The first thing of course, even before coffee is to pull the morning paper through our letter box in the front door, turn on an extra heater in the room I’m in and do a scan of the paper before actually settling down to read it all.  Sometimes there are two papers.

Well, scanning the paper today I came across this story and was just floored by what I’d read.  So I immediately booted because I want this story shared before I get bogged down with other things.

This was just one hospital out of hundreds and hundreds that I am sure would not have acted this way.  But then I have to wonder.  Is that really true?
Given the state of thinking in today’s world, who is to say with certainty that the same might not apply somewhere else.  The USA as well?

This really is so totally outrageous it needs a category all to itself.
Where’s the common decency? Where’s the humanity? The common sense?

If there were no other way to transport this poor old man who once served his country well, and even had he never been in the army, never mind.
Is this any way to treat an old man?

People who know me well enough also know that of all the folks I have ever disliked in my life, I have never disliked anyone so much as I do the MIL, and with many a valid reason.  However, as much as I loath her, even I would not condone treating the miserable old bag in this manner.  Even I know better and flinch at the idea of this sort of callas behavior on the part of people who are supposed to be “care givers.”

If there were NO OTHER way of sending this dying old man home, could they not have spared just one person to accompany him so he wasn’t alone?
Couldn’t someone have reached a family member?

Oh good.  They said “sorry.” In a pigs ass!  They’re only sorry because of bad publicity and how long will that last?

Saying “sorry” seems to be the password for everything in this screwed up world.  Thugs arrested for god awful crimes only need to say sorry to get a lighter jail term if they get that at all.  “Sorry.” Who really believes that? 

This story bothers me a lot.  Maybe I’m not as cold blooded as I thought I was. Or maybe I see myself in the same situation some day in the future.

For the first time in my life I’m seriously beginning to wonder if just maybe we really need MORE, not less religion in our lives.  Perhaps if Christian charity
or compassion were at work here in this Christian country, someone would have known this was not right on any level.  And you need not be religious to see how terribly wrong this was.  But perhaps if the staff at this hospital had a bit of old time religious feeling and charity, they would have acted otherwise.

I feel very bad for the victim here, and I see him as exactly that.  A victim not just of the hospital, but of a Godless culture as well.  He deserved better at the end of his life.  Much better.

Dying World War Two hero ‘stripped of human dignity’ by hospital care, family say
A decorated Second World War hero aged 101 was sent home to die by a hospital in a taxi wearing a nappy and a set of ill fitting pyjamas, clutching a bag of soiled clothing.

By John Bingham
Last Updated: 8:17PM GMT 30 Dec 2008

Brigadier John Platt recieved the DSO bravery. The family of Brigadier John Platt, who won the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership in one of the fiercest battles of the Italian campaign, told how he was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital, unable to feed himself.

They said he was in a confused state and incontinent, after a stay which left him “degraded and humiliated”.

During his five-day spell in a mixed-sex observation ward, his hearing aid was crushed, his false teeth went missing and soiled pyjamas were piled up unwashed in a locker by his bedside, they said.

Knowing he was dying after losing the ability to swallow food, he asked to go home. But no ambulance was available so he was sent in a taxi on an hour-long journey to the care home where he died a few days later.

When his family later complained about the hygiene issues around the soiled pyjamas, the hospital wrote back to say that it was unfortunate that he had been “unable to avail himself” of its laundry service.

It has since apologised to Brig Platt’s family for the “unacceptable” nature of his discharge in a taxi in late 2006 and vowed to learn lessons from his ordeal.

His case came to light as Nial Dickson, chief executive of the health thinktank the King’s Fund, warned of a deterioration of compassion from under-pressure staff in NHS hospitals.

Brig Platt’s daughter-in-law, Amanda, said that his case highlighted a “shocking and disgraceful” lack of care.

“All that he had at the end of his 101 years was his dignity and they took that away from him,” she said.

In May 1944 Brig Platt, then a Lieutenant Colonel, personally led the men of the 2nd Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry, in the heroic assault across the River Gargliano.

He was wounded twice during the operation and later received the DSO for his bravery. In later life he wrote books about military history and hunting.

“It wasn’t the fact that he was my father-in-law and a dear old soldier, it was the complete lack of respect for a dying person, for a human being, that I thought was so terrible,” said Mrs Platt.

