If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a better horse.
– Henry Ford, industrialist (1863–1947)
My kingdom for a car?
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It still Rattles and Hums
It’s some time time since I listened to the U2 album Rattle and Hum. They were on fire – Unforgettable. I have this album on Vinyl and at sometime I had transferred it onto cassette and later minidisc. I was in the process of transferring it again this time onto my hard drive. It’s a process I can only describe as tedious, so I looked on iTunes to see what price it was. Just £5.49 – so I bought it. So now it’s on my iPhone.
Pride still brings tears to my eyes and I still haven’t found what I’m looking for with the gospel choir is spine chilling.
Perhaps I like this album because it touches the gospel roots planted in me as a boy.
Why I don’t buy The Times
George Monbiot: The most potent weapon wielded by the empires of Murdoch and China | Comment is free | The Guardian
If you want to know how powerful Rupert Murdoch is, read the reviews of Bruce Dover’s book, Rupert’s Adventures in China. Well, go on, read them. You can’t find any? I rest my case.
As lucid and alarming as ever George Monbiot puts Murdoch in his sights and provokes an intelligent discussion on the Guardian’s Comment is Free blog.
The Times used to be the final authority in British Newspapers. No longer. I’d rather read The Telegraph. At least I know what it’s bias is. I have to work hard to discern which part of Murdoch’s empire The Times is championing on any one day, but I know it’ll be in there somewhere.
Do I have Sky? Yes, but only for the football. And if wanted to rant on I could whip up a good argument for the way pay TV has ruined the beautiful game too.
The article may be long but it’s worth reading, including the comments from readers.
Tax the poor
I am sick of hearing Labour Cabinet minister defending the abolition of the 10p tax band. It’s so pathetic they have lost all credibility. They have to hold their hands up and admit they’re robbing low paid single people of some of their income.
There’s no point in arguing how much better they all are since Labour came to power, or that they will sort it out sometime never. Just give them their money back. Take it out of my tax bill if it makes you feel better but stop being so stupid.
Just because people are single and low paid they aren’t stupid. Many of them are loving caring people like the staff who look after my son who has learning disabilities. They are low paid but they care. And at the moment Mr Darling, Ms Cooper, and the rest of you treasury wonks – you clearly don’t.
The 10 deadly evils of life in Britain today
The 10 deadly evils of life in Britain today | Society | The Observer
‘The focus on greed as an issue reflects concern about the growing gulf between the rich and poor. Connected to all of these issues was the perception that we no longer share a set of common values and that we have lost our “moral compass”.’
As I wrote previously Joseph Rowntree’s legacy is still contributing valuable stuff to our national conscience.