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Do athletes protest at the Olympic Games?

Politics written by Doug Scott

So China is not that nice to some people is common knowledge.

So if you are going to compete at the Olympics should you mention anything about the dodgy things they get upto?? Well just remember the guys in 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico, who had some balls:

After the games, the Olympic committee banned them from ever competing again and they found it very difficult to get work?

Fancy watching another Torch Relay

Doug been to the Olympics

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A blip in the life of a planet

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Between 1800 and 2100 man used all of the useable products in the ground, on the land, in the sea and in the air.

After 2100 we may have to work out how to use the rubbish we created????

OR will we sort it ou before hand?

Doug looking at his rubbish

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Karl Rove – the puppet master – where has he gone?

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They say behind every good man is a woman. However, for George Bush, it was Karl Rove who pulls his strings.

Since Rove’s resignation in August 2007, Bush has been without his right hand man. Once called a ‘boy genius’ by the U.S. president, Rove successfully masterminded Bush’s political career.

As possibly the world’s most powerful advisor, Karl Rove has a colourful political career which spans over thirty years. Perhaps is style is best illustrated by the events of 1970. As a teenager, Rove turned up to volunteer for the election campaign of Alan Dixon who was running for the post of Illinois state treasurer. Entering and leaving the campaign’s Chicago headquarters quickly, no one took much notice of the bespectacled teen.

They certainly didn’t think of associating innocent-looking Rove with a thousand invitations, printed on official stationery which were handed out in the city’s homeless shelters and red-light district that promised “free beer, free food, girls and a good time for nothing.”

While Dixon was able to play down the event and still secure his elected post, Rove has outshone him by far. Despite only a high school education, Rove has managed to progress to the White House. While he may not have a title as impressive as the president, he holds a role much more powerful, for he is, without a doubt, Bush’s puppet master.

Rove has overseen the transformation of George W. Bush from a hard-drinking politician’s son into U.S. president. And for any of us who have heard Bush’s speeches which are the fodder of late night talk show hosts, that is a mean feat.

While many election campaign coordinators are cast aside upon reaching the Oval Office, Rove has been by Bush’s side since his election as governor of Texas. While the Rove camp refuses to speak out on his role, many unauthorized biographies have spoke of how he is the Bush presidency’s most powerful player.

Rove biographer Lou Dubose said: “I think it’s an enormous position of power, and it’s hard to overstate. I think he’s unique in the modern presidency.”

The Bush presidency has managed to quash many memoirs and tales of Bush’s puppet master however some ex-advisors have spoken out in recent years. Former advisor John Di Iulio revealed in a telling email to Esquire magazine just how far Rove’s power stretches.

Following his 2001 resignation, DiIulio wrote: “Karl is enormously powerful, maybe the single most powerful person in the modern, post-Hoover era ever to occupy a political adviser post near the Oval Office…Little happens on any issue without Karl’s OK, and often he supplies such policy substance as the administration puts out.”

Former treasury secretary Paul O’Neill knows all to well just how far Rove’s power stretches. Four years ago, he spoke out about a 2002 cabinet meeting concerning tax cuts. The president, it seemed had thought twice about concentrating on benefits for America’s richer classes. According to O’Neill, Bush asked: “Didn’t we already give them a break at the top?” Within moments, Rove took control of the situation, allegedly telling him to “stick to principle”. O’Neill’s economic acumen lost out to Rove’s political sway and he was eventually removed from his cabinet post.

Karl is now writing a book and scarily advising John McCain?

Doug …….

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Does anyone in the Middle East want peace?

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Weapons of mass destruction, biological threats and the fight against terrorism were just a few of the reasons given for entering into war in Iraq. However, there is little denying the true attraction of waging war in Iraq.…..

As with any battle, there are spoils to be had – none as rich as the Iraqi oil fields. The current uncertainty on the future of oil supplies can be felt throughout the West, from the highest seats of power straight down to the domestic petrol pumps. The uncertainty definitely bodes well for countries in the Middle East as the unstable environment drives oil prices through the roof. The longer the period of uncertainty there is the higher the price of oil. So by having the West involved in the war on Iraq, more oil tycoons will increase their revenues unless the US and its counterparts rescind their troops which isn’t going to happen anytime soon whilst Mr Bush is in power.

