Monday, February 26, 2007

This is the 1st day of the rest of our lives.

February26, 2007.
I was daydreaming at work and thought that I would share a thought or so with you.
Firstly, the following link should take you to my profile on the BBC's 'Have Your Say' website, from which point you may browse through their daily discussion topics as well as access other BBC blogs and of course, News (or is that propaganda?) headlines from around the world.

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/profile.jspa?userID=4398032&&&edition=1&ttl=20070226163410

A word of caution here; this forum is seriously moderated which is, I think, a new way of spelling censorship. (If so called despots do it we call it censorship but when we do it it's called moderation; for ****'* sake, we're not even allowed to watch uncensored Big Brother)

Today, as I scanned news headlines in a daily paper(the Daily Mail) and on my e-mail home page I thought: why are the headlines so pussyo? I mean, should we be caring that Helen Mirror(sic) won an Oscar? What about our boys and girls dieing in Afghanistan and Iraq? And, by 'our' I don't just mean British ones I mean EVERYONE-All The Innocents!
Have you noticed how even when major stories occur regarding troop deaths/casualties their details are invariably shunted into an inner page? Is this not a cause for concern?
The gauge by which I measure the veracity of a newspaper, radio show or television news programme is the emphasis it places on real news stories as compared to the attention it gives to the 'magazine' type drivel.
Over some time now I have gleaned the following:

  1. Early evening news shows(sic) are rubbish! This is because the masses watch them and, therefore, better not get too heavy and upset the punter- keep it nice and light and everything's going to be just fine.
  2. I have noticed, as I was an avid viewer of Fox(Fix) News(sic), that ever since the mid-term elections in the U S of A, there appears to have been a complete shift in programming structure; gone is the hard line, 'kill 'em all' posturing of some of their main presenters-notably Shawn Hannity and Bill O'Reilly and it has been replaced by, well, a 'pussyo' type stance. The re-run of the Hannity and Colmes show, which I loved to watch, has been replaced by a really -four letter word beginning in S- magazine show called Red Eye. This show can really only be described in four letter word vernacular but- to give credit as and when it's due- I have heard one of their contributors state that Bush never won the 2000 election; impossible to imagine a few months ago! Or, have I got it wrong? Comment please!
  3. Talking about veracity, a politician's can be judged by how succinctly he/she answers questions and whether or not they start with the old 'before I answer that question' routine. This invariably means that the politician in question will go into a 'waffle' at the end of which most of us may have forgotten what the actual question was. Only hardened anti-wafflers like Paxman and Snow are adept enough at challenging such people but admittedly sometimes without success.

Well, that's all for right now but watch out for more.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

2007-NEWSLETTER THE FIRST

Greetings fellow members.
It has indeed been a long time since the last communication and I can only cite the (politically incorrect) Christmas season as the reason + getting back into the swing of things
in the New Year!

The main news today is that Jon Holmes of Radio4, LBC and other fame has agreed to join and I have offered him the 1st HONORARY MEMBER slot and taken this honour away from the Prince of Wales who did not have the courtesy to respond to my invitation to him and his good wife!

Jon accepted my invitation live on air on Fiday evening during his regular LBC late afternoon slot.

I'm sure that you will all be as excited as me at this development and I am hoping that Jon will leave plenty of comment at;

www.thegianthogweed.blogspot.com

In other news I have to confirm that I shall not support Nik Ferrari's mayoral bid as it appears that if he did run(doubtful) it would be on the Tory ticket!(Bummer!)

I have been quite of late on the latters morning show as the subjects offered for discussion these days between 8 and 830 are of the magaziney type viz: should a terminally ill kid be allowed to have sex with a lady of the night! (Nuff said)
However, I shall continue to try to stick it to the establishment as much as possible.
I comment fairly regularly on the BBC's 'have your say' but if you check it out you will see that the censorship is of Goebbelsesque proportions-look out for comments by Brian Jonson the name I use there.

Right now that's about it, serious members will be aware that I have a number of irons in the fire not least of which is the persuit of the children in need scam.

Keep non conforming!

