Call me naive, but I did think for a while there that Obama was going to start taking substantial Christian votes from the Republican party. Surely here was a guy, whose policies towards the poorer members of society Christians would identify with.
But alas all I hear are the same old polarised politics – Christians so [...]
I’m torn. One the one hand its an offensive sectarian statement, which will destroy part of a road. On the other hand it got me out of work early. They kindly left the pavement free for cars to get around it, as demonstrated by the mini in the above picture. My office is just through [...]
2 reasons it rocks to be Northern Irish this week:
What if the security guards hadn’t been able to stop Michael Stone on his way into Stormont with a gun, a knife, and possibly a bomb, earlier today? Doesn’t bear thinking about, as this guy had previously tried assasinating Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, and had been part of a plot to assasinate Ken Livingstone. [...]
There was once a time when I was probably Bush’s biggest fan in this country (it humbles me to confess that), but I am now quietly relieved to see his Republican party losing control of the US. I generally feel patronised when I hear Bush speak, and I cringe at the rhetoric which he thinks [...]
Who needs facts when you have celebrity endorsements? A few days ago Michael J. Fox entered the debate by appearing in a 30 second advertisement urging voters in Missouri to vote for democrat Claire McCaskill who would support a proposed amendment to allow stem cell research with human embryos in that state.
Now Jim Caviezel (The [...]
No-one wants to talk about it, but it is increasingly obvious that in the UK there is a growing undercurrent of distrust and resentment towards Muslims. I think it has been growing since the events of 9/11, and has been fueled by two main factors. Firstly the perception that little is being done by Muslims [...]
Strange how I usually only blog when I’m in work and supposed to be writing my thesis. One might think that I found writing up immensely boring and frustrating, and was looking for any kind of distraction or reason to procrastinate. Anyway, it’s important that I once again put my PhD on hold to share [...]
Whether it’s Boris Johnson talking about healthy food or Jack Straw talking about Muslim veils for women, it makes headline news anytime a politician says what most people are thinking but are afraid to say for fear of the Political Correctness police getting them. I can’t see anything wrong with Mr Straw stating that he [...]
My thoughts on 9/11 on this, the 5th anniversary…
People do like to simpify things and make them black and white. It seems that most people’s views on terrorism and Iraq etc. have been pushed into 2 camps. The first assumes that everyone including Islamic fundamentalists are rational people and there must be some rational explanation [...]
