then, why is it that they
are treated so badly by the
authorities?
In one word:
Privatization.
The economy of the UK is
influenced powerfully by
American companies. It is
they who wish the not only
our country, but the rest of
the world to follow The
American Way. This means
Capitalism. An ideology that
welcomes profit for the rich
against the public good.
The well worn method of
Capitalists is too belittle
Socialist institutions like
the Fire Service and our NHS
so that we the public turn
against firemen and nurses
and allow the privatization
of such honest organizations
to turn away from the good
of all for the profit the
few.
The last time Basildon
firemen went on strike, I
went to Basildon Fire
Station and stayed out all
night with them. From nine
in the evening to 7am. I
even put my deck chair on
the brazier to keep it
alight. I didn’t have a tool
to brake up the wooden
plates.
The firemen returned to
their bunks about 4am and
one of the firemen gave me a
half bottle of whiskey to
keep way the cold. I was
happy to stay all night and
hear the hoot of car horns
in support as drivers past
on the way to work in the
early hours.
We all know that
privatization can sometimes
bring better services,
especially in private
hospitals such as BUPA. As I
have experienced when I
worked for a large company.
But the company could afford
the high prices, and as an
employee I accepted my
employees generosity. I was
a good employee and they
took care of me. It was in
their interests.
Yet what about the ordinary
poor Joe or Jane who is not
lucky enough? Are we to turn
our backs?
I had nothing to gain by
supporting the guys at
Basildon Fire Station.
Except that if the fire
service falls into the hands
of profit, who in the long
run pays? We already pay via
tax to the elected
authorities , but now if
privatized we pay double.
Once to the public
authorities that we elect
and again to the rich who we
do not elect, but will have
the finally say over the
service and the lives of the
men and women who work
therein.
So privatization does not
necessarily mean, though it
does in many cases, that the
service will get worse, only
that we are paying twice.
***
In yesterdays online
Echo there was the headline
'Basildon MP wins
promotion in Gordon Brown's
reshuffle'
The story
went on to say:-
"BASILDON MP Angela Smith has been promoted in Gordon Brown's Government
reshuffle.
Mrs Smith, who was Mr
Brown's Parliamentary
Private Secretary, becomes a
Minister of State in the
Cabinet Office.
The Cabinet Office is at
the centre of Government
supporting the Prime
Minister and reforming
public services.
It is understood Mrs
Smith will be responsible
for tackling social
exclusion."
One has only to look at
Smith's record to discover
that she has followed New
Labours orders like a
thirsty robot following a
trail of oil.
If political institutions do
not change, no matter what
party
elected they will be chained
to the old Monarchic system.
Nothing will change while we
allow the Monarchy to exist,
along with it's inherent
snobbery and the monarchic
hierarchy of Lords and such that it
represents.
It is not surprising that Smith
totally supports the royals
and the monarchic system.
She supports the people of
Basildon like a fox supports
a chicken coupe.
Brown will chuck her
upstairs before the next
election into the cosy
bedroom of the Lords.
No doubt those who support
her cannot wait to lick the
shoes of a Baroness.
The irony is that in her new
job she will be
responsible for tackling
social exclusion!
***
For Harry Windsor to call
Piers Morgan a prat, is like
a delusional calling an
egotist unreal.
***
If the Wigger Eminem wasn’t
in on the Bruno act I’ll eat
feathers off Cohen’s arse.
***
Basildon MP Angela Smith has
backed a campaign to improve
the lives of millions of
chickens. She voted very
strongly for the Iraq war
which has killed thousands,
and shattered the lives of
millions more, including
those of her fellow country
men and women. Now the Echo
wants us to believe she is a
Good Egg.
***
Patricia Hewitt in
retirement “will cash in by
working with firms closely
linked to her former
ministerial
responsibilities.
She is already paid between
£45,000 and £50,000 a year
as a consultant to the Boots
chain of pharmacies,
according to the House of
Commons Register of Members'
Interests.
She also pockets between
£55,000 and £60,000 as an
adviser to Cinven, which
paid £1.4billion for Bupa's
UK hospitals and runs 25
private care facilities in
Britain.
Miss Hewitt's work as Health
Secretary involved pushing
through controversial-NHS
reforms, which championed
the use of private
facilities to carry out
minor operations.
Her overhaul of primary care
services paved the way for
NHS GPs and consultants to
tout their services in
branches of Boots.”
