Politicians in a Nut-shell

David Cameron asked the Queen, “Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient commonwealth and government? Are there any tips you can give me?”

 

“Well,” said the Queen, “the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people.”

 

David Cameron then asked, “But how do I know if the people around me are really intelligent?”

 

The Queen took a sip of tea. “Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle, watch me and listen.”  The Queen pushed a button on her intercom and said, “Please send Prince Charles in here, would you?”

Prince Charles walked into the room and said, “Yes, Mother?”

 

The Queen smiled and said to Charles, “Answer me this please Charles. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it”"

 

Without pausing for a moment, Prince Charles answered “That would be me.”

 

“Yes, very good!” said the Queen.

 

“Ah ha  I get it,” said David,  “thank you Ma'am.” And in a great rush he left.
 
Cameron went back to Parliament. He  decided to ask Nick Clegg the same question. “Nick, answer this for me.  Your mother and your father have a child.  It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?”

 

“I'm not sure,” said Clegg. And then in True Nick Clegg style he went on to say. “Let me get back to you on that one.”

He went to his advisors and asked everyone, but none could give him an answer. Frustrated, Nick went to the men's lavatory, and found Quasimodo in there.  Clegg went up to Quasimodo and asked, “Bell Ringer, see if you can answer this question.”

 

“Yes Nick,” replied the Lumpy One.

 

“Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?”

 

Quasimodo immediately answered, “That’s easy, it’s me!”

 

Clegg grinned, and said, “Good answer Ugly Humped One, I see it all now!”  
 
Clegg then, went back to find Cameron and said to him; “David, I did some research, and I have the answer to that riddle.  If your mother and father have a child who is not your brother or your sister, the Child is Quasimodo!”

 

Cameron went red in the face, got up, stomped over to Clegg, and angrily yelled into his face, “No! You bloody idiot; it’'s Prince Charles!”

. . . AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS PRECISELY WHY nothing rings a bell with politicians!

The Silence is Deafening

I have posted this sermon before.  At this moment in time it is appropriate that such a strong and vibrant attack on mindless evasion should be made accessible to those who try, by doing nothing, to defend the indefensible, the Jim Sa Viles, the Blackpool Councillor Julian Majeur who has disappeared, many say thankfully, off the local radar, the Stuart Halls and all the others who do damage whilst promoting their own debased objectives.

At this moment there are brave people trying to correct a myriad of lies and deceit.  These are the Whistleblowers, themselves victimised and vilified for telling the truth.  The system permits intimidation and threats to silence those who want justice for their families and for others, whereas the real villains have the comfort of patronage and cronyism behind which they are able to conceal their evil.  

The problem is that the System ignores the Law and allows poor politicians and worse bureaucrats to continue with immunity even though they are incompetent.  The start line ought to be the Malfeasance in Public Office Laws which makes all officials and political figures accountable.

The fact that it is a rarely used safeguard tells us more about the ineffectiveness of the Police, the Law and Politicians in general and the naivety and ignorance of the people in particular.

