A few years ago after I’d come back from my year abroad in London I had the itch to move to a big city like New York. I mentioned this to my parents and my mother replied ‘why don’t you move somewhere that they’re not trying to blow up.’ I thought fair point, I’ll go [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2007
I wish I had executive privilege
So the US Senate has subpoenaed the White House for documents relating to internal White House communications relating to the firing of federal prosecutors being sacked, allegedly, only because they were unwilling to go along with White House politics. See here and here. You know, I wish I had ‘executive privilege.’ While obviously I highly [...]
Stupidity at its utmost
I was browsing through CNN.com today and came across the rather strange headline of Mitt Romney’s cruel canine vacation. Seeing as it was to do with a candidate for President, I thought I’d have a look. I am not a member of PETA nor (as most who’ve been reading this blog for a while know) am [...]
Farewell Tony Blair
Well, today was the day Britain said goodbye to the longest-serving Prime Minister, one Tony Blair. For all of his faults and Bush sycophancy, I liked Blair. I have to admit I even had a bit of a crush on him. When I saw him walk through the cafe of the Greater London Authority a [...]
Chevelle
The regular Glastonbury festival has got me thinking about music and how much I want to see two bands in particular live. They are Chevelle and Evanescence. Chevelle are virtually unknown in the UK so I feel it necessary to do my best to change this. I have added a link to their website in [...]
For my mother
Seeing as there have been fewer posts recently due mostly to my new job, this one is especially for my mother. Think of it as a DJ request at your local club or radio station. For all to listen and enjoy, I give you the John Boy and Billy Show ‘Happy Boy Song’. They’re good [...]
Do fish have feelings? Um, NO!
Oh my God I hate Peta, I hate them so so much. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about in this world, apparently, we now have to ensure we take a fish’s feelings into account. A little while ago, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched its Empathy Project, a campaign designed [...]
Officially supporting Obama (thanks mom)
My mother sent me an email today to ask if I’d heard about it. It’s one of those forwarded ones that go around about Presidential candidates. This one was about Barack Obama and claimed he had attended Wahabi and fundamentalist Muslim schools in Jakarta, Indonesia when he was young. After doing a bit of research [...]
If only it were mine…
I went out last night for dinner with my new London Elects colleagues. It was nice. There are only nine of us so it’s easy to get to know everyone. I was sat across from our Communications Manager, Matt, and we were discussing American politics after he found out I was from Arkansas (Bill Clinton, [...]
Bushism
I just ran across this fantastic Bushism in a Comment by Sydney Blumenthal on the Guardian website. In Rome, on June 9, a reporter asked Bush about setting a deadline for Kosovo’s independence. “What? Say that again?” “Deadline for the Kosovo independence?” “A decline?” “Deadline, deadline.” “Deadline. Beg your pardon. My English isn’t very good.” Bush [...]