Tuesday - February 15, 2011

wilder extremes of political correctness.

I suppose there will be Christian ministers as well as other denominations, who would happily conduct a religious marriage ceremony for a same sex couple, as they would see nothing wrong with it.  But I wonder what might happen if a couple wanted a Catholic ceremony in the church because they really were practising Catholics who happen to believe the church is simply mistaken about same sex marriage.

Woo-hoo. I can’t wait for the first same sex couple who think they’re muslims and insist on a mosque marriage. Now that is something that just will not happen, no matter what law or opinion held sway.

I’m inventing something with that, that may well never happen. Although ….
On the other hand … if a couple of the same sex could get all bothered and have their feelings hurt by the refusal of a B&B to host them, and successfully sue, I can see a lawyer taking a case to sue God as well.
We do live in world turned upside down.

Melanie Phillips thinks so too.

Pinch yourself! A Tory (Consv) Prime Minister is upholding the idea that traditional morality is bigotry

By MELANIE PHILLIPS

On countless occasions, David Cameron has declared that he is a tremendous fan of the institution of marriage. So big a fan, it now becomes clear, that he generously intends to bestow its status and privileges far beyond what most people consider marriage actually to be.
Time and again, the Tory leader has used his promise to strengthen marriage so as to reassure people that he was fully committed to defending this core value of conservatism.
Now, however, it is becoming all too plain that he is signing up instead to the wilder extremes of political correctness.

Indeed, he is planning to go further than even New Labour dared to tread. Eat your heart out Harriet Harman, patron saint of equality!
For it was revealed yesterday that ministers are planning to change the law to allow homosexual couples to ‘marry’ in religious ceremonies, including in church.
Gay partnership ceremonies in other venues will also be allowed for the first time to contain a religious element, such as hymns or readings from the Bible. These unions will then be called ‘marriage’.
For sure, this change doesn’t force religious institutions to introduce such ceremonies; whether they do so is up to them.

But the Government’s position is anything but neutral. For it implicitly endorses the idea that there is nothing wrong with overturning centuries of Biblical understanding of the sacrament of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. As such, the Government will be cutting the ground from under the feet of religious traditionalists.
And what if churches refuse to conduct such a travesty of a marriage ceremony? Presumably, they would then risk being sued for ‘discrimination’.
Truly, we are fast reaching the stage where upholding Biblical sexual standards will become the morality that dare not speak its name.
Once again, we have to wonder at the way in which a politically motivated faction within a tiny minority of the population — for many gay people do not approve of this ideological gay rights agenda — is now running public policy.

PLEASE SEE ALL OF MELANIE PHILLIPS HERE

Just so you know.
Melanie Phillips is a very conservative and deeply religious lady, without being preachy about it. She also happens to be a very good word smith.
It was a treat to see her on Fox news when we visited home last summer.

A month or so ago she wrote in her column that the people (homosexuals) who themselves were the target of persecution, were now doing the same to anyone who dared question them or who dared be critical of them.  She sited the example of the B&B owners, who became the target of abuse in the extreme and described their behavior as the fascist activity they were labeling others with.

She then became a target of the most outrageous and hateful calls and mail which she said, surprised her in their volume. Ppl were wishing cancer on her, there were even threats to her life.  All because she wrote that the owners of that B&B were being ill treated due to their religious beliefs. If you use the link here, you can read some of foul unreasoning things aimed at her.

Look for this headline:
MELANIE PHILLIPS: The calls for me to be killed this week prove the bedrock values of our society are in danger 30/01/11

Take a look at that to see how things are and how much control a small number of “activists” can generate.

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   Monday - February 14, 2011

Gosh, an ad?

I may actually get a paying advertisement for the blog. Negotiations are underway. Not that it’s going to pay any fortune, but it will cover the cost gap if it comes through. And it’s for a reputable, gun friendly online merchant. I’m kind of excited. I’ve never had an ad here that paid more than a nickel. The ones from a few years ago were all based on click-throughs, and nobody clicked, so they paid something like 3¢ per year. Phooey. I’ve never made a cent from the BMEWS coffee mugs either. Probably because only 1 or 2 have actually ever sold.

I was willing to do graphics, but it seems they just want text. Meh, what do I know about advertising? Oh wait, I have an Associates Degree in it. But they never covered stuff like this. That was so long ago PCs didn’t even have Windows yet.

Anyway, if it goes through you’ll see some text and a link over on the sidebar, below the Gallery button.

UPDATE: Please Visit Our Sponsor for great deals on crossbows!

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UK Crime: What a Mesh

Looks like Peiper has today off, so I’ll do a UK looney bin post for him.

A spate of thefts in several towns and villages in Kent and Surrey over the past few months led to many householders taking action to protect their property.