“They packed him off without so much as a by your leave in the back of a non-medical car taxi, sitting bolt upright with somebody else’s pyjamas on and a nappy so tight that he could hardly breathe and two cotton blankets on his shoulders.

“They had lost his false teeth which were brand new, I never saw my father-in-law without his false teeth ... and somebody had stood on his deaf aid, which was crushed.”

But she said that what angered the family most was the soiled clothing.

“I just can’t believe that any hospital would keep excrement-covered clothing in a locker for five days ... I got the impression that this lack of attention must be endemic because it was so lightly treated.”

In a statement, the hospital said: “Clearly some aspects of Brigadier Platt’s discharge from hospital in 2006 were unacceptable and the trust apologises for any distress that this caused the patient and his family.

“In apologising, the trust also acknowledges the concerns raised about some of Brigadier Platt’s personal effects.”

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“I just can’t believe that any hospital would keep excrement-covered clothing in a locker”

Well I can because something close to that happened here. 
Back in 2005 the wife’s mother fell, broke hip and had other serious ailments and was carted off to the hospital.

When my wife paid a visit she was given what appeared to be a transparent, pink plastic bag containing her mothers soiled nighties. These were meant to be taken home and washed and then brought back to the hospital. 

Well, that pink plastic looking bag was in FACT, made of soap and was dissoluble in water.  But we weren’t aware of that at the time. That bag contained more then a nightie that needed washing. You can guess what.

After that experience we asked that the hospital laundry do her soiled garments.

Here’s the kicker.  Sure, the hospital can do the laundry. But you have to know ahead of time that, you should ask if they will.  See, you might take for granted that they will.  They won’t volunteer the info.  And nobody told us that the bag would dissolve in water.  We may have been lucky in that.

Thankfully, we never put that soap-bag in our washer. It was done outside in a bucket.  Foolishly perhaps, we hadn’t expected the extra ingredients that bag contained.  But we kind of suspected.  It wasn’t until we opened the bag that we found it all.  It did however confirm my belief that the old lady was full of it.

Finally, wife has just informed me that the hospital in question here has had a number of problems in the past.  This hosp. trust is one of the worst in the country, so she tells me.

While not exactly in the very same league as this article, I did once witness in an American hospital in Riverside, Ca., the same sort of gross indifference and callousness towards an elderly patient in my room when I was recovering from back surgery. And that was over 20 years ago.

I am leaving this posted here for awhile.  I want people to see this. Lots of people. PLEASE pass this one on.

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   Tuesday - December 30, 2008

Life on Easy Street with the compliments of the Brit Taxpayer who grow money on trees in gardens.

PRETTY DAMN PATHETIC.  HE’S DEPRESSED AND CAN’T WORK, SHE SAYS THEY HAVE TO BUY EXPENSIVE SHOES FOR KIDDIES SO THEY’LL FIT IN AT SCHOOL.
THE DAMN TRUTH OF IT IS, THEY GET MONEY FOR EVERY BABY.

LIFE ON EASY STREET

Ray and Tracey Ramond have been branded Britain’s biggest beneficiaries from state handouts.

The couple and their nine children hit the headlines three years ago when it emerged they received £39,000-a-year in benefits.

Ray and Tracey Ramond with their nine children

The payments amounted to more than £750 a week, but the Ramonds said they still struggled to pay their rent, despite receiving housing benefit.

Mr and Mrs Ramond were living in a three-bedroom house in Newcastle upon Tyne with their children Cherlynne, 13, Stacey, 12, Chantelle, 11, Nicky, ten, Susan, nine, Courtney, seven, Leigh, four, Tia, three, and 11-month-old Chardonnay.

Mrs Ramond, then 36, said she could not work because she was a full-time carer for Stacey, who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and her husband was off work with depression.

She said: ‘It’s hard for us making ends meet, it really is. I try to cook healthy food for the kids and keep them looking presentable and the money just goes on food and clothes. Our two older children only want the best trainers because they’re at school and don’t want to get picked on so what can we do?’

In an average week, Mrs Ramond said she spent £250 on food, £100 on clothes and nappies, £55 on gas and electricity and £150 paying off catalogue bills and a loan.

The rest went on cigarettes, mobile phone bills and pocket money for the children.

In all, the family received housing benefit, child benefit, child tax credit, carer’s allowance and incapacity benefit.

The Ramonds were last night unavailable for comment.

THE LEECHES, MR. AND MRS.

