I can’t help but wonder to myself how Alistair Darling came into power in England, We are talking about a man who seems to have no sense of the fact that the economy rises and falls, that inflation goes up and down
Today all the papers were in uproar about the 2p increase in fuel taxes in England (Which several months ago they were thanking gordon brown for postponing till later in the year). Gordon brown proceeded to say that taxes were not the problem but that the cost of Fuel Globally must be tackled.
Now, hang on a second Gordon. The average price of fuel in 2007 was 95.1p per litre, thats high yes, but not as high as the 63.7p Duty which is included in that cost.
Without Gordons tax, which at one point drove Fuel Duty to 81.5% of fuel cost, we would be paying a measly 31.4 pence per litre in fuel.
Now What Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling do not seem to want to take into account is that the myriad of taxes in this country has stifled our economy. Fuel Costs especially have destroyed many businesses as their costs have rose above customer income. Taxis, once a fairly good way of getting around have seen prices sky rocket, and transportation companies are failing nationwide.
But yet despite the current take government is getting from Fuel, well over two thirds of what you pay at the pump, high fuel prices are apparently not Gordons Fault.
Think of it like this, if everything you took to the till tripled in cost when you paid for it would you be happy?
Hell No!
When you looked at the price on your goods and then asked the cashier why the cost was 3 times that of the actualy price what wouldyou think if she said it was the basic cost rising, even though she was the one who put the cost up by so much?
While I am not a vindictive person it is fairly obvious even to me that the people running the UK need to take a good long hard look at themselves and then jump off the nearest cliff.
Never in all my life have I seen a level of political and economical incompetency equal to that of our government system.
They actually say, and I quote,
“a moratorium would mean missing out on an opportunity to make carbon savings now and reneging on commitments on which biofuels producers had made investments.”
This is basically saying, we can make carbon savings now that make us look good, and we do not disappoint the farmers who have made investments in biofuel production, for instance those that have spent money burning the rainforest. Don’t worry about THOSE carbon emissions, they do not count towards our quota.
Yes despite the fact their policies are cutting down rainforest which naturally reduces carbon tehy are pressing ahead to meet their own political targets. Well done Environmentalists, Carbon is scientifically provennot to cause global warming but your own unsupported theories that you have pushed to public prominence have taken focus from the worlds real issues and now mean that we are suffering. Food prices have tripled, thousands more are dieing from hunger and one of the worlds greatest resources the Rainforest, is not even being cut down, but burned to make way for ethanol crops.
Gordon Brown, Labours most recent stumbling bumbling sock puppet has said that he will look into the situation pending a government review into wether the ethanol subsidies and standards they have set (ie all fuel must have a minimum 5, rising to 10% by 2010 ethanol mix) are causing damage to the environment and starvation in thirdworld countries.
First off, do you really need a government review to see food prices have tripled, or that one in five farms previously used for food is now producing fuel. Do you really need a government review to see the riots happening because countries can no longer afford food?
On the other hand the National Farms Union (Whos members are now raking in fantastic profits for no extra cost) representative Peter Kendal said that Biofuels represent the only practical Energy alternative for replacing fossil fuels in transport. Allthough it is interesting to see that he did not mention electric, which can produce fast cars that travel for hundreds of miles on one charge.
Its re-assuring to know that he is infact jsut an idiot when later he says Biofuels are not the only solution to climate change but only part of a package.
This tpic gets me so wound up, Global warming isn’t going to destroy this world but the people in charge might, tehy do not look at the consequences of their actions, they follow whats popular and they do not fight for their cause. New Labour? Pah it doesnt even support the labour classes. The Green Party? They are responsible for a twofold increase in the speed the rainforest is being demolishe, the liberal party? They want to increase the classification of drugs and restrict our freedoms.
The Conservatives, well they just seem to be what every other party is becoming in order to buy votes.
Cannabis is one of the worlds most readily available and commonly used illegal drugs on the worldwide market. Most people have at sometime tried it, and if they havn’t they will almost certainly know someone who has. Last year cannabis was lowered from a class B to a class C drug at the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs or ACMD. Their reasoning was that cannabis was a relatively none harmful drug and that more concentration should be focussed on the more hardcore narcotics available. This year Gordon Brown asked for a review of this, since he has always been against the drug, the ACMD reiterated their statement however and in a rash move Gordon Brown, someone who is meant to listen to the advice of the boards he set up, decided to ignore their recommendation. This is coming from a man who has half a cabinet admitting they have tried marijuana.