Some have been warned by police that using wire mesh to reinforce shed windows was ‘’dangerous’’ and could lead to criminals claiming compensation if they ‘’hurt themselves’’.

Thieves target sheds to steal lawnmowers, power drills, bicycles and a variety of DIY tools.

Thomas Cooper, of Tatsfield, Surrey, used wire mesh to protect three of his garden sheds after two break-ins over the past four years. He decided to take action after reports of a rise in garden raids in the area.

Mr Cooper said: “I reinforced my shed windows with wire mesh, but was told by the police I had to be very careful because thieves can actually sue you if they get hurt.

Dave Bishop, of Tatsfield, said: “The law is so stupid, and you never know what decision judges are going to make. People do get fed up with these people trying to help themselves to things which you have worked hard to gather together.”

Pc John Lee, a crime reduction officer for Tandridge, said: “We are constantly advising home owners to protect their property and the contents of their shed or garage, however, a commonsense approach needs to be taken.

“To properly secure your sheds, Surrey Police strongly advises people to invest in items such as good-quality locks and bolts, and not to resort to homemade devices, as this could cause injury.”

A police source added: “Homemade devices can cause injury and there have been cases where criminals have sued for injuries they have suffered while committing a criminal act.

‘’We are advising people to do whatever they can to protect their property, but wire mesh is not one of the suggestions we would make.”

No, I wouldn’t recommend it either, because they’re going about it wrong. Working closely with Wile E. Coyote, I was able to quickly put together an effective window mesh crime stopper.

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   Sunday - February 13, 2011

Packers Fans

A little email update on our two feathered friends down there in hill country.

They’ve been in their bad weather inside duck bin for most of the past month – too cold and their kiddie pool is frozen solid.  I hear there is rumor of 50 and 60 degree weather just a few days away – they will definitely be swimming like hell when the weather breaks.  They watched and rooted for the Green Bay Packers with me at the Super Bowl, too. 



“Nothing scores higher in ‘awww’ factor than baby ducks.  If you attempt to sway my decision in this matter – I’ll be forced to kill off whatever you suggest as the alternative.”
(Cattywumpus, USA: Unpublished Chronicles of Thots Whilst Shaving)

Of course Harold and Skokie (the two ducks) are Packers fans: they have the team colors built right in!



It hasn’t been a good year so far for Miss Autumn, our champion coyote eliminator. She lost her father in law, a WWII veteran, to high speed cancer and poor hospital care in late January. The end is also part of the circle, but that doesn’t make it any easier.



But I am having a nice moment in my mind, imagining what an indoor bad weather duck bin would look like. I’m thinking either some kind of brightly painted large toy box off in one corner with a small puddle leaking out, or one of those old time artfully perforated tin storage boxes up on a closet shelf in the kitchen. Either way, faint and questionable quacks can be heard. Quack. “Hey, remember us?” Quack. “Um, it’s dark in here!” Quack. “Is the game on yet?” Not to worry though; I know for a fact that her puddle ducks are more cuddle ducks than anything. And aren’t their baby pictures just too cute for words?

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   Saturday - February 12, 2011

Crowder Brings Out His Inner Olbie

Smart boy, our Stevie. Brings his act to CPAC. 

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tighten your belts the fat cats tell the people while raking it in and spending stupidly

Seems economics are the topic but unintended.  While Drew was putting his together where he is, I’m on the other side of the world working on almost the same thing. Not 100% but it sure involves money and waste and things that can be done without. I guess maybe they are the same thing.

The other day I did something on the city council in Manchester. No big deal to you in the USA I guess. No reason it should be.
I posted an article about the waste and the cuts in govt. spending. Blah,blah. Right?
Time to tighten belts, the ppl are told.  We’re in this together is the other myth.

Well apparently the word never reached this city and this update thanks to the Daily Mail might interest you after all.  Not that you can’t tell the same stories about any city in the states. Happens everywhere.  Thing is, ppl know about it, papers like the Mail report it, but nothing, absolutely nothing ever gets done about it.
Take a look BMEWS.
These are actually among the hundreds of jobs advertised AND FILLED by the council since 2008.  I could not make this up. I think it might even be beyond Hollywood script writers.
Looking for work? Here ya go.

I think the current rate of exchange is $1.58 for every £1.00.

Nuclear Free Local Authorities:
Secretariat, Policy and Research Officer.
SALARY: …. Max £37,543
JOB:  Identifying nuclear hazards and pressing for existing binding international agreements on nuclear weapons.

Guys … this ain’t the govt. in London. This be a city in England. What are they doing with this when there’s a duplicate in London?

Climate Change Officer
SALARY: ….£37,206
Help Manchester to appropriately respond to the challenge and opportunity of climate change.

