Harry Potter.

A long article in the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, ran the headline: "The double face of Harry Potter" it said it was "wrong to compare Rowling's books with the other childrens greats such as Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia."
The attack comes after the Potter series was also slammed by Pope Benedict XVI who said the seven books contained "subtle seductions that undermined children's religious development by blurring the line between good and evil."

Nice one there, Benedict!

Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Jean-Marie Le Pen the rightist French Nationalist has been invited to Dublin to address The Law Society at University College which has apparently 'caused a storm'.
Why so? Are not the EU and its member countries supposed to be democratic? Does not democracy allow all the rights to free speech?
I hold no brief for rightwingers as my attacks on them on this Blog are easily found.
The main reason the Blog has the title it does is because the left are infinitely more dangerous as they are the ones who are currently holding the reins of power in politics, education and so much of the media.Their soundbite propaganda is working!
DO remember that in the first 85 years of the 20th century leftists and marxists were responsible for 164 million deaths [Le Figaro] which even puts the horrors of the Nazis into the shade.

Seriously, why are there not similar outbursts when leftists speak? The left today has become more anti-semitic than even the hard right. [I note Ken Livingstone's behaviour with more than a little suspicion.]


LINK: http://euobserver.com/9/25485/?rk=1

Knife crime.

Strange that knife crime has increased threefold in youngsters since Labour took power; 482 such crimes in 1997 to 1,265 in 2006 recorded against 10 to 17 year olds. [Remember - these are just the REPORTED ones.]
Why should this be?
Clearly it is Maggie Thatcher's doing from way back in the 1980s AND has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the absence of discipline and the proliferation of unrealistic court disposals which have multiplied under this government.

Evil unpunished.

Susan Collins' life has been ruined by a 22 year old thug who stamped on her face when she refused him a cigarette.
He has been jailed 'indefinitely' but as this would infringe his [sub]human rights under Euro legislation, it is inevitable that a release timetable is already being planned.
Two minor points here:
He has been in serious trouble since the age of six and Liberal Democrats and many Labour supporters are falling over themselves to raise the age of criminal responsibility. I despair in the face of such folly.
Secondly, Nicholas Hague had just been released from jail for helping KICK A MAN TO DEATH!
His sentence had been 18 months for manslaughter in September 2005. So not only was the sentence 25 years too short in the first place, he was still released early!
When can we begin to have some justice in our society?
Truly, this man should never see freedom again before his 70th birthday - I predict that he will be out kicking and stamping in under three years.

NHS in the best hands?

"Although mortality rates have been getting better for the past 25 years, the improvement has actually slowed since Labour injected an extra £34billion into the NHS."


LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=508926&in_page_id=1797

Fast or slow - same conclusion.

We read so many embittered members of the hard left griping that the present government is NOT socialist.
Socialism is just a form of marxism which takes longer to achieve.
Let us examine the differences, then:
Marxism/socialism is a system where the state is always deemed to know best; tries to maximise centralist control; will brook no dissent; operates thought control; manipulates language; rewrites history; reduces personal freedoms and treats its people like either children or cattle whilst lining the nests of the Orwellian 'pigs in high places'.
Okay then. Tell me again, what were those differences between New Labour and Old Labour?

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Mr Hain.

It rather begs a question when our beloved PM has to support his odious protege, Peter Hain, by explaining that 'there is no problem really, it is just that he is incompetent'.
Can you guess what that question might be?

[Sorry. No prizes!]

A call for sanity - from a judge!

"A judge warned yesterday that an obsession with rights had created a society "bedevilled by feral youth".
Judge Ian Trigger spoke out amid a wave of anger over the murder of devoted family man Garry Newlove in a vicious gang attack.
He also attacked the policy of releasing violent offenders on bail - the case with the ringleader of the gang who kicked 47-year-old Mr Newlove to death outside his Warrington home. "

From me - WELL DONE, YOUR HONOUR!

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508877&in_page_id=1770

UPDATE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=510623&in_page_id=1770

Challenge Christianists!

