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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 22, 2012
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Ever since I started to drive, that is when I passed my driving test way back in 1967, I have seen our roads getting more and more congested each year. I hear from our governments that our roads are insufficient to take the amount of traffic expected of them. The argument is always that there are too many vehicles on the roads and that the number is increasing year upon year. They tell us that there are more than thirty-million vehicles but actually it isn’t about the numbers of vehicles on the roads as much as it is the numbers of drivers for any driver can only drive one vehicle at any one time. This means that we should be building the roads that will take that many drivers! So why not build enough for forty-million drivers and at the same time re-instate long distance goods transport on the rail system? This would take most of the long-distance goods vehicles off the motorways and free up space for smaller vehicles and their drivers. It would also contribute towards easing congestion. there are probably many more things that could be done but whatever is decided we need it to be aggressive. There is also the possibility to regulate times when certain vehicles use motorways so that for instance, goods vehicles should make more use of the motorways and highways during the night. I tire of hearing that there are too many vehicles on the road and the fact that government think the solution is to tax everyone to the hilt in an effort to resolve the situation when there are far better and fairer ways of doing things.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 11, 2012
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It was declared yesterday that it is now illegal to pray in council meetings. Traditionally at the start of council meetings in Bideford in the UK and presumably in many other council meetings around the country it was customary to pray at the start of a meeting. This tradition was presumably to ask for guidance from God in order that righteous and proper decisions would subsequently be made. Of course this tradition assumes that those who are in leadership actually believe in God but this isn’t the case these days. Ever since this country generally turned away from God there has been a resistance to accept anything to do with religious practices in whatever form that takes. Speaking as a Christian I have no problem with this trend. As far as I am concerned I don’t think the Church should raise objections to atheists and secularists who reject the imposed tradition of acknowledging God in meetings which are intrinsically to do with secular law. As a Christian of course I would love it that everyone should acknowledge God as their Maker and supreme authority in our lives but I appreciate that isn’t the case and may never be. We cannot impose our own beliefs on everyone else but all we can do is to witness for God in the hope that those who don’t believe may turn to Him one day. As a once time atheist myself I fully understand the objections and if I was indeed still an atheist I would probably feel the same way as they do about religion. I can only say that I was once as they were. I don’t see it as a victory for atheism though, it is a loss for salvation for as a Christian I think atheists are rejecting salvation but don’t know it. There is no reason however that those who still wish to pray before a council meeting should not be able to do so in chambers, away from the secularists and atheists so as not to offend them and then meet up afterwards for the council meeting. This way everyone is accommodated and any friction is avoided. This is common sense though isn’t it? I’ll wager that no-one will think of this but rather try to argue instead. How stupid is that?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 10, 2012
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Following on from my post on Monday. I had occasion to read something posted on someone else’s blog regarding the subject of the rise in credit and debit cards. Over the last few years we have seen an increase in the use of debit and credit cards resulting in many people falling foul of running up huge debts. When we use cash we can only spend what we have in our hands and getting into debt is never a problem but in a modern society which runs on what it produces there is a need to encourage spending. That being the case credit becomes easily available so that the economy can continue to develop. This however is only the tip of a giant iceberg. There is another evil behind the demise of cash as a currency and the lack of being able to buy things anonymously. Only being able to buy and sell using cards means that control is taken away from us as individuals, moreover transactions carried out using cards can be and are monitored by the authorities. In some ways this is a good thing as it prevents things like fraud and tax evasion but in other ways it can be an evil tool. In a cashless society it will be impossible to buy or sell anything, including food, without a card. Anyone in business could only trade in the same way thus forcing everyone into submission in using cards. If nobody can trade with you, you cannot stay in business. This means that anyone who doesn’t have a card doesn’t have anything. It will of course promote an underground black market system and possibly cause an increase in crime too. Theft would no doubt be more commonplace and difficult to deal with. Now all of this seems a little pie-in-the-sky and fanciful but in reality is is happening all around us even now. Did you know for instance that some western countries are now deliberately not printing bank notes as they once did? Many well established companies have already laid down the ground rules by refusing purchases using cash and many only trade over the Internet thus eliminating the need for cash transactions. It can only get worse. None of all this however is news to those who read their Bibles, for in there are prophecies covering this very subject, prophecies which were written down around two thousand years ago and more than two and a half thousand years ago. Like many of the prophecies in the Bible, they are mis-understood, not believed or simply ignored. The truth is that they will all become fact. Many have done already so it is only a matter of time before this one takes everyone by surprise. It doesn’t matter how often some people are told of such things they will still remain unbelieving. For those who are of a more inquisitive mind here’s what the Bible has to say about it all….
