Yesterday, October 23rd 2018 I got the train to Glasgow to join the Glasgow Woman's Equal Pay strike & march.
I have no doubt, my daughter, son's and quite a few other people who think they know me, might find this a bit odd and put it down to a manic episode, for why else would someone with social anxciety place themselves in a crowd of strangers, surrounded by sensory overload?
To be honest, its a question I've asked myself many times when I have put myself in similar situations and felt the tightening of my chest as irrational fear grasps my heart, palpitations thudding against my rib cage, as cold sweat begins to ooze from my pores and I struggle to maintain a semblance of something that looks like normality.
The answer is quite simple, when I believe in something strongly, I feel an ethical and a moral obligation to support it, where and when I can.
For me, supporting yesterdays March, rally and strike, was important on a number of levels even though it doesn't affect me directly at this time, because I don't have a job, and indeed, haven't been able to work for almost a decade as a result of the troubles I had in Telford that left me with unpredictable social anxciety and PTSD, that I have spoken about on these pages extensively in the past, and don't need to repeat now.
However in the past, I have been one of these women, underpaid and undervalued who has worked with the elderly and vulnerable, and indeed, with young people in the social care sector, cooking their meals, getting them out of, and into bed, washing their frail, weak bodies and yes, cleaning the shit from their bed sored arses, washing the vomit from there hair and or pillows before dressing, possibly feeding and attending to their toilet needs as well as ensuring they get the correct medication at the correct times. While also being subjected to their occasional verbal and even physical abuse, insults and yes, ever day moans and groans, because these are traits common to the human condition that continue into old age as the normal course of life.
I have been the first responder when the call comes through that a client fallen and injured themselves at home, and I have done the often unsavoury tasks that their families, are either too busy or are unable to do, for whatever other reason it may be, to include occasions like Christmas cover when like many single mums in the sector, has had to leave there own children to see to the care needs of someone else's parents or child because managers refuse to rota those without children at home on to these shifts again for whatever reason they see fit, at these seasonally difficult times.
For years I have felt outraged at the way these frontline workers are treated. These undervalued women who do these tasks that many don't even want to talk about. And let's not pretend that the tasks involved in a careworkers job are not taboo due to the nature of the intimacy they entail.
Nor let us forget, often these women work for less than minimum wage, these days on zero-hours contracts and in the case of social care positions, often with unsociable shift patterns that they have to juggle around their own family lives, and god forbid that these women have anything resembling a life of their own away from work and their family commitments, when it comes to the overall attitude of many in government office, or working higher up the ladder of the care sector, who all too often treat these woman like sciffy's with little to no consideration of the stress and strain of juggling work and family, on frankly, shit wages, and inconsistent, insecure, shift patterns, that add additional stress and strain to their own, already stressful life's.
Let there be no doubt or argument, the care sector is one where high volumes of stress, depression and physical illness are a risk to all employee's, for what else can we expect when it is someone's job to bare witness to the pain and suffering, be it physical, emotional, mental or financial of elderly, or other vulnerable people, or the physical aspect of lifting and laying large often morbidly obese bodies, even with assistance of specialist equipment. (and that is not meant as an insult to overweight clients but as a factual reflection of a nation with a growing obesity problem that carers are at the front line tackling.)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/stress/stress
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673154/
While yesterdays march in Glasgow may have been primarily for council contracted workers, many of these roles for homecare and residential care for vulnerable and elderly and indeed young people have been outsourced to private companies, and despite the 1970 equal pay act, which was created to end the disparity in male-female pay, 48years on woman are still subject to discrimination in the workplace particularly in the lower income bracket jobs for vital services like home carers, cleaners, care assistants, dinner ladies, childcarers school dinner ladies, and auxiliary staff in various care environments that are primarily female employed these woman workers deserve better, now and in the future.
On my way to Glasgow to stand with the marchers and support their strike, I read a tweet by Solidarity Scotland leader, Tommy Sheridon, that read;
"My 80year old mother misses her care worker help & attention today. Her ill health & lack of mobility means she relys on the 7 days a week care she receives. However, she is a socialist and ardent trade unionist. She wishes to pass on her 100%solidarity to all Glasgow strikers."
https://twitter.com/citizentommy/status/1054678607078084608
This tweet struck a chord with me, because I thought of how my own mother would have supported the strikers 100%, although my mum, who only ever worked for two employers in her entire life, at Barr and Stroud's, till she became a mum when she gave up her full -time employment to be a full-time mum and housewife. Then for Glasgow City Council as a Home help, when I went to secondary school, and she returned to part-time employment where she worked until her own health rendered it no longer possible. Indeed, there are many women who hold the same role as my mother nowadays, who like my mother are in need of home helps themselves but who work on because caring is in their nature and not motivated by financial gain. None the less these women are entitled to fair and equal pay for the work they do.
My mum, unlike Mrs Sheridon, wasn't a trade unionist, and I can't be sure what her politics were exactly, but I know how she behaved and conducted herself, both in her private and public life, and that behaviour definitely, in my opinion, leaned to the socialist ethic, of caring, sharing and treating all people with equal reverence, respect, compassion and kindness irrespective of any religious, cultural, racial gender, or any other differences they might have to yourself, in how they behaved towards others.
My mum had been a member of the trade union at Barr and Stroud's at one time, I know this because when I left school and started working and said I was going to join the general workers union my mum told me the story of how, and why she had ended her union membership.
Apparently, her faith had been diminished because at some point during her membership, the shop-steward at Barr and Strouds had made off with members union dues, and that action, by that individual, was enough at that time, for my mum to say enough is enough, having been left feeling betrayed by that union representative.
I guess in fairness, to my mum, it could be suggested that many of the woman striking yesterday must feel a similar sense of betrayal, given their 12year fight for fair wages, and the lack of support or action by the top brass of their unions, and indeed the labour party who have failed them over the last 12years, to find a way to resolve these pay issues.
I completely understand any sense of betrayal that the women feel, frankly, I believe all woman are entitled to feel betrayed, by their employers, their unions and the governments.
