Saturday - November 15, 2008

Obama’s New Wheels

Potent New Presidential Limousine Spotted

Spy photos obtained by FOXNews.com show that when President-elect Barack Obama moves to Pennsylvania Avenue in January, he will be handed the keys to what looks to be the most potent presidential limousine ever to carry the American head of state.

At first glance, the unfinished limo looks a lot like the current model used to ferry President Bush around town: an armored Cadillac sedan with a modest stretch job, raised roof line, and mounts on the front fenders to carry the American and presidential flags. But eyewitnesses say the new vehicle is actually much larger, and rides on large wheels similar to those found on commercial grade GMC TopKick trucks. The vehicle was being escorted by two of those big boys at the time it was spotted, leading to speculation that the car is in fact one of them in disguise.

Photos show doors that appear to be nearly 8 inches deep, with thick, fixed windows. Only the driver’s window has a small slot that can slide open, which we assume is for paying tolls. With so much armor on board, it would be no surprise if GM needed to resort to using the bones of a truck to support the added weight.

A source at one of the world’s premier security vehicle manufacturers says that armored cars of this magnitude are capable of withstanding not only armor-piercing bullets, but also attacks from IEDs. A number of electronic countermeasures are known to exist that can do things like jam enemy communications and prevent them from detonating roadside bombs remotely, but many others remain top secret and are available only to customers at the highest levels of government.

Rancino has obtained his own spy photos of an earlier version of the new limo, built to Obama’s original specs:

   Friday - October 10, 2008

Convicted paedophile found strangled and dumped in woods.  (no great loss and good!)

Nice to start the morning with a good story of justice done.
You don’t generally find “Justice” in the criminal system anymore. I think child abuse is about the lowest form of behavior imaginable.
I’ve nothing else to add except, kudos, bravo to whoever finally brought justice about. 

Convicted paedophile found strangled and dumped in woods after suspected vigilante attack

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:05 AM on 10th October 2008

A convicted paedophile has been found strangled and dumped in remote woodland.

Gordon Boon, 73, may have been murdered by a vigilante in revenge for his crimes while he was on licence from prison, police fear.

The former cider factory worker was found with his body partly covered by old fencing panels in an area used by fly-tippers.
Crime scene

Crime scene: Officers search the woodland in Norfolk where the body of convicted paedophile Gordon Boon was found

Boon, who lived in Norwich, had blood around his nose and mouth and one of his shoes and a sock was missing.

He was jailed for six years in December 2001 for indecent assaults on a girl aged eight and two others aged 13. 
The married pensioner plied one girl with alcohol and played strip poker with her.
He took snaps of the youngster when she was naked and sexually abused her.

Boon admitted indecent assault and two serious sex offences against the youngster, two assaults on the second girl and one on the third.

As well as being jailed, he was placed on the sex offenders register for life and ordered to serve an extended licence of five years on his release.

Judge Paul Downes told him that he had ‘failed to accept’ responsibility for his actions. 

Boon’s body was discovered by walkers in Great Witchingham, just yards from the Norfolk headquarters of turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews.

Detectives at first looked into the possibility that the victim could have been a worker at the poultry factory before realising the dead man was Boon.

It is believed that Boon’s son alerted police last Saturday after he failed to meet him for a drink.

Det Chief Insp Steve Strong of Norfolk Police said: ‘The investigation into the death continues and officers are following up a number of lines of inquiry.

‘We would appeal for anyone that may have seen anything suspicious in the Rabbit Lane and Porters Lane areas of Great Witchingham to come forward with information that might prove useful to our investigation. 

‘We are also very keen to trace the final movements of Mr Boon and would like to hear from anyone that may have seen him since October 2.’

A former neighbour of Boon in Attleborough who did not want to be named, said: ‘He lived here with his wife and their children.

‘I used to say hello to him and he was always friendly. I believe he worked at Gaymer’s cider making business in Attleborough, but that is closed now.

‘He used to drink at The Cock pub in Attleborough and he would take part in their fund-raising for old people’s homes.’

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   Tuesday - September 23, 2008

Through The Eyes Of A Child

“It’s the public school system,” Dalton says. “Let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons.”


11 year old suspended for wearing anti-Obama shirt to school

An 11-year-old in Aurora says his first amendment rights are being trampled after he was suspended for wearing a homemade shirt that reads “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.”
...
The boy’s father Dann Dalton describes himself as a “proud conservative” who has taken part in some controversial anti-abortion protests. Dalton says the school made a major mistake by suspending his son for wearing the shirt.

