Geeklawyer really does get eco stuff. Honest. He does. He loves each and every plankton he has ever encountered and every endangered species he has ever heard of. He even recycles his beer bottles - well, mostly. He wept openly when he heard Beluga caviar was becoming more expensive because of Sturgeon fish pollution depletion.
But every time some fuckwit in the government wants to show his trendy credentials and/or raise tax and/or grab a headline he will tack some eco-bollocks onto a press release.
Ken Livingstone gets top billing for this strategy with his recent revenue collection scam scheme targeted at Chelsea tractor drivers whereby they pay a crippling new congestion charge of £25. No, Geeklawyer doesn’t drive such a car; nor does he think reducing traffic congestion or car ownership is a bad thing; very very far from it. At no point that Geeklawyer is aware of has red Ken (£125k a year from public speaking) Livingstone, the environment’s friend, said what eco projects this windfall will be used on: Cycles paths? Nope; hug a red squirrel? Nope; community tampon recycling bins? Nope. Where it will go is into Ken’s big fat fucking budget to be squandered on CCTV cameras; more 50k a year consultants; committees to promote transgender education; more hedge threatening police Community non-Support Orifices (PCSOs). More bicycle lanes? better public transport? congestion reducing motorcycle promotion? Fuck off, of course not.
Now bubbleheaded bucktooth Carolyn Cunt, Housing Minister, wants to introduce 15mph speed limits in eco towns (WTF?!) “to reduce emissions“. No rational justification for this over current limits just a “Hey look at us - we care about the environment, we really do; we’ll do the unthinkable” (particularly the unthinking).
If Geeklawyer sees either of them while on his bike he won’t brake: “Sorry officer - they just ran out in front of me.”
Geeklawyer has resolved to kill an endangered species every time a politican behaves like this. That’ll teach ‘em - eventually.
I loved your rant, you’d fit right in with us right wing wacko Texans.
Oh dear Lord, a right wing Texan agrees with me. How fucking scary is that. Though I did appreciate your humorous dilemma over voting
Clinton-v-Obama: tactical voting at its finest, welcome to my world baby.
Ah the wonderful Caroline Flint strikes again.
http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2008/02/caroline-flint-speaks-her-brain/
Yes; Caroline Quim, the final answer to the question “is untrammeled free speech a good thing?”. Hint: no. Fuck no, are you fucking serious dude?
“More CCTV cameras; more 50k a year consultants; committees to promote transgender education; more hedge threatening police Community non-Support Orifices (PCSOs).”
Geek, I think you’ve just inadvertently written Ken’s election manifesto.
I won’t lose much sleep over 4×4’s are being charged a £25 fee. Although it is a bit arbitary what does or doesn’t get an extra ‘green tax’ slapped on it. Perhaps there could also be a bit of carrot as well as the stick.
I dont have a problem with reducing car usage: far from it but my objection is using ecological justifications to disguise or justify a tax.
How else are they meant to fund the replacement for trident?
well i think they haven’t gone far enough and should remove the wheels of all cars to stop the emissions and then we can all sit here and wonder what exactly we are doing;
policy 2 is to firebomb all thsoe effers with massive fucking cars - it’s not as if they actually need the car to let us know they are stupid selfish gits is it?
(one of these policies i would actually vote for)
and next we have charon telling us why we shouldn’t laugh ourselves into a coma when he says he’s going to vote for doris!
(sorry i have been driven insane by trying to produce a meaningful effort on the current state of copyright in the uk - perhaps dreamed up by ken…)
Less of the Police Community Non-Support Officer business!