Expressive and Performing Arts Technician
SALARY: ….£21,519
To provide support and manage displays around school buildings.

News Media Manager
SALARY: …Max £38,000
Facebook and Twitter tsar, providing presence on social networking sites and other web tasks.

Link Worker – Indian and East African Asian
SALARY:  Max £25,940
Provide culturally appropriate advise and other services to improve the welfare of Indian and East African Asian women

Cultural Regeneration Officer (1)
SALARY: …..Max £30,000
Improving the quality of life of residents by addressing the social, physical and economic needs of the area.

Cultural Regeneration Officer (2)
SALARY:……Max £28,919
Focus on public art in urban settings and capacity building local arts organizations.

Assistant Specialist Market Manager
SALARY: …Max £27,016
Operate the specialist markets including Manchester Christmas Markets

Corporate
Leads Officer,
Lesbian Issues
SALARY: ….£38,000
Ensure all council employees can fulfil their potential regardless of sexual orientation.

‘Zest’ Hub Co-Ordinator
SALARY: …Max £30,598
Initiating a range of identified health activities.

Corporate Lead Officer
Gay Men’s Issues
SALARY: …£38,000
Ensuring all council employees can fulfil their potential regardless of sexual orientation.

Team Leader Strategic Development
SALARY: ….Max £41,616
Assist in the management and co-ordination of regeneration activity with a particular focus on place making.

Creative Director
SALARY: ….£120,000
(£72,000 paid by council)
Helping Manchester compete with Bilbao, Barcelona, Lille and |San Diego

Travel Change Team Policy Officer
SALARY: …..Max £34,549
To influence the way people think about transport and influence them towards more sustainable travel options.

ARTICLE MAIL READ IT HERE

I’m gone folks. Have a good wkend.
Later ...

Posted by peiper     on 02/12/2011 at 02:26 PM   
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BOHICA, BOHICA

Oh gak, the Dems are dragging out this old nag again? In that case, hand me my dusty old buggy whip so I can beat this dead horse into a smear by the side of the road.

Portraying his fiscal choices as kitchen table budgeting, President Obama says he is making difficult cuts to allow needed spending increases in education, technology and basic infrastructure like roads and bridges.

In a broad preview of his administration’s budget for fiscal 2012, Obama says the combination of cuts and new spending will result in an overall freeze in annual domestic spending for the next five years.

“This budget asks Washington to live within its means, while at the same time investing in our future,” the president said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. The White House plans to release his budget on Monday.

Obama, in his address, recounted the struggles of a Missouri family—David and Brenda Breece—who have faced difficult financial times by living frugally so they can continue to pay for their daughter’s college tuition.

“So Brenda and her husband know what they can do without,” Obama said. “But they also know what investments are too important to sacrifice.”

The White House projects that the five-year freeze will save $400 billion over 10 years. Cost-saving measures include a two-year freeze on wages for civilian federal workers. The budget also would make cuts in some cherished programs such as the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which could be trimmed in half—by about $2.5 billion. The Energy Department plans to propose cutting the Office of Fossil Energy by 45 percent, or $418 million.

And he wants to spend $53 billion over six years on high-speed rail.

Kitchen table budgeting? I’ve got your REAL kitchen table budgeting right here. Let’s use some nice easy round numbers. Let’s assume that there are 100,000,000 employed, taxpaying households in the USA. There aren’t that many, but it’s a nice easy number. That way, the current national debt of around $14,000,000,000,000 reduces to $140,000 per household. Which is about the price of a modest mortgage. So, in addition to all our other regular personal expenses, including our own mortgages and car loans, every household in America is already carrying a mortgage for a vacation bungalow for the government. This year’s budget is expected to run $1.5 trillion over. That’s $15,000 more per household, the equivalent of a no-money-down loan on a new small car. Problem is, we just got them a new car last year that we couldn’t afford then. They said that was so that they could go out and get a job, but all they do with it is cruise around playing the radio. And now Ogenius wants to do it all over again? Oh, but don’t worry, the beneficent government is going to SLASH spending and SAVE money.

Sure they are. The Democrat plans amount to jack shit. Negative jack shit, because they lie out their asses and we know it. Those evil Rethuglicans, who want all the old people to freeze to death and starve while making your kids learn to read in an outhouse in the dark, can perhaps manage to snip $61 billion, even though the new Tea Party people on that side of the aisle want it to be $100 billion.

$100 billion? $61 billion? Either sum is bullshit. We already carry a $140,000 mortgage AND a new car loan for them. Now they want another new car but have no plans to sell the old one, or make any payments on that weekend bungalow. And to save money, the best the good guys can do is come up with ways to snip $100, which is probably only going to be $61, which in the real world will eventually work out to $25? And we should front them another $14,975 this year, on which we will be paying interest. And that’s in addition to their regular allowance, which is already damn generous. Gosh, thanks, y’all did such a wonderful economizing; here’s another pile of money.