BOB

Saturday, November 18, 2006

NEWSLETTER(18NOV)

Greetings Fellow Members and other sundry addressees-(you know who you are !)
It has been a busy few weeks since the last newsletter, advised as the fifth, although it was in fact the fourth only so, my apologies for that error which I did correct on our blog. More aboot the blog later!
The contents of this issue are:
LBC
News
Saying of the Week
Our Blog
Attachment.

LBC
I continue to be thwarted in my attempts to contribute to the Nick ferrari early morning show(7am-10am). I have called almost all of the last ten working days but with no success! The lines are not busy and I can tell that some tactics are used to dissuade me from going on- I may describe these in more detail later.
Firstly, here is a small table showing date/subject for discussion/whether I called or not and, my view on the subject being discussed;

Mon 6Nov/Sadaam Death Penalty/called/well I say top him just as long as similar fellows meet the same fate-I can think of a few names who meet the criteria but dammit they've slipped my mind for now. I do feel sure however that Dummy Rumsfriend will be upset aboot this as he and Sadaam were quite big buddies at one time(Go German Law).
Tue 7Nov/Muslim Veils/called/there is no religious/spiritual or, Quranic requirement for women to wear a veil! (End of!)
Wed 8Nov/Mayor Livingstones trip to Venezuela/Did not call/This man's tenure as Mayor continues to impress with it's total disregard for truth, honesty and VALUE FOR MONEY! Mr nick Ferrari, who has indicated a desire to run for this office, has my total support in this respect! In a related development, during this week's Queen's(sic) speech, at the opening of the new parliament, one of the items on New(sic) Labour's(sic) agenda is "more power for the London Mayor"! Do they know something we don't know? I mean, will they be happy giving more power to e.g. Nick ferrari? Or, do they feel that the result is already a foregone conclusion?
COME ON NICK RUN if only to ensure that James Whale has no success!
Thu 9Nov/Palestinian matter re shelling by Israeli army/called/ Nick's show attracts a large Jewish audience and they were vocal in their support of such incidents whilst maintaining that the Arab propaganda machine is more efficient than theirs. A very imotive matter!
Fri 10Nov/Poppies/called/This concerned news reader John snow's refusal to wear a poppy on air. I agree with him. I always used to buy and wear a poppy as a sign of rememberance. I no longer do so as I came to realise that whilst people are, it seems, to be required to wear a poppy, our government(sic) appears to have no problem whatsoever in ignoring the plight of veterans past and present! See ITV's recent documentary/report on injured soldiers returning to this country! Note also how ongoing British service personnel deaths don't really make headlines for long.
Mon 13Nov/Elton John calls for the abolishing of religion because religions are homophobic/called/Firstly, the word homophobic is being wrongly defined. I do not feel that one man putting his penis in another man's bottom is in any way normal but, that does not mean that i have a irrational fear of gay people. They can get on and do just whatsoever they wish but, do not ask me to agree that it is normal as, it is not!
Tue 14Nov/Censorship of the word "nigger"/called(this time my call was answered and I was asked to hold to talk to Nick(they NEVER normally do this as they NEARLY always call back) after holding for aboot 8mins I was dumped!)/This concerned the advertising of a comedy by a BLACK american comedian who could not get billboard advertising space as the title of his work contains the word "nigger"! Get a life everyone-it's satire for God's sake! I mean what's another word for cocoon? N-nigger! Hell, jokes are fun no? It is a requirement of this association that no indication to colour is allowed1 i was recently asked on a local Government form: to which ethnic group do I belong and I answered- "ALL"!
Wed 15Nov/The cricketer Trescothick's return from the ashes tour/did not call/Who cares? Is he concerned aboot leaving his wife alone for so long or what? Keep yer eyes on the sports headlines!
Thu 16nov/Can the rascist BNP political party take christian communion/called/Do BNP members think that Christ was a white guy?
Fri 17Nov/The Children-in-Need television spectacular(sic)/called/This is a pet subject of mine. Watch this space for updates in due course. At the time of writing I can confirm that I have accounts for 2004 and their numbers are NOT going to stand up to close scrutiny! E.G. £5Million of funds collected in 2004 was spent on salaries- that's all the data I have at present but, I'm working on it! I also have a healthy interest in The Princess of Wales(Diana) memorial fund and Comic Relief.
Just one final point on the C-I-N subject, I heard on the BBC's noon news that this years appeal has raised a RECORD £18.3 million pounds which, is weird as the figures i have seen so far both beat this number! are the BBC lying to us? No! It can't be can it?
Check for yourself, maybe I'm jest dislexic !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/about_us/2005_annual_report.pdf