Moreover, might I suggest that given the 48 years that have passed since the equal pay act was legislated in 1970, all working woman have been failed not only by their unions but by successive legislators, governments and indeed the whole justice system, that in 48 years has failed to ensure equality across the workplace, not just in relation to pay, but as defined by the 9 protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act-2010/what-equality-act
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/41/pdfs/ukpga_19700041_en.pdf
I was proud to stand with all the woman from Glasgow yesterday attending the rally, I was proud to hear my sisters from Glasgow speak from the podium for all woman just like them, and me, who face discrimination in the workplace, not just in Glasgow, but around Scotland, the UK , and indeed the world. Women who throughout the centuries have fought for equality for themselves, their mothers, grandmothers, sisters and daughters who have heard the promises of equality to come, from those in power, from governmental and union leaders, who promise and legislate equality, in the workplace and in society generally.
Promises made by politicians, union leaders and employers, male and female alike, who have much to say on equality, but who fail and fall short when it comes to ensuring that equality is implemented and that the rights of woman are no longer violated.
I hope that woman around the UK, and indeed the world, will see my Glaswegian sister on tv news reports, and join their cry of enough is enough, and demand that the rights of woman be heard and adhered to, not only for equal pay but for equality in treatment and respect in workplace and in society as has been promised for not only 48 years since the equal pay act, but for the many proceeding years of political rhetoric and promises since 1918 when woman were granted the right to vote be heard.
However, being heard means little if what is heard and requested is denied or ignored unjustly.
I hope around the world woman from all walks of life, irrespective of cultural, religious, racial class or other diversities of life, will be inspired by the women of Glasgow calling out for solidarity, for the right to be valued and paid equally to men, as is our right, and as has been promised and legislated for.
And I hope the equality of woman around the world becomes as common and normal as it is for the sun and moon to rise and set and shine in our sky.
I hope as human beings, the female of the species and the mothers of generations of children who will become young adult, workers and leaders of future generations of woman around the world are granted the same respect, and real equality they have been promised and are entitled to as equally valued members of the human race.
Finally, I salute my Glaswegian sisters for standing firm against the injustice in wage structures and inequalities in pay and in the workplace with a clear message of solidarity demonstrated and voiced to their sisters across Scotland, the UK and the around the world a message that says , enough is enough the rights of woman matter.
THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN BY ROBERT BURNS
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.
First, in the Sexes' intermix'd connection,
One sacred Right of Woman is, protection. -
The tender flower that lifts its head, elate,
Helpless, must fall before the blasts of Fate,
Sunk on the earth, defac'd its lovely form,
Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm.
Our second Right-but needless here is caution,
To keep that right inviolate's the fashion;
Each man of sense has it so full before him,
He'd die before he'd wrong it-'tis decorum. -
There was, indeed, in far less polish'd days,
A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways,
Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot,
Nay even thus invade a Lady's quiet.
Now, thank our stars! those Gothic times are fled;
Now, well-bred men-and you are all well-bred-
Most justly think (and we are much the gainers)
Such conduct neither spirit, wit, nor manners.
For Right the third, our last, our best, our dearest,
That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest;
Which even the Rights of Kings, in low prostration,
Most humbly own-'tis dear, dear admiration!
In that blest sphere alone we live and move;
There taste that life of life-immortal love.
Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs;
'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares,
When awful Beauty joins with all her charms-
Who is so rash as rise in rebel arms?
But truce with kings, and truce with constitutions,
With bloody armaments and revolutions;
Let Majesty your first attention summon,
Ah! ca ira! The Majesty Of Woman!
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
#Millibrand on the Trews; A Critical Analysis
I don't pay much heed to what's trending on twitter as a rule, but for some inexplicable reason the hagtag #Milibrand caught my eye on the trending column as I scrolled through tweets this afternoon.
My first thought was it was probably reactions to the trailer from last nights Ed Milliband interview promo,with Russell Brand, but I curiously clicked on and low and behold no, sure enough there it was, a considerably early edition of the Trews which usually appears on RustyRockets timeline around 5.30pm -6.30pm, I follow the editions daily so have a rough idea of when its going to appear, probably hoping it catches a big enough response to prompt a mention on the MSM news and some extra publicity for Mr Milliband, I thought and pressed the little arrow that started the ever so slightly longer episode of Russells Trews news.
Before I give my analysis of the interview I want to be clear that I am not a Labour supporter or particularly partial to Ed Milliband, I think he's bland, but thats not what this analysis is about, its about the content and merit of the interview.
I will however give him credit for having the courage in his vibrocity to do the interview so close to the election, because it reflects beyond a doubt his eagerness to reach a wider audience, not just of the 9.57m RustyRocket fan base & his twitter followers, but also without a doubt catching the attention of those who take pleasure in slating Mr Brand for whatever reason they find news worthy, Milliband by doing the interview is taking a risk in regard of winning or losing votes, but with the polls showing labour and conservatives as neck and neck, I guess he feels confident that its worth it, only time will tell.
Russell Brand I do like, although I don't always agree with his opinions, his opinion on not voting being just one of the issues I don't agree on, and I shall briefly explain why.
On 3rd April 2010 I tweeted "if i could and knew how i would start a peaceful revolution in the uk" I stand by that tweet I think the present system is rotten to the core & corrupt it needs to be totally dismantled, rethought & a new honest fair to all political system needs to be created.
BUT, I don't think not voting is the answer to that or how we revolutionize peacefully.
I also think that if we don't vote then we allow the same old corrupt people & powers to control the democratic process because the supporters of the establishment , the elite & the religious hierarchy their minions & followers will vote & thus will hold control, so if we want change we have to vote for what is closest to our own beliefs & political /social desires, then we have to keep up the pressure on those who represent us to make the changes we the people demand, cos thats their job,they work for us and we have the power to make or break them if we keep up the momentum of pressure and make our voices heard.
So, the Miliband Brand interview.
My first impulse was to look at the length of the interview which showed just under 16mins, longer than usual which I expected it would be but I reckoned probably not long enough to cover the important issue we'd expect to be covered adequately, I thought, 20 maybe 25 mins would have been more appropriate.