Revelation 13
1 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
The Beast out of the Sea
And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. 4Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?”
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7 He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
9He who has an ear, let him hear.
10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed.
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
The Beast out of the Earth
11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.
The Bible (NIV)
The symbolism in the text above, like the seven horns, the ten crowns and other things are actually representative of governments and organisations about to come into power. The European Union is one such organisation for example. Here is a very interesting link about Europe http://www.ucg.org/news-and-prophecy/europes-woes-setting-stage-bible-prophecy/
Have fun reading it all, it is quite interesting and gives us an idea of what is really going on all around us. We just have to keep our eyes open.
For further information on this and other prophecies in the form of short videos click here http://www.worldtocome.org/player.html#!SubjectPlay=68&Media=3. Note especially that part starting 24 minutes into the first of the two 30 minute specific videos.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 3, 2012
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According to the latest news reports the Uk is sending a replacement naval vessel to the Falkland Islands. Supposedly and quite incidentally according to the Government it is a much more capable vessel. This year marks the anniversary of the conflict between the UK and Argentina who claim sovereignty over the islands which they refer to as the Islas Malvinas. The conflict lasted from 2 April until 14 June 1982. Argentina not only claim sovereignty over the Falklands but also South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands which all lie to the east of Argentina in the South Atlantic Ocean, the nearest being more than three hundred miles distant! The residents of those islands which are settled consider themselves to be British subjects and as such the UK have to support them and defend their right to remain so. In a referendum the people of the Falkland rejected the idea of becoming subjects of Argentina. The continuous presence of British naval vessels in and around the islands is a reminder to the Argentinians of the UK’s intentions but is it enough to stave off any further conflict in the area? Who knows what the Argentinians might do in the coming years? They have already declared their position but will they settle for anything other than a total take-over either by peaceful means or by use of force? If by force, could they possibly be better equipped should they make another attempt? Is the UK ready for such an attack again especially in light of the fact that it was caught off-guard the first time? What do we do as a nation? What do we think as individuals, do we support positive defensive action or should we get around the discussion table? Does Argentina have a legitimate claim to any of the islands in the South Atlantic?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 19, 2011
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Recently it has been proposed my the Medical Council that there should be a complete ban on individuals smoking in their vehicles. The reasons given were that the confined spaces give rise to the build-up of dangerous chemicals to the detriment of those present, especially children. Whatever your own personal views on this becoming law, do you think it is an unwarranted infringement on the personal rights of individuals or do you think it is a reasonable request for a civilised society in which the majority consensus is to be agreed with? Apart from the hazards just mentioned there is also the danger of possible accidents occurring because of a dropped cigarette. In recent years we have seen smoking being banned in places where people congregate and this was put in place to protect those who do not smoke from the atmosphere produced by those who do. Recognising the danger to the non-smoker made sense to remove the smokers from those places whenever they wanted to feed their habit. More people do not smoke than those who do. At present I think the figures quoted point to a 20% to 80% ratio. It seems only right then to enforce such a law. Despite the objections that this would cause a drop in custom for those in the catering industry, pubs and clubs and similar places the law was passed. I don’t think it has made any difference at all to the retail industry. However, banishing smoking from public places is one thing but to extend that ban to the privacy of one’s vehicle and even private homes (which has also been suggested as a possibility), is another. How far can government intervention go and what would be the resultant backlash if they decide to follow these suggestions and legislate in favour of them? These propositions have already been made law in some parts of the world, like Australia and elsewhere I believe.
I might add here that I am a non-smoker but I am in favour of such legislation for vehicles but not necessarily in people’s private residencess.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 6, 2011
I wonder how many children were hurt by a firework last night?
