Bob Geldof’s approach to political issues contrasted with his stated ambitions regarding world poverty is the equivalent of putting chicken in a baking dish and expecting steak pie: misconceived. He expects to deal with a problem (poverty) using a certain key solution (socialism) and looks to that solution to straighten out the problem. [...]
I don’t normally do forwards…. or this kind of post. But, in a departure for me and for a cheap libertarian laugh:
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In the year 2005, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, “Once again, the earth has become wicked and I see the end of all [...]
Today, if you are a TV License Fee payer, you should be feeling extremely pissed off. What did you get for your OBLIGATORY license fee today? The license fee that you pay under threat of jail for doing nothing other than watching television? The BBC: funded at gunpoint? (I love writing [...]
1) Seems that the United States federal government are “stiffing” us again with spending of over $2,000,000,000.00 on viagra for the elderly and disabled. VIAGRA. Now that’s a ‘hard’ pill to swallow.
2) On energy policy - Monbiot had a piece (”Junk Science”) in the Guardian last week testifying to how right [...]
Mr Mulgan,
Your piece in today’s Guardian entitled “Anti-politics†was intriguing. Not because of the premise that prompted it, which was that “Modern electorates simply do not like governments†- I agree. What I found intriguing was that you call this “the bad news!â€
You go on to suggest that the freshly re-elected Labour government [...]