Russells intro & the primary niceties took 33 seconds & bang 1st obvious cut and edit, shoddy I thought and there appeared to be a few more cuts between that & 1min 1 second into the recording while Russell laid out the bases of his argument and the topic of suffragettes was raised & the validity & impact of the female vote. ED looked serious, although uncomfortable but composed, totally dismissing Russells appraisal saying "thats totally wrong, listing workers rights,the NHS, minimum wage, lesbian & gay rights,(the latter actually being the same thing) and continued the equal pay act of the 1970, Barbara Castle, conceding that it didn't happen! which beggars the question why not, but Ed didn't linger to give any kind of explanation as to why 45 years on from the 1970 Equal Pay Act there is still a substantial disparity between the pay of women & men, I mean its not like Labour haven't had ample time in government during the last 45 years to ensure that equal pay means equal pay in accordance with anti discrimination & workers rights legislation.
The equal pay act 1970 resulted from calls from the 1965 trade union congress resolving full support for the principles of equal treatment & opportunities for women workers in industry, calling on the General Council to request the government implement the promise of the right to equal pay for equal work as set out in the labour party manefesto. Thus showing the power of the people in action, putting pressure on government to act.
Unfortunately despite pressure from unions on going since 1965 the disparity in gender pay & inequality remains, and responsibility for these inequalities and inadequacies lies solely with government who have not imposed measures that insure employers comply with equal pay legislation.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/41
http://www.inbrief.co.uk/employees/equal-pay.htm
http://www.unionhistory.info/equalpay/roaddisplay.php?irn=820
Additionally the Conservative government under Thatcher have done everything they can to restrict the trade union movement & the power of united workers representing the peoples voice & workers rights .
Anti-Union Legislation: 1980-2000
Between 1980 and 1993 there were six Acts of Parliament which increasingly restricted unions' ability to undertake lawful industrial action. Secondary action, better known as 'sympathy strikes', was outlawed and picketing was restricted.
http://www.unionhistory.info/timeline/1960_2000_Narr_Display.php?Where=NarTitle+contains+%27Anti-Union+Legislation%3A+1980-2000%27
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2008/11/04/great-miners-strike-1984-5-twelve-months-shook-britain-story-strike
Progress comes from people demanding change, politics responding, not all the way, and people pushing for that change to carry on said Ed.
mmm, strange I thought, not all the way??? but don't government work for the people, and isn't it there job to make the changes the people demand? apparently not.
but without politics without government the change doesn't happen says Ed .. well no Ed , goverment creates acts of law & legislation that can be in favour or against the peoples interests Thatcher introduced ANTI union legislation but the Blair labour government did nothing to reverse or change these unfair acts against the rights of the people the workers, and perhaps we should also remember France 1789-1799 change happened , and it happened because politics/ government wasn't working , wasn't considering the will or needs of the people and it wasn't nice, sure it could be argued without politics it wouldn't have happened but thats because life is politics, there will always be politics, the real issue is politics/ politicians getting it wrong & not doing their job which is to represent the will & needs of the masses, the majority thats what democratic society is supposed to be.
Next...
Russell trys to explain to Ed the majorities anger and frustrations related to the financial industries, Hsbc, libor, banking, scandals, no sorry, not just scandals fraud, criminality & tax avoidance without punishment for the corporations involved.
Ed interrupts here saying he's not trying to avoid the question regarding HSBC and asks , but do you understand my fundamental point? to which Russell replies The NHS yeah! ?????
This reflects a very bad cut & edit as no mention of the NHS has been made in the interview up to this point and I was left wondering what fundamental point wa made and how did I miss it, but after rewinding & replay several time to be sure I hadn't missed it I concluded neither the NHS or anything that could remotely be considered a fundamental point had been said by Ed, so I continued to watch and listen intently.
Russell continued to talk about the NHS points that had been edited out for whatever reason, which I can't say I understand but he then goes on to talk about PFI so I presume in the edit & cut thats missing the privatization of the NHS has been discussed and cut, why? I don't know, it again beggars belief, because this is a fundamental issue which the majority of the public are very concerned about and I am sure would like to have some frank discussion and answers on, but sadly we don't get them from Mr Milliband in this interview, but I guess when you consider that 4.5% of NHS services were outsourced to private providers under New Labour & there are at least 38 labour lords with vested interest in the privatisation of the NHS , Including lord Prescott & lord Mandelson its not surprising that its an area that Mr Milliband might not feel comfortable discussing a week before the election.
http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html
I'v got to say in his defence, having read his parties manifesto, & if we concur in the interest of supposition that everything in the manifesto is true,allowing some of these cut edits to be shown which I suggest covered the topic of NHS privatization it just might & its a big might, have scored him some positive points with the public, but Nhs appears to have been cut, so I guess we'll never know.
& we'r e only 3 minutes 49 into the interview, Russell appears to be trying really hard to give Ed the opportunity to explain his position but is beginning to appear a little frustrated with Ed and Ed, well, Ed just isn't answering questions cohesively, is looking like a fish out of water, and I am beginning to loose my patience and interest in the whole bloody thing , but I'm determined to stick with it and give him the opportunity to convince me there is some validity to his political status which I have yet to witness.
So Ed states there are 2 issues here, does politics make change happen & what scale of change are we talking about, change has happen and will happensays Ed and, there seems to be another bloody editorial cut .
Russell asks will you confront those powerful interests? no answer more editorial cuts and Ed says , my whole argument in this campaign is whose the country run for, is it just run for the richest & most powerful or is it run for working people I think this is the biggest question we face as a country I think its the biggest question that most western countries face... i think a more equal society is a more successful society & thats why we need to have a system and a plan, thats what we've got in this election, to change the way the country works.
Ow do we do that ED? asks Russell ED makes a face like the egal on the muppets pausing...
At this point 5 minutes 17, I admit I screamed at the screen cos I haven't heard one straightforward sensible answer to any question asked, in fact I am thinking there are numerous questions the public want answers to in relation to the NHS, housing, pensions,Tax, benefits & wages in relation to inflation, zero hours contracts, austerity and of course corruption, MP's embroiled in child sex abuse scandals where do you stand on that Ed, wars we don't want to go into but government takes us into like Libya the crisis in Syria not to mention the never ending war crimes against the people of Palestine will you call for sanctions on Israel? and what about the refugee crisis this country has helped create but offers no solution or practical help & aid with for the millions of people we have rendered homeless & displaced but complain when they flee in terror and seek a new life in Britain what about immigration? what about trident and spending billions on nuclear weapons that can be never be used without destroying mankind the planet while children go hungry and live in poverty and deprivation?and yes what about the fucking corrupt unpunished bankers , what about HSBC while you claim not to be avoiding answering but haven't answered, when you gonna step up to the mark ED and give us some answers...