***
Why is having a child when
over 50 sickening? Seems to
me the Daily Mail reporter
Allison Pearson is being a
mite snobbish, not to say
cruel. As long as a parent
is kind to her child then
that is all that matters,
not how long the parent
lives. Should we ban 15 year
olds from having children
because they are too young
for the responsibility? What
about single mums who have
six or seven kids? What
about parents who get
divorced and the horrible
effect that has on the
children. Pearson is ageist
and should be sacked for her
hate crime.
The Echo online runs a
story about MP Angela
Smith's second home at the
Elephant & Castle,
south-east London.
Echo reporter Claire
Borley was invited to it.
She starts off by telling
the reader:-
"THERE wasn’t a
moat, no sign of a floating
duck island or even, for
that matter, a garden to be
tended at taxpayers’
expense."
So what? That MP
Smith doesn't have any of
the above things is
irrelevant to the argument
whether or not a second home
bought by the tax payer is
necessary for her to do her
work as an MP.
Borley goes on to
say how ordinary the second
home is and to labour the
point tells us that the
Elephant and Castle area is
characterised by "...the
constant squeal of police
sirens,"
By now
Borley assumes she is so
good at manipulating
emotions that we are now
shedding tears of sympathy
for Smith's dreadful plight.
MP chose
the area because it is has a
bus link to Westminster. She
does not say she actually
uses a bus: just that buses
from there go to
Westminster. Taxi fares are
allowed on expenses. To
wring extra sympathy we are
told that the flat was
burgled. Was it burgled
while she was living in the
flat? That we are not told.
The MP for Basildon and East
Thurrock has had the flat
since 1999, but insists it’s
a necessity rather than a
luxury.
So, we are invited to
believe that a second home
is not a luxury. Tell that
to the homeless!
Is it necessary? How many of
her constituents commute by
train from Basildon and
Thurrock to London every
working day without the need
for a second home?
The whole article is
deliberately couched to
wring as much sympathy for
Smith as possible. Why? Is
Echo reporter Claire Borley
really MP Smith's spin
doctor? If so we should be
told. More likely the report
is a product of the cosy
relationship some MP's have
with the local press.
Angela Smith MP, sits behind
Gordon Brown in the House of
Commons. A privileged
position for any MP because
it puts them 'Star'
position. There she was
following Brown out of
number 10 yesterday. She is
Parliamentary Private
Secretary to the Prime
Minister so that might
explain it. How did our MP
get to such heady and
powerful heights? After all
she has only spoken in one
debate the last year;
received answers to no
written questions in the
last year, both well below
the average for MP's.
There is one glaring
answer:- She has never
rebelled against her party!
She has voted in 78% of
votes, which is above
average for MP's, and never
rebelled. Does not say much
about her independence of
thought or about her
representation of us. It
speaks a lot if one viewed
her as primarily a career
politician. In other words
uses her position as an MP
to help herself not us.
The
Daily Mail and The Sun
two of the most
outspoken right wing
newspapers attempt to
smear the character of
Mr Ian Tomlinson the
victim of police
brutality at the G20
protest in London.
The Mail leads with the
headline
"85
minutes from death: How
G20 victim blocked
police van and argued
with officers shortly
before fatal collapse."
He blocked a police van?
Did he? There is a
picture of Tomlinson in
front of a police van,
but it is open to
question that he was
deliberately attempting
to block the van
The Mail goes on to
describe Tomlinson as a
“homeless alcoholic”
They repeat the smear
“He had been walking
back to a shelter for
homeless alcoholics near
Smithfield meat market.”
“Friends of Mr Tomlinson
said that he struggled
with chronic alcoholism
and moved out of the
family home on the Isle
of Dogs 13 years ago.”
What friends? None where
named. This is a common
ruse used by newspapers
to back up stories and
give them spurious
authenticity.
The Mail goes on:-
“The original video
shows Mr Tomlinson
walking away from police
with his hands in his
pockets when he is hit
from behind by an
officer.
It appears to show a
helmeted police officer,
his face partially
covered, strike Mr
Tomlinson with a baton
on the back of his leg
before shoving him hard
in the back.”
What is important here
is the use of the word
’appears’. The word
brings up the spectre of
doubt. Anyone who has
seen the two videos of
the attack on Mr
Tomlinson cannot be in
any doubt. Yet the Mail
deliberately wishes to
cast doubt. Yet they
contradict themselves
from what the said
earlier in the report
above:- “…when he is hit
from behind by an
officer.” No doubt
there.
