Stop The Nonsense??

As the credit crunch begins to bite, it is with amusement (for the time being anyway), to watch the supposed great and good stand and watch as all the nonsense they created falls down around their ears. First up is the E.U., who have spent the last five plus years trying to get all of us to agree to all manner of legislation that would result in a united Federal Europe, that only they wanted, and when the first real crisis rears it's ugly head, they all fall out and do their own thing, and then try and blame it all on the Irish, who acted alone in guaranteeing the deposits of their citizens, forcing the rest to follow suit. But aren't they all missing the point? I may be missing the point here, but if I am reading this right, my taxes are now not only propping up the lifestyles of the dim and workshy, but are now being used to bail out institutions that rewarded recklessness and paid stupendous bonus payments? Where are all the bank executives as the shit truly hits the fan? Are they sat worrying about what will happen to their jobs, pensions, savings and mortgages? Or have they made themselves scarce, having seen the coming storm, cashing in shares they knew would soon be worthless, to live in the lap of luxury as the rest of us sweat it out? Do you ever get the feeling you have been taken for a ride? I know I do.

But even with all he financial woes going on, it is grand too know the nonsense brigade continue on their merry, liberal way, heads fully ensconced up their rectums. Examples? The headmaster, who decide to have his teachers annual training course not in the school, nor even the local council district. Nope, he decided that the whole United Kingdom was not a morale boosting enough destination, and decided that blowing around £20,000 worth of council tax money on shipping off to the sunny shores of Marbella in Spain. He claimed it was better value for money. So it was cheaper than having it in a ready made class environment, namely his own school? What a feckin' idiot! My last training course at my place of employment was in a half empty warehouse on an industrial estate in the sunny climes of Barnsley. But hey, I don't work for in the public sector, so my gaffer doesn't have the luxury of rinsing the local population. Sticking with our educators comes the news that another school has decided to drop spelling tests as they were causing some children "unnecessary distress" and give the one's that weren't the sharpest a "sense of failure." So what does she think they should do? Nothing? The mind boggles, that people who are so obviously unfit to hold such positions of responsibility are allowed to do so.

Lastly this week comes the news that not content with bombarding us with rhetoric and constant adverts telling us how we should live our lives, and then taxing the arse off anything that we might actually enjoy doing, that the our beloved government is now contemplating spending £12 billion, setting up a database to monitor every phone call, e-mail and website visited by the people of the United Kingdom. Add to this the ID Card that they would so love to introduce, and you have to wonder just what these buffoons are up to. Free country?? For how long...

Stop The Nonsense!