tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55419522011-06-08T07:47:24.835+01:00Right-Wing analysisPolitical analysis and other assorted titbitsRaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1101727099587710832004-11-29T11:16:00.000Z2004-11-29T11:18:19.586ZHa Ha Ha, i'm in college skipping class again while Raff is repeating 6th year.
Just a pointless gloating post on an all but forgotten blog of right-wing ranting.
Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06673958889475545019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1062511727644364802003-09-02T15:08:00.000+01:002003-09-02T15:08:47.710+01:00School starts tomorrow for me, and as this is an exam year, my contributions to this blog may be very sporadic. I will blog if I get the chance at all, at weekends, holidays etc.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1062182138968497832003-08-29T19:35:00.000+01:002003-08-29T19:35:38.976+01:00With the resignation of Alistair Cambell, it almost seems that an era is over. The question now being - will number 10 kick it's spin habit? I, for one, am quite sceptical.
From the Guardian:
"His former boss, writing in the Guardian, gives Mr Hill a glowing report.
"Hill finds it almost pathologically impossible to deceive or dissemble. That is why he is the right man to re-establish a Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1062160940527155752003-08-29T13:42:00.000+01:002003-08-29T13:46:16.673+01:00With all the not-so-cheerful goings on in the world, we all need a little cheering up. This is amply provided in the website of an anarchist socialist movement (what a contradiction!). Funniest of all is the poster depicting aliens landing on Earth, tearing down Big Ben, exclaiming "Take me to your anarchists!" Below this picture are the words "Aliens say - you must liberate yourselves - urge Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061821971000155662003-08-25T15:32:00.000+01:002003-08-25T15:34:20.893+01:00I have come across a fantastic and inspirational article on the theme of personal responsibility. It's lenghty, but well worth reading.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061756740724617712003-08-24T21:25:00.000+01:002003-08-24T21:25:40.766+01:00Just when you thought the Arabs couldn't get worse.....Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061745186850222952003-08-24T18:13:00.000+01:002003-08-24T21:21:52.230+01:00On a similar note to the article by Ed Vulliamy, Margaret Drabble writes on why she loathes America. Well, at least the bitch is unequivocal.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061739023518491542003-08-24T16:30:00.000+01:002003-08-24T16:31:44.703+01:00There is an odious article in the Observer in which Ed Vulliamy, the Observer's "award-winning" US correspondent writes of an America which he supposedly once loved and no longer does. In the course of the article he interviews some like-minded lefites. I think I might give you a taste of the rubbish involved, with a bit of criticism attached...
I arrived in an America regarded by the world as Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061584409547268082003-08-22T21:33:00.000+01:002003-08-22T21:33:29.580+01:00Under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003, licensees will be liable to heavy fines if they allow drunkenness on, or even outside, their premises. Those who sell alcohol to customers who are already drunk may be fined 1,500 euros on a first conviction, rising to 2,000 euros for second or subsequent offences.
Drunkenness forbidden in (or even out of!) pubs. Whats next? Alcohol-free pubs? Sounds more Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-106158390306709672003-08-22T21:25:00.000+01:002003-08-22T21:25:03.066+01:00The cycle of violence continues anew, the road map is in tatters. From a Times article:
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, a fellow Hamas leader who narrowly escaped death in an Israeli missile strike in June, accused Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, of deliberately torpedoing the road map. “Sharon really was against the hudna (ceasefire) and so he has assassinated it. The hudna is dead,” Mr Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061130725441397432003-08-17T15:32:00.000+01:002003-08-17T15:34:46.276+01:00I've found a fantastic little site called the Political Compass. This test takes both economic and social factors into account and plots your political position on both those scales. My score was:
Economic Left/Right: 6.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.51
Which makes me quite conservative. It also shows where many renowned political figures would stand in the graph, and I am closest to Bush/Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061129893158635102003-08-17T15:18:00.000+01:002003-08-17T15:18:13.203+01:00In the Sunday Times, John Humphrys touches on a subject which never fails to interest me: demographics. The main point of the article being that the population of Britain will increase to 70 million by 2050, this is in direct contrast to the extraordinary decline that will occur in many EU nations, particularly Germany. This serves to further justify my belief, demonstrated in a previous post, Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1061049608291204432003-08-16T17:00:00.000+01:002003-08-16T17:00:08.180+01:00I have read in the Daily Mail that a childcarer has beed admonished by a standards inspector for not using dolls of ethnic or disabled type. Unbelieveable.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060966187368858682003-08-15T17:49:00.000+01:002003-08-15T17:54:07.190+01:00It seems that my PC was infected by a worm that is spreading quite rapidly throughout the internet. Fortunately, a solution is available.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060804674438058512003-08-13T20:57:00.000+01:002003-08-13T21:02:38.706+01:00Something seems to be quite wrong with my PC. It stubbornly refuses to stay connected to the Internet for more than one minute or so. I'm getting this through by the skin of my teeth. I'll get it looked at, then blogging should re-commence.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060618106242543102003-08-11T17:08:00.000+01:002003-08-11T17:08:26.260+01:00In the Mail on Sunday, the normally reliable Peter Hitchens makes a somewhat fatuous claim about the future of the jailed Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt. Hitchens states that:
"Within almost no time at all he will be out again, and probably a minister in either Dublin or London"
London - Extremely Unlikely.
