Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

come on all you wonderful poitical pundits .... what would YOU all have done?

it's very easy being an armchair critic, especially without putting forward alternative suggestions, let alone live with the aftermath.
the coalition (tories) picked up something of a poisoned chalice, and imo, i think they've done a pretty good job considering the dire circumstances in which the country was placed by the previous bunch .... and yes, i accept that was not 100% their fault either

I am pretty happy with all of the budget. The louder Fred, the unions and the Labour whine and winge the more convinced that the budget was spot on.

I guess they are trying to rationalise, that by first giving the pensioners a pension rise before the Budget, it was then OK to start taking it off them again with some Budget taxation changes and adjustments.

Lots of pensioners are missing the first bit.

Lots of opposition (both pensioners and political oppostion) are not missing the last bit.

Such is politics.

All the pensioners get the 5% rise. The change to the age related allowance is less than their increase. In fact the gradually rising general tax allowance is due to overtake the age related allowance and effectively wipe it out anyway. No pensioners are worse off as a result of the budget. Thr pension rise was the biggest that that there has ever been. This was done to allow for the gradual reduction in the age related allowance.

The french police have shot dead that bastard in toulouse but has anybody spotted that the numberplate on the polo volkswagen parked outside is "AD 911"...coincidence or deliberate ?.....might be careful....

George Carlin

George Carlin

The Death Penalty

if these liars like / t may./ are so concerned about the publics health so putting up ale . why is she and the gov NOT putting up take away food by 50 % as this junk food is killing and costing the uk billions and thousands of lives . obese people are
costing thousands of lives and destoying familys and litter all over the streets .
the gov are just plain LIARS .
now i am going to phone the inland revenue about
G OSBORNE he said he did not pay the 50p tax well he is either telling lies are he is fiddling the tax. just look at is family business and the renting of is 2 m house .
lets see what they say to me

its in motion

Hay,
George Carlin does not understand that capital punishment prevents people to become drug dealers.

So, his arguments are wrong, but funny enough to be sold to some.

all drug dealers should be hung no exception

That's funny ; there was an al-Qaeda personalised numberplate parked outside that flat in toulouse.....no mention anywhere...false alert presumably...

Thanker,

Agreed if you talk about major drug dealers and those who support them.... even if it is a high ranking guy. But those who are trapped should be offered help to get back their life.

The same for criminals, like Abu Hamza. Unfortunately, based on Human Right Act, his life is more important than the life of 65 million people in this country!!!! IN some cases, the Human Right Act is misused by criminals. Human Right should be rewritten to support humans no criminals.

People like Abu Hamza stimulate hate which result in fundamentalist ideas to propagate fast amongst less educated and poor. It is very likely that the guy in Paris has been motivated by people like Abu Hamza.

Does that include Doctors, Chemists and Drug Companies?

The French stand off.

Why didn't they try "gas" to get him out?


I know he might have had equipment to protect himself, but nothing would have been lost in trying.

Fred,

Your argument is fundamentally wrong. Doctors, Chemists and Drug companies are doing great job. Their high salary is justified and competition help the price to fall etc.

They are not criminals, they just want to increase profit by delivering solutions to people where margin is high.The same for bankers, competition is the solution.

You may even argue that why should people of France pay a criminal to live in prison. There was no doubt that he killed innocent people on purpose, so he should be be punished. The sooner and the cheaper, the better.

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Many of the drug abuses in this country could be laid at the doors of the named groups.

Addiction to tranquillisers was rife in the 60-90s and still is prevalent. Their misuse has led on to use of other drugs.

Alcohol, for many is an addiction and a drug. Because it is partaken by many of society it doesn't stop it be a substance of abuse.

While I was being facetious also I was pointing out the naivety and over simplicity of presented argument and solution.

Now where did I leave that last bottle after I took a sleeping tablet last night.

N,

No.

Calor gaz.

Mind it is a hell of price in France.

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