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Ms. Greer and the black kettle

August 19th 2007 23:41

Germaine for some inexplicable seems to make a habit of insulting the dead. Last year it was Steve Irwin now it's an attack on Diana. The late princess is now a "devious moron" according to Greer. The last time that I looked Ms Greer was someone who is living on reputation alone. The problem with her is that she can never be as beautiful or as smart as even one of Diana's toenails. She needs to keep her mouth shut as it seems that it's the only way she can keep in the public eye. Now that's what I call a "devious moron"!

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Why the West Indies will continue to be weak

August 19th 2007 01:12

The new West Indian captain Ramnaresh Sarwan recently blasted the former coach of the team, Bennett King, for being too rough. That's very ironic coming from a member of a team that lacks strength, mental toughness, heart and discipline.

I don't blame Sarwan for what he said but King was just another in a long line of poor decisions by the West Indies Cricket Board. King was brought in to fix a problem that doesn't necessarily exist on the field, but in the brain of current West Indian players. If a recent WI "fast" bowler (say a Reon King or a Mervyn Dillon) was thrown the ball to break a batting partnership to dismiss a quality batsman or two (Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, Sachin Tendulkar to name a few) the best either could do is bowl a series of long hops, short balls and deliveries just wide enough outside of off stump to make a mockery of a great tradition of a long line of truly awesome fast bowlers. On the other hand if Andy Roberts, Michael Holding or Malcolm Marshall was given the ball they would get results. The difference is that the current players wait for something to happen instead of making it happen.

One major mistake the WICB made was when they sat on their hands after the English Cricketing authorities decided that they were cutting back on overseas players (ie West Indian players) to make English cricket stronger. In days gone by the majority of West Indian players had played in England and knew the conditions sufficiently enough to know how to win and win convincingly so it was in England's best interest to shut out West Indians from their first class cricket. The West Indies board did very little because they overestimated the strength of West Indian first class cricket and the players in it and soon enough it showed. The least the board should have done is strengthened not only the regional competition but also at the grass root level. Sure they could complain that they didn't have the money to do so I ask why didn't they get help from the regional governments to bolster regional and cricket at the school and local level? They had to wait until Allan Stanford (an American at that) stepped in to pour money into a competiton that may end up rivalling World Series Cricket not only in the revolutionary stakes but also in controversy and the repercussions to boot.

One other thing that is noticeable with the current players is that they seem to have no sense of the history of West Indian cricket and why the former players played as hard as they did. When players the stature of Headley, Sobers, Richards walked onto any field against an opposition (especially England) they lifted a notch and gave everything because it was a matter of pride to beat the old "colonial masters". Sarwan apparently doesn't share that notion. To him playing England is "just another series".

Pride is something that shouldn't have to be taught to any (aspiring) player of any nation. The history of the team and it's achievements should flow through the veins of every player who pulls on the Maroon cap just as much as it flows through the veins of every loyal fan. As long as West Indian players don't know the history of the region in the cricketing world and what it means to the people, and as long as there is no strong regional competition where the players don't learn how to use their cricketing brains, West Indies cricket will forever remain weak.

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Selling out in the name of God/Allah

August 17th 2007 02:26

There was a very interesting story coming out of Europe yesterday. It concerned a high ranking Christian Minister of religion who wants Christians to start calling God "Allah" which is if you didn't know the Islamic name for God. He thinks it will bring us all together if we bend to the Muslims just a little bit. I like the comment by one guy who asked if we should start calling churches mosques and praying five times a day. Perhaps we should give up on the whole Jesus notion too. Just too cofrontationalist.

Is it our leaders are weak or are they really willing to sell out their and our faith? This Minister claimed God "didn't care what He was called" Oh really? What kind of Bible has he been smoking? With inane comments like this this man has no right to minister to any congregation. If he were my minister I'd change churches. This isn't good enough. If he wants God to be called "Allah" he's in the wrong religion.

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How to embarrass your child/rethinking the rights of a child

August 17th 2007 01:14

Finally the nutjob (I'm sorry I can't think of a kinder term) who wanted to call his son 4real got his wish in a roundabout way. He called his son "Superman". If anyone wants to really really embarrass their child for eternity they should give them a really really stupid name. Maybe he needs to be reminded that even Superman had a normal personal name in Clark Kent. It wasn't the coolest name out there, but at least it was normal.

People have a certain image of the superhero. What if this child is slim with not a muscle on him? It would certainly have that delicious irony about it, wouldn't it

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A different type of discrimination

August 16th 2007 18:06

"Don't try and blow out my candle to make your candle look brighter"

When we think of someone being discriminated against we think of someone who may be of a different race or religion (or perhaps the same religion but a different denomination) perhaps even gender, age or disability. I was shocked to read the other day that red heads face more discrimination in England than anyone else. In the story that I read a family of red heads were forced out of their house by taunts, grafitti and basic general hostility from neighbours. Can you imagine being hated for the colour of your hair? It really takes discrimination that one step further doesn't it? Next it will be eye colour considering that there is a certain amount of dislike for people who are either too short or too obese. I might understand this if redheads had a really bad reputation but I have never heard anyone complain how bad red heads behave

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OJ's book - different title same shameful content

August 15th 2007 01:18

Ever since I heard that OJ Simpson was going to publish a book that basically outlined how his ex-wife and her friend were brutally slain I wasn't surprised. There was no shock for me simply because I just see Simpson as a man who is trying to keep in the public eye. This book under his title "If I did it" was a shameless despicable way to keep himself from fading from public view. It's exactly the same reason why he went on the internet and answered questions about himself. As you can imagine not all of the questions were polite or friendly.

