tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292067452011-12-15T02:46:13.014ZA strong grip on reality; not afraid to admit itLolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591442165276762504noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29206745.post-72389317740864355552007-03-20T14:16:00.000Z2007-03-20T14:17:59.871Z

My new blogging home is:http://westendbitch.wordpress.com

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I can't get worked up about a potential Barack Obama presidential campaign. I love the man's charisma, I really do, but I suppose my own pro-Hillary bias could only get him to my second-choice candidate at best. Since I don't live in America, it figures that I'll have no say in choosing who gets to run, but when has that stopped me running my mouth off before?It just seems that politically, he's

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It's possible I'm just being a little dense, but you know how we're all meant to donate money to MAKE POVERTY HISTORY? Well, what exactly are they going to do with the money? I'm too lazy to do more than a scant flick through Google results, but is there a concrete plan to MAKE POVERTY HISTORY, and all they need is the money to achieve said plan?It appears that debt relief is a big part of it,

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Don't you just hate when someone says what you think, but better than you could express it?.Well said, David Clark.

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Proposed changes to legislation governing IVF.Two separate issues for me here. First off, hurrah that the law will now finally acknowledge that a pair of testicles attached to one parent does not govern the ability to have a family. The notion of mum, dad and sprogs has long since been outdated, and while it might be ideal according to whatever research you read, the reality is that plenty of

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Guardian vs Daily Mail!Writing for the Daily Mail is more or less a guarantee of admission to my "oh shut up" list, but Melanie Phillips winds me up perhaps more than average. I can't put my finger on specifics, but the general "the world is against me (and my carefully selected 'majority')" is as good a place to start as any though.What particularly irks me, more and more in recent months, is

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We're trying to 'understand' Ann Coulter again.Oh she's just hideous. More often than not, my blood will be boiling before I get to the end of a sentence about her. Earlier in the week, I though her 9/11 widows comments were indeed beyond the pale. She's racist, xenophobic, trigger happy and so many other bad things on top of that.What really riles me are her assertions that on a gut level

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A man in woman's clothing?Cameron is just like Blair; Blair's a Thatcherite wannabe. Capitalising on middle-class issues, education reform, save the Health Service... I'm losing track of who's on what side anymore.This is my problem with British politics in the time of my own political consciousness: it's dull. And as a result I think the sweeping changes and landslides are more to do with

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The report on Emergency Services' response on 7/7I suppose the dust has mostly settled now, and thus the timing of the report. I know every official body has to be held to account, and only from admitting weaknesses can they improve.It's still sad though, that this now clouds the initial impression of a responsive and efficent emergency plan. It shouldn't detract from the people who did such

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Thanks again, South Dakota.But it is the abortion rights opponents who seem most irked at Mr. Blouin, once a champion for their efforts. "He's a hypocrite," said Kim Lehman, executive director of the Iowa Right to Life Committee. "He says he's pro-life, and yet what he's really saying is that he is personally pro-life but would take no action that's pro-life. He's the worst kind of so-called

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Thank God the Senate is there to stop runaway discrimination. Well, in theory. Until they can drum up the votes.What absolutely enrages me is that this isn't simply a moralistic crusade, but also a matter of convenience, trying to divert attention from gross mistakes on both the domestic and international stages. Don't get me wrong, I understand that it's yet another abuse of power in a bid to

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The months of exile are over, I'm packing every last book into archive boxes and heading just north enough to re-enter civilisation. Yes, London, I'm coming home. With me I'm bringing a renewed sense of confidence and something resembling enthusiasm. I have outlets for it, too.Thus, GirlPolitico is born. I'm still working out exactly where I fall on the spectrum, trying to relate my interest

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