US TV

I know that many bemoan the quality of american tv, and indeed it is true that there is much crap to be seen, but we are hardly in a position to comment. Upon returning to my hotel last night I was flipping through the channels and came across the shere unmitigate dross that is Last of the summer wine. It is bad enough that the tv tax is used to supplement these old timers pensions in this way, but to send it off around the world is a great disservice to our nation.

That said, I've just got bake from graceland, so I reckon we're still a few points ahead.

US election

People like me spend a lot of time talking about freedom, and it is something worth talking about. Occasionally however I see something which leaves me at a loss for words.
The following clip shows why we should be praying that our american cousins do the sensible thing this tuesday rather than the fashionable thing.



(hat tip Donal Blaney)

Wonderful Sentiment

I saw a delightful sentiment expressed in someone's signature on a forum today (alas I forget exactly where.)

Leftwing moonbats are like Slinkies. They aren't much good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when they're pushed down the stairs.

Canada stays the course.

Stephen Harper has been re-elected in Canada with an increased presence, although still short of a majority.

With a few results still in doubt, the tories have gained nearly twenty seats, and the ndp about ten, confining the liberals to a few (about 75) bastions in the inner cities and the maritimes.

It seems that with all the uncertainties in the world, the canadians have decided against the greenshift with its inherent tax hikes.

All power to their elbows, and if Harper can avoid offending the quebecers he might get a majority next time.

IRA lose €200,000,000

There's an article in the Irish Times (hat tip Guido) which says the IRA have lost about €200,000,000 (£160,000,000 in proper money.) Which they had invested on Wall Street.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people.

Welcome to the socialist distopia.

There's a blogpost on the Telegraph website about Derek Simpson (general secretary of Unite) calling on the government to prevent the banks it owns/controls from repossessing houses where the mortgage is in default.

It is easy to dismiss this as something which won't happen, but it is hard to see the unions not making further demands of a similar nature, and as the same post points out, 40% of Labour's second quarter fundraising came from Unite alone. For how long will Brown be able to resist their demands.

I'm just glad that my money is with a bank which isnt taking up Mr Brown's largesse.

Who's paranoid now?

I almost fell off my chair while reading Guido yesterday when I saw a story about the government using anti terror legislation to freeze the accounts of an Icelandic bank. My ghast was further flabbered lasty night when John Denham attempted to defend the move on Question Time by claiming that they didn't know if the bank were going to be acting illegally.

Every time the government wants to pass some piece of draconian terror legislation, invariably pissing all over our liberty, they ridicule those of us who object, claiming that we are paranoid and that it is silly to think the laws would ever be used against anyone other han terrorists.

This is yet another example added to the list of octagenarian protestors, careless rubbisher binners and eager p[arents looking for a good school for their kids, of people with no whiff of terrorist connections being oppressed with this legislation.

The government looks set to let the 42 days drop, and while that is a good start, surely we should be going further. Repeal Repeal Repeal.