Alan Gandy

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I’ve never been a fan of cats, as anyone who knows me will tell you. In fact – I hate the damned things… Selfish, useless little creatures that serve no purpose other than to spread germs – and irritate me!

I used to be allergic to then when I was younger – I’m not now – but I still tell people I am so they’ll keep their precious little fluffy things away from me if I go to a cat owners house. Come to think of it, I may actually still be allergic. But, its been so long since I let one get near enough me to know whether I am or not.

How may cat owners do you know who protest the intelligence, and affection of their pets. In reality, they function on pure instinct, think their owners exist to provide them – and serve no useful place in any society except their own. Okay, I can’t object to a cat owner who keeps their animal at home and looks after it responsibly – but don’t get me onto cats in those circumstances that are allowed to wander over food preparation surfaces.

But how many cat owners are responsible? How many let their pets wander into other people space to make their mess, or wander the streets to breed indiscriminately? Do I feel bad if I run one over in my car? No! I blame the owner. Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, the heading is a bit harsh I know. But, it’s no secret that I have a bit of an issue with the professional standards and methods employed by Thorpe Park Security (click to read the original post) after my visit last summer. But, I had to laugh this morning when I stumbled on an article from the Surrey Herald about one of their security staff who has changed his name by deed poll to ‘Animal’.

Yes, it’s true – in fact he has gone a step further and changed original name of ‘Stephen Edmunds’ to ‘Animal Stephen Leonidas Floyd Mayweather McManus Edmunds’.

So good to see they are maintaining such a high standard of recruitment since my visit. It must be really hard for them finding security staff with this level of intelligence. I wonder if he has his new name stitched into his imitation Police style Thorpe Park Security uniform?

It will probably make me sound like some kind of Scrooge character – but, apart from my kids (and my dad this year who’s staying with us) generally I don’t buy Christmas presents. It seems like a total waste of money to me – and I’m more that a little tired of all the Christmas marketing that seems to start earlier and earlier each year. I tell people not to buy for me but some still do – but I insist if they must that they don’t spend much money.

Christmas has  just become so over-commercialized it’s beyond belief. It seems that people all over the world get themselves into financial difficulties because of the intense pressure to spend placed on them by stores and their own family as they feel the need to equal the spend of better off family members.

I also don’t buy into the ‘good will to all men thing’, why the hell can’t we be nice to each other all the time…? And just avoid the people we don’t get on with Christmas holidays or not… The religious aspect is meaningless to me – I’m an atheist – so do not feel the need to celebrate the birth of a fictional historical character. I loved Christmas when my kids were young, but now they are teenagers it’s lost it’s charm!

To tell you the truth I’m not sure what it means to me any more – perhaps all it is to me is a great meal, an excuse to close business down for a few days and take a break, and a bit of time to spend with family (the ones I like), and friends.

As I write this, people the world over buying things they can’t afford for people that in many cases neither need or want their gifts – getting themselves into financial difficulty – whilst elsewhere other people starve.

Christmas! What a load of crap…!!!!

Why not use the money to help people less fortunate than you instead…

Like most other clear thinking Brits I watched Nick Griffin of the BNP (British National Party for our American friends) on Question Time recently. I hadn’t approved of him being on – but in the end I think it was right to give him ‘enough rope to hang himself’ – which he duly did.

In my (and many others – it seems) opinion he showed himself to be a poorly educated, fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, KKK loving, bigot… It’s insulting to most intelligent people to hear this man of all people spouting on about democracy!

It occurred to me whilst watching, that if (and let’s be honest it´s a big if) the BNP constitution is changed to allow black and Asian members to join – if every black and Asian and clear thinking ‘indigenous’ person (the BNP description) in Britain joined – there would be enough new members to vote the BNP out of existence.

Now wouldn’t that be a lesson in democracy for the BNP! I wonder if it’s possible – so started up a Facebook group to see if the idea could take off…

Of course it wouldn’t finish them, they’d be back in another guise – but hell,wouldn’t it be a major setback in their attempt to go ‘mainstream’ with their fascist brand of politics!

