tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post8768872335189781490..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: BrownieRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-63617821432926541132010-03-13T10:55:54.731+00:002010-03-13T10:55:54.731+00:00"Ut was the RIGHT thing to dae, ferr the RIGH..."Ut was the RIGHT thing to dae, ferr the RIGHT reasons, and anyone who says otherwise VILL BE TAKEN OUT AND SHOT.<br /><br />A government of decent and honourable human beings? Not in my lifetime - unless me and thee stand for public office, eh Endo?<br /><br />We'd show 'em.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-40069612764534718512010-03-13T02:45:37.003+00:002010-03-13T02:45:37.003+00:00Sorry, my lack of clarity - I was actually quoting...Sorry, my lack of clarity - I was actually quoting you quoting Drayson! Mainly to illustrate the point that, not for the first nor the last time, the government chose to simply play the "we're right, you're wrong" card. So, denying it was an issue in 2006 makes that (in a newspeak kind of way) the Truth That Was and paves the way for Gordon to have a pretence, however flimsy, to honesty when he claims it is only recent developments that render our troops vulnerable and their equipment in need of replacement.<br /><br />I'm not sure which is worse: to be governed by men who can persuade themselves of their righteousness and worth in such a way, or by men who are too selfishly evil to care how many lives their ambitions cost. More to the point - could we not have an option to be governed by decent and honourable human beings instead?endemoniada_88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-39427395055769574482010-03-12T08:10:02.847+00:002010-03-12T08:10:02.847+00:00Er, I did include the Lord Drayton remark - look b...Er, I did include the Lord Drayton remark - look back. It's significant because it shows that Labour were not only aware of the issue in 2006, but were denying it was an issue. Suddenly, after Chilcot and a couple of disaffected Generals, it's become an urgent priority. And how many brave lads and lasses have died in between? Don't even think about it. <br /><br />Your remarks on 'disingenuous' - bang on. It's what we get if we choose to be governed by lawyers. Even if GB isn't one, many of those who surround him are, and that kind of playing with words to conceal the truth is obviously endemic.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-7398676361469360862010-03-12T02:15:59.209+00:002010-03-12T02:15:59.209+00:00You may have missed the important bit!
New Labour...You may have missed the important bit!<br /><br />New Labour stooge Lord Drayson said: "My Lords, I do not accept that Snatch Land Rovers are not appropriate for the role."<br /><br />And since New Labour said they didn't accept it, it obviously wasn't true and the PM isn't actually lying. Apparently, it's only changed recently, because the insurgents have got better at making IEDs (risible though that may be, it was wheeled out as an excuse when big Gordo announced the purchase of 200 new patrol vehicles).<br /><br />I believe it's time to reuse that word "disingenuous". And point out that perhaps the single most corrosive thing about this Labour government is that no statement they ever make can be taken at face value. It has to be parsed minutely to understand in what narrow context it might possibly be true. It's like being stuck in an endless, badly-written courtroom procedural, where the exact interpretation of every sentence is the subject of forensic and learned argument. In the real world, it's an impossibly wearying way in which to conduct any sort of conversation and no surprise that people simply elect to believe none of it. they're probably right anyway, and have saved themselves a lot of brow-wrinkling effort in cutting straight to the chase.<br /><br />Speaking of cutting to the chase, my loathing for the man knows no limits. And if he told me the sky was blue, I'd feel a sudden need to check both that and the contents of my wallet.endemoniada_88noreply@blogger.com