I ask myself am I being to impatient there is still 10 minutes to go, but so far there has not been one valid answer to a question & its possibly the worst episode of trews I'v ever watched, its beginning to piss me off, but I continue watching, waiting for some semblance of meaningful political discussion cos so far,I'm just not seeing it happen...
Ed answers and its a banking job, "we reform the banks, we need banks, banks are a good thing not a bad thing,"
mmm okay, so that suggest the fault is the bankers, Russell asks again could we see some of the bankers going to prison for rate rigging, libor scandal...
Ed looks like he wants to cry, and replies "of course if there is fraud committed by bankers..
Russell says its evident that there is ...
Ed repeats of course if there fraud committed by bankers but theres a bigger issue than that which is banking system that works for small businesses ...
I scream aww for fuck sake man gie us a fuckin break,
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/why-have-no-bankers-gone-to-jail
http://www.maxkeiser.com/tag/libor/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwP7OGq68eo
I collect myself and carry on listening calmly,
Ed continues his campaign message speel on banking, energy companies, tax avoidance gonna make sure people don't avoid their taxes, non domes, bla bla fucking bla...
My first thought was it was probably reactions to the trailer from last nights Ed Milliband interview promo,with Russell Brand, but I curiously clicked on and low and behold no, sure enough there it was, a considerably early edition of the Trews which usually appears on RustyRockets timeline around 5.30pm -6.30pm, I follow the editions daily so have a rough idea of when its going to appear, probably hoping it catches a big enough response to prompt a mention on the MSM news and some extra publicity for Mr Milliband, I thought and pressed the little arrow that started the ever so slightly longer episode of Russells Trews news.
Before I give my analysis of the interview I want to be clear that I am not a Labour supporter or particularly partial to Ed Milliband, I think he's bland, but thats not what this analysis is about, its about the content and merit of the interview.
I will however give him credit for having the courage in his vibrocity to do the interview so close to the election, because it reflects beyond a doubt his eagerness to reach a wider audience, not just of the 9.57m RustyRocket fan base & his twitter followers, but also without a doubt catching the attention of those who take pleasure in slating Mr Brand for whatever reason they find news worthy, Milliband by doing the interview is taking a risk in regard of winning or losing votes, but with the polls showing labour and conservatives as neck and neck, I guess he feels confident that its worth it, only time will tell.
Russell Brand I do like, although I don't always agree with his opinions, his opinion on not voting being just one of the issues I don't agree on, and I shall briefly explain why.
On 3rd April 2010 I tweeted "if i could and knew how i would start a peaceful revolution in the uk" I stand by that tweet I think the present system is rotten to the core & corrupt it needs to be totally dismantled, rethought & a new honest fair to all political system needs to be created.
BUT, I don't think not voting is the answer to that or how we revolutionize peacefully.
I also think that if we don't vote then we allow the same old corrupt people & powers to control the democratic process because the supporters of the establishment , the elite & the religious hierarchy their minions & followers will vote & thus will hold control, so if we want change we have to vote for what is closest to our own beliefs & political /social desires, then we have to keep up the pressure on those who represent us to make the changes we the people demand, cos thats their job,they work for us and we have the power to make or break them if we keep up the momentum of pressure and make our voices heard.
So, the Miliband Brand interview.
My first impulse was to look at the length of the interview which showed just under 16mins, longer than usual which I expected it would be but I reckoned probably not long enough to cover the important issue we'd expect to be covered adequately, I thought, 20 maybe 25 mins would have been more appropriate.
Russells intro & the primary niceties took 33 seconds & bang 1st obvious cut and edit, shoddy I thought and there appeared to be a few more cuts between that & 1min 1 second into the recording while Russell laid out the bases of his argument and the topic of suffragettes was raised & the validity & impact of the female vote. ED looked serious, although uncomfortable but composed, totally dismissing Russells appraisal saying "thats totally wrong, listing workers rights,the NHS, minimum wage, lesbian & gay rights,(the latter actually being the same thing) and continued the equal pay act of the 1970, Barbara Castle, conceding that it didn't happen! which beggars the question why not, but Ed didn't linger to give any kind of explanation as to why 45 years on from the 1970 Equal Pay Act there is still a substantial disparity between the pay of women & men, I mean its not like Labour haven't had ample time in government during the last 45 years to ensure that equal pay means equal pay in accordance with anti discrimination & workers rights legislation.
The equal pay act 1970 resulted from calls from the 1965 trade union congress resolving full support for the principles of equal treatment & opportunities for women workers in industry, calling on the General Council to request the government implement the promise of the right to equal pay for equal work as set out in the labour party manefesto. Thus showing the power of the people in action, putting pressure on government to act.
Unfortunately despite pressure from unions on going since 1965 the disparity in gender pay & inequality remains, and responsibility for these inequalities and inadequacies lies solely with government who have not imposed measures that insure employers comply with equal pay legislation.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/41
http://www.inbrief.co.uk/employees/equal-pay.htm
http://www.unionhistory.info/equalpay/roaddisplay.php?irn=820
Additionally the Conservative government under Thatcher have done everything they can to restrict the trade union movement & the power of united workers representing the peoples voice & workers rights .
Anti-Union Legislation: 1980-2000
Between 1980 and 1993 there were six Acts of Parliament which increasingly restricted unions' ability to undertake lawful industrial action. Secondary action, better known as 'sympathy strikes', was outlawed and picketing was restricted.
http://www.unionhistory.info/timeline/1960_2000_Narr_Display.php?Where=NarTitle+contains+%27Anti-Union+Legislation%3A+1980-2000%27
http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2008/11/04/great-miners-strike-1984-5-twelve-months-shook-britain-story-strike
Progress comes from people demanding change, politics responding, not all the way, and people pushing for that change to carry on said Ed.
mmm, strange I thought, not all the way??? but don't government work for the people, and isn't it there job to make the changes the people demand? apparently not.
but without politics without government the change doesn't happen says Ed .. well no Ed , goverment creates acts of law & legislation that can be in favour or against the peoples interests Thatcher introduced ANTI union legislation but the Blair labour government did nothing to reverse or change these unfair acts against the rights of the people the workers, and perhaps we should also remember France 1789-1799 change happened , and it happened because politics/ government wasn't working , wasn't considering the will or needs of the people and it wasn't nice, sure it could be argued without politics it wouldn't have happened but thats because life is politics, there will always be politics, the real issue is politics/ politicians getting it wrong & not doing their job which is to represent the will & needs of the masses, the majority thats what democratic society is supposed to be.