The Silence is Deafening

Sermon by Very Rev. John da Costa, Anglican Dean of Salisbury

Clergymen, I am frequently told, should keep out of politics. I thoroughly agree. For this reason, I will not allow politics to be preached in this cathedral. Clergy have to be reconcilers. That is no easy job. A minister of religion who has well-known political views, and allows them to come to the fore, cannot reconcile, but will alienate others, and fail in the chief part of his ministry.  For this reason, I personally am surprised at there being two clergymen in the Executive Council. It is my sincere prayer that they can act as Christ’s ambassadors of reconciliation.
 My own ministry began in Ghana, where Kwame Nkrumah preached: "Seek ye first the political kingdom and all these things will be added to you." We know what became of Kwame Nkrumah. We are not to preach a political kingdom, but the kingdom of God.
 Clergy are usually in the middle, shot at from both sides. It is not an enviable role. Yet times come when it is necessary to speak out, and in direct and forthright terms, like trumpets with unmistakable notes. I believe that this is one such time.
 Nobody who holds sacred the dignity of human life can be anything but sickened at the events attending the crash of the Viscount Hunyani. Survivors have the greatest call on the sympathy and assistance of every other human being. The horror of the crash was bad enough, but that this should have been compounded by murder of the most savage and treacherous sort leaves us stunned with disbelief and brings revulsion in the minds of anyone deserving the name "human."
 This bestiality, worse than anything in recent history, stinks in the nostrils of Heaven. But are we deafened with the voice of protest from nations which call themselves "civilised"? We are not. Like men in the story of the Good Samaritan, they "pass by, on the other side."
 One listens for loud condemnation by Dr. David Owen, himself a medical doctor, trained to extend mercy and help to all in need.
 One listens and the silence is deafening.
 One listens for loud condemnation by the President of the United States, himself a man from the Bible-Baptist belt, and again the silence is deafening.
 One listens for loud condemnation by the Pope, by the Chief Rabbi, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, by all who love the name of God.
Again the silence is deafening.
 I do not believe in white supremacy. I do not believe in black supremacy either. I do not believe that anyone is better than another, until he has proved himself to be so. I believe that those who govern or who seek to govern must prove themselves worthy of the trust that will be placed in them.
 One looks for real leadership One finds little in the Western world: how much less in Africa?
 Who is to be blamed for this ghastly episode?
 Like Pontius Pilate, the world may ask "What is truth?" What is to be believed? That depends on what your prejudices will allow you to believe, for then no evidence will convince you otherwise.
 So who is to be blamed?
 First, those who fired the guns. Who were they? Youths and men who, as likely as not, were until recently in church schools. This is the first terrible fact. Men who went over to the other side in a few months were so indoctrinated that all they had previously learned was obliterated. How could this happen if they had been given a truly Christian education?
 Second, it is common knowledge that in large parts of the world violence is paraded on TV and cinema screens as entertainment. Films about war, murder, violence, rape devil-possession and the like are "good box-office". Peak viewing time is set aside for murderers from Belfast,, Palestine, Europe, Africa and the rest, to speak before an audience of tens of millions. Thugs are given full treatment, as if deserving of respect.
 Not so the victims' relations.
 Who else is to be blamed?
 The United Nations and their church equivalent, the WCC. I am sure they both bear blame in this. Each parade a pseudo-morality which, like all half-truths, is more dangerous than the lie direct. From the safety and comfort of New York and Geneva, high moral attitudes can safely be struck. For us in the sweat, the blood, the suffering, it is somewhat different.
 Who else? The churches? Oh yes, I fear so.
 For too long, too many people have been allowed to call themselves "believers" when they have been nothing of the kind. Those who believe must act. If you believe the car is going to crash, you attempt to get out. If you believe the house is on fire, you try to get help and move things quickly. If you believe a child has drunk poison, you rush him to the doctor. Belief must bring about action.
 Yet churches, even in our own dangerous times, are more than half-empty all the time. We are surrounded by heathens who equate belief in God with the Western way of life. In many war areas, Africans are told to "burn their Bibles". If this call was made to us, what sort of Bibles would be handed in? Would they be dog-eared from constant use; well-thumbed and marked? Would they be pristine in their virgin loveliness, in the same box in which they were first received?
 There are tens of millions of all races who call themselves believers, who never enter any house of prayer and praise. Many are folk who scream loudest against communism, yet do not themselves help to defeat these Satanic forces by means of prayer, and praise and religious witness.
 For, make no mistake, if our witness were as it ought to be, men would flock to join our ranks. As it is, we are by-passed by the world, as if irrelevant.
 Is anyone else to be blamed for this ghastly episode near Kariba? I think so.
 Politicians throughout the world have made opportunist speeches from time to time. These add to the heap of blameworthiness, for a speech can cause wounds which may take years to heal.
 The ghastliness of this ill-fated flight from Kariba will be burned upon our memories for years to come. For others, far from our borders, it is an intellectual matter, not one which affects them deeply. Here is the tragedy!
 The especial danger of Marxism is its teaching that human life is cheap, expendable, of less importance than the well-being of the State. But there are men who call themselves Christians who have the same contempt for other human beings, and who treat them as being expendable.
 Had we, who claim to love God, shown more real love and understanding, more patience, more trust of others, the churches would not be vilified as they are today. I have nothing but sympathy with those who are here today and whose grief we share. I have nothing but revulsion for the less-than-human act of murder which has so horrified us all.
 I have nothing but amazement at the silence of so many of the political leaders of the world. I have nothing but sadness that our churches have failed so badly to practise what we preach. May God forgive us all, and may he bring all those who died so suddenly and unprepared into the light of His glorious presence.
 Amen

