tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post303006921960126807..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: This is a lieQuiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-29380705860838869382012-12-16T15:10:42.596+00:002012-12-16T15:10:42.596+00:00I must disagree with the last paragraph "the ...I must disagree with the last paragraph "the tw@ts DO know", how else would they keep their carriage of the tax slurping gravy train on the rails!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-51094023533689842072012-12-15T21:08:28.063+00:002012-12-15T21:08:28.063+00:00Stonyground says:
I am reading this with a really...Stonyground says:<br /><br />I am reading this with a really nice pint of home-brewed beer in my hand. It cost about 35p.<br /><br />I am in full agreement with the OP, our PM is an idiot. In an ideal world the MSM would do their effing jobs and call him out on his witless remarks. His stupid claims should be being ridiculed on the front page of every newspaper.<br /><br />Anonymous@December 15, 2012 3:54 PM<br /><br />You haven't really thought that through have you? You know, with regard to what the actual consequences would be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-78961863102842469822012-12-15T19:05:07.654+00:002012-12-15T19:05:07.654+00:00Overheard in a restaurant:
"Food and househo...Overheard in a restaurant:<br /><br />"Food and household stuff is far too cheap nowadays. That's why so many people are fat. If they could barely afford their basic shopping, they wouldn't have anything left over to buy chips or burgers, or booze."<br /><br />... this from someone preparing to tuck into her terrine of fruits de mer.<br /><br />MontyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-55902469179306386532012-12-15T18:01:36.673+00:002012-12-15T18:01:36.673+00:00Being interested in history I pick up bits of info...Being interested in history I pick up bits of information that leads me to observe that the present does not learn from past mistakes or learn how to avoid those mistakes. I see a pattern in what is happening in the West today that in the past lead to the demise of societies. What I see are similar symptoms one of which is the decline of standards and values in society illustrated by incompetence, corruption and continual deceit and obfuscation. The most observable manifestations of this are in the MSM and politics. That they all tell lies and are manipulative is not a reflection of the individual but of society as a whole and indicates that that society has come to the end of it's usefulness. What in fact is occurring is the end part of the rise and fall of a civilisation as abhorrent as that idea may sound it is inevitable.In the past when a society fell the result was more often than not terminal however today this may not be the case as technologically and infra-structurally we are more advanced and the shock may well be better cushioned and reconstruction of a better society more possible.<br /><br />On a parting note something more in keeping with what is in the heart of this blogger. Before continuing I must say I am not a member of the EDF or have any thoughts about joining mainly because I am welsh and also geographically it would be inappropriate as I currently reside in Canada. However I am an avid reader of your blogs and in the main agree with them. To continue another symptom that can denote the coming demise of a society is the disruption of that societies borders by large movements of people across those borders by people who mostly have very different cultures and ethics to that of the indigenous people. Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-18710574333281774622012-12-15T16:33:20.424+00:002012-12-15T16:33:20.424+00:00Or just mind their own business and let us sort th...Or just mind their own business and let us sort things out for ourselves.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-52460402411725696482012-12-15T15:54:00.759+00:002012-12-15T15:54:00.759+00:00Raise the drinking age to 21Raise the drinking age to 21Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-55987522254147428492012-12-15T13:39:59.334+00:002012-12-15T13:39:59.334+00:00English Pensioner has hit on a point I made some t...English Pensioner has hit on a point I made some time (years ago) about farmers markets, thinking they were a good way of getting first class produce at reasonable prices I went to a couple only to br confronted with very high prices for average produce, having cut out the middle man and with much lower overheads I concluded they were taking the p---.wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-18304997516498616652012-12-15T10:44:28.331+00:002012-12-15T10:44:28.331+00:00I think QM that there can be little doubt that the...I think QM that there can be little doubt that the minimum alcohol pricing approach is merely a ruse employed to ratchet up indirect taxation still further. I don't drink a great deal, and forcing this measure through will not compel me to drink less, but it will of course mean that I will have to pay more for my beer, wine and gin. This will probably be the case for most consumers. As for alcoholics, like any addicts, they will continue to find ways to pay for their habit, but it will simply cost them more. Durotriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427474698912082351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-41110961076445162992012-12-15T09:53:33.213+00:002012-12-15T09:53:33.213+00:00If they are subsidising the drink, they are still ...If they are subsidising the drink, they are still selling their food at cheaper prices than our local "farmers' market"<br />With no overheads worth talking of, no middleman, one would expect food to be cheaper at the market, but it's not, and it doesn't look as fresh as the Supermarket either.<br />Our only complaint about the supermarkets is their "two for the price of one" and similar offers, which are blatant lies.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-69059905432646675182012-12-15T08:55:32.348+00:002012-12-15T08:55:32.348+00:00So often politicians (of all shades) get away with...So often politicians (of all shades) get away with out and out lies, because no one challenges them, or they have a friendly press.<br /><br />This crap Cameron talks is plainly nonsense, as, just like you say, there are bargains on a wide variety of products every week. That includes alcohol, but it also includes washing power (half price in Morrison's, unlike whisky with £3 off a litre), yoghurt (2 for one), Cadbury's (8 60p bars for £2) and HP sauce (1/3 off).<br /><br />All that said, we have to do something about binge drinking. On Friday and Saturday nights our town centres in all the UK countries are no go areas for people who aren't drunk as skunks. <br /><br />Early Saturday mornings is disgusting as you pick your way through vomit and the remains of take away meals.<br /><br />My friend, a doctor in E + A says that the place goes non-stop with queues down the corridors for drink related injury. And domestic violence is out of hand.<br /><br />I really don't know what we can do, but as a person who rarely drinks, I'm sick of not being able to go anywhere at a weekend without being confronted with out of control drunks, of all ages and both sexes.<br /><br />However, as I said, I agree, Cameron is a liar. What on earth would a Bullingdon boy know about the price of food in supermarkets, or cheap booze? <br /><br />He probably washes his feet in Veuve Cliquot Brut, while drinking Krug Clos d'Ambonnay 1995.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com