Dublin - Come on Hitch, you can't know that little about the Republic.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060531340505259912003-08-10T17:02:00.000+01:002003-08-10T17:02:20.380+01:00There's some good news on Conservative Commentary relating to opinion polls.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060530803999486702003-08-10T16:53:00.000+01:002003-08-10T16:53:23.843+01:00Today, in the Sunday Times, I have seen some demographic statistics that make for some very uncomfortable reading for the prospects of Europe, and it's importance in the world in relation to America. According to the article:
"During the next few decades demographic trends will transform the the economic importance of different areas of the world. American power will be vastly enhanced at the Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060438545332816612003-08-09T15:15:00.000+01:002003-08-09T22:03:45.223+01:00Leading Islamofascist wishes for Democrat victory in 2004.
Says it all, doesn't it?
Thanks to Conservative Commentary for the link.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060371837217225692003-08-08T20:43:00.000+01:002003-08-08T21:37:10.263+01:00As you may have noticed, Right-Wing Analysis has been cruelly neglected this week. The reason: I was struck down by some sort of virus, and was too busy vomiting to post anything. Normality should resume around tomorrow.
By the way, I have read that half of a selection of the best GCSE level students could not pass that maths section of a old 11-plus exam from the 1950s. That's right, the 15 Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060020518641804182003-08-04T19:08:00.000+01:002003-08-04T19:08:38.700+01:00A Continuity IRA training camp has been found in Co. Waterford, and ten men have been arrested in connection with this find. Items found at the camp included weapons, ammunition and other terrorist paraphernalia. This is good news in itself, that their plans have been foiled. However, I don't live too far away from the area, and it is an interesting thought that terrorists have been training so Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060012564665083172003-08-04T16:56:00.000+01:002003-08-04T16:56:04.636+01:00I've just found a facinating site called Around the World in 80 Ideas. It features 80 ideas in economic and social reform, illustrated by practical examples from around the World. Many of the ideas on the site are thought-provoking and I heartily recommend it.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1060011541979451202003-08-04T16:39:00.000+01:002003-08-04T16:39:01.946+01:00Two worrying developments from Iran. Firstly, it seems that the Islamofascist regime is ever closer to possesing nuclear weapons. Also, in a futher demonstration that it is a terrorist state, they have refused to extradite any members of Al-Quaeda.
All this is happening under our noses, and there seems to be inadaquate pressure placed on the Iranian regime, something that I feel must be rectified.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059917533572762482003-08-03T14:32:00.000+01:002003-08-03T14:32:13.533+01:00"Seventeen years after Huey Lewis and The News sang Hip to be Square, young people are joining the Tory party as a way of rebelling against their Labour-voting parents.", According to the Times.
Oh, the irony. Read it here.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059854190317056792003-08-02T20:56:00.000+01:002003-08-02T20:58:54.993+01:00Nine thought-provoking (and true) points against mass immigration contained in an excellent article in the Spectator. Worth reading.
Thanks to Conservative Commentary for the link.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059761217231251852003-08-01T19:06:00.000+01:002003-08-01T19:06:57.323+01:00I have just heard that the hole in the ozone layer has actually shrunk since readings were last taken. I looked this up on the Internet and to my suprise, this isn't exactly fresh news. Oh well. Similarly, here is an interesting article on why it is more likely that a solution to climate change will be found from industry and the US Administration than from the eco-fascists.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059658368221666932003-07-31T14:32:00.000+01:002003-07-31T14:32:48.160+01:00It looks like Sinn Fein has buckled under pressure over it's pro-terrorist merchandise I had mentioned a week ago, and has remove a t-shirt bearing the slogan "Sniper at work" from it's online shop. Unfortunately, another t-shirt labelled "IRA Undefeated Army" is still available for purchase.