NEWS

In this period under review two news items have particularly grabbed my attention.
The first one is the poor hindu-to-muslim guy who was going to destroy the world in the name of Islam. Whilst this poor misguided fool definately requires to be locked up in a loony bin forever he in no wise was going to achieve what he was ALLEGEDLY planning! A dirty(nuclear) bomb, the flooding/destruction of the London underground?
Please!!!
The head of MI5, Dame Eliza Manningham Buller, must believe in stories like this I suppose as she has recently stated that we can expect some few decades of trouble from Islamic extremists-I may email her!(I also have plans to contact some gentlemen at the right hand end of Islamic fundamentalism to suggest to them that they should concentrate their efforts on following the tenets of their religion rather than behaving like a bunch of football hooligan style yobos!)
Remember that it was MI6 who said Sadaam could hit us in 45 minutes-yeah right! It's more likely that Trescothick will open fer England !
By the way, whatever did happen to MI1,2,3 and 4?

The other item that caught my eye was the revelation, reported by the Daily Mail on Thursday(I think), that the word "BOO" is illegal and an offence to use under the "PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT-2006"
A male nurse waiting to see the Queen(sic) on wednesday's opening of parliament shouted "BOO" when he saw toRy bLiar's car going by i.e. I suppose he directed the word at that vehicle. He was apprehended by police who informed him that they were required to search him under the above named act and they made him tell them his name, address and telephone number! (UBER ALLES) (Well the Queen(sic) is German after all!)
I shall be writing to the head of the Met to ask whether only "BOO" is illegal or if the following words are also;
Coo(Cow, affects Scots only), Do or Doo(as in Doo Doo(crap)), Goo, Hoo(How, affects Scots only), Jew, Koo(Cow, affects Scots only), Loo, Moo, Noo(Now, affects scots only), ooo, Poo, Roo(affects supporters of Man Utd. and England only), Sue(as in the girl's name or, to file a law suit), To, Too, Two, Woo, You, Yew and lastly Zoo!
(This list may not be full- so, take care of yer language when yer oot and aboot!)

SAYING of the WEEK

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors-Plato.

OUR BLOG

Visits to the blog are poor-please join in!

ATTACHMENT

I apologise for the quality of the attachment-I jest got a bit arty!

Bye for now, be good and, DON'T say "BOO"- not even to a goose!

BOB

THE NCEADRWA-NEWSLETTER THE FIFTH

Greetings Fellow Members and other sundry addressees-(you know who you are !)
It has been a busy few weeks since the last newsletter, advised as the fifth, although it was in fact the fourth only so, my apologies for that error which I did correct on our blog. More aboot the blog later!
The contents of this issue are:
LBC
News
Saying of the Week
Our Blog
Attachment.

LBC
I continue to be thwarted in my attempts to contribute to the Nick ferrari early morning show(7am-10am). I have called almost all of the last ten working days but with no success! The lines are not busy and I can tell that some tactics are used to dissuade me from going on- I may describe these in more detail later.
Firstly, here is a small table showing date/subject for discussion/whether I called or not and, my view on the subject being discussed;