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   Monday - December 29, 2008

Pictured as he waited to die: Patient subjected to 6-hour delay in A&E - dies in agony.oops, sorry?

The longer I’m here the scarder I get.
This is almost an unbelievable story. 

I was getting ready to close for the night and did a quick scan to see if there was anything that shouldn’t be missed.
Oh boy was there. THIS. And although it won’t bring back the poor guy, I hope the family sues BIG TIME and some ppl lose their jobs and never be allowed to work in the health field again.  Jeesh!

Pictured as he waited to die: Father subjected to 6-hour delay in A&E - despite GP’s note that said he had to be seen immediately

By Colin Fernandez
Last updated at 5:19 PM on 29th December 2008

A father-of-two died after a six-hour wait to be seen at an A&E department - despite having a note from his GP saying he must be treated immediately.

Stewart Fleming, 37, turned up at his local casualty unit with wife Sarah clutching a note from his doctor saying he must be seen ‘straight away’.

But instead of being sent to the head of the queue, Mr Fleming had to sit and wait in agony as his organs collapsed as a virus ravaged his body.

It was three hours before he was even assessed to see if he was a ‘priority case’, and even then it took another three hours for him to be admitted - six hours since he arrived at the hospital.

Doctors then realised the gravity of the situation and desperately started treating the infection, which was attacking his heart, kidneys and liver.

His nightmare began on December 12 when he arrived at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent.

Railway signalman Mr Fleming had been ill with flu-like symptoms for around a week and a half before he went to accident and emergency.

After a course of antibiotics had little effect, his GP recommended going to the hospital.

After belatedly receiving treatment, he remained in hospital for another week before having a leg amputated on December 19 - the day of his son Matthew’s 12th birthday.

He was then put in a drug-induced coma in a bid to save his life.

But, on December 27, after spending another week fighting the illness following his transferall to the Harefield Hospital, near Uxbridge, West London, Mr Fleming died.

The hospital in Kent has since apologised as it was busier than normal ‘due to a high number of admissions’.

But Mr Fleming’s wife of 15 years Sarah, 42, said the family, of Rainham, Kent, was devastated by her husband’s death and has demanded an explanation from hospital chiefs.

MORE HERE AND PIX AS HOSP. FUCKS UP

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   Saturday - December 27, 2008

Council official evicted elderly tenants from bungalows… then moved in herself.

I believe this is outrageous Fraud is my term for it but it’s probably worse.

The worst of it is, the official is out of office due to what she did BUT is still getting FULL PAY!
I would like to think that if this happened back home in the US, the official would be sent to jail and no pay.

Hey ... no work ... full pay .... works for some.

ELDERLY RESIDENTS FORCED OUT ... COUNCIL OFFICIALS MOVES IN

By Andrew Levy
Last updated at 1:41 PM on 27th December 2008

As a council official with responsibility for helping the homeless, Kristine Reeves knows how much people value their homes.

Which makes it difficult to explain how she came to play a key role in evicting frail and elderly tenants from their bungalows - then moved into one with her partner.

The £52,000-a-year head of neighbourhood and strategic housing was just one of 18 council employees who took up residence in former sheltered accommodation at the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich.

She also benefited from the rent at the one-bedroom bungalow she took over two months ago being reduced from £69 a week to £47.

Similar properties in the area cost between £350 and £750 a month.

Miss Reeves, 38, has now been suspended on full pay by Labour-run Norwich City Council, which admits conflict of interest rules were flouted.

Council leader Steve Morphew has promised to ‘make good the damage’. Miss Reeves - who, according to Land Registry documents, bought a three-storey house worth an estimated £190,000 four years ago - was dismissive of her new accommodation yesterday.

She said: ‘These are not fit-for-purpose units at all. They are really very cold and you couldn’t swing a cat there.’

Some 25 old people were moved out under plans to replace their homes with 100 high-density flats and houses.
bungalows

The 18 council officials have now been given a month to move out of the properties.

Rather than hire security to prevent squatters moving in to the empty bungalows, officials decided to rent them to employees, without consulting elected councillors.

MIss Reeves moved in with her partner Graham Ross, also a senior housing official.

Former residents are furious. Widow Ida Hall, 89, said: ‘I didn’t want to leave. I liked my little bungalow. It was lovely.’

Simon Wright, LibDem candidate for Norwich South, said: ‘It’s absolutely abhorrent that officers involved in a decision to evict elderly, frail pensioners should then move in at reduced rents.’