Since the start of the war, the price of oil has quadrupled, reaching an all-time high of $111 on March 17. While oil supplies and reserves are at an all-time high, production in many OPEC countries is operating at maximum capacity and demand is unchanged, the question remains: who is to blame?

The war is now five years old and according to Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz, will be the most expensive war in history. Its current cost is believed to be in excess of three trillion dollars.

The discovery of oil in 1908 has left this Middle Eastern nation as the playground for war games and power struggles for one hundred years. According to the US Energy Information Administration, “Iraq is important to world energy markets because it holds more than 112 billion barrels of oil – the world’s second largest reserves. Iraq also contains 110 trillion cubic feet of gas.”

While many would blame the OPEC countries themselves, it seems that this vast increase in oil prices may have a US-grown conspirator, with many financial analysts are blaming speculators for this massive increase in prices per barrel.

So what happens now?

In the short term the oil companies and the oil exporters are making fortunes, but are they forcing oil importing nations to look at alternative energy sources? Or maybe not???

Doug not amused

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Let the plumbers in

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From famine to glut……….we had no bloody plumbers, now we have a country of them.

Every where I go I see a plumber, they speak in plumber language, even Tesco’s now has it’s own plumber section. The most exciting think I once could find in the shop was a Benny Hill video, well now there are complete shelves dedicated to spanners and monkey wrenches.

Even on the top shelf at my local paper shop, which was the bastion of maledom, the plumbers are creeping in. Once they were stuck in the local DIY shop but no more.

I was browsing round SKY the other day and even found a native plumber channel.

Welcome in I say, I may take the Mieczyslaw out of them, but gone are the days of leaking toilets.

The only thing I hope those plumbers don’t do it put those bendy “kielbasa” pipes on the street like they have done in other countries:

Doug the Plumopian

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Iraq – body count

Politics written by Doug Scott

DEAD

Not pleasant but a fact

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A wise man once said

Interesting stuff, Politics written by Doug Scott

1. Wealth without work

2. Pleasure without conscience

3. Knowledge without character

4. Commerce without morality

5. Science without humanity

6. Worship without sacrifice

7. Politics without principle

—Mahatma Gandhi

It’s our country and if we make a mess of it then it’s our mess…….so Brit boys go home:) My words.

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Review to change games ratings

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The games ratings are being changed. A quick overview of this BBC article is shown below:

The Olympic Game ratings system should be revamped to make it easier for Tibetans and monks to understand, a Chinese government-backed review has said.

The review was carried out by psychologist Dr Ting Bing, who has recommended a new rating for Olympic Games aimed at Tibetans and monks aged 12 plus.

Games currently get a mandatory review by classifiers only if they have “human sexual activity” or “gross violence”.

Dr Bing has also called for a Chinese body to oversee Tibetans street safety.

Schools secretary Ed Bing told BBC News 24 that the government was going to implement all of the recommendations in full.

“It’s a ground breaking report,” he said.

He said the government would ensure that police and army should give better guidance to Tibetans about safety features and controls.

Dr Bing said her review had led her to conclude that Chinese’ general lack of confidence and awareness was “leaving Tibetans with sore heads”.

Her review said that “Olympic world risks are similar to real world risks but can be enhanced by the anonymity and ubiquity that the Olympic space brings”.

Doug went to the Games in Sydney

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Tibet is a strange place

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Tibet was originally independent, then the Brits invaded in 1904….ah we did do a good job of being imperialists. Well in 1914 we sort of let them have the place back…..it was too bloody cold and had no oil or minerals.

China got bored in the 194o’s and 50′s and had always fancied some mountains…good for skiing they thought. So kindly thought they would help out the funny guys in gowns….killed a few in the process but oh well.

Looks like some Tibetan guys got upset last week……think they wanted a special fried rice buffet…well the Chinese boys didn’t take to it too well.

I spent a bit of time in Nepal years ago and must say that part of the world has something…a sort of spirituallity that seemed not have been corrupted. I would prefer they didn’t have McDonalds or “Special Fried Rice” if they don’t want them.

Doug concerned

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Osama wins US election -peace is declared

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Osama wins Mississippi

Eventually we have a chance of having some bloke who is not white winning the American election. If Osama wins then that Obama guy is going to have fun, it’s easy to say lets kill people who look like him but how do you say to a:

Yemeni

Lets kill these people:

More difficult arguement me thinks and hopes. Unless he has stolen your camel.

Doug hopeful

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