Mon 6Nov/Sadaam Death Penalty/called/well I say top him just as long as similar fellows meet the same fate-I can think of a few names who meet the criteria but dammit they've slipped my mind for now. I do feel sure however that Dummy Rumsfriend will be upset aboot this as he and Sadaam were quite big buddies at one time(Go German Law).
Tue 7Nov/Muslim Veils/called/there is no religious/spiritual or, Quranic requirement for women to wear a veil! (End of!)
Wed 8Nov/Mayor Livingstones trip to Venezuela/Did not call/This man's tenure as Mayor continues to impress with it's total disregard for truth, honesty and VALUE FOR MONEY! Mr nick Ferrari, who has indicated a desire to run for this office, has my total support in this respect! In a related development, during this week's Queen's(sic) speech, at the opening of the new parliament, one of the items on New(sic) Labour's(sic) agenda is "more power for the London Mayor"! Do they know something we don't know? I mean, will they be happy giving more power to e.g. Nick ferrari? Or, do they feel that the result is already a foregone conclusion?
COME ON NICK RUN if only to ensure that James Whale has no success!
Thu 9Nov/Palestinian matter re shelling by Israeli army/called/ Nick's show attracts a large Jewish audience and they were vocal in their support of such incidents whilst maintaining that the Arab propaganda machine is more efficient than theirs. A very imotive matter!
Fri 10Nov/Poppies/called/This concerned news reader John snow's refusal to wear a poppy on air. I agree with him. I always used to buy and wear a poppy as a sign of rememberance. I no longer do so as I came to realise that whilst people are, it seems, to be required to wear a poppy, our government(sic) appears to have no problem whatsoever in ignoring the plight of veterans past and present! See ITV's recent documentary/report on injured soldiers returning to this country! Note also how ongoing British service personnel deaths don't really make headlines for long.
Mon 13Nov/Elton John calls for the abolishing of religion because religions are homophobic/called/Firstly, the word homophobic is being wrongly defined. I do not feel that one man putting his penis in another man's bottom is in any way normal but, that does not mean that i have a irrational fear of gay people. They can get on and do just whatsoever they wish but, do not ask me to agree that it is normal as, it is not!
Tue 14Nov/Censorship of the word "nigger"/called(this time my call was answered and I was asked to hold to talk to Nick(they NEVER normally do this as they NEARLY always call back) after holding for aboot 8mins I was dumped!)/This concerned the advertising of a comedy by a BLACK american comedian who could not get billboard advertising space as the title of his work contains the word "nigger"! Get a life everyone-it's satire for God's sake! I mean what's another word for cocoon? N-nigger! Hell, jokes are fun no? It is a requirement of this association that no indication to colour is allowed1 i was recently asked on a local Government form: to which ethnic group do I belong and I answered- "ALL"!
Wed 15Nov/The cricketer Trescothick's return from the ashes tour/did not call/Who cares? Is he concerned aboot leaving his wife alone for so long or what? Keep yer eyes on the sports headlines!
Thu 16nov/Can the rascist BNP political party take christian communion/called/Do BNP members think that Christ was a white guy?
Fri 17Nov/The Children-in-Need television spectacular(sic)/called/This is a pet subject of mine. Watch this space for updates in due course. At the time of writing I can confirm that I have accounts for 2004 and their numbers are NOT going to stand up to close scrutiny! E.G. £5Million of funds collected in 2004 was spent on salaries- that's all the data I have at present but, I'm working on it! I also have a healthy interest in The Princess of Wales(Diana) memorial fund and Comic Relief.
Just one final point on the C-I-N subject, I heard on the BBC's noon news that this years appeal has raised a RECORD £18.3 million pounds which, is weird as the figures i have seen so far both beat this number! are the BBC lying to us? No! It can't be can it?
Check for yourself, maybe I'm jest dislexic !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/about_us/2005_annual_report.pdf

NEWS

In this period under review two news items have particularly grabbed my attention.
The first one is the poor hindu-to-muslim guy who was going to destroy the world in the name of Islam. Whilst this poor misguided fool definately requires to be locked up in a loony bin forever he in no wise was going to achieve what he was ALLEGEDLY planning! A dirty(nuclear) bomb, the flooding/destruction of the London underground?
Please!!!
The head of MI5, Dame Eliza Manningham Buller, must believe in stories like this I suppose as she has recently stated that we can expect some few decades of trouble from Islamic extremists-I may email her!(I also have plans to contact some gentlemen at the right hand end of Islamic fundamentalism to suggest to them that they should concentrate their efforts on following the tenets of their religion rather than behaving like a bunch of football hooligan style yobos!)
Remember that it was MI6 who said Sadaam could hit us in 45 minutes-yeah right! It's more likely that Trescothick will open fer England !
By the way, whatever did happen to MI1,2,3 and 4?