Joey Blower - not joking - on Facebook

 

Joey Blower going viral on Facebook, as he highlights the lack of propriety in our lives.  

Well done, Joey.

Hope you have a Good Season at the Merry England - as usual :)

Notice to Appear - SPAM emails

Notice to Appear [custservice484@probateinheritancelawyers.com]

 Have received several emails purporting to be from a legal entity, but which, after some research, turns out to be spam mail.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, check you email contact lists, remove this or similar sites from your computers and – if you are using sophisticated anti virus, as I hope, you permanently block these sites from accessing your information.

All these emails addresses begin with Notice to Appear.  As I am in continual expectation of being dragged through the Courts for telling the truth, this comes as a bit of a disappointment that they are SPAM. Please do not be fooled into opening these emails as they DO contain malicious intent.

Have a nice day, Y’awl.

British soldier who sacrificed himself for Ulster

On a friends Facebook an ignorant female called my comrades and countrymen "Shankill butcherers", not knowing the first thing about my country and my people. I tried to relate the facts but the reception had clearly been turned off. Typical youthful bigotry and educated ignorance.

For my Pals left in the much maligned part of my Country, Ulster.

A Day of shame for HM Armed Forces?

 

While Sgt Alex Blackman remains in a prison,  I shall never support his jailers.

I clearly understand the legal ruling that says what he did was murder, but surely his legal team had the intelligence to argue that it was assisted suicide?

Death by Allied Soldier.

What the killing of a Taliban/Al Quiada makarangwa did; although I do understand that before Blair's illegally entrenched our troops in his illegal folly, they were completely separate entities: was to assist this murderer in fulfilling his mission.  The early entry into Heaven!!

When a heavily armed suicide terrorist sets out to murder you and all those you are charged with protecting, a soldier has but one option.  That is to prevent that intention by all means.

Sgt Blackman RM did his duty, like it or not.

Highfield, Squires Gate, Marton Pact Meeting

 The people of Highfield and South Shore deserve a better return on their taxes than the one they are getting at present.  At the bottom are the schedules for the next Pact Meeting.

I must also admit that I discovered this little gem by accident as it appears that some do not want popular public participation.
Please, turn out and have your penny-worth.

Councillors at Revoe and adjacent districts tried to gag some of the participants at the latest Revoe Meeting, without realising that modern acoustic equipment can and does secrete itself so easily, but records absolutely clearly.

The top picture is before the Courts decided that the Mosque breached planning laws.  The bottom is since and clearly shows the vehicles in use, the logos and signs for the Mosque and the complete livery.  What action has the council taken since the court ruling?  That is what the Council will not tell.


The down side of having access and information of malfeasance is that too many people, and the council appears to be complicit in this by the way it supports illegal CIC's.  An infamous one was fostered under the leadership of Cllrs Jim Houldsworth and now exposed and convicted paedophile Cllr Julien Majeur. The Council stuffed the Law Book up their backsides and poo poohed the Malfeasance Laws with the same disdain they reserve for those who see through their villainy.

Highfield, Stanley and Squires gate

Highfield Humanities College
Usually first Tuesday of the month
Date: 01/07/2014
Time: 18:00 PM

More Corruption in New South Africa

 For all those who call me racist, this is the corruption that happens when Parliament is not properly supervised and controlled - which always appears to happen when Labour gets into office in Westminster. It is not Racism to expose what is happening to the UK by comparing it to other countries where our kin live - but not for much longer if Zuma has his way.

