David Cameron

Being the leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron is a big character in the UK. He's also a controversial figure; and as usual the debate is found between the Conservative right, and the Liberal left.
I'm not going to try to pretend that I find the man anything less than a rather irritating toff; slightly in the same vein as Prince Charles, or Baroness Thatcher (booo), but I also can't deny that the humour which can be derived from Cameron is pretty top class.

1. David Cameron stated to the press that all troublesome teenagers needed was..a hug. I'm not sure if you've ever tried to hug a troublesome teenager, but I'll think you might possibly find them slightly reluctant.

They prefer floral gifts, I believe.

Oh, and here's a picture I rather like; I'm assuming it's the result of an attempted hug:


2. David Cameron's head....has been said to look rather like a spoon. This is cruel, and I don't think is fair. To say that the Conservative Party's leader's head is reminiscent of a spoon, is completely false.

David Cameron's head is a spork.

You see, despite the curvature of the forehead, and the doughy undulations of the cheeks, Cameron has spikes. The man you see on the left; the chap gesticulating behind the Tory leader, was arrested a number of days after this incident; and was sentenced to a spell in prison on drugs charges. Coincidence? I think not.


Apparently having one hand in your trousers, and one making a gun-style gesture, whilst making a cheeky grin, makes you the scum of the universe. (According to the Conservative right, anyway).

Oh well, David. I'm sure that if you reach power, your true colours will shine, and we'll see a side to you that we didn't expect. And naturally, I'm assuming that you'll crack down on troublesome teenagers? Oh goody.

I suppose a hug is out of the question?

I'm back

(Please note, I've already managed to balls it up by posting this entry to my old blog. Smooth.)



Well it's been about 6 months since my last post. I'm can tell that you missed me.

The last few months have seen a large amount of change in my life, and the following few hold even more for me. That said however, my sense of political outrage (and also viewership of the Daily Show) has continued, and I thought it was about time I posted again.

This page is as much for me as it is for anybody else; I hope that I can look back one day, and laugh at my precocious and idealistic tendencies; around the time that I'm driving a Benz and voting conservative. (I jest)


Please note, I do not own the copywright to many of the photos on this blog. If you would like me to take it down (not because you're a Conservative or something though), please drop me an email.

Musings on Civilisation

I'm back from the Big Apple, the large cheese, the Empire state strikes back etc etc.

Ghandi, when arriving in Great Britain, was asked:
"What do you think of Western civilisation?"
"What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea."

I was reminded of this quote as I arrived in Newark airport, late one evening last week. I don't mean any offense to Americans, I personally love the one's I've come into contact with during my lifetime, but there seems to be a group that arn't my cup of tea. Politicians.

While I was there, I saw a number of adverts that I personally thought were a joke:
"Bob Menendez sells drugs to children." (I embellish slightly perhaps.)
About 20 minutes later, I had the misfortune to catch another:
"Tom Kean Jr is a racist who WILL attack your mother." (My memory has faded a tad..)

I couldn't believe the dirty tactics used by politicians in what is supposed to be the most civilised nation on the planet. The idea of a Senator, surely, is to command the respect of their constituents; proving to the public that they are being led by mature, wise and well-rounded individuals. I found (find it, as afterall it goes on in my country too) it fairly disgraceful that the voting public are being patronised by their would-be leaders. From my experience, treat others with the respect they deserve; possibly why politicians get very little from many.

In the last General Election in the UK, the Conservatives led a campaign based on negative aspects of the Labour Party. They lost. It seems the voter doesn't like being treated like an idiot.

It's one step down from:
"Do you remember when old Mabel got run over?

Tony Blair does."

The Big Apple

I won't be able to write anything for a week or so, I'm heading out to the states tomorrow, New Jersey to be exact. I realise that the picture is of New York, I'm going there too... I think...I never really plan ahead.
Anyhoo, I hope you all have a good week, try not to worry too much about the world, it'll sort itself out eventually. We'll achieve harmony before the end.

Peace
x

End Game

Possibly not the most responsible move by an Army chief: "we want out."
What positive effect this could have on soldiers' morale, I'm not totally sure. Risking your life is one thing as part of your job, but doing it when you're bosses don't even think you're going to be there.
Also, any deaths that occur out in Iraq between now and the day of leaving, will be scrutinised and criticised even more than they are already; "They should have been home already".
Talking of responsibility, it probably wasn't the best idea to announce it to the most right-wing newspaper available; The Daily Mail HATES Tony Blair, and anything that is connected to the Iraq War. I don't think this is because they are against violence in the Middle East...after all, that would hint that they have some kind of conscience... but rather they just like bashing the government.
It would be like Dick Cheney announcing something through the National Inquirer, or a daily newspaper whose headlines typically read something like:
"DOES TEENAGE SEX HURT YOUR DAUGHTERS?"
"ASYLUM, YOU'RE RIGHT TO WORRY"
etc etc.

It's all a bit of a shambles, however the sentiment is perhaps right. We want our men home. But at what cost to the Iraqi people and our national morale?

The winner of this war was capitalism, and the loser was humanity.

It turned into a bit of a rant..

So I've basically neglected my responsibilities for a little while; I haven't posted anything except pictures and videos. Yeah, very lazy.

Have another video.


But on a more inspirational note, I'll give you a quote by Brittany Murphy:
"Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your entire life, if you survive them."