Next...
Russell trys to explain to Ed the majorities anger and frustrations related to the financial industries, Hsbc, libor, banking, scandals, no sorry, not just scandals fraud, criminality & tax avoidance without punishment for the corporations involved.
Ed interrupts here saying he's not trying to avoid the question regarding HSBC and asks , but do you understand my fundamental point? to which Russell replies The NHS yeah! ?????
This reflects a very bad cut & edit as no mention of the NHS has been made in the interview up to this point and I was left wondering what fundamental point wa made and how did I miss it, but after rewinding & replay several time to be sure I hadn't missed it I concluded neither the NHS or anything that could remotely be considered a fundamental point had been said by Ed, so I continued to watch and listen intently.
Russell continued to talk about the NHS points that had been edited out for whatever reason, which I can't say I understand but he then goes on to talk about PFI so I presume in the edit & cut thats missing the privatization of the NHS has been discussed and cut, why? I don't know, it again beggars belief, because this is a fundamental issue which the majority of the public are very concerned about and I am sure would like to have some frank discussion and answers on, but sadly we don't get them from Mr Milliband in this interview, but I guess when you consider that 4.5% of NHS services were outsourced to private providers under New Labour & there are at least 38 labour lords with vested interest in the privatisation of the NHS , Including lord Prescott & lord Mandelson its not surprising that its an area that Mr Milliband might not feel comfortable discussing a week before the election.
http://socialinvestigations.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/nhs-privatisation-compilation-of.html
I'v got to say in his defence, having read his parties manifesto, & if we concur in the interest of supposition that everything in the manifesto is true,allowing some of these cut edits to be shown which I suggest covered the topic of NHS privatization it just might & its a big might, have scored him some positive points with the public, but Nhs appears to have been cut, so I guess we'll never know.
& we'r e only 3 minutes 49 into the interview, Russell appears to be trying really hard to give Ed the opportunity to explain his position but is beginning to appear a little frustrated with Ed and Ed, well, Ed just isn't answering questions cohesively, is looking like a fish out of water, and I am beginning to loose my patience and interest in the whole bloody thing , but I'm determined to stick with it and give him the opportunity to convince me there is some validity to his political status which I have yet to witness.
So Ed states there are 2 issues here, does politics make change happen & what scale of change are we talking about, change has happen and will happensays Ed and, there seems to be another bloody editorial cut .
Russell asks will you confront those powerful interests? no answer more editorial cuts and Ed says , my whole argument in this campaign is whose the country run for, is it just run for the richest & most powerful or is it run for working people I think this is the biggest question we face as a country I think its the biggest question that most western countries face... i think a more equal society is a more successful society & thats why we need to have a system and a plan, thats what we've got in this election, to change the way the country works.
Ow do we do that ED? asks Russell ED makes a face like the egal on the muppets pausing...
At this point 5 minutes 17, I admit I screamed at the screen cos I haven't heard one straightforward sensible answer to any question asked, in fact I am thinking there are numerous questions the public want answers to in relation to the NHS, housing, pensions,Tax, benefits & wages in relation to inflation, zero hours contracts, austerity and of course corruption, MP's embroiled in child sex abuse scandals where do you stand on that Ed, wars we don't want to go into but government takes us into like Libya the crisis in Syria not to mention the never ending war crimes against the people of Palestine will you call for sanctions on Israel? and what about the refugee crisis this country has helped create but offers no solution or practical help & aid with for the millions of people we have rendered homeless & displaced but complain when they flee in terror and seek a new life in Britain what about immigration? what about trident and spending billions on nuclear weapons that can be never be used without destroying mankind the planet while children go hungry and live in poverty and deprivation?and yes what about the fucking corrupt unpunished bankers , what about HSBC while you claim not to be avoiding answering but haven't answered, when you gonna step up to the mark ED and give us some answers...
I ask myself am I being to impatient there is still 10 minutes to go, but so far there has not been one valid answer to a question & its possibly the worst episode of trews I'v ever watched, its beginning to piss me off, but I continue watching, waiting for some semblance of meaningful political discussion cos so far,I'm just not seeing it happen...
Ed answers and its a banking job, "we reform the banks, we need banks, banks are a good thing not a bad thing,"
mmm okay, so that suggest the fault is the bankers, Russell asks again could we see some of the bankers going to prison for rate rigging, libor scandal...
Ed looks like he wants to cry, and replies "of course if there is fraud committed by bankers..
Russell says its evident that there is ...
Ed repeats of course if there fraud committed by bankers but theres a bigger issue than that which is banking system that works for small businesses ...
I scream aww for fuck sake man gie us a fuckin break,
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/why-have-no-bankers-gone-to-jail
http://www.maxkeiser.com/tag/libor/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwP7OGq68eo
I collect myself and carry on listening calmly,
Ed continues his campaign message speel on banking, energy companies, tax avoidance gonna make sure people don't avoid their taxes, non domes, bla bla fucking bla...
Tony Blair and the £8million tax 'mystery' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/8999890/Tony-Blair-and-the-8million-tax-mystery.html
Russel looks well, its hard to describe his expression , its kind of , there are no words , bewildered perhaps but bless him he carrys on with an air of seriousness, composure and professionalism thats quite miraculous all things considered.
Bankers bail outs, shall we be discussing anything other than banks I ponder although I use the term discuss lightly cos this is hardly a discussion, and no questions have yet been answered by Ed Milliband that I can identify, perhaps its just me.
