The libyan Mad Dog

Whilst it's clear that old MG is as mad as a box of frogs and considerably more dangerous, I do wish people would hurry along his demise. At this rate, the regimes of the middle east are going to be toppling like dominoes and probably not before time. However the political uncertainty that will follow, alluded to previously, is not particularly welcome.
Umpteen new fledgling regimes trying to sort out their own infrastructures and also figure out how to relate to new neighbouring governments (previously hostile in some cases) is going to be a little volatile...
Now this may be exciting, but it's driving up the cost of my motoring and frankly that's unacceptable.
So, I've said it before, I'll say it again..let's go nuclear, and I mean big time.
Sure build some wind farms to kill golden eagles and rig up all sorts of crap across rivers and tidal surges, but get me nuclear power, lots of it and fast.
Then I can stop relying on overpriced Russian gas to cook and heat, and I can plug my electric car in to get to work.
At which point, we can tell the nations of the Middle East to bloody well get on with it, make up, and become a trading block based on co-operation, not cow-towing to who's got the most oil and therefore all  the US/British guns,........ or alternatively........... blow yourselves to crap and end up living in tents.....we won't care.
In addition, once the US and western nations stop interfering, (which is almost always to do with oil, although they never admit it) Islamic fundamentalists will no longer have need to blow us up, and their own citizens can decide what religion they choose to follow, and how to follow it.
Now, after that, if only we could get them to grow more oranges instead of opium !!

What's the difference...

..between Tevez and Rooney ?
Well apart from a predeliction for old prostitutes.
The difference is as perfectly demonstarted over the past two months.
Rooney contract negotiations... Sulk a lot, go on strike, play like a pillock, and apart from a shinned overhead kick, continue to play well below par..
Tevez contract negotiations. Ask for what you want, say why, and that you'd like to leave really..(prob cos Manchester's cold and wet)..otherwise continue to put every drop of effort and sweat you can into every minute you step on the pitch.
Rooney versus Crawley......Crawley win
Tevez versus Notts County.....County wiped out.
Nuff said.
One of very few mistakes old red nose has made as a manager.

Egypt...bloody hell !

What an eventful few weeks we have seen. Despot and "hereditary" regimes all over the Middle East being made to sit up, and, considering the regimes involved, remarkably little bloodshed.
What will this mean for the future. Well, it seems unlikely that the populace of such countries will be looking to radical Islamic governments, so that concern is massively overstated, but it is almost certain that they will not be overly "Israel friendly" either, and it would be reasonable to assume that most sane thinking Arabs do not accept the current situation in Palestine. What right thinking person would.
So, will the US sit up, and having championed all this free speech and "new democratic will", will they actually stop supporting the Israeli intransigence and force the issue.
It's pretty simple, without significant US back up, they will all have to sit down and get on with it.
It seems that the world forgets why the original "state of Israel" ceased to exist.....it was surrounded by neighbours it refused to get on with, and was scattered to the winds...It has survived to date due to the indomitable spirit of its people, and a hell of a lot of US support/weaponry.....perhaps it should learn the lesson of history. A peaceful middle east will be an affluent middle east for all its nations, and it could become a massive economic power, and not only driven by oil...the place is beautiful, and full of very stubborn, driven people. Think what they'd achieve together....

Swine Flu

Christ, am I sick of this sodding condition. Frankly it would be a lot better if they'd stuck to calling it Flu. H1N1, or H2N12, who actually gives a monkeys. The bottom line is simple. If you get flu, you get flu, and any strain can give you anything from the sniffles right through to ITU and death. It happens every year, and just because this one happens to be a bit nastier to youngsters and pregnant ladies, did we need a national crisis. No we didn't. The last thing we need to do, bearing in mind our political masters have spent twenty years convincing our healthier than ever population, that every disease is lethal and they should see a Dr immediately (in fact preferably even before they're ill, just to be safe) is create a new super bug that sends them all hysterical. If you've got bad flu, you can't get in to see me, you're very poorly and even blinking hurts. I saw three of those all winter and all needed admitting. (Two had swine flu as it happens) My surgery however was even fuller than normal with the usual sniffles and mild aches and pains that warranted nothing more than a "there, there" and a LemSip.
"Is it swine flu, Doc?"
"Listen, chum, I don't know and care even less, take some paracetamol and bugger off"
"Don't I need antibiotic, you know you can't be too careful"
"No you don't, and yes you can, so will you now please bugger off"
"I was a bit worried about that Clostridia Difficile too, what are the symptoms......."

Are we going mad ?

So, not content with demolishing our NHS, the Lib-Con party would now like to sell off all our trees. What a spiffing idea. Is there really a belief that that will in someway improve our forestry. No, what it will do is ensure that just like our own water, we end up paying some rich multinational to walk in our own nation's woodland, and private landowners will slap up do not trespass signs over even more of what's left of our countryside.
Not acceptable at all. If we hear politicians complain about us becoming less and less active as a nation, shouldn't we be asking why. Our playing fields are sold off, any recreational land we used to see as kids has houses or Tescos on it, our streets aren't safe to play on, and now you have to pay to see the countryside.
The alternative is to spend a fortune in private gyms.
Well at least companies selling drugs for treating diabetes will do well, but none of them are British.