“It’s the public school system,” Dalton says. “Let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons.”

The school district told the student, Daxx Dalton, that he had the choice of changing his shirt, turning his shirt inside out or being suspended.

Daxx chose suspension.

“They’re taking away my right of freedom of speech,” he says. “If I have the right to wear this shirt I’m going to use it. And if the only way to use it is get suspended, then I’m going to get suspended.”

Daxx’s dad agrees with him and is encouraging his son to stand his ground.  “The facts are his rights were violated. Period.”

Aurora Public Schools would not talk about the case but said the district “Respects a student’s right to free speech, such as the right to wear specific clothing,” but administrators say they review any situation that interrupts the learning environment.

Paperwork submitted by the school district says Daxx Dalton was not suspended for wearing the shirt, but for willful disobedience and defiance.

The boy’s father says he intends to pursue a lawsuit against the district.

   Sunday - September 07, 2008

An inmate is frustrating prison bosses by refusing to leave jail - two years after serving his time.

Welcome to the cozy-wozy, fuzzy, wuzzy, touchy-feely and make everyone happy system of crime and punishment?

This is Moonbat nuts.  He found a loophole? Or some lawyer. Never mind. Some pins under the nails would get him talking fast enough. Actually, they could simply tell the SOB that he’s being deported to Somalia and then chain him up and drop him there.  Maybe off shore even.  Why oh why oh why do the powers that be keep on putting up with this sort of crap, but oh let some old duffer put the wrong trash in the wrong bin or not have the top closed all the way and they come down on ya like stink on ..... well, you know.

Mystery inmate refuses to leave jail
An inmate is frustrating prison bosses by refusing to leave jail - two years after serving his sentence.
By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:30PM BST 05 Sep 2008

The male prisoner, who is a foreign national, has exploited a loophole in the system by refusing to divulge his real name and country of origin.

He was due to be deported to his home country when he completed a six-year sentence for wounding with intent and aggravated burglary at HMP Peterborough in 2006.

But the necessary paperwork cannot be processed because he has refused to give prison officers his name or reveal the country where he was born.

Angry prison bosses fear the unnamed inmate could potentially remain at the prison indefinitely - costing the taxpayer an estimated £30,000-a-year.

Alessio Beschizza, chairman of HMP Peterborough’s Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), said he could not see an end to the “unusual” situation.

He said: “He is refusing to give the authorities any information about himself and there is nothing that can be done. We don’t even know if the name he has been giving is correct and he will not confirm his nationality.

“He has been due for deportation since he completed his sentence almost two years ago, but the prison has no choice but to hold him until we get the information.

“He could well be in there indefinitely, unless someone takes his case up and it goes through the courts, but I can’t see that happening.”

Between April 2007 and March 2006, an average of 173 foreign nationals were accommodated at the prison - more than 15 per cent of its overall population.

During the same period, there were on average 16 prisoners awaiting deportation after serving their sentences, but most were removed “within reasonable time” according to the IMB.

Once a sentence is spent by a foreign prisoner, he or she is handed over to the authority of the UK Borders Agency to prepare papers for their deportation.

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “Prisoners who refuse to engage with the UK Borders Agency and will not disclose their country of origin may be held until such a time as their identity can be confirmed”.

The IMB’s annual report made reference to the prisoner’s situation, adding that concerns had been raised a year ago but had still not been addressed by the authorities.

According to the Refugee Council, his behaviour indicated he could be facing hardship or persecution if he was sent back to his home country.

A spokesman said: “If someone feels they don’t want to be deported so strongly that they are prepared to remain in prison beyond their sentence, then it is likely there are some serious issues at stake. “Asylum issues where people have some sort of fear of returning to their country are very complex, and it is important cases such as these are adequately examined.”

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What BS.  Examined? Why?  They do a crime in this country and authorities are concerned about the gremlin’s concern?  How much sense does that make?  Is anyone concerned about something like public safety?  And this bastard committed violent crime and they’re concerned about his safety somewhere else?
This really is maddening. As in RCOB. Worse yet, it isn’t simply the UK with upside down touchy-feely make nice to the bad guy. That crap is everywhere and I’d venture to say maybe the US as well.  Hope not but can’t help being skeptical.

Half of all criminals re-offend withn a year
Nearly half of all criminals released from jail reoffended within a year of being let out, figures have disclosed.
By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent

The number of crimes committed by serial offenders who have just left prison or begun a community punishment has risen to more than half a million a year, according to data from the Ministry of Justice Criminal Coddling. 