On a similar note, the three IRA men on trial in Columbia have pleaded not guilty. Of course. Three IRA Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059590168078175252003-07-30T19:36:00.000+01:002003-08-01T18:52:48.320+01:00"Tony Blair will today kick-start a multi-billion pound project for a series of new towns along the Thames in what amounts to a huge expansion of London eastwards into Essex and Kent." According to the Guardian.
I know that the housing supply in South-East England is insufficient, particularly as regards to affordable housing, but is this really necessary? According to David Davis of the Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059589621688918942003-07-30T19:27:00.000+01:002003-07-30T19:27:01.736+01:00Now for the truly bizarre. A fascist group has left Ireland with it's tail between it's legs because Ireland is not fascist enough.
Al Byrne, the New York-based head of the organisation, said: “The primary intention of NSRUS was to build a professional activist organisation to deliver the message of racial integrity and independence to the residents of Ireland. Tens of thousands of stickers and Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059588811813929522003-07-30T19:13:00.000+01:002003-07-30T19:13:31.893+01:00It seems that Tory MP Michael Portillo is to appear sometime in a BBC documentary in which he swaps places with a Liverpool single mother of four. No, really. The photograph of him in an Asda uniform was enough to send me into the kind of laughter that can seriously hurt. You must see it.
Thanks to Au Currant for the linkRaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059489288239139392003-07-29T15:34:00.000+01:002003-07-30T19:15:30.070+01:00You may (or may not) have noticed that this blog has been neglected as of late. This is due in no small part to a highly addictive PC game called Freelancer. I'm close to finishing it, and normal levels of posting should resume tomorrow (probably).Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059067300429823482003-07-24T18:21:00.000+01:002003-07-24T18:21:40.513+01:00Frightening.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1059064564179770562003-07-24T17:36:00.000+01:002003-07-24T17:36:04.263+01:00I hear that Sinn Fein are selling merchandise that glorifies IRA violence on their website. T-shirts printed with the logos "Sniper at work" and "IRA - Undefeated Army" are selling for 15 euro in the party's online store. This is a truly depressing spectale, considering that the IRA was directly responsible for nearly 1,800 deaths during the Troubles and for maiming hundreds of others. The Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058816312367787772003-07-21T20:38:00.000+01:002003-07-21T20:38:32.333+01:00Okay, I may have said yesterday that I will not comment on the article I linked to, but it's been getting on my nerves, and I need to vent some steam.
The Guardianista's article starts with:
"Maybe it was the way that all the baddies were dressed in black, or maybe it was the way that the fighting uruk-hai had dreadlocks, but I began to suspect that there was something rotten in the state of Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058734544772285522003-07-20T21:55:00.000+01:002003-07-20T21:55:44.836+01:00I simply will not dignify this PC rubbish with any commentary.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058734268137039772003-07-20T21:51:00.000+01:002003-07-20T21:51:08.200+01:00I'm just back from the West, having stayed in Ballina, the athletic leasurewear capital of Ireland. The news of the suicide of David Kelly had penetrated such remote parts as I was staying in, and I have to say this may well end up costing Blair his job.
He was only ever accepted by most of the Labour party because he made them electable. Now that he has been exposed as a bit of a liar, and thatRaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058470718859792982003-07-17T20:38:00.000+01:002003-07-17T20:38:38.900+01:00I'm off to the Wild West (of Ireland). It may be hard, but I'm sure you can all survive for a few days without my infinite wisdom to guide you.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058288145040440972003-07-15T17:55:00.000+01:002003-07-15T17:55:45.080+01:00Fintan O'Toole write in the Irish Times with the headline "Weapons of Mass Deception". Right then - activate the anti-leftie countermeasures and prepare to be assulted by some serious Fintanite rubbish.
He startes his article by quoting from the novel Trainspotters:
"Some people hate the English, but I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonised by wankers. We can't even Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058277965036392052003-07-15T15:06:00.000+01:002003-07-15T15:06:05.060+01:00Have a look here. As she is banking on me complaining within two weeks, I might as well satisfy her now.
Yes, blogspot is crappy.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058276854000447732003-07-15T14:47:00.000+01:002003-07-15T14:48:32.150+01:00Mugabe on the way out. Not before time, though it seems that one of his detestable cronies might take his place, which would not solve one thing.