The news abounds today with the story about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Price. But what the hell exactly is it for?

Barack Obama’s only achievement I can see to date is becoming the first black President. No mean feat, a piece of history as we all felt, and I salute him for that – but that in itself does not warrant this accolade.

I really like the guy, and in my opinion he has the makings of becoming a fine President. But that’s it – he has the makings – but hasn’t actually completed anything of any magnitude yet. And certainly not in the peace stakes. Yes, he’s said a few reassuring words, but, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East  people on both sides of the conflicts are still dying, and the Iranians and the Chinese continue to murder their own people – seems to me that it’s business as usual!

In my opinion the Nobel people have been out to kiss ass and get themselves more news coverage than usual. They have, and it has backfired on them. They should be ashamed of how this de-values the deserving winners in Science, Literature and other disciplines, who have worked hard, achieved great things and enriched the human experience.

I’m sure he can’t say it – but I suspect this will have made Barack Obama furious, he really didn’t need this kind of coverage right now. I don’t doubt this has caused him great embarrasment through no fault of his own!

There must me so many in the Muslim world ashamed of the behaviour of these animals seen (reportedly) at a demo in London.

True Muslim people are pacifists and do not boil with the hatred of these scum, and that’s what they are – xenophobic, racist scum. That has nothing to do with either their religion or the colour of their skin.

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Today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust as a myth. (view the news on Times online)

How stupid is this man? When Germany describes his comment, quite rightly, as “disgrace to his country”… And, to top it off he is killing his own countrymen for questioning his rigged election.  This man is an evil little c**t.

Anyone who knows me will tell you I’m not religious but if I were I would be praying to Allah, to Jehovah, to Jesus to Buddha – whatever the name -  that the world rids itself of evil little men like this (it did of Hitler), and that, all decent and reasonable, devout, and honest people in the Muslim (and Christian) world rid themselves bigoted power crazed scum like this…

Good luck to those many Iranian people who are risking their lives to make the world a better place… I, and many others no doubt, salute your bravery.

I went to Thorpe Park recently with a friend and two of my kids. Nice day out – with all the usual things you’d expect from a trip to a theme park – expensive, long queues, screaming kids, and any excuse taken to get a little more money from you… We expect that – so nobody is surprised or disappointed by these things….

However, there was one thing I took exception to. On entering the park there is quite heavy security – understandable in this day and age – where guests are selected for additional checks and have to go through a metal de. Read the rest of this entry »

I sat down to watch ‘Occupation 101′ this evening. I’m all for discussion of the Israel and Palestine situation. It’s a terrible conflict all round – and terrible for many on both sides.

I couldn’t get past 10 minutes into the film – it was immensely anti-Israel from the outset. Within minutes the phrase ‘ethnic cleansing’ had been brought up. The film, after skirting over the main problems with highly stylized and emotive imagery clearly supporting one side of the conflict, then seemed to be starting to focus on the persecution (I was sure the word genocide would be coming up soon) of Palestinian Christians rather than Palestinians as a whole.

The whole thing stank of bible bashing, antisemetic American fascists… Needless to say, the film was turned off and binned. Perhaps it might have become more reasoned – but I wasn’t prepared to persevere to find out!

About Occupation 101 on Wikipedia

In compiling some of the information needed to make the complaint to the FBI I mentioned in previous posts I recalled that when Jeff Norton of Kenosha pipped me and others off he had requested at the time that I make payment to his girlfriend at the time Sandy Skinner. I’ve often wondered since if Sandy knew what he was up to scamming people using her bank account? Maybe she did, maybe she didn’t – I just don’t know – but, I’d like to ask her… So if you happen to know the whereabouts of her and her contact details I’d be very grateful if you’d pass them on to me… Last known address…

Sandy Skinner
4215 Green Bay Road
Kenosha WI153144

A little bit of digging on Google brought up the following information on a Sandy Skinner from kenosha – it may be her, it may not. But, if it is, and she knew – if I was her employer – I’d have some concerns.

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