It all started in 1605 when a group of Catholic men, one of whom was Guy Fawkes conspired to blow up King James 1 and his followers when the king went to open Parliament on November 5th. Queen Elizabeth 1 had passed laws which endeavoured to make people visit a protestant church on a Sunday. Catholics were not allowed to follow their faith and anyone found doing so were in danger of losing their life. When King James came to the throne the catholic population had thought he might relax the laws but in fact he made it even more difficult for those who were catholics. The group of men, led by Robert Catesby included Thomas Winter and Robert Winter, Christopher and John Wright, Thomas Percy and someone called Bates together with Digby, Keyes, Rookwood, Grant, Tresham and of course
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Guy Fawkes had purchased a house next to the Parliament buildings. The cellar of the house went partly beneath Parliament House where the king was to arrive. Guy Fawkes was the man who was to light the gunpowder stored in barrels in the cellar but he was discovered by soldiers carrying out the routine inspections of the cellars on the night of the 4th before the deed could be carried out. At first he wouldn’t disclose the others involved but eventually he was forced to speak and all the others were subsequently arrested or killed in the process. Guy Fawkes was placed in the Tower of London and was tried and convicted of treason. He was executed on January 31st 1606 at the age of 36. By way of a celebration King James declared that a bonfire be lit in every town on November 5th each year in commemoration of the uncovering of the plot.
Since those days it has been customary to celebrate with fireworks and unfortunately in the past many children have been injured through their mis-use. Many organised events are held by local authorities so there is no real need to continue selling fireworks to the general public. Perhaps one day it will become law but in the meantime we have to be careful that our children are not maimed for life because of carelessness.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 4, 2011
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I was brought up in the belief that this land in which I live is a great Kingdom, united in its outlook and the founder nation of other successful countries. We have a very colourful history filled with war and oppression but at the same time very influential. Once living up to our name we were explorers, conquerors and an industrious nation leaving our mark around the world but now things are different. Although this small nation still has an influence in the world and it’s affairs we are not the same nation as we once were. I was thinking about the very title of ‘Great Britain’ to which we still hang on to and if it really means anything these days. Then my thoughts turned to what we call the ‘United Kingdom‘. The title has less to do with the gender of the current monarch but more to do with the actual supposed state of the union between the countries that make up this nation, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For one, Wales is considered a ‘principality’, not even recognised as an individual country and isn’t even represented on the national flag! Two, Ireland only represents the northern part of that once independent nation. Three, Scotland has never liked the idea of being united with England and has resisted that union since its inception by force many years ago, much the same as many people in northern Ireland do. So where is this ‘United Kingdom’? Far from being united, I see the union between the countries very weak indeed. I do not know why we persist in trying to maintain what is at best a reluctant union and I think we would be far better off if we loosed the fetters and allowed each member state the freedom they really want. Then and only then can we really be called united for we could form a better union than that which now exists. The future may change things and I hope that it will. There is no advantage in having a reluctant union but there is in one that freely joins under no pressure.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 26, 2011
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We live in a society which seemingly looks after us from the time of our birth until the time we die. If we cannot find work or cannot work we get benefits. If we are ill we can get treatment. If we need housing by and large something will be available. All we need to do is conform to the laws, regulations and etiquette of that society. There will be those who abuse the system of course. In essence our lives are made far easier than they would otherwise be but we have to conform in order to gain anything from the system, we become part of that system. It isn’t foolproof though, things go wrong, and some people suffer when that happens. Things can begin to get out of hand, we get bogged down with bureaucracy and too much interference from government bodies. Most every day we read about some government project or council department decision that simply beggars belief and wonder why or how they got in a position of authority in the first place. Some ideas are good, some are bad and some are just plain ridiculous. We have to go along with it all and somehow survive as best we can. Too many laws, too much interference isn’t a good way of running things. Society is one big machine with no singular person in control but nevertheless manages to keep running reasonably smoothly. Yes? Maybe! In the absence of a perfect system we will have to make do with what we’ve got and keep nibbling away at the edges until it fits to our requirements. When that will be is anyone’s guess but I for one am not holding my breath waiting. Personally I don’t think we’ll ever get it right and by the time I make my departure I think it will be just the same old system but with different problems.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on August 22, 2011
