Impoverishing the Proletariat

The Labour Parties main reason for existence is the support and prosecution of the working classes interests. In order to achieve power it requires the support of some proportion of the middle classes who feel able to support those working class wishes.

Knowing Your Place In The System ...

It came into power in 1997, because it was perceived by some of the middle classes that the wealth that they had accrued in the Thatcher decades should be spread into the National Health Services and other social programs.

Remember The Junta?

I remember when the Falklands war broke out ....

 

Mrs Thatcher In The Falklands

 

.... there was such a anti-Thatcher feeling amongst the UK's Left Wing, that they *supported the Argentinians Military Junta's invasion.

 

Wacko

I can't ignore it, so an oblique look at the end of the Michael Jackson story........This is rather odd as I spoke about him in passing last week, and he passes away unexpectedly the next - its strange how fate works.

I am not going to waste too much time on an obituary, there will be millions of bloggers who have something to say (either good or bad), so I will simply say this..... There are times when too much money and fame are actually a hindrance to good health.

This is particularly so when the rich and powerful are surrounded by "My people" (a peculiarly American driven celebrity phenomenon). Lackeys and flunkies, who run around, ensuring that the centre of their little universe, "the star" has their every whim, no matter how childish, met.

I have often wondered when these flunkies collide with another 'stars' people in the same venue, whilst each trying to achieve the same goals for their 'star'. Is there a battle royal, or is there some internal and subtle weighing of "Stardom levels" e.g. Madonna vs Liam Gallagher (home win) and the lower flunkies back off (knowing that they can't win). Whereas ‘Madonna vs Bono’, might turn out to be more of a clash of the celebrity titans?

Anyway I digress, the point I was making was that these flunkies are not paid to say 'No' or in anyway gainsay their masters or mistresses wishes. They are simply paid to "make it so". This can easily lead to the Howard Hughes syndrome, whereby a mentally and physically sick man, who could very easily have been treated in the early days, was allowed to retreat into a twilight world of power and delusion, where treatment was no longer possible, and who ended up surrounded by minions whose best interests were best served by fuelling his phobias and delusions.

So it went with others such as 'Jacko', whose indiscretions are well documented, but whose ever more bizarre medical interventions and morally dubious activities, were aided (or at least not objected to), by staff who should certainly have pointed out how wrong it was for children to be 'sleeping over' with him, but whose livelihoods were based upon never saying no.

As a calendar (not anyone else) said "Money isn’t everything, but it certainly keeps the children in touch' ...... a joke that is amongst the kinder ones that have circulated around Mr. Jackson, since he started paying parents to remain silent about any alleged activities between himself and their offspring.

This ability to buy off complaints in the US, doesn't compare well with the UK, where Paul Gadd (aka "Gary Glitter"), a now minor 1980's celebrity singer has been imprisoned and put on the sex offenders register for similar accusations (with little girls), but contributes greatly towards the 'look the other way' mentality and culture amongst the lackeys who know whats going on.

If 'wacko' had been challenged before his behaviour had overstepped the mark, then his reputation may have been better, and a line would have been drawn about where 'celebrity behavior' ends, and common decency and legality begins. It's also possible that all the medical interventions he's alleged to have undertaken (many of which seem to have been totally unnecessary), may have contributed to his demise at the age of 50.

Undoubtedly he was talented, but he was a deeply flawed man.

Quote Of The Week

I am afraid that I don't know who wrote this, I saw it on the BBC "Have Your Say" pages probably on an Iran thread ...... who ever it was, 'Thanks', it made me laugh.

Obama "unclenches his fist", and the Iranians kick him between the legs!

Obama And The Iranians Have History

 If that doesn't about sum up the futility of President Obamas 'appeal to the Muslim world', then nothing does. Certainly the Iranians couldn't give a damn about his 'appeal.'

Back to the drawing board I suspect.

The Heart of Darkness

A couple of small follow ups .....

Follow Up

Last week I discussed the shocking revelation, that a poll in South Africa showed that one in four men were rapists, and one in eight was a serial rapist. Well surprisingly, the 'wimmin' at the BBC, decided that being an African male was no longer an excuse for being a rapist, so there was a follow up story.

However, instead of finding one of the rapists who was proud of their attitude (the vast majority of them), and asking why? They found the one repentant 'rapist' in South Africa, and chronicled his 'apology' to the woman he had raped (she had since been raped on two other occasions). The wave of criminality that seems to accompany African males around the world is still a 'no no' subject, but maybe this is a start in addressing the fact that there is an issue.

Still in the enlightened continent, the burning of old people to death as witches, is still apparently a popular tribal sport in Kenya. This latest story describes the casual burning alive of five elderly men and women in Itii village, as witnessed by a BBC reporter.

The total silence by the PC brigade, and their spineless politicians, on the subject of these horrible murders, and similarly on the mass rape of South African women, is more damming than anything else I could say about the PC sickness that is corrupting Western moral values.