Almost four out of 10 adults and juveniles are convicted of another crime within 12 months. The proportion of re-offending juvenile criminals rose year-on-year, despite the Government target of cutting numbers by five per cent from 2000 to 2006.

The figures showed that the longer offenders spent in custody, the less likely they were to re-offend.

(Here’s a flash for em.  Never mind “less likely” to re-offend.  Brick wall, firing squad = they NEVER re-offend.  And it has the added bonus of giving law enforcement some extra time to sharpen their weapon skills.)

By contrast, the number of severe new offences by those receiving community sentences rose by 21 per cent. The crimes include an estimated 92,384 cases of violence; 3,392 serious assaults; 8,404 robberies; 46,300 burglaries and 137,320 thefts.

Nick Herbert, the shadow justice secretary, said: “The Government is forcing courts to issue more community sentences because it has failed to build adequate prison capacity. However, community sentences are not robust and they are not stopping prolific criminals going on to commit serious offences.”

Yesterday one of Britain’s most senior police officers said that confidence in the criminal justice system had been undermined by a prison crisis.

Mike Fuller, the chief constable of Kent police, said criminals were avoiding jail or being freed early due to a shortage of prison places, which he claimed ministers should have foreseen five years ago.

The Ministry of Justice figures tracked the 51,157 adults and 48,938 juveniles who were released from jail or began community punishments in the first three months of 2006.

Among adults, 39 per cent were reconvicted of another crime within 12 months, slightly down on 2005, while among juveniles the rate rose slightly to 38.7 per cent.

With many criminals being caught several times, there were 146 offences for every 100 adults in the group, and 123 crimes per 100 juveniles.

That equates to a total of almost 540,000 crimes committed over 12 months – up 3.3 per cent on the previous year.

David Hanson, the justice minister, said: “We have made considerable progress in protecting the public by reducing re-offending but there is more work to be done.”

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   Thursday - September 04, 2008

There are few sights more bloodcurdling than the liberal pack in full cry..

Sarah Palin gets the spiteful Margaret Thatcher treatment
By Janet Daley
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 04/09/2008

There are few sights more bloodcurdling than the liberal pack in full cry. The viciousness of the attacks on Sarah Palin is a testimony to the degree of panic her appointment has generated in Leftist circles.
Janet Daley: Sarah Palin rocks the hall
It would seem that it is only sexist to trash a woman candidate if she is a Woman Candidate, which is to say a liberal.

Like Margaret Thatcher before her, Sarah Palin terrifies those on the political left.

It took about 20 minutes after John McCain announced her as his running mate for the attack machine to mobilise: woman candidate (bleep, bleep), no previous warning (nee-naw, nee-naw), exterminate, exterminate.

At first, it was pretty tenuous stuff: her husband had once been caught on a drink-drive charge - when he was 22 years old. You don’t say. In blue-collar America, having only one drink-drive offence pretty much qualifies you as a Grade A wimp.

Then the piranhas got hold of a real prize (or so they thought): the 17-year-old daughter of this Christian Evangelical family was pregnant.

Yes, these things happen - and this particular thing happens quite a lot among the working-class American families that Mrs Palin personifies. She and her daughter are being true to their convictions: the girl will have her baby and marry her boyfriend. There will be no abortion or adoption.

The Palin family will offer them love, compassion and support. What’s your problem? Christianity (even of the Evangelical sort) does not expect human beings to be faultless: it demands only that they make amends for their transgressions and accept responsibility for them.

The Evangelical churches have made it their particular mission in recent years to support teenage mothers and urge their families to stand by them. So where is the shame in this situation?

Now those who are not of the Palins’ religious persuasion may well feel that it is wrong to allow a 17-year-old to marry and start a family. If one of my daughters had become pregnant at the age of 17, would I have advised her to have the baby and marry the father? No, I would not.

Do I respect the decision of another mother and daughter to make that choice based on their own values? Yes, I do. And that - as far as I am concerned - is what it means to be a “liberal”. Which brings us to the subject of those hokey old redneck values that the Guardian and the blogosphere find so amusing (or pernicious, depending on their degree of dedication).

I personally am, and always have been, fervently pro-choice on abortion. I do not consider this to be the only sanctified Woman’s point of view because I am aware that huge numbers of women disagree with me.