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I sometimes watch a program on television called ‘How it’s made‘. Each half-hour episode gives an audio/visual explanation of how everyday objects are made, usually three separate items are covered in each program. They show the various and diverse processes that are involved in the different stages of manufacture. Almost anything that is manufactured can find its way on to the program. I find it very interesting but then I have always wanted to know how things work and how they are made. It’s a sort of electromechanical inquisitive curiosity I have built-in and hard-wired into my brain. It sits there with all the other strange and wonderful things that make up my psyche. I also like cosmetics! I digress. In our modern societies the things we use have to be produced using machinery and usually electrical machinery. What factory doesn’t use electricity? From computers and control equipment and the automated production machinery electricity is the essential driving force, the only driving force, apart from the boss, in a factory today. What would we do without it? There is almost nowhere in the modern manufacture and processing industry that doesn’t involve the use of electricity. Even in our homes we find electricity an indispensable commodity. We use it to cook with, to drive our entertainment equipment, our televisions, radios, computers, games consoles, telephones, lighting and security systems. In fact the whole infrastructure of society depends upon this commodity being available. Imagine our world without it. How long would we last? I remember hearing how we could have an almost free supply of electricity about forty-five years ago. It was suggested that if everyone used electricity to power their needs it could be produced more efficiently. What went wrong with that suggestion? Today prices are soaring and yet there are ways of producing electricity at a low-cost to the consumer. Most of our electricity is produced by using coal to make the steam for the turbines attached to which are the electricity alternators. Unfortunately coal or rather the burning of it produces a lot of pollution and in the early years of its use the air we breathed was highly contaminated. Todays coal-fired burners are much more efficient but still they produce some undesirable pollution. There are enough stocks of coal in this country, the UK, to last more than three hundred years which makes it a tempting source of power. There are other sources of power too, gas for instance and also nuclear. As gas is used elsewhere besides generating electricity it would seem logical not to use it for that purpose except that if we switched completely to using electricity there would be no argument. Nuclear power generation has its own problems too, the danger of a leakage of radiation and the disposal of the more dangerous waste products which produce even higher levels of radiation. There may be a future for nuclear powered generation if these issues can be overcome to the satisfaction of the population. Legislation and the dictates of the European Community have restricted the amount of pollution that any member state can produce without severe penalty. This is to encourage producing electricity by other means. One of the best ways of producing electricity is by using water to turn the turbines, the hydro-electric generating system. All that is needed is a constant flow of water and this usually comes from huge man-made reservoirs or natural lakes where the natural flow of water is governed by the use of a dam. It is a way of producing electricity without pollution and one would think its use would be widespread. Unfortunately it isn’t. There can be no excuse for that when there are numerous lakes around that could be utilised, even more than once if the lakes are at altitude. There seems to always be objections to this sort of suggestion and yet the generators (alternators) can be hidden from view underground. It is the same problem with wind-powered generation, no-one wants to see them dotted about the country or even at sea if it spoils the view! Everyone wants electricity but not everyone is prepared to see their environment spoiled by the equipment needed to produce it. It need not be that way and indeed government has dictated in some situations that the need far outweighs the objection. Personally I agree. Does it really matter if when we look out of a window we see the blades of wind turbines rotating gently in the breeze especially as they are usually situated far enough away from residential areas? Most objections are raised by people who seldom visit areas in which wind turbines are placed anyway. If we cannot live without electricity then we must be prepared to put up with some inconvenience or stop moaning about it.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 12, 2011
One of the most annoying things in my life is advertising. Necessary up to a point but often taken to extremes. In view of the fact that we are in a recession and many people are finding it difficult to survive or will do financially, wouldn’t you think there would be less advertising where money is involved? Oh, silly me! That is what advertising is all about. We see people short of money so they advertise gambling sites, holidays, financial investments and all sorts of things geared to encourage spending! Spending what? I think that at least during these lean times there should be a curb on high-pressure selling and encouragement to spend. Advertise if you must but take a low profile approach. Simply show what is available without the constant unnecessary added pressure that seems to pervade the advertising industry. The news is replete with stories of hardship, people having to rely on State handouts or support of one form or another. It is symptomatic of a democratic society I suppose though that the poorer among us have to have their faces rubbed in the affluence of those who are financially well off. They could do without watching adverts that promote the sale of vehicles costing £30,000, £40,000 or even more when they cannot even afford the price of bus fare sometimes. There will always be poor people in our societies but it shouldn’t be that way and need not be that way either. We cannot avoid the repercussions of a world-wide recession and we must all endeavour to tighten our belts and try to survive in these worrying times. It just seems to me that the world goes about things in some crazy ways sometimes.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 7, 2011