NO. Do you understand that? N. O.  spells NO. I can’t put it any plainer than that.

How about putting a REAL kitchen table budget in place? How about making a REAL plan? No new car this year. No new car next year. Or the years after that either. What the hell, my old Saturn is still chugging away after 13 years, why should they get a new ride before me, if I’m the one footing the bill?

Pay off last year’s new car, and start making payments on that mortgage. 10 years ago that mortgage was only half as big, and it was too much then, even though we let you start spending for some emergency situation you called a war. So now you’ve added 3 extra bedrooms and a luxury kitchen makeover, and you still haven’t made a payment on the mortgage. But us? We’re on the edge of foreclosure for our house, doing the best we can, because somehow we don’t have any extra money any more. What makes you so effin special?

Any budget that passes that plans to spend any more than 80% of expected revenues is wrong. FAIL. Do over. Mulligan. What works? NO deficit spending. NONE. Nada. Zip. ZERO. “Break even” doesn’t cut it either. That’s just carrying today’s debt forward for another year. See the kitchen table? See how it has a nice butcher block top? See how that surface has all cuts and scratches in it? Know why? Because it’s also a cutting board. And we have a whole collection of knives. And you’re a stalk of celery. Chop chop.

No new car, no new widescreen HDTV, no new lawnmower, and no new toy trains. We can’t afford it, and neither can you. Pay off what you owe first. And stop lending money to those good for nothing neighbors you hang around with. Especially those dirty boys hiding in the corner. We see them you know, and they’re up to no good. Yeah, it’s chump change, but it adds up. Tell them to get jobs already and stop being a bunch of bums with their hands out.

Now get back in your room and come up with some real numbers and a plan. And it had better be good this time.

Posted by Drew458     on 02/12/2011 at 01:27 PM   
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europe is very angry at the Brits at this moment … screw em. europe I mean. war at 6.stay tuned

It all really started perhaps 25 years ago when a guy named Hirst took an axe and whacked his landlady a few times and re-arranged her in a way nature had not intended people to be. He’s a free man now having learned his lesson without even turning to Jesus and btw isn’t at all remorseful. Well heck, no reason to be. He’s a free man and one with a goal.  He was offended and done dirty by an unscrupulous penal system that didn’t allow him to vote.  Well, said he. We’ll soon see about that.

So he lobbied and wrote and got legal help cos tho he’s a murderous and miserable bastard, he is not stupid. He knows the system and he knows how the game is played.
And play it he has.

People who read this blog on a fairly steady basis are by now familiar with my rants and hair pulling diatribes with regard to something called The European Union.  If you speak to the average Brit on the street, I personally believe that a fair majority will rant against their membership too. Alas, there isn’t a hell of lot the voter/taxpayer can do about it. 

The other thing I bark about a lot, in fact it’s almost become a religion with me, is a little thing called National Sovereignty. Brits feel they’ve lost their and many damn well want it back.  Ah there’s the rub.  Ya see, I have just discovered something else in Europe that ties things up. Well two actually.
There also the European Commission, AND, The Council of Europe. Oh and lets not forget about the European Court of Human Rights, which has judges sitting on it that not only don’t speak English, they aren’t even judges in their home countries.

Well, the fight has been raging for months now about a prisoners right to the vote. And they do have their adherents. So the court ruled in favor of voting rights with some liberals claiming that their freedom is denied due to their crime(s), but that they should not be made to feel excluded.  They have human rights and one of those is the vote.  The PM said the thought of that made him ill. The court says tough, and govt. lawyers say that since the court ruled in favor, if the govt. refuses, then the taxpayer will shell out millions and millions in compensation claims. To guys who most likely never voted in their entire lives anyway.

That’s where things stood till Thursday night.  I listened to some of the arguments on the radio. The conservatives threatened a revolt if the issue wasn’t voted on in Parliament. There were some who were willing to cave in to the European court, but even many Liberals joined with the Cons to say up your wahzoo to the court.  This is an internal affair affecting our country and our courts. 

Oh no it isn’t says the court outside the UK borders.  It’s our affair cos you signed up to the euro thingy and now your ass is grass and we’re a lawnmower.
But the MPs in their vote won an overwhelming vote against, with only 22 jerks voting for.  There was even salacious talk about,
SOVEREIGNTY.  Well I never.

So for now the lawnmower is outta gas but lets not breath too easy yet. Those bastards in Europe are building an empire of a different nature from the old one that worked well when the Brits ran things.