Whenever I touch on the subject, they write in and tell me so, often in eloquent and passionate terms. But according to the official feminist sisterhood (which was taken over by the totalitarian Marxist tendency long ago) you can represent the views of Women only if you accept the tenets of their ideology. Ergo, Mrs Palin is not a Woman Candidate.

She is a renegade, the gender equivalent of an Uncle Tom. In the US, her position is particularly incendiary because it is part of the culture war between metropolitan liberals and provincial America: that vast fly-over country where people (or “folks”, as they call themselves) still live by the standards the Palin family embodies. Life is about hard work and hard play.

They hunt with guns from childhood. They talk about sin (and redemption) in ways that embarrass the urban elite, and they regard patriotism as a fundamental part of their moral code. (It is the liberals’ ambivalence about patriotism that they detest most.)

Like Margaret Thatcher before her, Mrs Palin is coming in for both barrels of Left-wing contempt: misogyny and snobbery. Where Lady Thatcher was dismissed as a “grocer’s daughter” by people who called themselves egalitarian, Mrs Palin is regarded as a small-town nobody by those who claim to represent “ordinary people”.

What the metropolitan sophisticates failed to understand in the 1980s when Thatcher won election after election is even more the case in the US: most (and I do mean most) ordinary people actually believe in the basic decencies, the “small-town values”, of family, marital fidelity, and personal responsibility. They believe in and honour them - even if they do not manage to uphold them.

Middle America - of which Alaska is spiritually, if not geographically, a part - builds its life around those ideals and regards commonplace moral lapses as part of the eternal struggle to be good.

The life of small-town USA is based on the principles of those Protestant colonial settlers who founded the nation: hard work, self-improvement, personal faith and family devotion. Mrs Palin speaks to and for them in a way that patronising “liberal” elitists find infuriating.

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   Monday - September 01, 2008

Academic says he would not tolerate Jamaican neighbours.  Here we go again. The ‘R’ word.

Well heck, read the story and see if you don’t agree.  That newspaper headline is a bit mis-leading.  But the guy’s critics are plain stupid.  Bet they wouldn’t want this next door to them either.

Why is this a “race row” anyway? 

In a sidebar not published online, one person has said;
“This country is so politically correct that it’s become scared of free speech.” Right. Unless you belong to a minority group.

Cambridge academic says he would not tolerate Jamaican neighbours
A Cambridge academic and novelist was at the centre of a race row after saying that he would not be able to tolerate living next door to Jamaican neighbours “playing reggae all day”.

By Aislinn Simpson and Jessica Salter
Last Updated: 6:14AM BST 01 Sep 2008

George Steiner, 79, said he believed racism was inherent in everyone and that racial tolerance was merely skin deep.

The playwright and critic Bonnie Greer labelled him a “cranky old man”, while Muslim groups accused him of an “offensive and lazy” racist generalisation.

But other academics defended his honesty and right to express such views, saying they were a valuable addition to an important debate.

“It’s very easy to sit here, in this room, and say ‘racism is horrible’,” he said from his house in Cambridge, where he has been Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College since 1969.

“But ask me the same thing if a Jamaican family moved next door with six children and they play reggae and rock music all day. Or if an estate agent comes to my house and tells me that because a Jamaican family has moved next door the value of my property has fallen through the floor. Ask me then!”

Mr Steiner, whose Jewish family fled to America from Paris before the Nazi invasion of 1940, adds: “In all of us, in our children, and to maintain our comfort, our survival, if you scratch beneath the surface, many dark areas appear. Don’t forget it.”

American-born Ms Greer said: “He is wrong. People are aware of differences in other people, but being racist is being someone who sets out to harm someone based on the colour of their skin.

“George Steiner can talk about his own feelings and talk about what is specific to himself, but to talk of a Jamaican family like that, this is Britain in 2008, what is he talking about?

“He is a cranky old man and he should sit down and have a cup of tea. It’s quite clear that he doesn’t know what racism is.”

Inayat Bunglawala, of the Muslim Council of Britain, expressed surprise at Mr Steiner’s comments, saying his multicultural background and research into the Holocaust, should have made him more tolerant than most.

(I find it very hard to pay much attention to ppl who move to the west and keep names I can’t spell much less pronounce. And this jerk has an easier name then many of his kind.  Hey, I don’t even want to live next to a white family with a noise factor that causes my blood pressure to reach new highs. But it’s almost a sure bet with the folks the prof. is talking about, he has a good case and the ‘R’ word is irrelevant here.  It’s really more about culture and class. Or have I got it all wrong and if I do, how? )

He said: “Steiner appears to have made some rather lazy and offensive generalisations about entire groups of people such as Jamaicans. You would think he - of all people given his background - would know better by now.”