The only thing that has surprised me somewhat was the fact that the Judge has given the rights of the book to the Goldman family who now intend to publish the book under the new title of "Confessions of a double murderer". If the book was as offensive the first time coming from him, why would it be any less offensive coming from the Goldmans? It is still the same book by the same author just under another name! What's the difference? Even if he had managed to get it published the first time, the money would have been pocketed by the Goldmans anyways. OJ, just like the two victims never had a chance

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Why paedophile Mclellan is a major risk to our civil rights.

August 14th 2007 16:07

Watching the unfolding situation with the self confessed paedophile in California I can't help but sit and wonder if he is just the start of something bigger and something that we need to be very wary of. I fear that he will be the kind of spark that is the beginning of the normalization of his kind of perverted behaviour.

As in all civil rights movements they start with the smallest action from one person. However there are some lines in this society that should not ever be crossed. His attraction to underage (prepubescent) girls is one of them. This man is setting some very dangerous precedents to which the public need to be aware of. He, in my mind, seems to be setting himself up as someone who has "come out of the closet" in regards to his proclivities which is on the borderline of very brave or very stupid. It possibly tells others that "Hey maybe it's okay to feel this way". We are on very thin ice. Very thin

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How much is an allergic reaction worth?

August 14th 2007 12:46

Once again there is a clash between litigation and personal responsibility. This new case stems from a guy who went into McDonalds and ordered a burger without cheese due to a reaction he would have, which is fair enough. Now he apparently he went into some place that was dark without checking if the order was correct and started eating the burger only to find out the hard way that there was actually cheese on the burger. He apparently had some kind of awful reaction and he's now suing McDonalds for $10 milliion. Is his pain and suffering worth that much?

Yes he may have been hurt and some restituition should be made but asking for this kind of money is too aggregious and shows that it is more about greed and selfishness than simple restitution. This guy who because of his own lack of responsibility is partly to blame simply because he didn't even bother to check if the order was correct. I would have thought that if my reaction to cheese was going to be that serious I would have checked it before I left the counter. It seemes that he puts way too much faith in the kids serving him at the counter. I'll bet that this is the same kind of guy who would get into a car with a friend who is not only blind but drunk, let him drive and give him directions (which is also a true story by the way). God bless America the land of no personal responsibility.

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Obama - A wrong kind of

August 13th 2007 23:21

Over the weekend Barack Obama's wife had had enough. There had been talk over the months that her husband wasn't "black" enough. Some have said because he didn't live a "ghetto" life and feel the pain of inner city streets he's unqualified to represent black americans. Excuse me? That has to be the one of the most ignorant poorly thought out excuses to not elect someone. The saddest thing is that I believe it originates from not white america but from inside the black community who seem to think that if you're black and become rich and successful then you're no longer worthy of being black. I have heard that kind of comment with my own ears. The same people who claim oppression are the same ones who push successful black americans out and brand them as "traitors".

I find it hard to believe that anyone would dare come out and ask if Hillary's "woman" enough, Romney's "Mormon" enough Richardson's "Hispanic" enough or Guiliani's "Italian" enough so why would it need to be asked if Obama's "black" enough? Why is there this standard that he needs to live "down" to? So he may not have live a "ghetto" life, his qualification is his complexion. He will always be viewed as "black" in some quarters no matter how much money he makes or where he lives. Do you think that if Obama was stood in front of a white supremacist you think they're going to say they won't insult him or do him harm because he's not "black" enough? Please

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Church hypocrisy

August 13th 2007 22:04

In my writings I have made it clear I don't condone the gay lifestyle. However I think that people are allowed to live the way they choose to live. I can't tell anyone to live a certain way if they don't feel comfortable doing it. In the end people need to answer to God. The good Lord isn't about to judge anyone until the end of days and I am nowhere near being God so I have absolutely no right to judge anyone for their lifestyle.

What is the church thinking when it refuses to hold a memorial service for an army veteran who was gay? What does it prove? The man has died. He isn't there to make a commitment to another man. It is a celebration of someone's life. Someone who served his country. Yet that wasn't important to this church. Okay so in the traditional view of the church he was a "sinner", but aren't we all to some extent

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Why is the world full of stupid people?

August 13th 2007 00:30

I have noticed recently that the world is full of stupid people. I'm not talking about the ones who can't count the correct change in the line at the supermarket but the ones who defy explanation. For example the couple who wanted to call their child "4real". Thankfully the NZ registry had the sense to say no.

So the father, who claims he's not a "quitter" (he may not have much upstairs but he's a not a quitter) decided not to go with an ordinary name but call the poor defenseless baby of all things "Superman". What did that poor child ever do to deserve such treatment? Superman? Out of all of the names out there which must number into the millions he can't find a name that would make the child feel good without him being laughed at for the rest of his life

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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

August 13th 2007 00:22

I take no credit for writing this. This was sent by email to me and I thought it wouldd be good to put up.

"First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they

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Why banning the n word makes no sense

August 12th 2007 02:22

In New York city there is a movement to ban the word "bitch". I think that there is little chance of that happening as words and speech are protected by the first amendment. But I want to bring up the matter of the n word. Again in NYC the word has been banned. I think the whole thing of banning words is going about things in the wrong way. Sure people can implement bans and try and enforce them.by fines and whatever but I think it's a waste of a judicial systems time thats already been overburdened by more serious issues.

I can understand the use of the word by African Americans (I don't agree with it) but I understand it. What it does is take the sting out of the word and if suddenly it is "banned" it's power falls right back to the people who used it originally and who continue to use it as the worst kind of villification

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