Posted by grumbler on August 26th, 2008 — Posted in Government Issues, Lamentations, Politics, The World Today
So I know someone whose health has recently deteriorated, and is seeking assistance and medical help. Ideally she would like to become better and regain her full independence, however she will gratefully accept any assistance that she can have because she realises that regaining her full health is tantamount to winning the lottery.
Let us give the devil his due… She does smoke and falls under the overweight category.
She has been diabetic since her twenties. Her diabetes plays around very dramatically and varies from a normal range to needing to be rushed into hospital as it hit 30 and she was lucky she did not enter a coma!! As a result of her diabetes, her eyesight has deteriorated to the point that she is practically blind. She suffers leg and back pains that sometimes mean that she can barely walk.
She has been referred by her GP for assistance in her home. However, apparently a GP’s word is not gospel. They are insisting that she attend a private clinic on a Sunday which will take her about 1 hour 25 minutes to reach there by their calculations. They have suggested that she should take no less than 3 different buses to reach her destination. No mean feat for a practically blind person!!
So now let us see it from a tax payers point of view. Aside from her normal NHS entitlements (which we should all be entitled to which is why we pay NI), which is also fair enough, there are unnecessary costs. These include:-
Private Treatment because our own government will not accept our GP’s word. Makes you wonder if we should take our GP’s word?
* The extra cost that it will cost for it being held on a Sunday.
* The reimbursement of her transport because she is not refereed to a local doctor or hospital.
* The extra paperwork because it is also printed in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujurati, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu & Vietnamese.
And then we are surprised that there is not enough money to pay for life saving treatments like Herceptin for Cancer Patients and IVF Treatments for Childless Couples!!
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Posted by grumbler on June 29th, 2008 — Posted in Government Issues, Lamentations, Political Correctness, Politics, Racism, Religion, Strange But True, The World Today
I thought that freedom of speech was a basic human right but apparently there are exceptions to every rule.
Rules have been passed against people saying what they think on T-shirts as it may cause annoyance or inconvenience to some people!
They will soon tell me that I am not allowed my Carper Diem on my blog as it might annoy or be inconvenient to some people.
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Posted by grumbler on April 24th, 2008 — Posted in Government Issues, Politics, The World Today
Green Peace -? What is Green Peace? all about?
Green Peace was set up to oppose testing? Nuclear? devices in the states. Today it focuses on environmental issues such as whaling, the ozone layer, ? global warming, the rain forests, nuclear power,? genetic engineering, cloning, organic? items, etc.
On the other hand they have been criticised for being too extremist. Stories of their Eco terrorism were often? heard on the vine.? For example at one point? Green? Peace was anti chlorine, yet chlorine is important for? us. They have also been known to support non human causes over human factors!
However, there are always two sides to every issue and it is up to us to decide which causes to back and which to avoid. It is always good to know both sides to every issue… and Green Peace is no exception.
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Posted by grumbler on January 31st, 2008 — Posted in Government Issues, Penny Thoughts, Political Correctness, Politics
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious — Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
So is being serious a way of being funny? It would explain politicians!!
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Posted by grumbler on November 5th, 2007 — Posted in Government Issues, Penny Thoughts, Political Correctness, Politics
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliment on the 5th November.
Children traditionally since the 18th Centrury have built Guys to be burnt and begged for a “penny for Guy”! This money? used to buy fireworks to “set alight” Guy. However fireworks for under 18’s has become illegal. It feels a bit harsh that we have become so strict a society and care nothing for tradition.
“Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.”
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Posted by grumbler on September 28th, 2007 — Posted in Government Issues, Political Correctness, Politics, The World Today
I have been watching? a series called 24. It has left me feeling very insecure. They seem to be able to trace people and they seem to be able to know exactly where a person has been and what a person has done over the last few years or even more.
They say America is the land of the free. However, I suspect that it is only “free” on the surface because if they can monitor you constantly then you are no longer free. Big Brother is watching!
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Posted by grumbler on September 16th, 2007 — Posted in PPP, Politics
I found a place where you can freely have political debates. The rules and regulations are minimal. And at least it can offer a way to vent out any political irritations that we have!! It is also good because we can get different views and opinions too!
And you never know who might be reading!!
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Posted by grumbler on August 24th, 2007 — Posted in Lamentations, Penny Thoughts, Political Correctness, Politics, The World Today
It really gets my goat that in the civilized world we have gun crime. When I see kids get killed as a result of gun crime, my blood boils. Apparently it is not ok to punish or smack a child but it is ok to have gun crime.
Until crime gets just desserts (fair sentences) then crime will remain. When someone gets life for killing someone, they should be imprisoned for the rest of their life and not 13 years! After all the person they killed will not wake from the dead because life is now just a number of years!
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Posted by grumbler on August 6th, 2007 — Posted in Government Issues, Politics, Strange But True
Malta relatively recently (around 10 years ago) introduced Postcodes. They gave each postcode 3 letters and 2 numbers eg ABC12. The first 3 letters signified the town eg SGN = San Gwann and STJ = St Julian’s. There were a few semi odd ones too like ZBR for Marsascala (It is near Zabbar!). The numbers should have been a grid of sorts.
However this did not seem to work for them. They have changed the postcode system already. They now consist of 3 letters and 4 numbers eg ABC1234! The letters have mostly remained the same but some have changed eg Marsascala has become MSK.
When you consider how tiny Malta is you wonder why they need such a large system to get the postcode sorted. Even the USA (who incidentally have a city called Malta) have only a 5 digit postcoode eg Beverley Hills is 90210. The UK postcode is split into two letters upto 3 numbers and 2 letters - AB12 3CD. The first 2 letters splits the country eg TW = Thames West and the rest is a grid system.
So, Malta needs a more complex system than the US and the Uk combined despite it being smaller than some cities in the UK and US!
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Posted by grumbler on July 22nd, 2007 — Posted in PPP, Politics, blog
RevLeft.com leftist discussion forums? are simply that - forums where socialists are welcome to discuss anything. Considering that socialism is meant to be about equality, how can they justify needing forums for discussion. If everyone were equal and thought equally, would that not eliminate the need for discussion?
To quote The life of Brian… “We are all individuals!”
Altogether now…. “We are all individuals!”
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