But Dr John Allison, a South African-born law lecturer at Cambridge, said it was important to be open about racism.

“There are subtle forms of racism and less subtle forms, but anything that provokes debate about the issues and gets them into the open is a good thing,” he said.

Dr Robert Berkeley, deputy director of equality campaign body The Runnymede Trust, said: “I think it’s good to recognise your own racism - and everyone has their prejudices - so that you can deal with it. Racism is something we struggle to talk about enough, and I am always happy for there to be a debate, provided no one is victimised as a result. But I don’t agree with his view.”

(fine. good for you Dr. Berkeley Berk.  When are you moving to a Jamaican neighborhood?)

Although Cambridge University has worked hard to shed its white, middle-class image and take on more multicultural staff and students, only 16 per cent of Cambridge students are from ethnic minority backgrounds and roughly similar levels of staff.

(right on.  we can’t have too many of those damn white, middle class taxpayers among us. lowers the tone of the school.  fraken idiots.)

The city itself is overwhelmingly white. Official figures from the 2001 census reveal that 91 per cent of the city’s population is white British, compared to 87 per cent nationwide, while the black and Asian populations combined make up little more than one per cent.

Dr Oke Odudu, a British-Nigerian law lecturer at Cambridge, said he has never encountered racism during his time there.

“The atmosphere of the university is tolerant and the student population is extremely diverse,” he said. “I never encountered any discrimination. It’s a place where, if you are judged, it’s going to be on the basis of academic performance, not your background.”

Mr Steiner’s interview with a Spanish newspaper followed the publication of his latest novel, My Unwritten Books, which is a semi-autobiographic work featuring graphic details of his sex life.

At his current home, a substantial redbrick detached 1930s house in Trumpington, the leafy suburban outskirts of the city, he is likely to be safe from noisy neighbours, whether white, black or otherwise.

All the properties on his road are set well apart, interspaced with large, well-tended gardens.

Asked by the Daily Telegraph if he now regretted what he said, Mr Steiner said: “No I do not, but I do not wish to comment further.”

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   Tuesday - August 26, 2008

Police officers told to mind their language.  (an oooold story from 2001. but still current)

Gee, this story was three years before we moved here to the wife’s native country to look after her aged and decrepit mom. And that was just her brain at the time.
Now then people, I have very much edited this before posting so do not simply go with my edited version.  Use the link for the whole story.  I’m simply posting it here because it was listed as related to a previous Moonbat post I have.  There may be some fraction, some little justification for rules with regard to
offensive language and behavior.  I do not dispute that and I very much doubt the “man in the street” does either.  However, as one officer has said, they’re
afraid to open their mouths in case they offend someone.  And you just know in this politically correct nightmare the left has been allowed to construct, anything at all can be found to offend someone, somewhere.

Not too long ago and I believe I mentioned it, our milkman went on vacation for a week.  We received a notice informing us that our “MILKPERSON”
was going to be away for a week.  Milkperson. Imagine that.  How fraken stupid!

Stay Tuned and lots-a-luck not getting yourself sued by someone you might offend.

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Story from:
Paul Stokes
The Telegraph, June 2001.

The 16-page document drawn up by Greater Manchester Police sets out words and phrases deemed unsuitable and likely to offend. In his foreword to The Power of Language David Wilmot, the Chief Constable of Manchester, draws attention to the importance of using appropriate language. He says the aim is to protect the 6,900 officers, 3,240 civilian employees and 685 special constables from making unintentional mistakes and help them interact within the community.

He said: “We want everyone to respect the views and feelings of others, and to use language that doesn’t offend.”

The term “deaf and dumb” will be replaced by “deaf without speech” and people will no longer be “wheelchair bound” but “wheelchair users”. Political correctness extends to policemen becoming known only as police officers, a spokesman as a spokesperson, foreman as a supervisor and workmen as workers.

Officers are warned against using obviously offensive words such as cretin, spastic, cripple or mongol or even “people with special needs” in relation to the disabled. Pejorative expressions such as happy clappy, bible basher, God botherer and God Squad are also outlawed when describing people with religious convictions.

It is pointed out that homophobic words like queer, poofter, fag, dyke and butch cause offence to gays and lesbians as do phrases such as “gays often do those types of jobs”, “a woman with lesbian tendencies”, “a person of the other persuasion” or “he or she bats for the other side”.