Here’s the story and link to it all written by qualified journalists who aren’t using bad language or getting all worked up.  This fight isn’t over yet.
Stay Tuned

Prison votes backlash: Fury as Europe tells us it is ‘deeply disappointed’ after our MPs take historic decision to reject ruling by human rights court
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 1:51 PM on 12th February 2011

The body that oversees European human rights law angered MPs last night by attacking their decision to reject demands to give prisoners the vote.
The Council of Europe said it was ‘deeply disappointed’ by the defiance of Parliament and had expected better from one of Europe’s oldest democracies, which it said must ‘abide by its international obligations’.

Despite the outburst, David Cameron told colleagues he would rather pay compensation to prisoners banned from voting than try to pass legislation that had no chance of getting through the Commons.

The Prime Minister will scrap plans to introduce a Bill later this year responding to rulings on prisoners’ votes from the European Court of Human Rights, unless an acceptable compromise can be reached that satisfies his MPs.
He is also expected to announce within weeks that the Government is setting up an independent commission to draw up plans to rebalance human rights laws by creating a new British Bill of Rights.

Government legal advisers have been asked to consider all options following the historic Commons vote on Thursday night which insisted on Britain’s sovereign right to make its own laws.
Senior Liberal Democrats have made it clear they would leave the Coalition if there is any suggestion that Britain pulls out of the 60-year-old convention on human rights.

MPs prompted an unprecedented stand-off between Parliament and the ECHR by voting to maintain a 140-year-old ban on convicts taking part in elections.
The court has ruled that disenfranchising prisoners breaches the European convention on human rights and threatened big compensation payouts. Lawyers branded ‘vultures’ have filed claims on behalf of as many as 2,500 convicts.

MP, Priti Patel said: ‘This is a shameful attempt by Europe to censure the democratic will of the House of Commons.
‘Most British people already distrust European institutions trying to meddle in our lives and the attitude and the contempt PACE is now showing to the democratic decision yet again shows how out of touch Europe is.

‘Instead of posturing and trying to bully Britain, it should respect the view of democratically elected MPs.’
Former Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis, who proposed this week’s cross-party motion, said: ‘It is about time the Council of Europe made the court honour its own international obligations. Instead, they’re extending way beyond what the treaty was originally intended to deliver.’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg acknowledged that the Government was caught in a dilemma.

PRISON VOTES, MORE

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Big Brother, Now With Less CFCs

October 2010: In the Netherlands’ port city of Rotterdam, crime is way down, thanks to ... a little scientific innovation. Hoping to reel in the number of robberies, police began dishing out DNA spray to beleaguered restaurants and jewelry stores. The spray, which emits a mist laced with synthetic DNA markers unique to the business’s location when activated by employees, both marks the would-be robber and alerts police that a crime is occurring. The intention is to intimidate crooks, say police.

A sign on the front door of one previously burgled McDonald’s reads: “You Steal, You’re Marked.” Police, who note they haven’t yet made an arrest by using the mist, say such tactics are working, and report a significant decline in crime rates.

The mist, which is now being used in nine countries and coming to the U.S. soon, shows up under ultraviolent light and contains a DNA code that police stations scan for when they bring in criminals. The unique code irrefutably links criminals to the scene of the crime.

“The word DNA spreads fear into even the most hardened criminals,” said Jason Brown, business director of Selectamark, the company that created SelectaDNA Spray.
...
The mist is so fine, it’s unlikely a robber would know he’s been hit. It sinks into the target’s skin and hair where it sits for weeks.

“You can take a shower three times a day, but the DNA stays on,” said Jean-Paul Fafie, the manager at one of several McDonald’s restaurants in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that had the spray system installed.

The spray, which was developed in 2008, is being used in a series of European countries from Belgium to Hungary. The Bank of New Zealand has just invested in the product and will have all of its branches installed with the spray by next month, Knight said.

Multiple SelectaDNA Spray heads can be fitted at the entry points of premises and on activation emit a burst of SelectaDNA solution onto the offenders. The solution contains a UV tracer and a unique DNA code, linking them irrefutably to the crime scene. The DNA Spray can be armed by a panic button and/or linked to an existing intruder alarm system. As the DNA fear-factor amongst criminals is high, it is likely that sprayed intruders will flee the crime scene before stealing any goods.

Personally, I’m glad criminals are so stupid, because they’ve never heard of UV ink solvent or protective clothing to wear under their own. God forbid that they actually go out and get themselves a black light to check.

Another issue that bugs me ... for street crimes, if somebody is watching the crime happen through the Big Brother network of spy cams, why not just call the cops instead, since the people who are watching usually ARE the cops? If you have to push the button to make the spray go off, you could set the law on them just as easily.

From a merchant’s perspective, I’d want to know “How much for just the signs then?”