We need a new word in the English language. We need EVERY Christian to begin calling every piece of anti-Christian writing, broadcasting, speech and legislation CHRISTIANIST.
We have no real need in the language for silly words such as racist, ageist, sexist, islamist etc.
So why all these definitions originating from the liberal left when Christ told us that all we need to do is "Love our neighbour"?
These -ist words have been part of the grand plan to control us, our minds and what we say. They have precious little to do with the groups being protected. Well then.
They can have some back and see if they feel embarrassed, humiliated and belittled if they happen to say the wrong thing!
DOWN WITH CHRISTIANISM!
[Until we get the word established, may I suggest that we always hyphenate it in written form, thus ...Christian-ist.]

Could YOU make it up?

Gordon Brown has promised to end the development of useless laws and rules that do no good in the name of health and safety.
But he has been criticised after his first move to cut red tape was to set up another quango.
SIGH!



LINK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508705&in_page_id=1770

Housing - the facts!

So. No pressure on the housing shortage from recent immigrants, eh?




"In total, five per cent of council and housing association homes are let to foreigners.
According to official figures, the average cost of providing new social housing is £133,941 per home.
The Government contributes an average £62,000 of taxpayers' cash and the rest comes from developers or social landlords.
The document, written by Joanne Roney of Sheffield City Council, said difficulties could arise if arrivals move into areas with little experience of immigrants. "
Immigrants occupy one in every 15 homes in England, according to an official report.
Foreign nationals live in almost 1.5million homes, of which 310,000 are council houses.
They have also purchased 570,000 houses and privately rent a further 600,000.

So, in total we have lost about 6.6% of our housing stock to this government's madness.

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508657&in_page_id=1770

Point at the wrong target - AGAIN!

Precisely what evidence is there that binge drinking results from supermarket special offers as opposed to the government's failure to punish alcohol-related offences and their absurd free-for-all licensing hours revolution?

As with the climate change nonsense, they are sniffing the possibility of yet another tax hike.

Against rocketing inflation they want to add to the cost of living to a majority of people.

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508733&in_page_id=1770

Lights and Bushels.

I remember my grandfather, who had been a farm foreman, explaining to me that a bushel was a measure - a bin or basket - of specific volume, and never one of weight. [Apparently, the quality of the corn in a bushel determines the weight and it can vary considerably.]
Jesus spoke about Christians not 'hiding their light under a bushel'. In this He was referring to the fact that you cannot be a 'secret Christian' and let us be honest, there are great numbers of people who refer to their 'faith as a private matter'.
Sorry. That is NOT an option.

Mark 8:38: "Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Hats off to Mr Dell!

Letter sent yesterday to Hans Gert Pottering. President of the European Parliament.

Sir,

I refer to your description of the protest which took place in the "European Parliament" on 12th December 2007.

"This was an infringement of freedom of speech and a breach of parliament's rules of procedure" - Hans-Gert Pöttering .

Coming from someone like yourself who has been instrumental in forcing the Treaty of Lisbon upon the citizens of Europe without consultation and without their consent is hypocritical in the extreme. These Members were EXCERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

I understand that you are seeking to "fine" those MEPs who took part in the demonstration, for "behaving in an unacceptable manner".

The only thing "Unacceptable is the way that the citizens of Europe have been treated by your Unelected and unaccountable Junta who wish to impose a system of government upon sovereign nations without the consent of the people..

If the behaviour of these MEPs was so unacceptable, why were the cameras in the auditorium turned off? Why did ushers try to seize cameras from MEP's assistants? and why was there no coverage of the incident in the media? Free Speech? Not in the European Union.

Two Nations, France and The Netherlands rejected the Treaty/Constitution in 2005, but your ruling clique and their national governments have ignored Democracy in those countries.

I demand a referendum in ALL countries before my own system of democracy is replaced by the EU's SOVIET style government.

Those demonstrating on 12th December were acting as my representatives. Any attempt to discipline those involved will simply reinforce what we already know about your corrupt and undemocratic institution.