Ed explains it wasn't about the banks it was about ordinary peoples savings, yes it was Ed and who was rigging the interest rates, oh yes that was the banks and bankers, wait a minute did I just hear that correctly did Ed just say Northern Rock , but wasn't that in 2007 and who was in government then, oh yes Ed I beleive that would have been labour and prime minister Gordon Brown former chancellor of the exchequer!!
and who bailed out the banks oh yes the tax payer and did they have a choice was it put to the vote by democratic referendum if the public wanted to bail out the bank or let it sink or punish those responsible for the crisis & misery caused to the hard working people who lost out. , no Ed it wasn't.
OH yes Russell your soo correct we do have no choice.
And then more bla bla bla, and editorial cuts, which are frankly seriously embarrassing obvious.
and Ed says there is an alternative, its about how do you learn lessons,for me and its different for you obviously,its about how do you make practical change happen practical change people can believe in, now practical doesn't mean eah non existent, doesn't mean not real, bla bla... another cut & edit, Russell doing well keeping a serious interested expression at this point, body language arms now folded suggests he's wishing it was over already with 8 minutes to go, not accounting for cuts & edits out takes, so its turning into an endurance test I imagine for all concerned... and wow zero hours contracts gets a mention from Ed,telling Russell he'll be very angry with him if his team are on them.
Meanwhile In May 2014 The Daily Mail reported 62 labour MP's employed staff on zero hours contracts
I'm now pulling out my hair in frustration, waiting for answers, or even some different questions on the topics I mentioned earlier, but no Eds now telling us he has the power to take on and challenge the financial industry and corporations internationally, that a big assertion, but interesting for sure, but something tells me he's not really serious or maybe he's had a shandy or too by now cos he really isn't very convincing, maybe the edits are too blame but consistent with traits of all career politicians he's still avoided answering the questions asked, and Russell asks what about Murdoch and breaking up monopolies, Ed makes his funny upside down smile face, bla bla bla...he drones on ...
I'm thinking about sticking my head in the oven but its electric, please god let it end soon I whisper, I'v got to see it through to the end...
The thing I'd say to you about this says Ed, is these people are less powerful than they used to be..
I fall to the floor like a cadburys smash potato man and rollabout laughing my arse off...
Russell nods, yeah I get that...
But Eds not pledging its not about pledging apparently...
but wait a minute, Ed not looking for euphoria, no few of us are Ed , most of us are looking for honesty in our political hierarchy , an end to corruption, an end to inequalities and inadequacies in legislation and government, frank answers to serious questions on serious issues regarding our health and social welfare our economy and the illegitimate war machine promoted by government that costs us billions.
so in conclusion, I want to say reach your own, for me I agree with Russell it wasn't a perfect interview but if I must sum it up which I suppose I must I sum it up thus;
Ed Milliband is just another bla bla bland career politician with the same old bla bla bla badly rehearsed rhetoric that offers the same old corrupt system of empty unanswered questions on the important issues that affect the people, he ain't got what it takes to change things ... so I'll end with this
which pretty much nails exactly what i'm thinking.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Today I spun the dial
Today I spun the dial on my radio & finally tuned off the BBC.
There were a number of reasons, why? starting with I am sick of the political propaganda, none truths and half truths, and also because I find myself becoming increasingly enraged that I may be listening to someone who has heard in house gossip about this or that, child abusers or overly tactile celebrity pedophile who has chosen to keep quiet a mist the growing revelations in wake of the Jimmy Saville child abuse case.
When Gary Glitter was first exposed as a pedophile a number of years ago, I was as surprised as anyone, I had spent my pocket money to see him preform at the Apollo in Glasgow as a kid, I took my daughter and son to see him at the SSEC in the 90's , I was angry to think I had paid good money to line the pockets of a child molester.
Likewise Rolf Harris, I grew up watching him on TV, copied his Jake the peg routine, and all of a sudden faced with his abuse revelations I was shocked, even upset, and not just because of horrible abuses, it felt almost like a betrayal, here was a man who so many of us admired & took into our hearts and he's been exploiting and abusing young people.
In recent years & months I have felt sick to my stomach as it has been reveled that more & more ppl who I have supported financially whither by attending their shows,buying their music or films are being exposed, ( no pun intended , as having abused children & young people.
When the Jimmy Saville story first broke I can't say I was surprised, I wasn't I had had a bad feeling about him for sometime, he was creepy, none the less, as a child I had made several trips to Kislyth where he was friendly with a father Conner or Connelly( i cant remember his name exactly) , of the local parish & he was involved with a number of charity events in that area,I had relatives there so my friend Myra & trolled along to see him do his walking thing , although I never met him , i knew some of the young people who did.
Saville was very friendly with father O 'Conner, who I had been told on good authority could get us an introduction, not so much to Saville but the Bay City Rollers, apparently that particular preexist had connections with all sorts of celebrities and us kids were impressed.
As it happens when my aunt discovered I was hanging about the chapel I was warned off, partly cos I was a prody( though my friend Myra was a catholic) but also because my aunt had apparently heard some unsavory stories about the good father O'Conner.
Looking back now I can't help wonder what these rumours might have been, and additionally did she warn other parents of whatever these rumours were and what action was taken.
Anyway I am kinda digressing...
So back to the recent, or not so recent issues surrounding Savilles pedophilia and the rumors, that were apparently rampant and an open secret at the BBC.
Over the past year and months since the news broke about "historic child abuse " at BBC & the links to the hierarchy of government & monarchy , I shudder when I think about it, but more than that, I get very very angry.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that some people who might know something, no matter how small, may be scared or unwilling to come forward as it could effect them , their reputation or their job, but for fuck sake , where is their ethic , their conscience?
We are talking about kids, yes, perhaps some of them were feisty teenagers who appeared to be up for it, harsh as that may sound, it doesn't change the fact that they were exploited and abused. They were taken advantage of by people of status , as a result of their status and position, they were taken advantage of by adults who were fully aware that what they were doing was wrong, and that had they not been people of celebrity or status they very probably would not have been able to commit the offenses they committed.
Lets not pretend that many a young teenagers would /will exhibit sexualised behavior and would be up for a kiss or even more with their idol, that does not make it right that the idol /celeb takes advantage and exploits that to get fucked.They know what they are doing is exploiting the situation.