The other item that caught my eye was the revelation, reported by the Daily Mail on Thursday(I think), that the word "BOO" is illegal and an offence to use under the "PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT-2006"
A male nurse waiting to see the Queen(sic) on wednesday's opening of parliament shouted "BOO" when he saw toRy bLiar's car going by i.e. I suppose he directed the word at that vehicle. He was apprehended by police who informed him that they were required to search him under the above named act and they made him tell them his name, address and telephone number! (UBER ALLES) (Well the Queen(sic) is German after all!)
I shall be writing to the head of the Met to ask whether only "BOO" is illegal or if the following words are also;
Coo(Cow, affects Scots only), Do or Doo(as in Doo Doo(crap)), Goo, Hoo(How, affects Scots only), Jew, Koo(Cow, affects Scots only), Loo, Moo, Noo(Now, affects scots only), ooo, Poo, Roo(affects supporters of Man Utd. and England only), Sue(as in the girl's name or, to file a law suit), To, Too, Two, Woo, You, Yew and lastly Zoo!
(This list may not be full- so, take care of yer language when yer oot and aboot!)

SAYING of the WEEK

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors-Plato.

OUR BLOG

Visits to the blog are poor-please join in!

ATTACHMENT

I apologise for the quality of the attachment-I jest got a bit arty!

Bye for now, be good and, DON'T say "BOO"- not even to a goose!

BOB

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Newsletter the FOURTH(previously advised as fifth)

THE NON CONFORMIST ERITH AND DISTRICT RIVER WIDENING ASSOCIATION

NEWSLETTER THE FOURTH!
The date is: 5November2006

Greetings MEMBERS, Pending Members (Stop Pending :)) and, other addressees!

I shall be talking about Guy Fawkes night in due course but first;

OTHER NEWS

Membership increase continues to be slow but, from little acorns great oak trees do grow!
However, I would appreciate your help in swelling numbers and please feel free to give this email address to friends, family etc. if they express any interest in joining up:

bubbasmith@btinternet.com

At the moment we have 6 confirmed UK members; 2 confirmed US members and 5 confirmed ME members;
Pending members are in Wales, England, Thailand, Australia and Belgium, so come on you naughty peoples and get confirmed!

The really big news is that I continue to be prevented from contributing to the Nick Ferrari show(7am-10am UK time). I call every week-day between 8 & 8:30am.
Why is this? I don't really know!
A number of tactics have been employed to this effect;
Firstly, although I was called back by the producers/receptionists on a number of occasions and placed in the usual holding pattern, I was left there until the 8:30 news then politely told that my call couldn't be taken.
Recently though the producers/receptionists do not answer my call at all, which is possible for them to do as their regular callers are contained in a data base and their equipment identifies in-coming callers- despite calling continually from 8 to 8:30.
Now, you may be saying that they may just be busy but, having some 9 years experience in calling call-in shows like Nick's I can assure you (without going into great detail) that this is not the case. A good rule of thumb is that when one calls a call-in show and if one gets through then, one's call will be answered- whether they allow one to comment or not or call one back, that is another matter!
In my experience this rule applies to all the radio shows I have ever called on a variety of channels viz:
Radio1; Radio4; Talk Sport; 5 Live and of course LBC. I have called and spoken to multiple hosts and at all different times of the day!
This isn't the first time that a host has not wished to take my calls; Charlie Wolf of talk Sport fame refused to take my calls during the 9/11 debacle; ostensibly because he had no answer to my various arguments- Nick seems to be falling into this category too!
For your general interest some of the things I have disagreed with Nick about include the illegal detention of the supposed airline bombers and my correct prediction that they all would eventually be released without charge- which is happening.
Now I don't support terrorists in any wise but hey, Magna Carta promises the right of Habeas Corpus and the dispensation of swift justice and all I'm saying is that to be banged up without trial for possessing a map of Afghanistan is not within that glorious documents remit!