After the scandal broke Angela Hadley, the council’s assistant director of neighbourhood development, who herself rented one of the properties for a time, resigned due to ‘severe ill health in her family’.

Suzanne McBride, co-strategic director for community and neighbourhoods, has ‘left the authority’.

Laura McGillivray, the council’s £121,000-a-year chief executive was said to have been unaware of the scandal.

Miss Reeves and the other occupants have now been given a month’s notice to quit. 

PHOTOS HERE

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   Friday - December 19, 2008

This Comes As No Surprise

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota’s long-running U.S. Senate recount.

Franken opened up a slight lead on the fourth day of a state Canvassing Board meeting to decide the fate of hundreds of disputed ballots.

The change was notable because Coleman led Franken in election night returns and also held a 188-vote lead before the board took up challenged ballots. But its significance was limited, with the possibility the lead could change again before the long recount ends.

The board had several hundred remaining challenges to resolve, with a goal of doing so by Friday. Both Coleman and Franken are also waiting to see how much they gain from some 5,000 challenges that they withdrew, and the board won’t allocate those until Monday.

The outcome of the recount also depends on an estimated 1,600 absentee ballots that were improperly rejected. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that those ballots must be counted, and set a Dec. 31 deadline for counties to work with the candidates to identify and count them.

It took six weeks of non-stop cheating to get to this inevitable point. For a roundup of the whole mess, see Ann Coulter’s latest column, “One Plus One Equals 20 Extra Votes For Franken”.

It is absolutely unacceptable that such crap still goes on. This is the 21st century. Any town, county, or state that can’t get it’s votes tallied and finalized in 72 hours should have their election nullified. Any polling station worker that allows a single unregistered voter to vote should be subject to heavy fines. Any ballots that get “lost”, “delayed”, or amazingly “found later in the back of my car” are burned on the spot. No mercy, no chads, no “trying to determine voter intent”. Do it right, exactly right, or the whole thing gets tossed. Tough shit.

Any school kid knows that the “#2 pencil rules” for standard exams are absolute. The rules for voters, adults, should be just as stringent. It says fill in the circle. That means a line, an X, a check mark ... are not allowed. Changing your mind is allowed, but you have to turn in your ballot, which gets shredded right in front of you, then you get a new one. Extraneous marks of any kind invalidate the whole ballot card. Period. Maybe a voter education campaign that uses coloring books could help, as it’s the same basic idea: pick one area, and stay between the lines. Maybe you set up a worker - a retired grade school teacher thirsting for vengence - in a special booth with a tall screen in it so she can’t see your face but you can see her hands, and she checks your ballot over before it’s allowed to be submitted. And if you screw it up it gets a Big Red X across it and you have to go to the Principal’s office. Something like that. The situation in Minnesota is total bullshit. 

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   Wednesday - December 17, 2008

BBC editorial guidelines say that words such as “terrorist” should be avoided. It’s a value judgment

Ya know this does get a bit out of hand and I find it very frustrating.  My uneducated guess having done no scientific survey on the subject, is that the public here are frustrated as well.  But the BBC is, (well think of the old Lilly Tomlin routine re. the phone company.) OMNIPOTENT!

“The BBC has been banned from using the word “terrorist” when reporting about the London and Glasgow car bombers,” according to a report in the Telegraph this morning.

During the Bombay (Mumbai) massacre, terrorists were referred to as “militants” although the BBC denied that it has anything to do with political correctness.

You see people. Clinton was right after all.  IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY, “IS.”

So okay. See the video and read the article and let me know what your “value judgment” is and how you view those whose intent is to to slaughter and maim in the name of a mere snackbar or a war in a foreign land.  That’s my “understanding” and I get the message alright.

Here’s an article from Express India that’s related to above.

RELATED ARTICLE

Bilal Abdulla was the passenger in a burning Jeep driven into Glasgow airport on June 30 last year in an attempted suicide attack.

The driver of the Jeep, Kafeel Ahmed, a PhD student from India, died a month later from the burns he suffered in the attack.

The pair had earlier tried to blow up two Mercedes cars packed with gas canisters and petrol cans that they had left outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub in London’s West End.

Woolwich Crown Court court heard the men also had two other cars in reserve and were probably planning a campaign of terrorist “spectaculars.”