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a B&B in the thousand year old NEW FOREST …. might offend some

OK, this is almost our back yard.

The New Forest (which btw is about 1,000 years old and created by Wm. the Conquerer as a private hunting preserve) is where this B&B is located.
About 45 minutes from us.  It’s in a village called Lyndhurst. King Wm. allowed some villages to remain as he needed ppl to maintain the place and see off poachers, who could lose a hand if caught if not their life. He moved ppl off the land and destroyed some villages. Talk about absolute power.
So then .... the theme this week seems to be things that offend people.  Here in our socialist paradise where it is even against the law to hurt someone’s feelings, some folks have become offended because .... well ... they don’t really need a reason here. If one can’t be found they’ll make one up.
But ok, in this case the word on the signboard could offend guys who ... ah. Those kinda guys. And the word for today is ....

POOFTER

And there’s the evidence for all to see. It’s right there at the signpost up ahead. Don’t know about you, but I think it’s funny.

Hotel owner sparks anger by putting up provocative sign declaring ‘Poofters welcome’
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A hotel owner has caused uproar in his village after putting up a sign outside the building saying ‘Poofters welcome here’.

Mike Saqui meant the sign to be a pointed reference to the case where a Cornish B&B owner refused to let in gay couples.

But many in his village in Hampshire’s New Forest were left outraged and he was given a strong talking to by the police.

Mr Saqui wrote the message on the sandwich board outside his Penny Farthing Hotel, on a main road in Hampshire’s New Forest.

Residents feared they could be branded a ‘village of bigots’ but others insisted it was ‘light-hearted’ and urged councillors to ‘lighten up’.

The sign also came under fire in January after two residents complained to the council about the message: ‘There’s more than one gay in the village.’

Chairman councillor Mark Rolle told the parish council meeting this week that he had been offended by the slogans.

He said: ‘There have been some amusing signs occasionally. But last weekend I found one that incensed me.

‘The realms of decency were overstepped - we could be branded a village of bigots.’

Coun Rolle also said that when he phoned the hotel to complain, a member of staff told him the owner could ‘put what he wanted’.

Councillor Paul Boyes said: ‘I personally find it offensive. I think it is our duty to say something.’

And Angela Trend added: ‘I found it offensive. Some people aren’t confident enough to go in and make a stand.’

However, other councillors disagreed. Leonard Cornell said: ‘It’s not offensive, it’s a fact. On its website it is listed as gay friendly.’

Councillor Pat Wyeth said: ‘It wasn’t particularly appropriate but it is not something the parish council should get involved with.

‘On the whole it is only that last one and the one just before which caused offence. I honestly do not think it is something we should get involved with - the police should have a word if it oversteps the mark. If someone is offended by it, go in and say it.’

Mr Saqui, 45, said: ‘This is a just a storm in a teacup and the parish council has overreacted.

‘I’ve been writing fun, comical messages on the A-board for the last 10 years and no harm is meant by them.

‘We have a small minded parish council who have their knickers in a twist and I just want to get on running a business.

‘This is the political correctness culture gone mad. The latest message is not homophobic, we welcome gays, lesbians or whoever.

‘After we did receive a complaint and I took the board in - and then I received complaints from people saying ‘don’t let the naysayers win’.

‘I can’t believe the police were sent round to have a word either, it’s a ridiculous waste of their time. A few bad apples on the parish council will not stop me writing my messages.’

A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary said police had ‘spoken with the hotel’s management about the issues’.

POOF, THE MAGIC DRAGON?

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JUNGLE DRUMS SILENT AT LAST?  UPDATE

A few days ago I posted a story, a very aggravating story, about a fat,sloppy negro who caused a big problem for some very innocent ppl with her racist charge over the use of the words, jungle drums.

Today, the Mail published her fat face for all to see with more on the same story which is a re-cap. But there are a few very interesting things here.
Good grief, look what the hell our world has come to.

‘The complainant [Sonia Carr] explained that she suffered real pain and was emotionally upset by the comment made and this has had an impact on her health and her family.’

Yes, that’s the same Sonia Carr who stayed behind for sandwiches and mingled happily with Mrs Farquhar and her colleagues after the fateful meeting.

Presumably, Mrs Carr, vice­chairman of the Wiltshire Racial Equality Council, must have suffered a great deal of ‘pain’ and ‘emotional ‘upset’ in recent years. Why? Because this is not the first time she has she raised race issues. She has made a string of complaints against various public bodies, of which more later.

But still the council supported her unreservedly and, in the process, came close to destroying the reputation of a woman with an outstanding record of public service.

That in itself is shocking enough. But the authority’s policy of appeasement towards Mrs Carr hasn’t just had disastrous consequences for Mrs Farquhar. 

