March for Democracy

It always concerns me when people use the word democracy. These days it tends to be bandied about a little bit, often under the guise of democracy. Let me explain…
The Democratic Republic of Congo.
Need I say more?
OK… the United States of America.
Before I get the usual Bush-lovers bleating on about how good it was before [...]

Health and Happiness

As the alleged pig flu pandemic sweeps many nations around the globe, it’s time to ponder exactly how Republicans in the United States of America can say they have the best health system in the world. They do have the most expensive, but the best? I think not.
Contrary to the beliefs of Fox News and [...]

100 Days…

So Obama’s been in for 100 days. They’re all going on about it….
What’s he achieved so far? Well I think his crowning achievement is not moves halting US torture of detainees, time-line of withdrawal from Iraq, or his decisive moves to halt world economic collapse.
His greatest accomplishment to date is the way he has totally [...]

2008

Greetings once again for perhaps the final time this year.
On Saturday I fly off for my summer holidays with my gorgeous wife. We are spending our summer holidays in winter this year – most notably in Scotland, although sometime will be spent in Ulster and Lancaster. In any case, it better be a white Christmas, [...]

New Zealand has Spoken

Last night New Zealand lurched a little to the right. Lurch is probably a bit to strong to describe what actually happened, as we shall see.
As the United States of America rejected the last 8 years of right wing autocracy led by one George W Bush and the Halliburton-Cheney alliance, our little country said yes. [...]