THE SUN is guilty of the
same smear tactics.
“New photos show paper
seller Ian Tomlinson —
unsteady on his feet
through booze”
“And three members of Mr
Tomlinson’s family,
including his widow
Julia, 52, wept as their
lawyer made a statement
about the “tragic
death”.”
Why put the phrase -
tragic death in
quotation marks?
Quotation marks here
denote sarcasm.
The Sun report goes on:-
“Mr Tomlinson had
recently come out of
rehab after battling
alcoholism. He was
estranged from Julia
because of the drink
problem and lived in a
hostel for the homeless.
He was snapped wearing a
Millwall football shirt
and smoking a cigarette
The helmeted cop
appeared to strike Mr
Tomlinson on the leg
before lunging forward
and felling him with a
push in the back.
A stunned Mr Tomlinson
sat up and asked: “What
the f*** are you doing?”
Is Mr Tomlinson an
alcoholic? No evidence
is presented. The fans
of Millwall Foot Ball
Club have a reputation
for being violent. Did
Mr. Tomlinson use the
word ’Fuck’? Mind you
‘f***’ might not be
‘fuck‘, but the
invitation/implication
is clear.
The point is that both
these newspapers are
struggling to create an
image of the victim as a
worthless soul and
manipulate in their
readers into adopting a
negative opinion of Mr.
Ian Tomlinson.
He may well be a drunk,
he may well be a
Millwall supporter and
he may well have used
the word fuck.
But all that is
irrelevant to the fact
that he is the victim of
police brutality. That
is and only that is a
fact! The rest is
speculation.
This is another example
of the fallacy Ad
Hominem.
Description of Ad
Hominem
Translated from Latin to
English, "Ad Hominem"
means "against the man"
or "against the person."
An Ad Hominem is a
general category of
fallacies in which a
claim or argument is
rejected on the basis of
some irrelevant fact
about the author of or
the person presenting
the claim or argument.
Typically, this fallacy
involves two steps.
First, an attack against
the character of person
making the claim, her
circumstances, or her
actions is made (or the
character,
circumstances, or
actions of the person
reporting the claim).
Second, this attack is
taken to be evidence
against the claim or
argument the person in
question is making (or
presenting). This type
of "argument" has the
following form:
Person
A makes claim X.
Person B makes an attack
on person A.
Therefore A's claim is
false.
The reason why an Ad
Hominem (of any kind) is
a fallacy is that the
character,
circumstances, or
actions of a person do
not (in most cases) have
a bearing on the truth
or falsity of the claim
being made (or the
quality of the argument
being made).
Example of Ad Hominem
Bill: "I believe that
abortion is morally
wrong."
Dave: "Of course you
would say that, you're a
priest."
Bill: "What about the
arguments I gave to
support my position?"
Dave: "Those don't
count. Like I said,
you're a priest, so you
have to say that
abortion is wrong.
Further, you are just a
lackey to the Pope, so I
can't believe what you
say."
(I'm sorry to be
preachy, but we all
ought to be aware of
fallacious arguments. It
makes us stronger not to
be fooled by those more
educated, but treat us
as fools.)
Will the police officer
who deliberately
attacked Mr. Ian
Tomlinson be brought to
justice, as would any
Joe or Jane? Probably
not. So far the cunt has
not even been suspended.
The PM
Gordon Brown is
reportedly going to
scrap the second home
handouts to MP's because
they are abusing the
system of expenses. On
BBC1 Question Time Eric
Pickles MP tried to
justify his second home
in central London by
saying that the Commons
works like clockwork and
he had to be on time.
The audience laughed,
'Doesn't every worker
have to be at work on
time?' Pickles first
home is approx. 35 miles
from the Commons.
Our
MP Angela Smith
(pictured posing at a
bus stop) lives in
Basildon, approx. 35
miles from the Commons.
She has a
second home in South
London, just a short bus
ride from the Commons,
for which she uses
allowances. Hundreds of
her constituents have to
travel by rail to London
because they cannot
afford to have a second
home there. Perhaps some
of the tax they have
paid to Ms. Smith for
her second home, might
have been better spent
on their train fares.