Officers are urged to be extra sensitive when dealing with cross dressers, transsexuals and transvestites in case they cause offence and to try to understand the differences between them. A senior officer with more than 20 years’ police experience in Manchester said: “This document is a waste of time. Police have enough on their plates these days without adding to the problems.

“This document makes out that we are all idiots who need to be told how to address people. We are human beings who are trained to deal with tricky situations, this report makes a mockery of that. We’re scared to open our mouths in case we offend anybody.”

   Thursday - August 14, 2008

More Rancino Graphics

I know it’s not the weekend yet, but these are too good to wait on. I don’t know where you find all this stuff R-man, but they rock!!

And a bit of a slightly naughty video below the fold. I’m not sure if you have to log into YouTube to see it; if so I’ll provide the link. 

   Thursday - July 24, 2008

WE MUST ALL DO OUR BIT TO SAVE THE PLANET. SO LET’S GO GWEEN

My first post after an off day and what a coincidence.  Drew has a really terrific post on a subject I was going to lead with based on some doings on this side of the Atlantic.  The lunacy is everywhere and it doesn’t show signs of ending anytime soon.  So may I suggest to all of you that you please do your bit now. Later may be too late.

Follow my example, photo below, and start collecting 100W light bulbs.

Not good enough my light bulb that performs exactly as intended - No - The Gween planet savers want me to change to their more expensive and useless to my needs dim yellow glow.  You folks know what I’m talking about.  Can you honestly read by those eco-friendly bulbs being pushed by the planet savers?
According to their lights I’m an idiot if I reject their arguments with regard to my rejection of their chosen illumination.

There has been serious talk by the EU and it’s being accepted here in UK (of course it is) that the standard and dastardly light that lights well, must go.
They even have a target to the switch off.  Well folks, here’s my answer.

And this is only the beginning. There are only 58 showing here but there are a few more behind, and some 150s not shown.  It has become our policy now to buy 100W light bulbs every week when the wife does a grocery shop at TESCO.  That’s a major chain and I have to tell you honestly they put most of ours back home to shame in some areas.  However, poor,poor Tesco also does some very silly things.  Like caving in to browbeating by a newspaper here called The Daily Mail, which has gotten onto an ecological high horse calling for the restriction or outright banning of plastic grocery bags.

One major grocery chain is now charging customers 10 cents a bag at the checkout.  Tesco for their part, has pulled the stacks of plastic bags from the end of the checkout line, and is putting out three bags at a time.  Customers must ask for more as needed.  Doesn’t matter if you have a cart full of groceries, you must ask for extra bags.  All this in an effort to force ppl to bring their own bags to market.  One problem I see is - how does a customer know exactly from week to week what her/his needs will be?  Just how many of your own bags are you supposed to bring into the store?  Your needs may differ from week to week.  I think I should let my American audience know that over here, most major grocery shops do not use baggers as we do back home.  Customers bag their own stuff altho you can get help if needed.

There’s already one or two small towns that have announced proudly that they are, “Plastic Bag Free.” I’ve no idea how that works or what they’ve done to achieve such an exalted ecological status.

So, my wife went to the market this week and after getting the politically correct three bags, asked for more which they gave her. She pointed out that she had a weeks worth of groceries in her cart, that three bags at a time only succeeded in holding the line up.  Since she was there there at a time when the store
wasn’t too busy and there was nobody else behind her, she started putting only one or two items in a bag and kept asking for more, which they gave with no argument.  Since Tesco caved in to the Daily Mail’s daily harangue, my wife asked why Tesco did not point out the following with regard to the highly damaging, planet destroying plastic bag. 

THESE ARE DEGRADABLE !!! 

THE CASHIER WAS SURPRISED AT THE PRINT ON THE BAG, SAYING HE’D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.  I BET TESCO DIDN’T EITHER AND CERTAINLY THE MAIL
DIDN’T EITHER, BEFORE GOING AFTER TESCO TOOTH AND NAIL FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.  JUST SHOWS YA HOW MUCH RESEARCH THE MAIL DOES, AND HOW SINCERE THEIR POLITICALLY CORRECT CAMPAIGN REALLY IS.

   Sunday - July 13, 2008

New Yorker Magazine gets an A Plus

New Yorker Magazine cover, July 21 2008: spoofing the conspiracy theories



Silly New Yorker Magazine ... they missed the Hammer & Sickle hanging on the wall, above the Che portrait. Other than that, it’s just about perfect. Ok, it needs some dirty money peaking out from somewhere. And Michelle should have a bulging pockets containing the ObamaNuts.

