Tuesday 26 June 2007

The day has come and the rat has gone

Protest at Downing Street on Blair's last day

London Wednesday 27 June
From 10am
Join Military Families Against The War
Supported By Stop The War Coalition

Military Families Against the War, supported by Stop the War Coalition, are planning to make Wednesday 27 June an anti-war day in Downing Street.
This is the day Tony Blair leaves office to be replaced by Gordon Brown.

Tony Blair will leave Downing Street in the morning and our protest will begin at 10am. Gordon Brown will enter in the afternoon (we will publicise the time as soon as we get it), when Military Families Against the War will deliver him a letter asking him to meet them, a request that Blair has turned down repeatedly over the past three years.

Please join us to make sure that Blair’s last day in office is marked by his true legacy: up to one million killed in Iraq, over four million Iraqis – one in seven of the population – now refugees and 151 British soldiers killed in an illegal and unnecessary war.


http://www.stopwar.org.uk/newsite/index.php

With Goatboy going to see Mark Thomas later on in the week I thought I'd leave it to him to give a few words on this day, when we can finally breath a sigh of relief that the wretched politician that was Tony Bliar is gone. Thank the heavens....
I have also reposted Brian Haws speech because he is one man who has been there with Tony for nearly his whole time in office, only Brian wasn't in an office or even a building but camping outside the Houses Of Parliament, relentlessly reminding those inside of there crimes. His words ring out load and clear both in this clip and on his megaphone at Parliament Square and it hard not to love him for it.(unless your a heartless basted bathing in bath of blood money that)
See ya Tony ...Run along..... and don't come back!!

Mark Thomas - Politics boring


Brian Haw - Most Inspiring Political Figure 2007


Mark Thomas - NIGHT WAR BROKE OUT

Monday 25 June 2007

JAH Ras'Tafari, See Tony run as we bun down Babylon!

Due to circumstances that require me to meditate over matters material rather than write about them i am going to leave words to a minimum from myself today and leave the words of wisdom and edutainment to some fine and respected voices.
The "Good riddance Tony" theme is still an influence behind this selection of musical enlighteners, although i feel that the overall tone is one that presents a very different idea of how we could be experiencing this existence than that held by your average educated fool.

Let love be our light and the pain be our reason

Anthony B - Mr. Heartless


Anthony B and Sizzla Live



Bob Marley Natural Mystic


Bob Marley Concrete Jungle


Could You Be Loved - Ziggy, Damian, Ky-Mani & Stephen Marley

JAH Ras'Tafari

When all is said and done, life goes on and we have only our memories to live it through.
Remember them well and speak of them fondly
Peace

Friday 22 June 2007

.....and kick him on the way out!

So with Tony slowly making his way out of the exit lets take a quick moment to ask just where it all went wrong for the man so full of hope when he first arrived on the scene.
He came to power with promises to clean up politics and left it looking dirtier than a club toilet off the back streets of Soho,
Personally I think his world changed when he got to spend a cozy night with his future dominatrix, G.W Bush., at Camp David,
The hopeful and naive young man that he was when he arrived at No.10 was gone by the time he returned from his camping trip with Dubbya and what was left was a pathetic gimp of a man who looks as if he would like to cry. He was/is a naive God fearing prat, lets not forget, and I think that when he got to Camp David he realized that G.W threatening to kill him, his wife and his kids unless he shut up and followed orders was more scary than some fictional hell. Since that day he realized that he wasn’t a great inspirational and (to quote Labour) New, type of Politician, he was a simple pawn like all the others before him and all the rest to follow him.

here's today's little bit of fun and all at Tony's expense ( still i think he owes us that much at least!)

Time Trumpet - Blairs Decent into madness



Tony Blair and George Bush - It Wasn't Me


i’ll leave it to George Galloway to sum up Tony’s legacy , because what ever opinion you might have of him he certainly hits the nail on the head here when describing T.Bliar in this clip


ill have more comedy for you tomorrow and some music too cos that basted cant have all the focus
actualy with that said let me post this little gem for you so that you can listern to a real spoksman for the people, the great (and dare i say Prophet) Robert Nesta Marley

Bob Marley interview in New Zealand 1979

Thursday 21 June 2007

See ya Tony..won't wanna be ya!