***
Terence
Blacker of The
Independent writes today
31st March 2009. ‘There
is something ugly about
this surge in public
virtue.’ He goes on to
say that ’MPs are not
behaving worse than
before, any more than
bankers suddenly became
greedy.’ http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-we-are-enshrining-the-right-to-be-angry-1657993.html
I posted a comment:-
So have MP's and
Bankers been behaving
like this all the time?
If so, I didn't know,
probably because they
were protected by hacks
like you. It is the
Freedom of Information
act that has allowed the
knowledge of MP's greed
to enlighten me. Anger
is a justified response
at being fooled all this
time.
***
There are several
newspaper reports about
five people being
arrested in Plymouth
under the Prevention of
Terrorism Act. All
reports are different in
their 'facts'.
Paul Netherton,
Devon and Cornwall
assistant chief
constable, said
imitation handguns and
an imitation
Kalashnikov, as well as
devices made from
fireworks, had been
seized. The deactivated
weapons were "not major"
and "probably not even
lethal".
Also found:-
"material related to
political ideology".
Asked to clarify the
nature of the material,
Netherton said: "It's
political, it relates to
political organisations,
it's not extreme but
it's a different
political view. It leads
to motives and things
like that."
"...It's a different
political view."
Different from whom?
His? And how does he
know it leads to
motives?
Owning imitation guns is
not illegal, 'improvised
explosives made of
fireworks', what does
that mean, less
explosive than a
Firework Night banger.
Big Deal!
'Detectives are
investigating the
possibility that the
group were planning to
mount protests in London
against the G20 summit.'
Thousands of people are
protesting. Are the
police going to
investigate the
'possibility' that they
are going to
demonstrate. Sounds like
a Carry On film.
And what is 'politically
sensitive material' It
sound very vague.
Couldn't be George
Orwell's 1984?
If these people are
an example of the
'Terror Threat' then we
have nothing to worry
about.
These arrests have the
smack of fulfilling
police speculations of
violence at G20. In
other words political
arrests.
BASILDON council
wants to spend £750,000
on new lights in the
town centre... to the
dismay of recession-hit
residents and
councillors.
The Government cash
will be used to brighten
up the area with
colour-changing light
columns, feature
lighting and some
security lights.
Some wag
replied-
Basildon town centre is
deserted at night. Who
are the lights for -
ghosts? The council
spent thousands of
pounds on producing a
silly folding leaflet
called, 'WHAT TO DO IN
AN EMERGENCY'
The only lights the
council needs is ones to
light up their brain
cells
If
anyone wants more proof
that mainline TV
deliberately smear
protest marchers then
the way both ITV and BBC
reported the G20 march
in London last Saturday
is evidence enough.
The march was the lead
story on ITV regional
news that day at 17.20.
The majority of the
report was taken up with
speculation about
possible violence. There
was no violence, but
that did not stop a
scene from ‘V for
Vendetta’ from being
inserted that depicted
Big Ben being blown up.
Then more talk about the
possibility that future
G20 demonstrations being
violent.
BBC news also focused on
such speculation.
A Daily Mail headline
read:-
'35,000 protesters turn
out for G20 march in
London ... but police
arrest just one'
This is a fallacy of the
ad hominem type- ‘When
did you last beat your
wife?’, suggesting that
the wife had been
beaten, when that had to
be proven. The Mail
suggests lots of
marchers could have been
arrested, but only one
was. '30,000 protesters
could have been
arrested, but the good
old British bobby's only
arrested one because he
looked guilty'
They
also banged on about the
cost to the tax payer of
police security, thereby
creating a division
between the good old
hard working tax payer
and the dirty rotten
marchers who only
demonstrate to upset the
public of which they are
not one, but a strange
sort of creature from an
Arab country probably.
During the week police
briefings gave the
impression that
demonstrations will be
mounted by anarchists
intent on causing
trouble.
If all this is not
evidence of a
co-ordinated smear
campaign, then what is?
***
There
are three main coffee
shops in Basildon town
centre, Morrli,
Starbucks and Costa. Why
are they so expensive?
The price of a cup of
coffee in Morrli’s is
£2.10, Starbucks, £1.99
and Costa even for a
small cup, and I mean
small, £1.30.
We all know how much a
coffee is if we make it
ourselves at home, 20p.
So why do we put up with
such high prices? Even
if we take into account
the rent for such
establishments, and the
conviviality of having
coffee out, surely a
£1.00 is enough, yet we
pay the extra expense
for - well for what?