Ppl like like this fat ass are given carte blanche to make the most ridiculous claims they can imagine, and whitey MUST appease even where theres’ no cause or evidence.  The national press has come down on the side of logic for once. Or most have although there have been one or two oddballs who for some really screwy reasoning seem to see the other side of this issue. What freekin issue?  There isn’t any.  But they sure can make one up when needs be.

So anyway ... I’m not posting the whole article again but it is worth your time at the link. Or maybe not depending on your tempers.

The ‘jungle drums’ zealot: Chilling inside story of how one woman seized on an innocent phrase and sparked a politically correct witch-hunt

By Paul Bracchi

Anna Farquhar has spent most of her life helping others — first as a nurse, then running a branch of St John Ambulance, a job she performed with distinction for more than 20 years. When she retired, she took up voluntary work with the armed services charity Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA).

But the latest entry on her CV — and the reason you are reading about her today — is that of chairman of a local health watchdog in her native Wiltshire.

If truth be told, it was a job no one really wanted. It involved a mountain of paperwork, as well as endless meetings in draughty halls. But, aged 70 and a grandmother of five, Mrs Farquhar agreed to take on the job last May. The position, it should be stressed, was unpaid.

The only ‘perk’, apart from the satisfaction that comes from doing such a valuable, if thankless, task was the free tea and biscuits provided when she and her fellow volunteers met up.

But today, the ‘thoroughly decent’ Mrs Farquhar (not our words, but those of her colleagues) is a near-broken woman after being publicly vilified and humiliated.

What happened to her is not just a personal tragedy for Mrs Farquhar, but also an indictment of the kind of society we have now become, where the pernicious culture of political correctness holds sway and common sense has all but disappeared.

The story begins at a Scout hut in the village of Potterne Wick, near Devizes, where Mrs Farquhar lives with husband, Ian, 68, and where she has been a ‘pillar of the community’ for many years. Could there be a more unlikely setting for controversy?

Mrs Carr, 50, a veteran equality campaigner, even remained behind for refreshments and sandwiches after proceedings had been concluded.

One month went by, then two, then three. Finally, on November 17 — some 13 weeks after the meeting in the Scout hut — a ten-page report landed on Mrs Farquhar’s desk with the sinister sounding title ‘Complaint Investigator’s Report’.

As far as Mrs Farquhar was concerned, the document marked ‘confidential’ might just as well have been produced by a Communist politburo, such were its astonishing findings.

It had been commissioned by Wiltshire County Council. The authority, it transpired, had received an official complaint from Mrs Carr about the ‘jungle drums’ aside.

‘The comment [jungle drums],’ it informed her, ‘was inappropriate and caused offence.’ Underneath, written in capital letters, were the words: COMPLAINT UPHELD. Indeed, those words seemed to be everywhere.

Her colleagues had ‘failed to challenge’ her statement: COMPLAINT UPHELD.

There was a ‘clear lack of understanding of equality and diversity issues’ among the group: COMPLAINT UPHELD.

Mrs Carr had been interviewed, of course, before the report was published. So, too, had members of other organisations that had dealings with Mrs Farquhar and her team.

Scandalously, though, the only person who wasn’t interviewed was Mrs Farquhar herself or anyone on the 20-strong ‘steering committee’ who were present in the Scout hut. Except one, that is. And she was the one colleague who agreed with Sonia Carr. Those with high blood pressure should perhaps turn away now, for this is only half the story.

LINK TO ALL THE REST

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Talking to Mom

I was talking to Mom this evening. Not something I recommend. Mom’s have a way of making you feel guilty, even if you didn’t do anything.

One thing we talked about was music. We agreed. Music today sucks. In honor of past music, here are a couple of Harry Chapin songs…

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   Friday - February 11, 2011

‘That’s as good as you’re gonna feel’

I’ve been watching the old Matt Helm movies. I’ve developed a new appreciation of Deano…

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Post Mubarak: A Reminder For Them And Us

[ Islam is ] “An ideology that has sprung from the desert and that can produce only deserts because it does not give people freedom. The Islamic Mozart, the Islamic Gerard Reve [a Dutch author], the Islamic Bill Gates; they do not exist because without freedom there is no creativity. The ideology of Islam is especially noted for killing and oppression and can only produce societies that are backward and impoverished.”

- Geert Wilders

Real Freedom Can Not Mean Submission

Outside of Egypt:

From 2007 ... It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel that Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws. An example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and the U.S.: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith have been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for their lives. Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim leaders in Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked to smuggle out nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden - before the Nazis could invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who as a teenager had dreaded crossing the street to the bakery every morning under the eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers - and I wonder what she would say today.