Abdulla, 29, who was born in Aylesbury, Bucks, but brought up in Iraq, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.

A third man, Mohammed Asha, a high-flying junior doctor from Jordan, accused of offering finance and advice for the plot was cleared of all involvement.

The bombers met in Cambridge in 2004 when Abdulla was studying for his medical practice exams and Ahmed was doing a PhD in aeronautical engineering.

The court heard the men began planning their attacks in February 2007 and communicated regularly over the internet while Abdulla was working at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and Ahmed was living in India.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC, prosecuting, accused Abdulla of turning his “attention away from the treating of illness to the planning of murder.”

The car bombs outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub were packed with nails but one failed to explode because of ........ in detonator and the other because there was.......

(How smart of the newspaper to print what the mistakes were so others might learn from those mistakes.  Does the general public really NEED to know? Or would the only ones interested be potential terrorists.  I can not very well be critical of the newspaper and then post the goof-ups myself. Which is why I have left out the reasons why.  It’s the rule that when posting something, where there is a link or credit to be given, a link should be provided. And so I have done so.  Reluctantly. )

The club was packed with over 500 customers and Mr Laidlaw said it was “no more than good fortune that nobody died.”

Although the men had two others cars and further supplies of gas, petrol and electrical circuitry for the detonators, they dropped any plans to attack further targets.

The next day on Saturday June 30, the busiest day of the year at Glasgow airport, Ahmed drove a Jeep packed with gas canisters into the doors of the terminal building.

“Again fortune intervened to save those inside the terminal,” Mr Laidlaw said. “The Jeep became trapped in the terminal doors and despite the best efforts of the bombers and although there was a fierce fire, the jeep did not explode.”

As they crashed the vehicle against the doors, both Ahmed and his passenger, Abdulla, lit and threw petrol bombs in an attempt to set their vehicle alight shouted “Allahu Akbar” [God is great.]

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   Monday - December 15, 2008

After 130 years of fundraising, Salvation Army rattling tins might offend or frighten, wanna guess?

They just don’t want to name any one religion in particular but come on, who do you suppose these dunderheads have in mind.  You get ten guesses.

Tell ya what though.  It isn’t anyone from any religion, not even the muslims, who make these kinds of silly rules or worries about offense. It’s stupid white folks EVERY TIME!  Or almost every time.

Personally, I always thought all that damn rattling was a lot of unwanted noise. But otherwise, it never would have occurred to me that it might be “intimidating” or somehow offensive.  This latest action really is stupid.

What religion is there in this country that that might be offended or intimidated by a charity tin making some noise?  Answer, > 0.

After 130 years of fundraising, Salvation Army told to stop rattling collecting tins because it might ‘offend other religions’

By Paul Harris
Last updated at 12:07 PM on 15th December 2008

For 130 years they have been part of Christmas, filling the air in towns across the land with music and carols.

But one thing is missing from the repertoire of Salvation Army bands this year - the percussion of rattling tins.

Members have been forbidden to shake their charity tins - even if it’s done in time to the music - in case it harasses or intimidates people. One said she had been told it might also offend other religions.

Tin man: Salvation Army collectors have been told not to rattle their tins as it could be construed as religious harassment.

Guidelines for branches organising public collections say tinholders should simply keep the tin still.

It means that when the brass bands start up they can rock and roll all they want - but if they shake and rattle, it could put them in conflict with the law.

Councils and police can enforce the no-rattle rule and have powers to prosecute or ban offenders. The restriction was branded ‘bonkers’ yesterday both by donors and long-serving Salvation Army volunteers.

More…

* Prison bans chapel crucifix to avoid offending Muslims

One collector told the Daily Mail: ‘I’ve been doing this for more than 40 years and I fail to see how rattling a tin could cause offence. If I was shaking a tambourine I could do it all day - if I shake my tin, I could end up in court.’

The ‘Silent Night’ rattle ban manifested itself at the weekend in Uxbridge, West London, when musicians from two local branches performed outside a shopping mall.

(They were outside because traders complained last year they were too loud to play inside).

Tony Keywood, shopping with his wife Sheila, was among a crowd enjoying the carols and stepped forward to make a donation.

‘I jokingly told them off for not shaking their tins,’ said Mr Keywood, 78, a retired telecoms executive. ‘They said they weren’t allowed to do that in case it caused offence to other religions. They said they’d been told rattling a tin was considered to be intimidating.

