Interesting article here.
Well, it caught my eye.
I enjoyed exploring
the use of words
especially "slash".
As there is Society
does it have a memory?
Are we heading for a
token Peace Hour
in the Notional Curriculum?
And has anyone out there
met Ferdinand the Bull?
I did hear some mention of Gerald Kaufman's speach in Parliament the other day. He should have been quoted more widely.
"My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town of Staszów. A German soldier shot her dead in her bed. Madam Deputy Speaker, my grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploit the continuing guilt among Gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians. The implication is that Jewish lives are precious, but the lives of Palestinians do not count. On Sky News a few days ago, the spokeswoman for the Israeli Army Major Livovich was asked about the Israeli killing of, at that time, eight hundred Palestinians. The total is now a thousand. She replied instantly, "Five hundred of them were militants." That was the reply of a Nazi. I suppose the Jews fighting for their lives in the Warsaw Ghetto could have been dismissed as militants.
and
"Hamas is a deeply nasty organization, but it was democratically elected, and it is the only game in town.
and
"It's time for our government to make clear to the Israeli government that its conduct and policies are unacceptable and to impose a total arms ban on Israel. It is time for peace, but real peace, not the solution by conquest, which is the Israelis' real goal, but which is impossible for them to achieve. They're not simply war criminals; they're fools."
Sources:
A Freedom Fighter
is someone
who fights
for
Freedom;
not
a Bastard
who
strangles
whips
and
rapes
it.
Did Mbeki
suggest
the opposition in Zimbabwe
should shower after voting?
At last
there's soap
for Zimbabwe.
He was shot
in the head
like a dog
on the tube.
It stinks.
And for the first time
ever
really
I don't understand
Ken Livingston.
BBC report and IPCC Report download link here
I TELL YOU NOW:
I set out for Damascus.
I met my destiny,
driving down the Falls Road
in a chariot of fire.
That is the way
of the almighty Lord,
as set out in
The Holy Bible.
We bow our heads to God,
His Son Jesus Christ,
our Saviour,
Éamon.
Scooter
-spit
Libby
-spit
Bush
-spit
Cheney
-spit
Rumsfeld
-spit
enough to give 'prison' a bad name...
Bush
Oil
Enron
-spit - spit - spit
When the Rich fight the Poor:
that's War.
When the Poor fight the Rich:
that Terrorism.
[Did Tony Benn say that?]
When the Rich fight the Rich?
[No, preferably - too much to lose.]
Lovely outside. Clear, blue, sunny…
Anyone up to having a go this morning?
Driving back from Highbury just now, I had a few ideas….
Beginning
Tongue-in-cheek fairy tale start:
“One time, not really that long ago, two planes were crashed into two huge tall buildings in the United States. Thousands of innocent people were killed. The men responsible for this were linked to an international terrorist network called Al Queda. Because of this, the United States invaded Iraq. Now, Iraq had nothing much to do with Al Queda. It didn't even have...."
Middle
Spoilt for choice here:
Saddam Hussein
– where did he spring from in the first place?
Cruelty and injustice
- on a national scale: inhumane treatment, hanging, torture, lethal injection, Guantanamo, Palestine, roots of extreme Zionism,
Financial corruption
Oil Oil Oil, energy, Enron, Haliburton, Dick Cheney, Bush
Political corruption
“Democracy”, “Freedom”, money, power, engineering ‘the vote’, Florida and the rest.
Costs of war
– lives, money, fear and misery
$340,951,140,814 and rising here
Iraqis now 58 times more likely to die a violent death, Lancet
Estimated civilian “body count” here
US and other western military here 3079
Seriously wounded 10,000
Journalists killed here
Ending
You’ll have to draw your own conclusions.
Don't worry - sometimes words fail me too.
General tone
-up to you. You could set it to music – I wouldn’t have a clue, but then I’d never have got a song out of 9 million bicycles in Beijing. Though on a morning like this I could kiss the sky.
45cm length,
35cm width
16cm depth
an alternative route
could be
a tamper-proof tank
on each plane
with copies of
bible, qur'ān ‘n
the complete works of shakespeare
suspended over
breakable compartments:
man’s piss
pig’s blood
‘n Jack Daniel’s?
oh come on now europe
get your fingers out
poor israel 'n u.s.a have done the hard work
billions of dollars worth of bomb damage in lebanon
all you have to do is build it up again
'n you need to send more troops to lebanon
they may get shot 'n bombed by israel
but it won't be premeditated you understand
so come on this is really urgent
Jimmy didn’t know what the other
Lads thought of him but there was
One thing he could do he was a
Crack shot with a slingshot
They even trusted him to shoot
Little pebbles on the roofs to shoo
Pet racing and tumbling pigeons
So that they would fly down at night
In his pocket Jimmy had a couple
Of glass marbles they went straighter
Than an pebble like when they were
Sitting on the grass near the sea front
“Bet you can’t hit the telegraph pole
From here” so Jimmy took out a marble
Allowed a bit for the breeze you could see
It swirl and curve and then “Thwack!” it hit
While his head felt giddy Declan came out
With “It would be harder to hit a moving car”
The other marble was out and Jimmy thought
Of Biggles he knew to shoot well ahead
Allow for the breeze and height and way
Way ahead you could see it swerve and
Curve as marble and glass met each other
“CRACK!” Jesus the man leapt out
“Oi!!YOU!!!” and they up and running in
Different directions Jimmy right through
Cregan's garden past the Church heaving
Lungs up Barrack Lane forehead on his bed
“God let me off this one I’ll be
Goodforever” with his blood pumping
In his ears no wonder his father said
He was a Holy Terror and just as well
Tanks didn’t rumble down their streets
"At a Downing Street reception not long ago, a guest had the temerity to ask Tony Blair: "How do you sleep at night, knowing that you've been responsible for the deaths of 100,000 Iraqis?" The Prime Minister is said to have retorted: 'I think you'll find it's closer to 50,000'."
John Kampfner, Blood On His Hands, New Statesman, August 2006
Read it here.
OK OK
So far, we have done:
The USA
Cannot control
Israel
But tries not to let on
Blair
And his ‘New Labour’
Suck up to
The filth rich
‘n the filthy powerful
Terrorism
is a vague ‘n clumsy term
One man’s terrorist
Is another man’s freedom fighter
For example
ANC in South Africa
Sterne Gang in Israel
