Good news, middle class people in the developed world... no need to worry about climate change - it's going to fuck the poorest people in the world worst. Hoorah, eh? The most northern and southern areas will do best.
So, well done Europe - all we need do is build a giant wall to stop the immigrant invasion... Let's make it as fatal as possible.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, April 06, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The genius that came up with biofuels must be patting himself on the back now... as the USA grudgingly starts dragging itself toward lowering carbon emissions - except Al Gore, he's just renewed his hypocrite license with his astronomical number of air miles and hilariously high electricity bill - the demand for biodiesel and similar increases.
What people only just seem to be working out is that... biodiesel is made from stuff that is edible. So, in other words - we're trading a significant percentage of arable crops to make a fuel which is of questionable benefit in the "fight" against carbon emissions. I suppose no one remembers the basic economics of supply and demand... increase the demand for wheat, the price goes up.
On the bright side - that's a double whammy for CO2 emissions. Lower the output of the developed world with biofuels and starve people in the less developed world because dead people don't need electricity... Let's just hope they don't burn the bodies, eh? Still, this could be an example of joined up thinking.
Thanks climate changeologists - for saving the planet and killing the poor. Ace.
What people only just seem to be working out is that... biodiesel is made from stuff that is edible. So, in other words - we're trading a significant percentage of arable crops to make a fuel which is of questionable benefit in the "fight" against carbon emissions. I suppose no one remembers the basic economics of supply and demand... increase the demand for wheat, the price goes up.
On the bright side - that's a double whammy for CO2 emissions. Lower the output of the developed world with biofuels and starve people in the less developed world because dead people don't need electricity... Let's just hope they don't burn the bodies, eh? Still, this could be an example of joined up thinking.
Thanks climate changeologists - for saving the planet and killing the poor. Ace.
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biofuel,
climate change,
economics,
global warming,
politics
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Isn't it jolly nice to have non-ebrities and politicians - who most likely would struggle to scrape together enough credits for a weeks worth of a BSc - telling us how CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE GREATEST THREAT WE HAVE EVER FACED. That's nice of them. Also interesting, in January 2005 5% of people in the UK thought that the environment was a priority... by the same time in 2007 this had jumped to 20%...
Proles, pseudo-intellectuals and the more discerning of you should all realise that there is one REAL reason that politicians are so keen to talk about climate change - various unqualified non-ebrities are doing it because they're publicity hungry self-serving hypocrites - and it is this. It allows politicians to spout endlessly about something that is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Britain is apparently "foremost" in the fight against climate change... yeah. The real reason for this is the following - Gordon Brown and David Cameron know it's easy political brownie points. Something happening in a decade or two is a million miles away. A grand diversionary tactic with little substance or sincerity. After all, it's a lot easier to talk rubbish about the inevitable devastation than it is to tackle the very real, very pressing problems of crime, poverty, social inequality and so on.
Proles, pseudo-intellectuals and the more discerning of you should all realise that there is one REAL reason that politicians are so keen to talk about climate change - various unqualified non-ebrities are doing it because they're publicity hungry self-serving hypocrites - and it is this. It allows politicians to spout endlessly about something that is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Britain is apparently "foremost" in the fight against climate change... yeah. The real reason for this is the following - Gordon Brown and David Cameron know it's easy political brownie points. Something happening in a decade or two is a million miles away. A grand diversionary tactic with little substance or sincerity. After all, it's a lot easier to talk rubbish about the inevitable devastation than it is to tackle the very real, very pressing problems of crime, poverty, social inequality and so on.
Labels:
climate change,
David Cameron,
global warning,
Gordon Brown,
politics
Saturday, February 24, 2007
How are women and the disabled ideologically similar?
They are both groups of people who - despite not being the same as their opposite numbers (men, the able bodied) they want to be treated equally. That might be all well and good... but they don't REALLY want to be treated equally.
How often do cripples go "oh, we want to be treated equally"? Lots... but guess what YOU'RE NOT EQUAL. Equality is - amongst other things - one of the lies of democracy. Most women are probably smarter than most men... black people can run faster than white people, the list goes on. The fact of the matter is that, women and disabled people want to be treated equally... but y'know not really.