‘I don’t know who makes up these rules but I suspect it will have something to do with human rights. I do feel Britain has lost its way on things like this.’

Laws on public collections are long-established, but until the recent proliferation of so-called ‘charity muggers’ were not widely utilised.

Fundraisers have to be licensed, usually by the local authority, police or landowner. Councils and police can decide whom to license and how the rules are enforced.

The Salvation Army relies heavily on public generosity and believes street collections help to foster good relations.

Guidance now, however, is that members should not shake their tins. A Salvation Army source said: ‘We don’t have a formal policy of “You Shall Not Rattle” but we always act within the law.

‘Some authorities specifically ask us not to shake our tins. It is seen as harassment, or making people feel uncomfortable. I don’t think it’s to do with other religions. But it can make people feel we’re putting them under pressure to give.’

A spokesman added: ‘We want people to donate from the best of motives, so we advise collectors to avoid rattling their tins or asking people directly for money when stood on the high street.’

ARMY

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   Sunday - November 30, 2008

TERROR ATTACK IN INDIA, A YEAR IN THE PLANNING.  ONE TERRORIST IN CUSTODY AND TALKING.

NOT MENTIONED IN THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE, THE MURDER OF A 6 YEAR OLD BOY WHILE PARENTS HAD TO WATCH.
NICE GROUP OF GUYS AND I’M GLAD THEY ALL BELONG TO A RELIGION OF PEACE.  ANYONE REALLY BELIEVE THAT?
YES IN FACT. LIKE THE LOONY TUNE GWEEN PARTY SPOKESWOMAN WHO INSISTS WE CAN TALK TO THESE MONSTERS.

I’m certain you guys are getting your fill of this outrage in the states. Must also be in papers as well as TV and the pix will be the same. Not sure how the reporting will be though or what they will edit.  I tend to think we’ll get more of it here due to the ties between England and India.

Some very interesting editorials on the subject this morning.

The audacious attack which took a year to plan
The attack was planned with military precision.

By Rahul Bedi in Bombay and Sean Rayment, Security correspondent
Last Updated: 10:44PM GMT 29 Nov 2008
Gunman at Mumbai’s Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station
Preparations for the atrocity may have began a year ago in a remote mountain camp in Kashmir.

Ten terrorists dedicated to fighting for an independent Kashmir were selected for an operation from which they were likely never to return.

The tactics were relatively simple: to strike at multiple targets while simultaneously slaughtering as many civilians as possible before going “static” in three of the locations within the city.

But such a plan would require a year of planning, reconnaissance, the covert acquisition of ships and speed boats as well as the forward basing of weapons and ammunition secretly hidden inside at least one hotel.

Nothing would be left to chance. Even the times of the tides were checked and rechecked to ensure that the terrorists would be able to arrive when their first target, the Café Leopold, was full of unsuspecting tourists enjoying the balmy Bombay (Mumbai) evening.

The preparations for the atrocity began a year earlier in a remote mountain camp in Muzaffarabad, in Pakistan- administered Kashmir, according to the interrogation of a 19-year-old believed to be the only member of the terrorist unit to be captured alive.

The Sunday Telegraph has been shown details of the interrogation which provide the first clues to the identity of the terrorists and the amount of detail which went into the planning of the operation.

Kamal has revealed to his interrogators that most of the volunteers spoke his native Punjabi and that all of them were given false names and were discouraged from interacting with each other beyond what was barely necessary.

During the months of training they were taught the use of explosives and close quarter combat. It was ingrained upon every man that ammunition would be in short supply and therefore every bullet should count.

The terrorists were also taught marine commando techniques such as beach landings at another camp at the Mangla Dam, located on the border between Pakistan-administered Kashmir and India’s Punjab province.

Kamal revealed that once their training was complete, his team of four travelled to the garrison town of Rawalpindi, where they were joined by another six terrorists, who had been trained at other camps close by.

It was in Rawalpindi that the 10-man team were briefed in detail with digitised images of their prospective targets – the Taj Mahal and Oberoi Hotels, the Jewish Centre and the Victoria Terminus railway station. Each member of the team memorised street names and routes to each location. Kamal told his interrogators that most of the targeting information came from a reconnaissance team which had selected the targets earlier in the year.

From Rawalpindi, the team then moved to the eastern port of Karachi where they chartered the merchant ship MV Alpha and headed for Bombay.

