Words on Life

I Banned Her From The Show, Permanently

Bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:59:44 +0000

She’s a complete con artist and those arms are just terrifying.
It’s like watching Conan the Barbarian.
She’s looking even more barbaric than ever at the moment, utterly grotesque.
When I got the CNN job I banned her from the show, permanently.
She responded by saying she’d never heard of me, but we both know she’s lying.
(Piers Morgan doesn’t like Madonna)

One Of The Rarest Astrological Events On June 6, 2012

Bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:55:54 +0000

On June 6 this year (2012) we will be the last people living today to witness one of the rarest astrological events… The Transit of Venus.
If it’s not cloudy on June 6 we will see the brightest star of the night transformed into a tiny black dot crossing the face of the sun.
The sun will rise just before 5am in Britain, and Venus will begin the show about an hour later.
After this year, the next transit is not until December 2117.

What Kind Of Health Service Have We Actually Got?

Bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:51:47 +0000

According to a new NHS report, the answer to taking better care of our elderly is not to call them “Dear”.
Well, I’d like to be a bit controversial here and say the answer to taking care of our elderly is NOT to keep letting them die of starvation and dehydration under the noses of doctors, nurses and carers whose job it is to take care of them.
Those same doctors and nurses we’re told routinely ignore their cries for medication when they’re in agony and who leave them lying in their own excrement for hours because they’re too “busy” to take them to the toilet.
It’s taken eight months for a bunch of “suits” from the NHS Confederation Association to produce this report which says that patronising the elderly should be taken every bit as seriously as racism or sexist abuse.
And they reckon calling them “Dear” or “Chuck” constitutes being patronised.
Tosh! I suspect most old people ache to be called “Dear” as it implies a degree of compassion and caring that currently doesn’t exist across much of our NHS.
Calling a pensioner “Dear” suggests that whoever’s saying it might just feel a smidgeon of warmth towards the frail and the frightened in their care as opposed to making them feel like an inconvenience.
And what kind of health service have we actually got when our PM has to ORDER medical staff to make hourly checks on patients to see if they need food, water or to go to the toilet.
It’s their job, for God’s sake.
It should also be their vocation.
(Carole Malone)

We All Have A Mind Of Our Own

Bob — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:25:18 +0000

Everyone else tries to understand but unless you have had that sinking feeling in your heart, you don’t.

I said, “Be careful, I want you to come back but not in a box”.
He said, “I won’t, Mum, I’m not that stupid”.
(Monica Kershaw, whose son, Pte Christopher Kershaw, 19, was one of the soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan)

We all have a mind of our own, but sometimes it keeps listening to other people.

If you want to do anything in life, get a good husband.
Forget being a successful business woman.
(Stella McCartney)

Did you hear the story about evolution?
Forget about it, it’s too long.

You can learn a lot about your kids by simply turning off the TV and talking.
I discovered that mine are really boring.
(Danny Zuker)

Politicians do say sensible things, but only once in a blue moon.
In between it’s a lot of drivel.

I visit places like Ghana when I need my regular reality check.
I went there for the first time in 2009 with Unicef.
Meeting those vulnerable kids and their families was completely life-changing and eye-opening, a really humbling experience.
When I came home I realised I definitely had nothing to complain about in my life.
(Selena Gomez)

Too Cowardly To Admit The Mission Is Pointless

Bob — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:08:35 +0000

Mr Slippery keeps our soldiers in Afghanistan, where many more of them are bound to meet equally purposeless deaths, because he is too cowardly to admit the mission is pointless and pull them out.
He ensures that they are sent out (often so scared that they throw up their breakfasts, but, even so, they still go) on terrifying foot patrols on which they may at any moment be blown to pieces or maimed horribly for life – for no reason at all.
Let me repeat that, for no reason at all, for no reason at all.
Yet Mr Slippery himself does not dare to make the journey from Downing Street to the House of Commons on foot, but is instead cocooned in an armoured limousine.
(Peter Hitchens)

Too Many Suicides By People Taking Antidepressants

Bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:39:29 +0000

Here’s an important breakthrough in the battle to get a proper investigation into ‘antidepressants’.
Dr Declan Gilsenan, former Assistant State Pathologist in Ireland, says he has seen ‘too many suicides’ after people had started taking antidepressants, and has questioned whether GPs are over prescribing them.
After 30 years as a pathologist he says the evidence is ‘more than anecdotal’.
Sooner or later, this scandal will explode.
Why not sooner?
(Peter Hitchens)

Millionaires Don’t Stand In Bus Queues

Bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:38 +0000

Apart from its cash value, the off-peak travel pass is something tangible for all the taxes you paid over a lifetime (and still pay, if like me you’re still working).
It shows you’ve done your bit.
Nick Clegg, who knows sweet Fanny Adams about life in the old lane, thinks passholders are white-haired millionaires.
I have news for Tricky Nicky.
Millionaires don’t stand in bus queues.
They drive, or their chauffeur does it for them.
Maggie Thatcher once said travelling by bus as an adult is a sign of failure.
Well, count me a happy failure.
And that goes for millions more.
This perk saves the NHS countless money.
It fights social isolation.
It gets old folk out of their home, to shops and markets.
The money they spend goes into the economy.
And of course the privatised bus companies profit mightily from the millions channelled through your local council to pay for this hard-earned privilege.
(Paul Routledge)

There’s Nothing Wrong With Croydon

Bob — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:23:43 +0000

Kate Moss is utterly horrific.
If people actually knew what she was like they would never, ever be interested in her again.
She’s just a real, spoilt little madam from Croydon.
There’s nothing wrong with Croydon – I was brought up near Croydon.
But she’s just a vile creature.
(Piers Morgan)

Our Elite Is Crammed With Past And Present Illegal Drug Users

Bob — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:03:44 +0000

The father of Amy Winehouse, God rest her soul, is campaigning for compulsory drugs education in schools.
He says his daughter might still be alive if she had received such education.
My heart goes out to Mr Winehouse in his loss.
But he is terribly wrong.
His daughter did not die of ignorance.
She died because our corrupt society, whose elite is crammed with past and present illegal drug users, not to mention legal heavy drinkers, is prepared to sacrifice a significant minority of young people to death or madness, to protect its own pleasure.
Severe and properly enforced laws against drug possession, combined with a restoration of the tough alcohol licensing laws we had until 25 years ago, would save and protect the young.
Drug ‘education’, like sex ‘education’, would take the form of amoral propaganda, based on the false assumption that ‘everybody’s doing it anyway’, designed to undermine and bypass the authority of parents.
(Peter Hitchens)

You Have To Surround Yourself With People Who Love You

Bob — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:34:43 +0000

I find it hard to believe I’ve just turned 33.
I mean honestly, I never thought that at 33 I’d be a two-time divorcee.
But ok, if that’s the path my life is going down, then I accept it.
There are many reasons why things don’t work out, and I think at some point you have to acknowledge that and work towards maintaining your own happiness.
You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.
I call this process weeding my garden.
A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally?
I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.
I mean, why not live a good day everyday?
Now I’ve got to a place of real self-acceptance.
Before, I moved around so much and it was just about work and moving forward.
I had to figure out who I was.
I spent too many years over-analysing things and being too serious.
But I think that’s changed.
I’ve been incredibly lucky in my life to do something I love and I really appreciate that.
Now, I want to have a good time and have fun, because that’s what life’s all about, isn’t it?
(Mena Suvari)