Are we snobs or too
timid to complain? The
latter might be the
nearer explanation. If
so, ought we not resist
being ripped off?
Basildoneye talked to
some of the staff who
are paid minimum wage or
slightly over and all
agreed the prices were
too high.
After tasting the coffee
in all three places do
you know where the best
cup of coffee was? A
café on Basildon Market
called POT BELLYS. A cup
of half milk coffee here
was 60p. If we all went
here for a few weeks in
protest at the other
coffee shops and let the
management know, then
within a month we'd see
the prices reduce.
Come on folks!
Nothing wrong with Pot
Belly's, nice friendly
staff as they are in the
other cafes, but make a
stand (pun intended)
Destiny
and
free will:
there is a Showboat on a
river. Everyone on it is
gambling and having a
good time. They take
their chances at cards.
Some win, some lose.
Everyone has free will.
The girl or man of your
choice, the gambling
wheel of your choice. On
the boat.
The river is
established.
No choice.
It flows. With me and
you on board. We make
our minds up one way or
the other - on the boat.
But that old river flows.
The TV
programmes
that show
clips of the
police at
work. Or a
film camera
crew follow
the old bill
about.
The narrator
always
starts off
by using
phrases
like:-
'criminals
go on the
rampage
'; 'towns
under siege'
etc.
It must put
the fear of
christ up
some people.
But when one
stops to
think:- how
many crimes
have you
experienced
in your
life?
In fact, I
has been
driving
around the
UK since I
was 18, I'm
now 62, and
I've only
seen an Old
Bill chase
once, and
experienced
4 crimes to
myself, a
couple of
muggings and
I was
burgled
once. Sure I
have seen
and been in
a few punch
up's.
Yet these
programmes
would have
us believe
that we are
surrounded
by crime.
Yes, I know
they have to
sell these
programmes,
but I don't
think they
do a lot of
good when it
comes to our
perception
of society.
In fact I
would argue
they do harm
by
frightening
people.
If you have never
read George Lakoff's
book then do.
Afterwards you will
never watch the news
and be hoodwinked
again. If I had
enough money I'd buy
it for everyone I
know.
At
probation the group
instructor for
Drivers Alcohol
Awareness Course
drew a diagram on
the board and said
to the class of
fifteen,
TV
reporting of the pending Postal strike is so bias for the bosses that I get
mad that they think we can’t spot their little tricks. Little tricks, so little
that the whole nation falls for them.
This book
should be read by every
police officer and
politician in the world. Not
only a first class thriller,
but also an insight into
State organized paranoia and
cruelty. And how that leads
to real horror, not the
silly fictional horror of
vampires and ghosts.
The
Troops still keep coming
home in body bags. Not to
mention the poor other lads
who come home maimed and who
don’t get a mention on TV
and Newspapers. Do they know
why? Do you? No. 
So
our MP Angela spent on us
the tax payer £289 a month
on food. Not overboard, if
it were for food at home,
but no this is eating out.
Can't she pay for this
herself? And the money for
kitchen equipment - more
than £1,400. Don't you dear
reader have to pay for a
fridge, crockery and
cookware out of your wage?
Okay it is not a lot, but
why should we have to foot
the bill? Then £10,774 on
mortgage interest! So many
of Angela's constituents are
struggling to pay their
mortgages and rents, it is a
bare faced cheek to bill us.
It gets worse - £12,085 on
refurbishments for her flat
at the Elephant & Castle.
Why can't she commute to
London from Basildon like
the rest of us? And the
second home flat is also in
her husbands name and he is
not an MP. When she is voted
out, as I hope she will be,
she keeps the flat and can
sell it for - what - at
least £250,000. Nice little
earner as Dell Boy would
say, but not so much Lovely
Jubbly for us - what?
Our
MP Angela Smith
(pictured posing at a
bus stop) lives in
Basildon, approx. 35
miles from the Commons.
There are several
newspaper reports about
five people being
arrested in Plymouth
under the Prevention of
Terrorism Act. All
reports are different in
their 'facts'. 
There
are three main coffee
shops in Basildon town
centre, Morrli,
Starbucks and Costa. Why
are they so expensive?
The price of a cup of
coffee in Morrli’s is
£2.10, Starbucks, £1.99
and Costa even for a
small cup, and I mean
small, £1.30.