It was during this crucial phase, as the cargo ship headed into the Arabian Sea, that the terrorists appeared to almost lose their nerve. The Indian navy, Kamal revealed, were very active, boarding foreign vessels and searching their holds. The terrorists thought their plan might be compromised so on the night of 15th/16th November, the teams used their inflatable speed boats to hijack a local fishing boat, the Kuber.

Kamal also admitted to his interrogators that three of the Kuber’s four crew were immediately murdered, while the ship’s captain was ordered to sail for the Indian coast. When the Kuber was within five miles of the coast, the terrorists slit the captain’s throat and transferred back into their inflatable speed boats and headed for the lights of Bombay.

On landing the 10-man team, stripped off their orange wind breakers and began hoisting large heavy packs onto their shoulders.

Kashinath Patil, the 72-year-old harbour master, who spotted the boats moor alongside the harbour wall was immediately suspicious and asked them what they were doing. “I said: ‘Where are you going? What’s in your bags?’” Mr Patil recalled. “They said: ‘We don’t want any attention. Don’t bother us.”

The terrorists then split into two-man teams and launched their attacks.

Major General RK Hooda, the senior Indian commander, acknowledged the group, the Deccan Mujadeen, were better equipped and had a better knowledge of the battleground than India’s soldiers.

After the battle, one member of India’s National Security Guard, who led one of the assault groups against the terrorists occupying the Taj Mahal hotel, said they were the “best fighters” he had ever encountered.

He said: “They were obviously trained by professionals in urban guerrilla fighting. They used their environment and situation brilliantly, leading us (the NSG) on a dangerous chase through various tiers of the hotel which they obviously knew well. Their fire discipline too was excellent and they used their ammunition judiciously, mostly to draw us out.

“It was amply clear they came to kill a large number of people and to eventually perish in their horrific endeavour,” he said. “Negotiating with the Indian authorities or escaping was not an option for them.”

INDIA

Posted by peiper     on 11/30/2008 at 07:18 AM   
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   Sunday - November 02, 2008

Get it in writing!

Oh wretched, heartless, ungrateful son!

Julian McCoy is suing to evict his 88-year-old mother from the home where she has lived for 30 years.

Although she can’t drive, uses a walker, has trouble crossing a room and is hard of hearing, Gladys Napier is fighting back.

She has asked a judge to give her back the house. She deeded it to her son two years ago, believing that she would be allowed to stay there the rest of her life, according to court pleadings.

To me, this is an example of how liberal policies are resulting in the weakening of family ties and obligations. Mr. McCoy doubtless thinks that Social Security, Medicare, etc, will care well enough for his mother. But she’s his mother, not mine, and I shouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of caring for her.

Posted by Christopher     on 11/02/2008 at 10:04 AM   
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Evolution of the Government schools 1957-2007

I probably should have titled this the Devolution of the government schools. I got this in an email from my buddy flapjawman.

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.

2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.

1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.

2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy’s dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.

1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1957 - Ants die.

2007- BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

I know, this is a fictional email that’s doing the rounds. But I can recall similar stories to every single one of these scenarios. Stuff I did back in the 60’s and 70’s would get me arrested and/or drugged. I disrupted class, got into fights, took guns to school (my bolt-action .22 for the shooting club), carried aspirin, broke windows (not car windows, and not on purpose.). I got paddled at school AND again when I got home.

I think I turned out fairly well.

Stupid government schools.

Posted by Christopher     on 11/02/2008 at 12:33 AM   
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   Monday - October 27, 2008

A VILE AND DISGUSTING PRANK AIRED ON BBC AND APPROVED BY A TOTAL ASS.  READ!

THIS TOTAL CRAP IS WHAT NOW PASSES FOR ‘ENTERTAINMENT’ IN OUR WORLD.

I feel a bit off the rails posting this story when all our attention and interest is so focused on the election.
But I really want people to read and and take a good look at what jerks who are making money in the millions do and call talent. And entertainment.
And people put up with it. WHY?  They are so bereft of any real talent or humor, they can only produce tasteless,,,, ?? I’m lost for more words.

OK, there’s talk here that these idiots will lose the contract. Oh whoo-hoo.  The bastards belong in jail and should be sued for every single damn dime they have, to send a message.  Oh right. That’ll happen in my lifetime huh?