If you wish to avoid further demonstrations of this kind, perhaps you should campaign and encourage the leaders of ALL nations in the EU to honour their obligation to ASK THE PEOPLE before giving away their ability to govern themselves to an unelected oligarchy.

The People will only have respect for your institution when it shows respect for them.

Robert D Dell

British Subject.

Trade unions - what are they for?

Please think. When did you last see evidence of a trade union operating for the benefit of its workers? - Now read this!



Although only [ ? ] 270,000 work permits have been granted to non-EU nationals in the last three years, almost 900,000 of the numbers have been issued.
Just 755 work permits were issued to those from Ghana between January 2004 and April 2007. But 21,300 got NI numbers. ?????



So just why are virtually all the trade unions enshrouded in silence whilst their own members are being: a] Forced out of jobs b] Seeing their wages undercut by immigrants and c] Put into a position where longterm unemployment for their memberships is threatened?

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?
in_article_id=508448&in_page_id=1770

BUT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508935&in_page_id=1770

Fear of crime.

No doubt you will have heard the oft-quoted expression - usually on the BBC - "The fear of crime is worse than crime itself."
Cunning, isn't it? When you stop and think - what a marvellous way to con the public that crime is NOT spiralling out of control!

What it means is that WE are wrong to be in fear of crime. No matter that crime has increased by 1,100% in my lifetime - that is barely relevant.

Rather than tackle the crime, it is our perceptions which will need to be undermined and sadly, there are always some who fall prey to these wicked soundbites - and not always those you would consider to be amongst the most gullible.

Who is responsible? - The usual suspects!

NSPCC.

So, apparently the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) believes that the EU Lisbon Treaty is a significant step to "protect children and promote their rights in the United Kingdom".
I for one shall NOT stop supporting them! I had already stopped when they lost the ability to tell the difference between the legitimate chastisement of children and abuse.
They have long been on my list of charities to avoid because of liberal left attitudes.

Two-faced Jacqui Smith.

"Last month, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith promised a "robust" approach to immigration, in which all new arrivals would be forced to "play by the rules."
A memo from the enforcement director at the Border and Immigration Agency, leaked to the Mail, tells a different story.
In it, Jonathan Lindley gives secret instructions to the agency's six regional directors to halt deportation proceedings against foreign students who overstay their visas and to concentrate instead on "high priority cases."

What could I possibly say?

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_article_id=506693&in_page_id=1787

Greenpeace.

It is not very often that the sandal-wearing tree-huggers of Greenpeace will gain an accolade from me but all credit to them for having "chased off the flagship of the Japanese whaling fleet from their hunting grounds in Antarctica." [I do always try to give full credit where due.]
Well done!




LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?
in_article_id=508111&in_page_id=1811
PRISONER.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=508342&in_page_id=1811&ct=5

The Bishop of Oxford - again!

I do not know if you are familiar with the Right Reverend John Pritchard, the wretched, Bishop of Oxford.
If there is ever an anti-Christian bandwagon for him to leap on - he seems to find it unerringly.
There is major concern from many residents in Oxford, who have not only had a large and unwanted mosque foisted on them by sellout local politicians but now face the prospect of their [?] Council permitting three daily muslim calls to prayer to be broadcast by loudspeakers, each lasting a full two minutes.

The idea has gained support from the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, who last week said those in opposition to the idea should "relax" and "enjoy community diversity".

Bail lunacy KILLS.

A witness to a murder has been slaughtered by a police officer who then committed suicide.
The woman was his mother-in-law and we can only assume that he was the man who had calculatedly murdered his wife.
This man was ON BAIL!
You only have to watch Crimewatch to see how many of their presented 'bail bandits' are accused of the most heinous of crimes.
When you do not have enough prison places and you have a liberal left attitude to criminals - such things are inevitable.
It is far more important to look after the interests of the accused and offenders than the rights of you and me!



LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=507964&in_page_id=1770&ct=5