And you thought Nkandla was bad !

The thievery of Krynaauwslust | News24

www.news24.com/MyNews24/The-thievery-of-Krynaauwslust-20140410

Krynaauwslust is a 4400 hectare farm near Vrede in the Freestate. The Freestate government has committed to spend R570 000 000.00 on a dairy farm on Krynaauwslust through a BEE company named Estina. Some of the expenses : * R2.6 million for the gate * R119 million for the actual dairy buildings * R2.5 million for spanners and tools * R6 million for dairy cows, etc etc. According to a very glossy, drummed up report by the Freestate Premier, Ace Magashule, Krynaauwslust will deliver 100 000 litres of milk per day out of the 370 dairy cows they bought. Or to be exact : 270 liters per cow per day. That is BLOODY AMAZIING!   Because that is more than 10 times the average that a dairy cow produces per day. If you drive to Krynaauwslust right now, you would smell something in the air. It is the carcasses of cows dying from hunger that are dumped in the ravine on the farm. About 65 are dead already. The BEE company is legit and registered to this address : Block A, Grayston Ridge Office Park in Sandton. When you pay a visit this address, you will find some other interesting people also have offices in that block. Namely: 1. Duduzane Zuma: Our beloved president`s son. 2. Mabengela Pty (Ltd) : Our beloved Gupta family`s company. 3. Thsepo Magashule: Our beloved Freestate Premier`s son. How much more blatant a reason do you need to impeach him? This is shocking, but what can you and I do about it, apart from our vote ? Let each of us pass these messages on a worldwide basis  ; as the RSA cannot sustain this flagrant and blatant fraud ;  theft  ; robbery ;  lies ; corruption and bullsh*t any longer by the ANC government  !!!!

Free Speech

When you get a quiet moment just listen to another sound other than denial.

A short HISTORY lesson - especially for those who never served...

Ever wonder what happens when you forget history or are nationally arrogant?

 

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.

DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded "Does that include those who are buried here?"

 

You could have heard a pin drop 

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?'

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:

'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply
Emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day,
They can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A Royal Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, the English learn only English.

He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'

Without hesitating, the British Admiral replied,
'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, South Africans, and Americans arranged it

so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop. 

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his hand luggage.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Englishman said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it.."
"Impossible. You English always have to show your passports on arrival in France !"
The English senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained,

''Well, when I came ashore at Gold Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country,

I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.

 

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If you are proud to be British, American, Canadian, Australian, South African, or a New Zealander pass this on!

If not, find another blog.

Charities caught in crossfire of Labour's muddling.

 

 There has to be repercussions after such a virulent meeting as that of the Revoe Pact Group on Wednesday.  If it has impacted on the chances of moneys being found for the brilliant organisations within the Real Charity Sector, then that culpability has to fall squarely on the shoulders of the Council, the elected councillors and those who tried to silence dissent.   

 It is not alright for the likes of Councillor Jones, who lives somewhere outside of Blackpool proper, to try to silence angry residents by false accusations of belittling councillors.  Councillors do that to themselves as Sweet Shop Fred managed when he said, quote, “I am only giving you an honest reply.”  From the person who holds the Portfolio for Redevelopment?  What are you redeveloping, Fred?  Labour membership?

1.                It was not a reply.  He was trying to practise political speech; a touch of showmanship for the other Labour inserts to applaud.  Sorry Fred, but you have to be far more rehearsed at such theatricals to get away with blatant polemics.  The result of your intervention served only to prove to most in that audience just what so many have believed to be true for a long time, that you are an incompetent puppet.  Leave the invectives to that snarling poodle Cllr Jones.

  

The only redeeming factor was that the Charities withdrew the children once the real agenda was met. These people and organisations need all the assistance the public can provide for it is a certainty the Labour Administration will be blaming Westminster for their own inadequacies.

No Labour!  You are supposedly in charge in Blackpool.  Do your duty and stop blaming everyone except yourselves.