Other matters that Nick is always promoting are the sun newspaper(sic); The X Factor as a show of laudable entertainment value(moooooooo) and, Jonathon Ross as a great entertainer too(moo)!

However, I shall not be put off and shall continue to try to contribute to his show which is my RIGHT! Nick on the other hand does not have the right to refuse calls from those he disagrees with! Not in a democracy at any rate!

If anyone is thinking, by the way, that I may have sworn on air or used language of a particularly opprobrious nature, this is emphatically not the case!

Getting back to Guy Fawkes night and bearing in mind the terror filled times that we live in now, why is it that explosives are readily available in all kinds of retail outlets and, year round too?

One of our members recently sent me this link;

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4943675105275097719

it contains some compelling data and much food for thought!

Remember fellow non-conformers to please visit and contribute to;

www.thegianthogweed.blogspot.com

Lastly and as always, my thanks go to Iain Lee without whom some of you would not be here,
call and thank him and call or email Nick too!

iain.lee@lbc.co.uk

nick@lbc.co.uk

Happy non-conforming all!

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Non-Conform & save The World

THE

NON-CONFORMIST

ERITH AND DISTRICT


RIVER WIDENING


ASSOCIATION











Circles within circles;
Wheels in other wheels;
Ideas inside ideas;
and Ideals within ideals;
Freedom comes so cheaply;
Because it’s free you see;
It’s enshrined in our existence;
It’s what it is to BE.

The Lion and the Dolphin;
Keepers of their fief;
Exult in total mastery;
And shall NOT suffer Grief.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Do you get pissed off?

Things that piss me off;
petrol pumps that charge prior to delivering fuel;
bogoff deals in supermarkets;
fascist pigs;
intolerance;

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

The Non Conformist Erith And District River Widening Association

If you wish to join my assosiation you may do one of two things:
1) Copy the application form in the first article and then paste it into a comment- please ensure that you complete the form exactly as requested. I shall then copy your application into my files and shall advise you of your membership number- you will then be a member.

2) Contact me for the fully detailed application form on bubbasmith@btinternet.com
and I shall forward the form to you in an attachment with glorious graphics!

In the meantime happy non-conforming!

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Join my new association;
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THE NON CONFORMIST ERITH AND DISTRICT RIVER WIDENING ASSOCIATION

TENETS

a) to not conform

b) to be environmentally friendly

OBJECTIVES;

To widen rivers wherever and whenever possible without causing any environmental damage;

To do so only with plastic buckets and spades;

To always maintain a spirit of brotherly love without regard to any outward differences between members.

RULES

1) The only requirement of the association is that the above TENETS
and OBJECTIVES are adhered to and that a simple application form is completed EXACTLY as detailed thereon.
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APPLICATION FORM TO JOIN:

THE NON CONFORMIST ERITH AND DISTRICT RIVER WIDENING ASSOCIATION





PART a)

The following information is mandatory and must be completed EXACTLY as instructed;

A name MUST be provided but it may be a nickname; e.g. Mr Adam Smith may wish to be referred to as Fred.

An address must be provided.
Applicants may provide their real home or work address if they wish however, an address in e.g. the following format may be submitted;
c/o the third lamp post down from the City Wok in Dulwich heading eastwards.



NAME ………………………………………………………………………………


ADDRESS (post code optional) ………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..


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APPLICATION FORM TO JOIN:
THE NON CONFORMIST ERITH AND DISTRICT RIVER WIDENING ASSOCIATION

PART b)
(this part of the form must be left BLANK; failure to do so will result in the application being rejected)

SEX:

NATIONALITY:RACE:RELIGION:

POLITICS:





The following declaration MUST be completed to ensure acceptance of the application;

I confirm that the information given in this form is correct as far as I am concerned.
I confirm that I have NOT CONFORMED with the above personal data points and that they have been left blank.



SIGNED ……………………………………………………… DATED ……………………….

Office use only: Type of Member ………………………… Membership Number ………

(End of Form)

The aims of this association should be self explanatory.
It has a worldwide flavour;
there are already members in:
England, The United States, The Middle East, Australlia and New Zealand .
Tell your friends:- everyone is welcome!