The examples are not quite the same, women still except men to romance them, pay for dinner, open doors, inevitably lose custody of children and of course, sexually harass them... but the idea is the same. People who are not the same, not expecting the same but pretend they do.
If cripples said - we want to be treated like disabled people but with normal rights... that would be different. If women said - we want equal pay but ignore the fact we have babies, are moody 3+ days a lunar cycle etc... well, perhaps there are valid reasons to treat people with a degree of equality... but let's not lie. Billy can't walk isn't the same as Jim able bodied.
Ask for things that are SENSIBLE. Equality is a big fucking lie, you're reading this blog... well, that probably means you're better off than 90% of the world... so, don't preach.
They are both groups of people who - despite not being the same as their opposite numbers (men, the able bodied) they want to be treated equally. That might be all well and good... but they don't REALLY want to be treated equally.
How often do cripples go "oh, we want to be treated equally"? Lots... but guess what YOU'RE NOT EQUAL. Equality is - amongst other things - one of the lies of democracy. Most women are probably smarter than most men... black people can run faster than white people, the list goes on. The fact of the matter is that, women and disabled people want to be treated equally... but y'know not really.
The examples are not quite the same, women still except men to romance them, pay for dinner, open doors, inevitably lose custody of children and of course, sexually harass them... but the idea is the same. People who are not the same, not expecting the same but pretend they do.
If cripples said - we want to be treated like disabled people but with normal rights... that would be different. If women said - we want equal pay but ignore the fact we have babies, are moody 3+ days a lunar cycle etc... well, perhaps there are valid reasons to treat people with a degree of equality... but let's not lie. Billy can't walk isn't the same as Jim able bodied.
Ask for things that are SENSIBLE. Equality is a big fucking lie, you're reading this blog... well, that probably means you're better off than 90% of the world... so, don't preach.
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cripples,
equality,
handicapped,
politics,
women
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Does anyone really believe in the "special relationship" between the UK and the USA? Well, aside from the more than just friendly one between Tony Blair and George Bush... because a president and his poodle are TIGHT.
Seriously, Tony Blair engaged in what might be one of the most singularly unpopular acts of any prime minister, quite possibly since the poll tax and certainly, the most publicly protested. War on Iraq has been an unparalleled failure and despite the inability of the tabloid press to maintain criticism of it once we had gone to war.
The Americas have had precious little love of their imperial overlords for some two hundred or more years now... but let's not get into that particular debacle... let us focus on the so called "special relationship"... First spoken of by Winston Churchill... Ironically, that speech - which entailed a Cold War - very much enraged the American public, whom he was trying to woo...
A half century has past and the literal war debt has been repaid but I tell you, at no time has there been a special relationship between Britain and the United States. Where was the USA when we went to war with Argentina? Naturally, it was all rather ill advised but that's rather beside the point.
We aren't being paid for this war in Iraq like we were the last one... special relationship... about as special as getting an STD. As if Britain has anything more to worry about than itself.
Seriously, Tony Blair engaged in what might be one of the most singularly unpopular acts of any prime minister, quite possibly since the poll tax and certainly, the most publicly protested. War on Iraq has been an unparalleled failure and despite the inability of the tabloid press to maintain criticism of it once we had gone to war.
The Americas have had precious little love of their imperial overlords for some two hundred or more years now... but let's not get into that particular debacle... let us focus on the so called "special relationship"... First spoken of by Winston Churchill... Ironically, that speech - which entailed a Cold War - very much enraged the American public, whom he was trying to woo...
A half century has past and the literal war debt has been repaid but I tell you, at no time has there been a special relationship between Britain and the United States. Where was the USA when we went to war with Argentina? Naturally, it was all rather ill advised but that's rather beside the point.
We aren't being paid for this war in Iraq like we were the last one... special relationship... about as special as getting an STD. As if Britain has anything more to worry about than itself.
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