Thanks to Natalie Solent for the link.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058276350996607412003-07-15T14:39:00.000+01:002003-07-15T14:39:10.923+01:00It seems now that the arrest of the Irishman in Israel is a case of mistaken identity. This, however, does not take away from the fact that Israel and all other Western nations must remain highly vigilant. Besides, most attention is on Islamic terrorists these days, and the IRA seems to be getting an easy ride.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058204591900846692003-07-14T18:43:00.000+01:002003-07-14T18:43:11.950+01:00Richard Ingrams has stated that: "I have developed a habit when confronted by letters to the editor in support of the Israeli government to look at the signature to see if the writer has a Jewish name. If so, I tend not to read it." How lovely of him. Also, according to him, the Canadian journalist Barbara Amiel is not qualified to accuse people of bias on the Middle East merely because she is Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058204163209852892003-07-14T18:36:00.000+01:002003-07-14T18:36:03.260+01:00An Irishman has been arrested by Israeli authorities, and has been interrogated for the last five days about alleged links between dissident republicans and Palestinian extremists. The alleged links are not news to most people, as the IRA and various groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad are known to have been in an unholy alliance for decades.
It is rumored that the IRA helped train many Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058198513683842782003-07-14T17:01:00.000+01:002003-07-14T17:01:53.626+01:00I have just heard that HSBC have launched a mortgage scheme for Muslims in the UK that follows Sharia law. Hmmm. Far-right groups often say that Sharia law may fast replace the existing laws in the UK, and this announcment seems to fortify that argument. Besides, this proposal completely flies in the face of traditional wisdom: that all are equal, irrespective of religion. I couldn't help Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058109369500828382003-07-13T16:16:00.000+01:002003-07-14T17:01:05.243+01:00There are many dangers present that can derail the Israeli-Palestinian roadmap for peace, but perhaps one of the most interesting one is the continued EU contact with Yasser Arafat. It seems, then, that Arafat still commands the attention and sympathy of the cretinous EU-left. Perhaps it's the whiff of danger, of terrorist chic that they find irresistable. Or maybe it's the stench of explosives Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058024040079795702003-07-12T16:34:00.000+01:002003-07-12T16:34:00.096+01:00Glad to see it's not all dark in Afghanistan, this article illustrates some of the improvments we don't tend to see. You won't read this in the Guardian.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058023829170110662003-07-12T16:30:00.000+01:002003-07-12T16:30:29.186+01:00With stories like this, you just don't need satire.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1058023538463508252003-07-12T16:25:00.000+01:002003-07-12T16:25:38.486+01:00I see that Bush is targeting younger Jewish voters who are beginning to become disenchanted with the populist economics and minority empowerment strategies that dominate Democratic politics. Good idea.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057955043228939672003-07-11T21:24:00.000+01:002003-07-11T21:24:03.263+01:00My blog is beginning to build some kind of momentum. The Harry Potter article has been mentioned in PC Watch and Peter Cuthbertson has kindly introduced Right-Wing analysis to his readers.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057953183470864642003-07-11T20:53:00.000+01:002003-07-11T20:53:03.510+01:00I have just heard of a report in Britain stating that sex education should begin at the age of five years. Puberty usually begins at the age of twelve, so what is the point? I wonder, have the authors of the report heard of the words "innocence" and "childhood"? Thought not. Besides, children of that age should be learning the basics of maths and English, not of the human reproductive system.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057859761279120392003-07-10T18:56:00.000+01:002003-07-10T18:56:01.310+01:00An article has been published in the Irish Times that is so staggeringly politically-correct that I just have to ridicule it.
In it, Richard Adams condemns the Harry Potter books as a "political bandwagon". Harry Potter, he declares, is a Conservative. "A paternalistic, One-Nation Tory, perhaps, but a Tory nonetheless" (Honestly, this is serious). He also points out that Rowling is a honorary Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057857574698412782003-07-10T18:19:00.000+01:002003-07-10T18:19:34.726+01:00Today, I shall again draw your attention to a state led by madmen that is close to developing nuclear weapons. This time, that state is North Korea.
