WomanistRants from a Jamaican British Woman Sunday, October 01, 2006WomanistOh my God! John Reed for prime minister. That loudmouth, arrogant, lecturing, egotistical .........I think Reed would be a fail safe person to ensure that a Labour Government is never returned to power. The Tories must be clapping their little blue paws in glee at such a hideous possibility. The man would be lucky to get too Muslim votes after his condescending lecture to Muslim parents encouraging them to spy on their children. Didn't hear anyone asking Irish parents to spy on their children when young IRA terrorists were blowing people up Northern Ireland and England. Never heard government appealing to the parents of BNP members who went around attacking and even murdering Black people. It has to be highly convenient that this government is apparently allowing a few hothead young people who have Muslim tagged to their identity to dictate the foreign policies of this country, amongst other things like changing fundamental principles of law and generally harrasing vast numbers of Muslim people. What really is the hidden agenda? I was also fascinated by credit given to the converted Muslim who heckled Reed. 'Delroy' as I prefer to call him probably know as much about Islam as I know about why someone like John Reed believes more than 3 people would want to see him a prime minister of this country. I suspect 'Delroy' is nothing but an agent provocuteur, bought in to help Reed make his point. I have a feeling that the Muslims born and bred who were present took exception to the upstart trying to high jack the time that they could have usefully use to tell John Reed what they thought of his bullying tactics. .: posted by womanist 4:34 AMI've been trying to find out who actually own my car. I certainly bought it. I remember that. I taxed it. I serviced it. I insured. I upkeep it. But do I really own it? Having duly had it MOT'd. Then pay nearly £200 for road tax, a huge amount of money for insurance, I now have to pay £50 to park the thing outside my front door on the road. I thought I was already paying road tax for driving and parking on the road, but apparently not. Since I now have to pay more money for parking outside my house, another £50 for parking at work. I can't of course park the same car in two places at the same time, so I am screwed. If I stop at my local shop to pick up a pint of milk, it will cost me between 30 and 60 pence to park for a few minutes. If I stop in certain boroughs to adjust my seat, I am likely to lift up my head to see a traffic warden, camera and ticket at the ready. If I accidentally lose my way and stray into a bus lane as I did yesterday having mistakenly took the wrong turning to get over London bridge that will probably be £100 fine. I am waiting with bated breath for the fine to pop in the post. It was of course a genuine mistake and I turned around as soon as I could safely do so, but drivers are not allowed to make any kind of mistake anymore. In fact drivers are more likely to get away with driving whilst drunk and running over a passerby and killing them than they are to get away with straying accidentally into a bus lane. I guess there's no money in it for the government if knock a cyclist down or run over someone crossing the road. I wouldn't mind if drivers were being taxed in order to get them off the road. I completely agree with the congestion charge and I do agree that it is the job of local authorities to ensure that drivers don't just randomly park their cars, particularly in place where it is unsafe for other drivers and pedestrians. But of course that's not what local authorities are about. They're about making maximum income out of car owners. Go up to Cricklewood in London and you will see what I mean. Brent council have actually drawn parking bays halfway on the road and halfway on the pavement. There's is no need for that kind of greed. There are no residential properties where these road markings are and a nearby store has its own parking. Its hard to imagine just how much money local authorities are making out of drivers. And just look at some of our roads and pavements. What exactly are they spending the money on? And whoever owns my car, can you please own up because I am certainly not getting value for money out of it. .: posted by womanist 3:48 AMWhy is the British public so overwhelmed with Tony's goodbye goodbye goodbye ....................speech? Being a good orator does not excuse the fact that he joined Bush in starting an illegal war in Iraq. The man is an actor, and I for one wouldn't be surprise to see him starring in a Hollywood movie in a few years time. Perhaps his first movie could be called 'Tony. My Super Ego'. .: posted by womanist 3:43 AMSo the CIA and British Intelligence are agreed that the Iraqi conflict has been a catalyst in radicalizing young Muslims. They agree that there are now more terrorists than ever before and that the world has become a less safe place post Iraq. What a surprise! .: posted by womanist 3:33 AM |
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