" Turning a blind eye to real life just to keep it all together
But sometimes when I'm alone like this
I wonder whether its worth it. "
It's a quote from the only melodic bit of the 1983 album 'Yes sir, I will' by the anarcho-pacificist band Crass. Is it worth it? Tuffee.
The 'Ardship of Canbury, Dr Rowan Williams suggested on compromise on the spivs v hippies confrontation that's currently happening outside St Paul's Cathedral. Some sort of financial transaction tax was his suggestion. Not going to happen Churchy! Firstly every nation would have to agree to implement it or else no-one could possibly agree to it and even if by some miracle they did, it would hardly satisfy the hippies given that they believe that the government is merely the PR arm of the financial-military-administrative complex. Probably.
Has Greek PM George Papandreou put a gun to the head of the world economy just before the G20 meeting with his sudden referendum announcement? It may be he's trying to force Germany and the IMF to compromise on the fiscal reform/austerity plan imposed on the Greeks or else they'll just stop playing ball, messily default and see what happens. If it works out he'll be a national hero but more likely he'll be forced into a humiliating climbdown or be a name in the history books that always comes up when you try to find out the factors that led to world war 3. Get me! Books! Whatever rats and/or cockroaches will have instead.
I see Benjamin Netanyahu's not in the mood for compromise either today despite being told by Ariel Sharon's advisor that you can't just keep playing hardball with the moderate Palestinians without a) empowering the more militant Hamas and b) pushing Fatah back into all-out intifada. I expect the Al-Aqsa Matyrs Brigade is dusting off its many guns and bombs. Does the IDF use drones like the CIA is so popularly doing in Pakistan? I expect they'll be more evil robots in the air over the holy land in the months to follow.
Phew. Death is all around me.
Best lighten the mood a tiny bit.
Check it out! Anyone (from all those thousands of you hehe) recognise this cartoon? I'd like to know what's being said here. The music is from the Jasmine Minks who were clearly way better than Primal Scream and most of the other bands on Creation. Other than Teenage Fanclub of course. Were Teenage Fanclub on Creation?
Odd little cartoon
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