This man, Oscar Pistorius, shot his girlfriend either deliberately or accidentally. He is famous for being a disabled athlete who apparently has won things. Can I just let it be known I do not care? There is in my view nothing, bar some very poor police work and absurd journalism, in this story that relates to the UK so why do we have it thrust upon us as the main story in every news bulletin and paper? Do we lack murderers and dubious athletes ourselves we need to care about other peoples? I know not whether he is guilty or not, I know it is not newsworthy, so why is it so important to the media? Having been given bail he may stay out of the news for a while, until it begins again during the court case.
When the present Pope decided to resign rather than die on office it created a media outcry. A man considered irrelevant by so many gets an awful lot of publicity for anything he says. Now it transpires he had read a report indicating a 'gay' fraternity being exposed in the Vatican, that says the 'La Repubblica' paper is why he is going. I believe them, the pope is an 'intellectual' as opposed to a leader, a manager, which is what the pope role is about. he was given the job because the other cardinals did not want another John Paul II, a man who refused to die in office for many years. I believe them also as it is no secret that many homosexuals, as well as paedophiles have found their way into the Roman church organisation (although I am not able to give evidence bar reporting stories thereof) . Such tales have been around in RC circles for many years, names never mentioned, and any organisation that wrongly insists on celibacy is open to corruption if control is poor. The size and complexity of the RCs organisation makes such control difficult, especially when the Vatican itself is full of problems. A return to the bible is required from the next pope, a removal of homosexual groups and a handing over to the police of all paedos is an urgent step he must take, an end to celibacy is also overdue, that in itself with free many problems. When he reads this report, if it exists, he has many hard choices to make.
Car drivers are always whining about petrol prices. There is hardly a day when the poor hard done by drivers grumble and complain about their struggle to pay for fuel. I noticed while sitting on the bus the other day the prices, £135.9 for Unleaded, and £147.9 for diesel, that's at a litre a time. Smaller cars will have a tank of what? Around 45 litres perhaps? That means you might pay £40 - 50 when you fill up. However as I look around I find people driving big cars, and those who drive smaller appear to use them a lot. Now I am on a tight budget, which is why I bought 30 butchersd sausages for £10 yesterday, cheap around here, but so many people appear to find enough to fill the hosue with all mod cons, drive cars, have holidays, drink in pubs, attend football matches and yet say "It's all right for you!" Where does their money come from in these austerity days? How do folks manage to live so well? I would hate to tell them to buy a smaller car, eat better and less, don't buy what you don't need, and get a life. There again, I might.
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9 comments:
I too wonder how people manage,
I'd think more than twice before buying a Test Match ticket for a DAY...yet I know of people in what i would think of as ordinary jobs going out to follow a whole tour abroad.
They must know something about the elasticity of money that i don't.
Leave off on Oscar. You're such a news hypocrite - I remember how you ate and drank up everything OJ a few years ago, even losing your job when you couldn't come unglued from the telly. Why would you want to hear about domestic murders? Greater England doesn't even HAVE guns to shoot through bathroom doors. The U.S. has guns but OJ used a knife. Go figure. Way past time for us to be getting rid of knives, right?
And 'tahellza "hosue?" or for that matter, a litre? I think you meant huss.
What if you had to buy it by the gallon? Eh? I ask you. Even a metric gallon would be, like, 2-300 lbs for a fillup, no?
I advise you to be conservative and gasfrugal like the mericans.
You can also bet a litre of holy water that it would take a mighty big pope to make me dress up like that, I'll tell ye.
I couldn't agree with you more re Pistorius and the Pope! The same is going on here.
I had to laugh the other day and shake my head in wonderment. Motorists were being told over the news broadcast to fill up their cars as fuel price were going up at the end of the week! What they supposed to do...load up their fuel tanks with fuel...drive home...and leave their cars in the garage! Fill up but don't drive your cars...the fuel prices are going up!!
Helen, Tis mystery all....!
Max, Who is OJ?
Tell the truth, you often dress up like that and frighten the natives.
Lee, It's bad for those who NEED cars, but not for those who have big needless cars.
You missed my point, Adullamite...I know fuel price increases are damn annoying and makes motoring expensive, particularly if one has a large car...but I just thought it humorous that people were being urged to rush out and fill up their car tanks because fuel was going up at the end of the week...what were they supposed to do in the meantime...after they'd filled up their car...between then (Monday when they were told to go out and fill up) and when the fuel prices rose - at week's end? Don't drive anywhere?
Adullamite missed a point?
The pope may be considered irrelevant to many but to many others it's the reverse. He and the Catholic church have a huge influence in the world.
People, in my experience, have forgotten how to use their legs.
He was all over the media in America too. Shows you the power of celebrity. What annoys me is the photo opportunity aspect. They don't allow cameras in court but he's allowed to go and stand there for photographers with his head bowed looking contrite and humble. A damn photo opportunity! Unbelievable!
Jenny, I fail to see why he is such a celeb?
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