In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70 years - one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration policies in Europe. ( Its effort to protect itself has been met with accusations of “racism” by liberal media across Europe - even as other governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years of too-lax immigration.) If you wish to become Danish, you must attend three years of language classes. You must pass a test on Denmark’s history, culture, and a Danish language test. You must live in Denmark for 7 years before applying for citizenship. You must demonstrate an intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish to bring a spouse into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age, and you won’t find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to Denmark with you. You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen. Although your children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and language schools in Denmark, they will be strongly encouraged to assimilate to Danish society in ways that past immigrants weren’t.

In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, spoke publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish welfare system, and it was horrifying: the government’s welfare committee had calculated that if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent of the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary. In other words, the welfare system as it existed was being exploited by immigrants to the point of eventually bankrupting the government. “We are simply forced to adopt a new policy on immigration. The calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now,” he said.

How much has this changed in the past 4 years?  Well, some miles to the North across the Denmark Straight Geert Wilders seems to be on trial for heresy, because he speaks out against jizzlam. And across the North Sea this week over in the UK ...

Sure doesn’t sound like a win for our side, does it?



Inside Egypt:

The Muslim Brotherhood Would Win the First Election
by Alfred Hackensberger
February 3, 2011

Islam expert Alaya Allani sees the extremist movement on the march — but only for a short time. Tunisia and Algeria are in turmoil trending toward democracy. In both countries, there are Islamist movements, and no one knows what influence they will have. Historian Alaya Allani of the University of Tunis is known as an expert on Islamism in North Africa and offers some insights into what goals the Muslim Brotherhood pursues, for instance, and what are the odds in the coming elections.

Welt: Who is the Muslim Brotherhood?
Allani: The Muslim Brotherhood understand Islam as a single entity made up of politics, religion and Islamic law as a political and social organizing principle.

Welt: How strongly is the Muslim Brotherhood rooted in today’s Egyptian society?
Allani: The actual strength of the Muslim Brotherhood is unknown. It can only be estimated. It grew stronger and stronger during Mubarak’s dictatorship. Several observers feared there could be a scenario like the one in Algeria with the Islamic Salvation Front. They won the elections there in 1991, because the voters wanted to send the corrupt authorities a message.

Welt: And today?
Allani: I believe the Muslim Brotherhood will become the strongest party in a new parliament. They can count on a third of the votes in the next elections. That will work only right after the changeover. Then there will be a phase when they will weaken. In the end, they have don’t have a convincing program for the young people. Besides economic and social benefits, the young people want modernity.

Welt: Where do the members of the Muslim Brotherhood come from? Are they from particular levels of society? Who are the most fanatic followers?
Allani: They come from the traditional bourgeoisie, the classic middle class. Teachers, lawyers and doctors. A small number of them are socially disadvantaged. That is because the Muslim Brotherhood believes that their sacred message should be spread to all social classes. I have already mentioned their strongest adherents: teachers, doctors and lawyers.

Gosh Drew, what’s the point of this? Aside from a few thousand Christians in Egypt - and less of them every day it seems - everybody there already is muslim. They hate the West and they want Sharia law. Why bother?

Because it is never too late to learn. And that statement could be just one more of the blanket stereotypes the media has thrown over us. Pundits right now are shaking their heads, wondering how this amazing event happened, from beginning to end, in well under a month. They’re starting to call it The Digital Revolution, while scratching their heads and saying how little internet access Egypt actually has. But they forget that 10 people can look at one PC screen. And each of them can tell 100 others what they saw. And while they may not have so much net access, they have an awful lot of cell phones that can send text messages, pictures, and videos. [ No, I don’t want to segue to considering whether that Google guy Wael Ghonim was behind this whole thing, even if he was. That way would lead to an examination of corporate power, enough to topple a government. Too scary for me. I’ll stick with something simple, like the jihadi takeover of the whole world. ]

My point is that I agree with Allani. I think the young people in Egypt want to be part of the modern world that they’ve caught a glimpse or two of. If they have any ability to see the world from a perspective outside that of fundamentalism, then each and every one of them has run into a brick wall inside their own heads. They can see the riches in the OPEC nations and they can see the stagnation there as well. And they can’t ignore the miasma of fundamentalism that hovers over every one of those wealthy eastern countries while the people eat sand and dogma. So my hope is that they have the good sense to see past the smoke and mirrors, realize it’s all a con, and have the ephiphany that You Can’t Get There From Here, and that their nation is only going to have one chance. Just one. The Egyptian Army can only keep a lid on things for so long. They are not going to able to keep a long term junta running. There will be elections and choices will be made. 22 months before that End Times prediction, and exactly on the 32nd anniversary of the fall of Iran, lowly Egypt stands on the cusp of history and commands the compass needle of the world. Where will they point it?

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