The sophisticates at The New Yorker have come up with a cover that is sure to get the magazine a lot of attention. Negative attention. From their friends.

An illustration by Barry Blitt depicts Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle in the Oval Office, revealing their “true” selves: Michelle is in full revolutionary garb, an enormous afro making her look like a millennial Angela Davis, holding an automatic weapon and wearing military pants.

In the cartoon Michelle is giving dap, or fist-bumping, with her husband who is wearing a turban and is dressed in garb perhaps more appropriate for a madrassa in Lahore than the Oval Office.

A painting of Osama bin Laden hangs above the fireplace, where the American flag is being burned.

...

Said Obama spox Bill Burton: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama’s right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree.”

“This is as offensive a caricature as any magazine could publish,” says a high-profile Obama supporter, “and I suspect that other Obama supporters like me are also thinking about not subscribing to or buying a magazine that trafficks in such trash.”

Both the Obama campaign folks and the Enzyte deprived geezers at McCain HQ released statements that this cover was tasteless and offensive. Meanwhile the rest of us will look at it and say, “Yup, pretty close. Good job!”

   Friday - July 11, 2008

This has to be a joke

Obama To Sponsor NASCAR Race Car



Are you freakin kidding me? What’s he gonna do, show up and pass out arugula crepes and small crystal glasses of a fine vintage Montrachet? Oh wait, he isn’t actually going to be there, just put his stickers all over one of the cars. What some folks won’t do to get a sponsor, hey?

Sports Illustrated has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR’s premier series. According to sources, Barack Obama’s campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing’s No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3. Details of the agreement are expected to be worked out over the coming days.

A BAM spokesperson has revealed the team will hold a press conference July 23 in Miami to reveal the partnership, currently a proposed one-race deal with an option to continue. Obama will be at the briefing, which will be tied to the “Get Out The Vote” campaign message he spread throughout the 2008 primary season.

And it gets even better ...

Ken Schrader will drive the entry, a Toyota, at Pocono for BAM, which is outside the top 35 in owner points and must qualify for the race on speed.

A Toyota. At NASCAR. Sponsored by Obama. The ultra-leftist. Ho. Lee. Shit. Ken’s gonna crash so fast. 10 laps, tops. Purely by accident.

Hang on a sec. Isn’t this the same guy who had the Carrot Top car? Oh hell, he’ll do anything to get a sponsor ...

   Wednesday - July 09, 2008

Holy Cows: George W Bush - buffoon or great leader?

Holy Cows: George W Bush - buffoon or great leader?
By Sameh El-Shahat
Last Updated: 1:40AM BST 09/07/2008
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Sameh El-Shahat argues that George W Bush has been the most under-rated president… ever.

So, the hot news now is Barack Obama.

Obama this, Obama that… Naturally, it is very laudable that the United States may have chosen to look beyond the issue of race and opted for a person purely on the merit of his character. But what will they find?

The usual hot air that Washington politicians seem to have made their own. Mr Obama is no different. We’re just too politically correct to say that the only thing refreshing about him is his colour. So we say he’s “bipartisan”, or he’s a “uniter”.

Whatever happened to leadership and honesty as presidential traits? I happen to believe that the only leader in the West to have these two admirable qualities in droves is the leader of the free world: George W Bush.

Yes, we’ve all heard the Bushisms and laughed at them but do you really think somebody supposedly that thick can make it to the top of the most sophisticated political system the world has ever seen?

No, and that is because Mr Bush is far cleverer than most of his predecessors. He may not have been a Rhodes Scholar, but he has the ability to reach out to his people and read them.

Take the Iraq war for example. OK, so he got us into Iraq in the first place. But for Pete’s sake, he’s the leader of the world’s only superpower. He needs to take decisions, even if sometimes they have nasty consequences - which is far better than we do in Europe, where we enjoy dithering not as a means to an end, but as an end in itself.

Something had to be done about Iraq and our government was all for attacking it too. So let’s not blame G.W. for the war.
And when things did go wrong in Iraq, and there were calls to pull out, Mr Bush just followed his own counsel and doubled his bet with the Surge.

And he was right because Iraq is in a relatively better shape today than it ever was and Al Qa’eda is a shadow of its former self in that country.

This is a man who has the courage of his convictions.

Let’s not forget how Europe does wars.

Usually we wait and wait until the enemy starts attacking, then we let them win a bit, then we fight until we are tired, then we just call the US to come over to clean our mess.