Acording to South Korea's intelligence agency, North Korea recently reprocessed a small number of it's estimated 8,000 spent nuclear rods and has also tested devices used to trigger atomic explosions. Also, it is best not to forget the ballistic Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057782660136221602003-07-09T21:31:00.000+01:002003-07-09T21:49:26.803+01:00I purchased and viewed the film "24hr Party People" today starring Steve Coogan (aka. Alan Partridge). Unfortunately like his other film "The Parole Officer" Coogan suffers from the brilliance of his Partridge alter ego and fails to shine as well as he might have. I hope to have a proper review tomorrow. Anyhow another plane flew over me yesterdy and again today. It looked like a late 1960's Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06673958889475545019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057776973364722142003-07-09T19:56:00.000+01:002003-07-09T19:56:13.230+01:00In relation to Paul's post on Sunday, there is an article in today's Munster Express reporting on low flying military aircraft over Piltown. Apparently, the aircraft was flying "scary low" and left a deafening noise. According to the article, no markings or letterings were identified on the plane. Also, a phone call to Baldonnel airport was made later that evening did not reveal any answers, Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057759797213057532003-07-09T15:09:00.000+01:002003-07-10T22:04:45.880+01:00Today, I saw a most depressing sight. The house that my great-grandmother once lived in has now been bought by Sinn Fein and has been converted into their local headquarters. I looked in the front window and saw garish memoribilia dedicated to Bobby Sands, the IRA terrorist who died in the 1980 hunger strikes.
The only consoling thought is that she did not live to see her house commandeered by Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057692742934667982003-07-08T20:32:00.000+01:002003-07-08T20:32:22.973+01:00Today, the UN launched a report in Dublin which warned that international programs to help poor nations out of poverty are failing in many countries. Nothing too exciting there, you might say, but at the forefront of this report was the do-gooder rockstar Bono.
I have always thought that he latches himself onto various similar causes to salve his conscience and inflate his mighty ego, thus Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057680492178420262003-07-08T17:08:00.000+01:002003-07-08T17:08:12.203+01:00Iran said yesterday that it had completed testing a long-range, surface-to-surface missile that military analysts say could strike Israel. - Reuters
Iran is pursuing a nuclear programme. Iran is now in possession of a ballistic missile that can hit Israel. Iran is ruled by a group of insecure Islamofascists.
The potential consequences do not need explaining.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057585644351768772003-07-07T14:47:00.000+01:002003-07-07T14:47:24.236+01:00More bleatings from the tyrant Mugabe. He has stated that southern African states would reject any attempts by President Bush to interfere in Zimbabwe's affairs when he visits Africa next week.
"If he comes to dictate to us as to how we should run our countries, then we will say: Go back, go home Yankee", Mugabe told supporters at a rally on Saturday.
I would certainly welcome any attempts by Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057517780195212932003-07-06T19:56:00.000+01:002003-07-06T19:56:20.050+01:00Amusing historical fact of the day:
1171 AD English soldiers under King Henry II invade Ireland and discover the locals are making whiskey. They still haven't left.
Hehehe.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057516868373347902003-07-06T19:41:00.000+01:002003-07-06T19:54:10.983+01:00The time was 1500hrs. The location was a village called Piltown in SE Ireland. I was outside earning money to fund my extravagant lifestyle when I heard a curious noise in the sky. I looked up and to my surprise I saw a brace of A-10 "Thunderbolts" (also known as tankbusters due to their purpose) soaring through the air over my head. It was a glorious sight to behold, a pair of victories aircraftPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06673958889475545019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057515692618798162003-07-06T19:21:00.000+01:002003-07-06T19:21:32.636+01:00I read with interest an article by Frederick Turner on the subject of the liberal elite and class snobbery within that elite. It's certainly suggested reading.Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057344748300614762003-07-04T19:52:00.000+01:002003-07-04T19:52:28.220+01:00Superb article by Kevin Myers in today's Irish Times in which he deftly remonstrates against the acceptance of left-wing fascism and the Soviet Union by the western left. After reading this, I couldn't help but feel relieved - because that monstrous evil (the Soviet Union) had been defeated; grateful - for the forces of the West, NATO and especially Reagan and Thatcher who saw that pernicious Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541952.post-1057254603826654312003-07-03T18:50:00.000+01:002003-07-03T18:54:21.546+01:00Just started the blog, I hope this will proves interesting in some way, If I can keep up interest (I'm terribly impatient, you know).
Just seen that Henman has lost against Grosjean and has thus been knocked out of Wimbledon. Henmania lives to fight another day (or at least Wimbledon 2004).Raffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13101124595324556893noreply@blogger.com