This week we had a rise in VAT (value added tax for those outside the UK) from 17.5% to 20%. That’s 20% or 1/5th extra on the purchase of goods and services that we buy or use. There are some exceptions to the rise, certain goods and foodstuffs. However even these are affected in some way; the fuel used to transport them will have risen in cost. That is another rise. Fuel has not only risen in price due to the cost of raw fuel and other costs but also in the extra revenue imposed through VAT. It has been suggested that VAT should have dropped to 15% to encourage spending and in a round about way production of goods which is argued would improve the economy by increasing the circulation of money. There always remains the fact that we are in a global recession and we have a National Debt to reduce, something in the order of £13 billion. In any event we are going to have even less expendable income unless we have unlimited resources. So what does the public make of all these increases in taxation whilst earnings are being maintained at low levels? What are your opinions on the subject? How will your circumstances be affected?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 8, 2010
I was listening recently to a broadcast on the Internet. It was about whether Christians should partake in any elections or cast votes in any way. In Scripture (The Bible), believers are instructed not to be partakers in the running of worldly affairs or be involved in any way. Of course we have to be in the world, that is unavoidable, but we should not indulge in the practices of a secular society. We have to follow what God dictates. This means we must obey any human authority that has been established and we must follow the rules like anybody else unless in doing so we go against Gods Word. There is no authority that is established without the will of God. You may argue that must mean God allows even evil leadership and imply that we should obey but nothing could be further from the truth. God may place such people in authority but He has a plan in doing so. His ways are far and above the ways of men. Getting back to the voting, if we vote we are endorsing mans efforts to rule himself and we are not allowing that privilege to God Himself. He makes the decisions, not us. When mankind turns away from God there is chaos. Just look at the state this world is in. Man cannot make things work. One government is elected and a few years later another one takes its place. Why? Because we lose confidence in the elected power and want to choose another who we believe will do things better. Well we all know that is never going to work. It hasn’t in the past and it won’t in the future. Mankind cannot be trusted. We are swamped with numerous laws, most of which don’t work and those that are supposed to are often broken anyway. When was the last time you diligently kept to the speed limit? If we fail in the smallest things we are bound to fail in the larger things. We constantly make war, thieve, lie, cheat, we follow after our own needs before those around about us, we are selfish, arrogant, dishonest, unruly, disobedient, insolent and we resist authority even when we are in the wrong. How many of the things I have just mentioned are part of your personality? You will indignantly say there are none but think hard and think again. This is why we are incapable in getting things right. We have had generations of failure before us so what makes you believe that it is ever going to change? Nothing we do really works else we wouldn’t need to constantly try new things. No-one is good, not even one! When we place our lives, all of us, in His hands, then and only then will things change. This is the prophetic message written about in Scripture, the coming Kingdom of God. When that day comes ALL will bow the knee before Him, ALL will learn to obey. In the meantime we are stuck with our own futile efforts.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 12, 2010
On the news here in the UK there are occasional reports on the inquiry about those involved in the process and decision to go to war with Iraq. All those involved including the former Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair will be questioned over the legality of the war itself. We seem to be fond of inquiries here of one sort or another. We are going to war with those who have led this country into a war not many people agreed with in the first place. The war which started in Iraq is ongoing in a way despite it officially ending some years ago. The struggle is now with insurgency. Without going into a debate about the rights and wrongs of this or any other war we are now having to face the consequences of our former actions. We are still at war in many ways, even among ourselves.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 6, 2009
I am sitting here writing this and there are explosions going on outside. It is that time of year here in the UK. We are a strange lot over here (stop laughing), we celebrate the attempted blowing up of our Parliament building some 400 years ago by setting off fireworks and lighting bonfires. The plot itself was organised by a group of men in order to kill the King and members of Parliament because of the oppression of Catholics at that time. I personally cannot see the reason why the tradition still persists and to be honest it becomes a nuisance when the celebrations go on sometimes for days.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 29, 2009
In the news today there is talk about asbo’s (anti social behaviour orders) and their effectiveness in society. Recently a mother and her disabled daughter died in a car at the hands of the mother who had dowsed herself and her daughter in petrol before setting themselves alight. This was the sad ending of a mother and daughter who had been persecuted and tormented by a group of youths over a period of a couple of years. Police had been informed several times but little or no action was taken. There are calls for an inquiry on that score but today one of the parents of the young tormentors was asked whether he thought his son (and the others) should be brought to account over the affair! ‘That’s up to the authorities’, was his reply. What kind of a parent is that? What kind of society even has to think about doing something?
Again in the news a 14 year old girl has just died as a result of an anti-cervical cancer drug injection and two others are gravely ill. One woman (who might have been her mother) could not understand the need for these injections as she put it, ‘There are several other options for protecting against cervical cancer. It is alright for Governments to say everything is safe when promoting these kinds of (preventative) treatment but the fact is they are not’.
I ask myself do any of those in authority know what they are doing? This world has gone mad.
Shirley Anne
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