Now who is the real dope. Cannabis has a relaxing effect, and while scientists have claimed its use can incerease the chance of schizophreniaby 40% the total number of cases related to Marijuana smoking has not topped 800 cases in the UK, out of around 60.5 million people.
Now compare that to the number of drinking related incidents and issues caused by cancer, not to mention fatty food problems, and the estimated thousands of deaths of starvation in third world countries caused by loss of farmland to ethanol fuel consumption which is being mandated by US and European Laws and suddenly you ask yourself, is the risk really that high?
Put ontop of this the medically proven benefits of cannabis (Which they are constantly trying to recreate without the pleasure for medicinal purposes) and the health problem part seems to become a bit suspicious. especially when you consider the thousands upon thousands who regularly use Cannabis as pain relief. I personally didnt think this was such a big thing till my mothers doctor actually suggested she find a dealer to supply cannabis for her back pain. The truth of the matter is that it is being suggested as pain relief because it is bloody good at it!
Now the government, anti drug lobbys and those with an analy high moral code can all complain as much as they like about how bad cannabis consumption is. But I will, and always will maintain that the average bod on the street needs something to escape, be it be a cigarette, alchol, low key drugs or even, heaven forbid, religion. People are willing to risk a little bit occasionally for a bit of fun, you could risk a broken ankle playing football or a broken neck off-piste skiing, but without these things life would be boring.
So why is Cannabis banned apart from the health side effects?
The two main reasons are crime and its role as a step onto harder drugs. Both I think can be argued.
Crime. The crime part of this has two aspects, first the money made goes to crimanals (Which wouldn’t happen if it was legalised) and second it drives people to steal for their fix. Now this I would argue against, sure some people get heavily hooked on cannabis, but I would say the percentage of people stealing for a cannabis addiction is significantly lower than that of alcohol.
Then there is the step onto harder drugs question. Now this is in some cases true, but in my experience the people who go from cannabis to harder druggs would have done so soon enough with or without cannabis. While it certainly increases a persons exposure to the world of drugs this would become much less apparant if it was legalised.
It has been announced in France that they will not arrest or even caution anyone smoking cannabis in the upcoming football games. They will however be out in force actively breathalising fans and reusing them entry if they are believed to be drunk. This to me is a clear indication that neither health nor crime is the real issue, since here marijuana is being used to reduce violent crime in the streets of Paris.
God damn the English system is screwed!
It seems as if the new English Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is currently looking to be incredibly short lived in his post. Today he revealed he was going to disregard the advise of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, set up specifically for the role of classifying drugs and their risks on society.
So if Gordon Brown is going to disregard the advice of those who actually know about the subject (Rather like Tony Blair in the recent wars we have entered) Why are we paying hundreds of thousands to keep these bodies in existence?
Now don’t get me wrong, I like the people in charge to have strog opinions and convictions. I think its a good thing that we have people with a strong sense that tehy are doing the right thing in charge. However I do think these people should look at information presented to tehm and base their stance according to that.
This year I will be voting conservative.
I quite liked Scott Adams take on the current presidential candidates in the US. In it he reports how every presidential candidate is backing Ethanol in fuel. However every major scientific group is pointing out that Ethanol, which cannot be piped, so needs to be flown or driven to destination, is responsible for massive rainforest destruction (Since 20% of american farms now use their farms for feul production more rainforest is being cut down to accomodate), and gives out as much pollution as normal gasoline per distance travelled is actually not such a good idea.
If you are voting in people who are that ignorant how in gods name do you expect them to make informed decisions on important issues?
So today the English Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy got together to discuss a great relationship between the two countries. This may have been sparked by our sudden wish to buy nuclear power stations from them, or maybe the fact that we are heavily subsidising French farmers.
But whatever the reason for this olive branch of frendship the two glorious leaders of the once conflicted nations have brought in some fantastic new ideas to bring the two countries across the channel closer together.
First off, they are going to put some serious money in scanning for nuclear material being transported across the French and English Border crossings. This is great news for the Dutch who will now enjoy a boom as all the nuclear bombers that flock to England every year will have to find another route.
Tightening the immigration controls of Calais was also on the menu. Nicholas Sarkozy even went as far to say they may build a fence around the port.
A greater pooling of military resources was being discussed, this will greatly increase Britains ability to retreat under fire, or more likely giving more cover for the French to retreat under.
All in all this meeting seemed to promise a great deal of fuck all, the French will however be helping us Brits out by showing us how to deal with nuclear technology. Therefore expect unannouced missile tests to happen off our coasts in the near future.
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