And lets not forget that some of these cases we'v seen have revealed that the celebrities involved were abusing children from 4-5 years of age upward, these kids have no idea whats happening, and even if they did , its still wrong, its still abuse, & a painful one for a child, an adult mans hard penis does not enter a child's vagina or anus without pain, indeed oral sex is not a pleasant experience for a child even if they are trying to please their favorite famous person nor is being man-handled and groped.
In Savilles case we are talking about vulnerable people in care of the establishment, at the BBC the victims came from a mixed sector i presume, but none the less they were vulnerable to exploitation by the status of their abusers & this applies to the MP's & royals we are hearing reports about.
When stewart Hall was arrested I wrote to my MP shocked that he was released on bail , details can be found in an earlier blog ( Wednesday 23 January 2013 http://junei96.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/letters-emails-to-my-mp-regarding.html )
Since then I have, heard & read about several celebrities being arrested, all bailed until trail, all able to carry on abusing & grooming should they wish via the internet with false profiles or other wise.
Additionally, the police seem to be dragging their heels when it comes to arresting and charging members of Parliament past and present, eg, The minister for Health at the time of the Saville abuses Edwina Currie, and any MP's or members of the royal household being named on social media seem to either pop their cloggs, or carry on with business as usual.
I 've also heard & seen some of the celeb's found guilty and jailed, none of them have admitted their guilt all of them denying and blaming and casting aspersions on their victims, & some have walked away free, but i'v not been convinced of their innocence, but I am not the jury and so, have to accept the verdicts of those who were.
None the less, even in the cases of those found guilty, i'v seen & heard their friends and workmates at the BBC defend them to the hilt, with little concern for the alleged victims, and not forgetting this type of media support on air, is in itself a way of propagating support & could also I might suggest, help win public opinion over were that person be later put on trial, this I suggest is also a way of exploiting the public, I don't like it, I think its wrong.
I am not suggesting that they should not support their friends, BUT , using the public air waves to show them in good light or remind us of their popularity is taking advantage of the situation, lets not forget that for all the fans they have who will probably have their dvds & cds at home there are others, like me who while they area under suspicion & possibly pending trails for heinous crimes don't wan't to hear there songs and lyrics that may possible take on quite a different light in the circumstances, ie Cliff Richard's living doll takes on a whole new meaning given the allegations against him we are hearing about now.
And all they while I keep thinking about these rampant rumors and open secrets, what about the victims.
Anyway today I moved the dial, and I'll find a station somewhere where I am not listening to war or election propaganda or a suspected child or vulnerable person abuser or abuser protector, I have plenty of CD's to listen to in the meantime.
Because right now I find myself feeling a sense of betrayal that the programme presenter who I might be listening to at anytime of the day, could be someone who has heard these rumors or seen inappropriate behavior by their celebrity friends and stayed silent, I admire loyalty in friendship, but not at the cost of a child or vulnerable person being abused.
I think there comes a time in all our life's when we have to re evaluate our loyalties & indeed, friendships for the greater good, and when it involves the sexual abuse of a vulnerable or young person then without a doubt I think we have to do what is correct and speak up no matter how it reflects on us. So, for now I have tuned out as a conscientious objection and while I listen to my CD's I will hope that those at the BBC or anywhere that could make a difference will make their voices heard and speak out for those who have been abused through for they are the ones we should be giving our support to.
There were a number of reasons, why? starting with I am sick of the political propaganda, none truths and half truths, and also because I find myself becoming increasingly enraged that I may be listening to someone who has heard in house gossip about this or that, child abusers or overly tactile celebrity pedophile who has chosen to keep quiet a mist the growing revelations in wake of the Jimmy Saville child abuse case.
When Gary Glitter was first exposed as a pedophile a number of years ago, I was as surprised as anyone, I had spent my pocket money to see him preform at the Apollo in Glasgow as a kid, I took my daughter and son to see him at the SSEC in the 90's , I was angry to think I had paid good money to line the pockets of a child molester.
Likewise Rolf Harris, I grew up watching him on TV, copied his Jake the peg routine, and all of a sudden faced with his abuse revelations I was shocked, even upset, and not just because of horrible abuses, it felt almost like a betrayal, here was a man who so many of us admired & took into our hearts and he's been exploiting and abusing young people.
In recent years & months I have felt sick to my stomach as it has been reveled that more & more ppl who I have supported financially whither by attending their shows,buying their music or films are being exposed, ( no pun intended , as having abused children & young people.
When the Jimmy Saville story first broke I can't say I was surprised, I wasn't I had had a bad feeling about him for sometime, he was creepy, none the less, as a child I had made several trips to Kislyth where he was friendly with a father Conner or Connelly( i cant remember his name exactly) , of the local parish & he was involved with a number of charity events in that area,I had relatives there so my friend Myra & trolled along to see him do his walking thing , although I never met him , i knew some of the young people who did.
Saville was very friendly with father O 'Conner, who I had been told on good authority could get us an introduction, not so much to Saville but the Bay City Rollers, apparently that particular preexist had connections with all sorts of celebrities and us kids were impressed.
As it happens when my aunt discovered I was hanging about the chapel I was warned off, partly cos I was a prody( though my friend Myra was a catholic) but also because my aunt had apparently heard some unsavory stories about the good father O'Conner.
Looking back now I can't help wonder what these rumours might have been, and additionally did she warn other parents of whatever these rumours were and what action was taken.
Anyway I am kinda digressing...
So back to the recent, or not so recent issues surrounding Savilles pedophilia and the rumors, that were apparently rampant and an open secret at the BBC.
Over the past year and months since the news broke about "historic child abuse " at BBC & the links to the hierarchy of government & monarchy , I shudder when I think about it, but more than that, I get very very angry.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that some people who might know something, no matter how small, may be scared or unwilling to come forward as it could effect them , their reputation or their job, but for fuck sake , where is their ethic , their conscience?
We are talking about kids, yes, perhaps some of them were feisty teenagers who appeared to be up for it, harsh as that may sound, it doesn't change the fact that they were exploited and abused. They were taken advantage of by people of status , as a result of their status and position, they were taken advantage of by adults who were fully aware that what they were doing was wrong, and that had they not been people of celebrity or status they very probably would not have been able to commit the offenses they committed.
