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Washington protests continue
Anti-government protests are continuing in Washington today as thousands gather for yet another day in front of the Capitol building and round the Washington and Lincoln memorials.
Protesters are demanding that President Barrack Obama step down from office and that the right wing regime move towards full and proper democracy. So far there has been little reaction from Obama although the state controlled media are reporting the demonstrations as 'dangerous and undemocratic'.
The army and the National Guard has been surrounding the demonstrators but so far show no stomach for taking direct action. Some skirmishes have taken place between pro-Presidential supporters and the protesters and last night, the fourth night of this protest, several people were injured. The government has denied that the CIA was responsible for orchestrating the violence in order to influence public opinion against the demonstrators.
Chants of "Revolution! Revolution!" and "Democracy now!" have resounded around the Capitol where the administration is in emergency session to decide what to do next.
A spokesman for the Arab League said "We have demonstrated that people power in Tunisia and Egypt can bring down these authoritarian and corrupt regimes and replace them with a truly democratic process by the people for the people. We urge the American President to demonstrate his commitment to bring this about in the United States. Change needs to happen now, and it needs to be meaningful."
Sources close to President Obama commented "He is going nowhere. He has a degree in obstinacy."
No uprising here!
It ain't going to happen!
And I am going to tell you why...
The average Brit basically doesn't give a flying fuck. You can yell at him all you like, he'll just shrug and say "whatever" then he'll go down the pub for a good moan and a few beers with his mates. Or he'll go home, slob out in front of the tellie, sink a few beers and moan at his girlfriend.
Put up his taxes, he'll have a good whinge. Petrol at £1.50 a litre, short petrol protest maybe, then business as usual. Expenses scandal, good moan about MPs being a bunch of crooks. General election - can't be bothered to vote because they're all the same. Immigration? Bloody disgrace but so what! Europe? Crap but we're in now...
Let's face it - this ain't Tunis or Cairo. This is London, the whingeing capital of the world. Whatever happens here we just sit on our arses and moan, then forget all about it! About the only bloody thing that gets us worked up is the weather - the one thing we can actually do sod all about.
The only uprising there will be in this country is the one being planned by Milipede's union masters to bring down the government. And what will we do about the summer of discontent? Have a bloody good moan and then just get on with life.
If the world ever ends, the only thing the British will be worrying about is the effect it has on the football programme.
Britain is fucked - but who cares? Nobody!
Superbug pandemic confirmed
Well, I am sad to have to announce that in recent weeks the disease has reached pandemic status.
The bug has already been responsible for thousands of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there are unconfirmed rumours of an outbreak in Iran.
The recent events in Tunisia indicate that there may be the start of an outbreak there, and over the past week there have been many cases reported in Cairo. The authorities in Egypt have confirmed that there have been a number of deaths reported.
A spokesman for the international health organisation 'Mediciens sans Scrupulo' says that nothing much can be done under the prevailing circumstances and believes that regimes must change in order to bring this bug under control.
So far, the only country that seems to be uneffected is the United States. A White House representative told us : "4nPolyC has so far not worried us in the US. We believe that we have the finest system in the world for dealing with things and if everyone else did it our way, then the world would be a better and safer place."
Doctors warn that there may be a danger of the disease mutating into something far more worrying. Already another strain 4nCIA may already be in situ in other countries...
Student protests - Democracy in action?
I think not...
Yesterday, thousands of 'students' descended on London to protest against the coalition Government's decision to allow universities to increase tuition fees. At least ten people have been arrested - including two arrests for assault on police, one on drunk and disorderly charges and six for violent disorder.
Twenty-two 'protesters' and nine officers are believed to have been injured. Six of the injured police required hospital treatment. In addition the Price of Wales' car was attacked, windows were smashed in Oxford Street and the Supreme Court building was vandalised.
And just to put the icing on the cake, in the true spirit of Christmas 'protestors' set fire to the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.
Note that I say 'students' and 'protestors' in inverted commas. They are not necessarily the same thing. I don't dispute that there is genuine bad feeling in the student community about the increase in fees, but at the end of the day these events have been largely orchestrated by left wing activists and anarchists. Anyone who doubts this, frankly, has rocks in their heads. Students exercising their right to lawful protest do not need to wear balaclavas...
Like the strikes of the Thatcher years, this is the first in the long line of 'events' orchestrated by the left to bring down a legally elected government. It's the way the left has always worked. It's the way it's working now. It's the start of another winter of discontent as this blog predicted some time ago.
I might perhaps have been less inclined to this view if the 'protestors' had been chanting "No to fees!" rather then "Tory scum!"
I support the right to peaceful protest and to freedom of speech. These are the cornerstones of democracy. I salute the members of the LibDem and Conservative parties who voted against these changes. They have followed their consciences and the wishes of their electorate. Some have resigned - quite rightly - from ministerial posts because of their beliefs. This is how democracy works and should continue to work.
What is not democratic is the rule of the mob. It should not be tolerated - now or ever.
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