It doesn’t matter at all that you who read this in the USA don’t know who these scum are. One of em btw recently in the states doing his decadent
thing. He calls it comedy.  And some think he’s funny.  Stupid,stupid,stupid!

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand prank sparks calls for BBC inquiry
The future of Jonathan Ross’s £18 million BBC contract has been called into question after the prank he and Russell Brand played on the actor Andrew Sachs.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Last Updated: 6:55PM GMT 27 Oct 2008

Ross and fellow presenter Russell Brand left a string of sexually offensive answerphone messages for the 78-year-old Fawlty Towers star, broadcast to two million listeners on Brand’s Radio 2 Saturday night show.

They claimed that Brand had slept with Mr Sachs’ 23-year-old granddaughter, Georgina Baillie, an aspiring model, and joked that the actor might kill himself upon hearing the news.

Mr Sachs was left “upset” by the calls and the BBC received 546 complaints from appalled listeners after the October 18 show.

Speaking about the row for the first time, Mr Sachs said: “People ask me if I’m angry - well, yes, but not half as angry as Georgina. That’s where the apology should be directed. People are writing about it and talking about it, quite rightly. I am sorry that I am involved in it… I love the BBC, I have worked for them for over 50 years and I continue to work for them. Sometimes things can go wrong.”

Mr Sachs said he had received a “very nice” letter of apology from Jonathan Ross. “I have just read it. It basically says ‘sorry’.” However, asked if he had forgiven the chat show host, Mr Sachs replied: “It is God who forgives.”

Georgina’s mother, Kate, said of the presenters: “Maybe those two should just learn to grow up. My father is the world’s most decent man and to put him up in front of an audience for humiliation is ridiculous.”

The BBC initially defended the prank, which was pre-recorded and cleared for broadcast by producers. However, the corporation later backtracked and issued a statement. It read: “We have received a letter of complaint from Mr Sachs’ agent and would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Sachs for the offence caused.

“We recognise that some of the content broadcast was unacceptable and offensive. We are reviewing how this came about and are responding to Mr Sachs personally. We also apologise to listeners for any offence caused.”

Ross is no stranger to controversy, not least for the £18 million, three-year contract said to make him the highest paid presenter at the BBC.

John Whittingdale, chairman of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: “The trouble is, this is not the first occasion on which Jonathan Ross has crossed the line and has been pulled up by the BBC and told not to carry this kind of material, and it appears that has had little effect.”

The BBC pays “a very substantial amount of public money for Jonathan Ross and a pretty large amount for Russell Brand too. I think they are both talented broadcasters but they have got to remember that when they are broadcasting on the BBC in particular, they are not able to use material they might use in a live show.

“The message needs to be rammed home. It does raise questions about their future with the corporation.”

He added. “I think anybody who listens to Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand has a rough idea of what to expect but, in my view, this did go too far. To make that kind of comment to a much-loved, elderly character actor like Andrew Sachs was pretty offensive in the first place. To then broadcast it to two million people seems to me unacceptable.”

Mr Whittingdale said “some very serious questions need to be asked right at the top of the BBC” as to why the offending clip was broadcast. He called for Ofcom to investigate the matter and said the BBC’s reluctance to apologise immediately was “pretty extraordinary”.

Ross caused offence on his BBC1 chat show in 2006, when he asked Tory leader David Cameron if he had enjoyed sexual fantasies about Lady Thatcher. Brand is similarly controversial, recently outraging US viewers during the MTV Video Music Awards by calling George W Bush “that retard cowboy fella” and making a string of off-colour sexual jokes.

Both men were uncharacteristically sheepish yesterday. Asked if he had anything to say to Mr Sachs, Brand replied: “Obviously I would talk to him directly. I am not sure you are the right conduit.”

Ross has written a personal letter of apology to Mr Sachs. His agent, Meg Poole, said she had received a “nicely worded and apologetic email”. She welcomed the BBC’s apology but added: “I think Andrew feels that if anyone is due an apology, it is Georgina.”

Brand and Ross left the messages when Mr Sachs, who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers, failed to answer the telephone for what was said to be a pre-arranged interview. Brand told listeners: “The elephant in the room is, what Andrew doesn’t know is, I’ve slept with his granddaughter.” During the first of several calls, Ross blurted out: “He ****ed your granddaughter!” They phoned back and left another message, this time with Brand singing: “I said some things I didn’t of oughta, like I had sex with your granddaughter.”

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