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Al Queda
Seeing themselves mis-represented in the press has finally, it seems, gotten to Al Queda. They have now launched a PR exercise to correct the media’s mistakes. Far from wanting all of us dead, they merely want to kill 4 million Americans. Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, has kindly written an article explaining exactly how that figure was attained. It seems they feel this would be adequate compensation for the wrongs the US has perpetrated against Islam.
Here is a chilling excerpt:
“We have not reached parity with them. We have the right to kill 4 million Americans – 2 million of them children – and to exile twice as many and wound and cripple hundreds of thousands. Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons, so as to afflict them with the fatal maladies that have afflicted the Muslims because of the [Americans’] chemical and biological weapons.”
There are no doubt Americans like Noam Chomsky who would agree with this estimate. I wonder how many other Islamo-fascist apologists think the 4 million figure is reasonable compensation for all their ills. It is patently obvious that most of these types do not think 3.5k at the WTC was enough to satiate their anti-American blood-lust. It will be interesting to see if Al Queda has decided how many Britons need to die as well. After all, Britain has been meddling in Islamic affairs a great deal longer than the upstart US.
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Jagger
Iain over at Edge of England’s Sword has asked me to comment on a Michael Gove piece about the knighting of Mick Jagger. The piece is in a similar spirit to my piece on the subject I wrote a few days ago that got swallowed (um, somehow appropriate) by Blogger. I think Jagger certainly deserves a gong for all he has done for the rock genre. There is not a front-man since he first stepped on a stage that has not “borrowed” from his shtick. He is the great rock front-man ever, combining sexual suggestion with aggression and angst.
Unlike the Beatles, the Stones members never sold out and became establishment. The Beatles went a bit loopy at the end of the 60s, then crawled up their own backsides, only to emerge and become part of the establishment. Jagger never did that; he is still the same sex, drug and rock & roller he always was, bedding actresses and models (plus later in life, their daughters) at every turn. You have to admire the guy; when most of his contemporaries are either dead, permanently wasted, clean & sober, in rehab, or doing the “domestic thing”, he continues as if he were 25.
The Stones may have not written anything that great since the 80s but they can still deliver a cracking show. Jagger certainly does not have the greatest voice in rock, nor is he the best looking, but he still pulls it off. Jagger is the first and will always be a “rock god”. One could argue that he should be given a Lordship rather than a knighthood. How does Lord Mick of Stonehenge sound?
While on the subject of knighthoods, I wish to start a campaign for a deserving rocker. How about the Queen gives a tap to the Ozzman? As with Mick, he is one of the greatest showmen of his or any time. A great showman, song-writer and entertainer, Ozzy with Black Sabbath launched heavy metal. His recovery from his drug-addled past is nothing short of amazing, and he continues to entertain the masses with his TV show, Ozzfest, and albums.
Feminists should love the guy, he is the living embodiment of a “new man”. Knowing he neither had the brains, nous, or knowledge to run things; he lets Sharon run everything. He does what she tells him, and lets Sharon wear the trousers in the family while happily going through life. He stays at home and takes care of the kids, is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to help his family, and he is a good provider.
Lastly, he deserves a medal for rescuing a pretty dire festival gig from lame popsters. How about it, people: a petition for Sir Ozzy?
One more thing: me-thinks Gove has just outed himself as a rocker!
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WC
In London yesterday two men were suspended for skiving off and going to a pub to watch the match. The dustmen’s union is having a hissy fit as well as some in the media. Not only were they skiving but they were drinking during the game, while on duty. Quite rightly their employer looks certain to fire them. As someone wrote in an email to a local news program, “never has a case of dismissal been so clear cut.” I would have to agree; as far as I am concerned they should have been sacked on the spot. Oh yes, and these two dolts were happy to be seen doing this by a TV crew.
Lamest excuse so far is the following, oft-repeated mantra: “the World Cup is only once every 4 years…”
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Boris is at it again, this time jabbing his sharpened pen at upcoming legislation that greatly affects our privacy. He links the recent row over a Labour “special advisor” digging into whether or not the Paddington Survivors’ Group was front for the Tory Party with new legislation giving the government rights to track individuals electronic actions. This extremely worrying development will allow nosy bureaucrats (as if there were any other kind) to snoop into ones electronic activity.
They will be able to check who one is calling, being called by, ditto with emails, and what sites one is visiting. Of course, being less than high tech savvy, Boris is in no doubt any time one is spammed or trapped into going to a porn site it will be recorded. Guilt will presumed in a cold calculating way whether one has duped into going to a dodgy site, is doing research, or is merely curious.This will be ripe for blackmail and blackballing, a leak to the press could seriously harm the reputation of an opponent or political enemy. It would be up to the accused to attempt to justify that site visit to the press.
The thing that is most worrying is that the bill will be debated for 90 minutes next week, then presumably it will become law.
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An Announcement From The WebMistress….....
The Rambling Den has been pulled out of winter storage, aired out, stocked with provisions, and will be rolling down the highways and byways so that PoppaBear and MommaBear may go on a wee holiday. Hitching up to MommaBear’s Big Beast will be done on Sunday, with departure scheduled for zero-dark-thirty on Monday next.
Whilst MommaBear is gone, Andrew will have to tend to the Blog; hopefully he might take a bit of care to keep his writing in good shape all on his own. He really does know how, but he has become quite accustomed, over the last few months, to having a char come by to tidy up after him. MommaBear should be back at her desk on Saturday, hopefully refreshed and ready to return to her labors.
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