Oh, and North Korea have full nuclear capabilities, and are "a threat to peace".
What's the betting that its us who attacks first? We do love our pre-emptive strikes! Surely the people who start wars should be seen as more of a threat..
The reason Britain are so nice to America? We don't want them to attack. The "Special Relationship" is more like going out with a slightly scary partner that you don't want to break up with, in case they bomb you.

I'd have thought that the country with the most ASSault weapons (that's right, I made an ass joke to show my rage. Although in Britain it should be "arse" but it didn't fit too well into the word assault.) Anyway, surely the country with the most assault weapons should be the biggest threat to PEACE?

"We need to be able to defend ourselves, something'th amendment etc"

Well stop attacking people and I might believe you. And no, somebody building a weapon isn't reason to attack. They're just copying you because you're so cool.

Clooney on Darfur

It may have been the words of a hollywood actor, rather than a political leader, but I found them rather poignant and apt.

Virginia

Sorry about lack of postage, life is busy!
I promise to do better in future.

Sign of the Beast?

It seems Blair has new worry lines...in the shape of a "W" on his forehead...

Suggestions for what it stands for please? The poor guy seems to be ageing in dog years!

Whatever happened to Papal infallibility?

Just a quick thought, I know that perhaps the Pope's recent verbal-accident wasn't Catholic related, but isn't everything he says supposed to be completely infallible?
Later research told me this: According to the Catholic Church "the Bishop of Rome IS infallible - but only in specific cases."

But someone who has to retract an earlier statement...surely shouldn't be given the responsibility for millions of Catholics? If I were one, I'd rather like my leader to think before saying rather silly things..

On the other hand, he does have a rather nice hat. I have one too, they're half price in Gap at the mo.

Irony Lost...

The Pope made some inflammatory remarks about Islam the other day, connecting the religion to violence.

How did a few Muslims attempt to counter this argument?

By burning an effigy of the pope, and calling for him to be killed. But I'm pretty sure thats the Islamic equivalent to "No hard feelings mate."

Is irony just a Western thing? If someone connected ginger people to violence, I'd march the streets stroking a rabbit; acting in a way that could only be described by the words "aww". Wouldn't that make a more useful statement than this?:

"Death of a President" WILL be found in USA

The new ficticious feature, including the assassination of George Bush in 2007, has been sold to the American "Newmarket films", and so will be distributed in the USA. The film has received a large amount of criticism, and has been labeled "irresponsible" by many conservative critics; however the directer states:

I don't think anyone would get the idea of assassinating Bush from this film

Gabriel Range

Newmarket films, which also distributed The Passion of the Christ, is expected to give the film a wide release over the coming months.

Finally, a gritty and biting look at our post 9/11 world from the liberal viewpoint.

Welcome!

I'd like to take this opporunity to introduce you all to

The New Adventures of SuperCal.
(previously mynameiscal.blogspot.com)

It's going to be better than ever.
There are still the old posts on the old page, but TNAOC holds "the best of" as it were, and I will only be updating this from now on!

Many thanks,
Cal

Banksy's Latest

Banksy strikes again, and love him or hate him...(most liberal Brits love him) his work strikes a chord across the world.
A life size replica of a Guantanamo bay detainee was placed in Disneyland inside the "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" ride in California. It remained in place for 90 minutes inside the ride, before being taken away.

I don't know about you, but I can't help but smile at Banksy's subversive stunts. Last week, he smuggled 500 faked copies of Paris Hilton's new album, with his own remixes included such as "Why am I famous?" and "What have I done?"

It's hard to spend a day in London without stumbling across a Banksy; whether it's a small stenciled rat on a lamp-post, or an enormous mural of two police officers kissing. He's popular too.. in Bristol, the council wondered what to do about one of his works of art;
The stencilled image, which showed a naked man hanging onto a window ledge, won a 97% approval rating from residents on an internet discussion forum.

Even though it's strictly illegal, many Britains feel that Banksy is exercising our right to free-speech. He daubs what we think...so why not? It also gives character to the metropolis.

AND it pokes fun at the establishment...

My Favourite Stamp

These were the stamps sent to me on a letter from my Auntie Deb from Iraq during the 90's. I just thought they were priceless, so I kept them. Looking back, I'm surprised her assests weren't frozen for directly funding a terrorist. I suppose stranger things have happened. In case anybody from Mi6 reads my blog, I don't actually say "Yes Saddam".

Credit should go to
http://calami.blogspot.com/

Paris Arrested for DUI

About time she was arrested, as her entire "career" of television and musical abominations has been, frankly, criminal.
But early on Thursday morning, it is alleged that she was seen driving erratically and pulled over. Then they found traces of alcohol on her breath.

In her own words;
“I was just really hungry and I wanted to have an In-N-Out burger”

Robin Hood Moves with the Times

Sadly I think it might only be us Brits who are honoured with this one; but I'm not the only one who's a little bit excited. Taking the spot that "Doctor Who" took on the Saturday night television schedule, Robin Hood's latest incarnation is hoping to be big down our way.

Anyway, this is what people are saying:
The show, which has been filmed in high definition, is full of the expected swordsmanship, archery, fast-paced action, goodies and baddies - but the story has uncanny parallels with the war on terror and modern politics. In the opening episode, nobleman Robin returns from a war in the Middle East to find Nottinghamshire controlled by an unpopular leader where taxes are heavy and a climate of fear reigns.
"In one episode I say 'we can hold and execute outlaws without trial', which is not far removed from what's happening now," says one of the actors.