Lets not pretend that many a young teenagers would /will exhibit sexualised behavior and would be up for a kiss or even more with their idol, that does not make it right that the idol /celeb takes advantage and exploits that to get fucked.They know what they are doing is exploiting the situation.
And lets not forget that some of these cases we'v seen have revealed that the celebrities involved were abusing children from 4-5 years of age upward, these kids have no idea whats happening, and even if they did , its still wrong, its still abuse, & a painful one for a child, an adult mans hard penis does not enter a child's vagina or anus without pain, indeed oral sex is not a pleasant experience for a child even if they are trying to please their favorite famous person nor is being man-handled and groped.
In Savilles case we are talking about vulnerable people in care of the establishment, at the BBC the victims came from a mixed sector i presume, but none the less they were vulnerable to exploitation by the status of their abusers & this applies to the MP's & royals we are hearing reports about.
When stewart Hall was arrested I wrote to my MP shocked that he was released on bail , details can be found in an earlier blog ( Wednesday 23 January 2013 http://junei96.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/letters-emails-to-my-mp-regarding.html )
Since then I have, heard & read about several celebrities being arrested, all bailed until trail, all able to carry on abusing & grooming should they wish via the internet with false profiles or other wise.
Additionally, the police seem to be dragging their heels when it comes to arresting and charging members of Parliament past and present, eg, The minister for Health at the time of the Saville abuses Edwina Currie, and any MP's or members of the royal household being named on social media seem to either pop their cloggs, or carry on with business as usual.
I 've also heard & seen some of the celeb's found guilty and jailed, none of them have admitted their guilt all of them denying and blaming and casting aspersions on their victims, & some have walked away free, but i'v not been convinced of their innocence, but I am not the jury and so, have to accept the verdicts of those who were.
None the less, even in the cases of those found guilty, i'v seen & heard their friends and workmates at the BBC defend them to the hilt, with little concern for the alleged victims, and not forgetting this type of media support on air, is in itself a way of propagating support & could also I might suggest, help win public opinion over were that person be later put on trial, this I suggest is also a way of exploiting the public, I don't like it, I think its wrong.
I am not suggesting that they should not support their friends, BUT , using the public air waves to show them in good light or remind us of their popularity is taking advantage of the situation, lets not forget that for all the fans they have who will probably have their dvds & cds at home there are others, like me who while they area under suspicion & possibly pending trails for heinous crimes don't wan't to hear there songs and lyrics that may possible take on quite a different light in the circumstances, ie Cliff Richard's living doll takes on a whole new meaning given the allegations against him we are hearing about now.
And all they while I keep thinking about these rampant rumors and open secrets, what about the victims.
Anyway today I moved the dial, and I'll find a station somewhere where I am not listening to war or election propaganda or a suspected child or vulnerable person abuser or abuser protector, I have plenty of CD's to listen to in the meantime.
Because right now I find myself feeling a sense of betrayal that the programme presenter who I might be listening to at anytime of the day, could be someone who has heard these rumors or seen inappropriate behavior by their celebrity friends and stayed silent, I admire loyalty in friendship, but not at the cost of a child or vulnerable person being abused.
I think there comes a time in all our life's when we have to re evaluate our loyalties & indeed, friendships for the greater good, and when it involves the sexual abuse of a vulnerable or young person then without a doubt I think we have to do what is correct and speak up no matter how it reflects on us. So, for now I have tuned out as a conscientious objection and while I listen to my CD's I will hope that those at the BBC or anywhere that could make a difference will make their voices heard and speak out for those who have been abused through for they are the ones we should be giving our support to.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Random dedication to a someone special...
Somewhere in the not so long ago sometime
He told me he was born on the cusp of June...
of course,
I have no way of knowing if this was true
yet still...
today in comemerative thinkys of this loveday
I dedicate this poem with soulfull love to He...
" Forget thee? if to dream by night, and
muse on thee by day,
If all the worship deep and wild a poet's
heart can pay,
If prayers in absence breathed for thee to
Heaven's protecting power,
If winged thoughts flit to thee, a thou-
sand in an hour,
If busy fancy blending thee with all my
future lot,
If this thee call'st "forgetting," thou, in
deed, shalt be forgot!
"Forget thee?" Bid the forest birds for-
get their sweetest tune:
"Forget thee?" Bid the sea forget to
swell beneath the moon;
Bid the thirsty floweres forget to drink
the eve's refreshing dew;
Theyself forget thine own "dear land," and
its "mountains wild & blue;"
Forget each old familiar face, each long-
remembered spot,-
When these things are forgot by thee, then
thou shalt be forgot!
Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace, still
calm and fancy free,
For god forbid they gladson heart should
grow less glad for me;
Yet, while they heart is still unwon, oh!
bid not mine to rove,
But let it nurse the humble faith and un-
complaining love;
If these, preserved for pacient years, at last
avail me not,
Forget me then; but ne'er believe, that thou
canst be forgot!
(James Moultrie 1799-1874)
He told me he was born on the cusp of June...
of course,
I have no way of knowing if this was true
yet still...
today in comemerative thinkys of this loveday
I dedicate this poem with soulfull love to He...
" Forget thee? if to dream by night, and
muse on thee by day,
If all the worship deep and wild a poet's
heart can pay,
If prayers in absence breathed for thee to
Heaven's protecting power,
If winged thoughts flit to thee, a thou-
sand in an hour,
If busy fancy blending thee with all my
future lot,
If this thee call'st "forgetting," thou, in
deed, shalt be forgot!
"Forget thee?" Bid the forest birds for-
get their sweetest tune:
"Forget thee?" Bid the sea forget to
swell beneath the moon;
Bid the thirsty floweres forget to drink
the eve's refreshing dew;
Theyself forget thine own "dear land," and
its "mountains wild & blue;"
Forget each old familiar face, each long-
remembered spot,-
When these things are forgot by thee, then
thou shalt be forgot!
Keep, if thou wilt, thy maiden peace, still
calm and fancy free,
For god forbid they gladson heart should
grow less glad for me;
Yet, while they heart is still unwon, oh!
bid not mine to rove,
But let it nurse the humble faith and un-
complaining love;
If these, preserved for pacient years, at last
avail me not,
Forget me then; but ne'er believe, that thou
canst be forgot!
(James Moultrie 1799-1874)
Friday, May 9, 2014
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