As I’ve mentioned before, official comments on the ideas of those who don’t accept official explanations are too often limited to personal abuse and/or condescending rhetoric. This morning I read in our local newspaper (government propaganda journal) a report by an official of some UN climate body saying that those who didn’t acknowledge man-made global warming can obtain from him a bucket of sand so they can carry it around and stick their heads in it whenever necessary. He obviously carries around a heavily used one himself; the only difference is that he’s being forced to stick his head into his.
There was another article (yes, the trillionth) by some clot saying that it couldn’t understand why intelligent people in the healthcare business wouldn’t take the swine flu vaccines. The argument is that they are a danger to others and should be ashamed. No, the government should be ashamed for promoting and spreading these largely untested, poisonous concoctions under false pretenses, which while not even guaranteeing prevention, can cause severe disorders themselves. Of course, I have my head in the sand now so you won’t hear this.
It used to be considered beneficial to consider all sides of any argument before making (especially important) decisions but this no longer seems to apply to governments and their advisers. This denial reeks of hidden agendas and cannot fail to fire the imagination of those outsiders who, luckily, can still think intelligently.
My guess is that governments no longer care whether or not their spokesmen appear as cretins, because their plans are proceeding exceedingly well anyway, thank you very much, and there’s not a damned thing we sand people can do about it. Well perhaps not, though some are trying their best.
I want to be President of the European Union. Well, I mean, if Tony Blair is a possible candidate why can’t I be? Do I have your vote? Of course, it probably won’t mean much but it would make a point.
Sand sculptures
November 13, 2009 by Jan Freeman

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Thank you Bindiya. I’m sure the content applies, at least to some extent, to your wonderful country and its friendly people. Good luck with your blog.
Is it unjust; Yes. Are the proverbial “they” winning? No, they have already won. All it takes is for free thinking intelligent people to do nothing because ‘they do not want the job’ or are afraid of the consequences. Most people can look at an issue and see the prevailing arguments. They then will look around and see if anyone offers advice of any sort to include in their deliberation. Once all those witnessing have stepped back with narry a word the person making the decision is confounded by the seeming simplicity of the task and questions underlying implications of same… the decision-making process has begun, this is how we all manage our lives and it is an effective and developed system provided by (in my humble opinion) the ultimate authority. (Call it God, Buddha, evolution or what you will we know what we are talking about…) the problem with politics as I see it is that at the moment wherein which the decision maker is most susceptible to influence there are those who do not step back with the crowd, instead the lobbyist or official in someones pocket (depending on where you are) are standing there with a shit eating grin and a little white envelope looking to invoke their own or their masters will. The end product of this is a conditioning of persons who volunteer for these ‘decision maker’ positions. We end up filtering out those who honestly want to help (it is not worth the effort you see..) and instead get those with a shit eating grin wider and teeth brighter than the lobbyist with one hand extended to receive their newest envelope and the other protectively covering their bulging pocket already filled with identical envelops. The solution? I do not have a solution but a suggestion that perhaps with a little working and thinking (with a sociological perspective) might work… round them all up, completely expose all of their wrongdoings, line them up in front of the capital building, invite the media & machine-gun them… After the smoke clears and the blood is cleaned pass new legislation that makes the death penalty mandatory for any politician convicted of any wrongdoing within their capacity as a politician. Perhaps that would flip the filter over? Yeah, its extreme.
Desperate circumstance call for desperate measures.
Hi Steve,
Well, you’ve graphically summed up the situation. I hope “they” get the message about possible retribution.