That is what happened in WWI, WWII, and the Balkans.

Bush is just showing us what a bunch of dangerous ditherers we are and we hate him for it. Naturally.

And the Olympics. Bush said right from the beginning that he’s going to the opening ceremony because he saw the whole boycott thing as silly and counterproductive.

Compare that with Sarkozy who has changed his mind twice so far and to Gordon Brown who, well… err.

Not much leadership from Europe here, as usual, just doublespeak. Once again, it is to Bush that we look for leadership.

Bush may not have the slickness of his predecessor, but he is a man you can trust and who prefers to tell it like it is.

This is refreshing, and very scary for us who are used to our politicians always talking grandly about principles and hiding behind political mumbo-speak.

The fact is you guys hate Mr Bush because he is not a hypocrite and you are used to hypocrites as your leaders. We hate what we don’t understand.

Yes, yes, all you bleeding heart liberals are cringing out there. I can just hear you. But the fact is, Mr Bush has had to take some very tough decisions and the world needs people who can not only talk but also act tough and admit mistakes.

Of course you think Mr Obama is going to make a difference, but as I write this, he’s already giving all the signs of somebody who will say anything to get into power only to act in exactly the same way as the Washington clique he aims to replace!

Hating George W. Bush is not only dull and unoriginal, but it shows a complete lack of understanding of the world in which we live in.

You want liberty but you don’t want to defend it… right.

And for those of you who still don’t buy into what I’m saying, look at the Middle East. Bush single-handedly managed to unite the Arabs in their hate for him.

Given how difficult uniting the Arabs is, it takes a special man with special skills to achieve this. He is just the kind of man to bring about peace in that region!

“George W Bush may not have the slickness of his predecessor, but he is a man you can trust and who prefers to tell it like it is. “

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   Tuesday - June 17, 2008

Fox News: PC Pussies

E.D. Hill and from Fox News show “America’s Pulse” have been pulled from the airwaves because of how she did the teaser for yet another of Fox’s stupid Body Language segments. Introducing the little dap done by Obambi and his wife Mrs. Proud ....

Ms. Hill described the action as “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? ... We’ll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says.” In the ensuing discussion with a “body language expert,” Hill referred to the “Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound,” but at no point did she explain her earlier reference to “a terrorist fist jab.”

Caving into instant and rabid pressure from George Soro’s Media Matters group, FoxNews pulled both E.D. and her show.

Ms. Hill had apologized on the air about the characterization, but that did no good. Gone. Poof. Can’t be pickin on da obamessiah bout nuttin!

“I want to start the show by clarifying something I said on the show about an upcoming body language segment. Now I mentioned various ways the Obama’s fist pump in St Paul’s had been characterised in the media,” she said.

“I apologise because unfortunately, some thought I personally had characterised it inappropriately. I regret that. It was not my intention. And I certainly didn’t mean to associate the word ‘terrorist’ in any way with Senator Obama and his wife,” Hill added.

FoxNews: Fair and Balanced, but totally overreactive.

Think this is bad? You just wait until Black Jesus here gets elected.

   Sunday - June 08, 2008

Smells Like Leftist Dhimmi Indoctrination To Me

Maryland Textbooks on Islamic Teachings “Dumbed Down”

A textbook monitoring group said that Maryland middle and high school students will be required to read about Islamic teachings that have been dumbed down and are products of political correctness.

According to the New York Examiner, a new report issued by the American Textbook Council said that administrators who approved books for use in the Montgomery County school district caved into pressure by pro-Islamic groups seeking to present a less violent interpretation of Islam.

Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, stated that, for example, the definition of jihad has gone through ”amazing cultural reorchestration” in textbooks, losing any connotation of violence, the Examiner wrote.

Other terms, such as sharia law, have been adjusted or removed from lessons to avoid what he called “inconvenient truths.”

Montgomery County Public Schools defended the decision to use the books, saying in a statement that all texts used by teachers had been properly vetted and were appropriate for classroom uses.

“Textbook editors try to avoid any subject that could turn into a political grenade,” wrote Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, who railed against five popular history texts for “adjust[ing] the definition of jihad or sharia or remov[ing] these words from lessons to avoid inconvenient truths.”

Maryland state delegate Saqib Ali refrained from joining the fray. “The job of assigning curriculum is best left to educators and the school board, and I trust their judgment,” he said.

Just what the $&% does the Montgomery County MD school district think it’s trying to pull here? Maybe they could use your meangingful and kind advice, eh what what?

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