Education, education, education and being tough on crime were among the keywords of Tony Blair's first Prime Ministerial campaign.

Well he has managed to educate us in the folly of trusting politicians who make promises but can’t keep them.
He has tried to educate us in to accepting misinformation and political rhetoric as fact and he has tried to educate us in to thinking that we should be fearful and untrusting and suspicious, and as for being tough on crime I think it is fair to say that he may be one of the biggest criminals and mass murderous in recent history.

So..Thanks Tony. Thanks for the ego fueled runaway train that you have had us all riding along with you on for the past ten years, or at least since you returned from Camp David, (what did happen to Tony over there? I have my theories but I will save those for later in the week when I post more about the leader we are about to lose, thank God!...and not before time either),
I'm glad his time at the helm is over, not because I think that there will be some great and radical change in the way that politics is carried out in the halls parliament with out his wicked influence ‘cos it wont happen, but because I simply cant stand seeing this degenerative, deflated and crazed looking husk of a man any more. He looks like a mad old dog that needs to be shown outside because it cant find the door for itself ….. more of my thoughts on Tony each day as we count down to his big “Fuck Off” party and I don’t mean big.
so until then lets just enjoy these clips of Tony …as they say in Big Brother:
“ Tony, Here are your best bits ”……………

It all started with a kiss.... Tony's love affair that ruined him


British PM Tony Blair admits Iraq "disaster" so far



Should I stay or should I go?


This clip shows part 1 of ex-MI5 Officer, Annie Machon speaking at a "Trial of Tony Blair". The trial was a fringe event at the Labour Party Spring Conference held in Manchester, UK on 12 March 2004--organised
by the Stop the War Coalition. (ChrisEdwards2004 youtube)




Goodbye Blair


more tomorrow.....

Wednesday 20 June 2007

Police invasion of Finsbury Park Station

I happened to be in krapyrubsnif otherwise known as Finsbury park when I noticed that something was terribly wrong. I wanted to get on the underground service but when I arrived at what I thought was the station I was confronted by so many police that I thought I was at the cop shop. I was wrong and to my surprise I wasn’t at the local butchers despite the smell of pig and I was actually at Finsbury park underground staion but the police had decided that they where going to place a metal detector at each exit and search everybody that came out..or at least search the ones that their pig ignorant prejudice minds wanted to search, which meant young lads with African or Caribbean heritage.


JUST WHAT DO THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING!?!? ……
What are they trying to achieve here?
How is this effective policing?
Why are they all standing around with their hands in their pockets?

How is this NOT an invasion of civil liberties?
How is this even legal?

Haven’t they got better things that they could be doing? Why are they all so thick? I guess that’s why don’t they realize that they and the police force as an entity only exist as a piece of theater to give the public peace of mind.
They cannot nor will they ever be able to do anything to prevent crime or its cause. They can and will only ever be able to give the appearance of doing so.

I took this footage so as to show just what an imposing site it was for someone who just wanted to get a tube home but happened to have a couple of grams of herbal medicine in his pocket, which shouldn’t be a problem, but due to some very old and bizarre legal laws still in place about it, it was a problem to have it now. After taking the footage I went around the corner, stuck the offending herbs in my shoe and proceeded to run the gauntlet of trying to get a tube train with out P.C Fukwit wanting to touch me up and stick his fingers up my bottom.
Thankfully P.C Fukwit was busy trying to work out why it gets darker when he puts his sunglasses on, so I was able to pass him without any drama….this time. I have been less fortunate in the past in this very same situation.
You may not think that this manner of policing is a problem and that they are doing a valuable and important task, especially since 7-11, and that in these times a terrorist could be boarding the tube with a bomb and that this could stop him…etc etc. well that is nothing more than wishful thinking on your part is all I need to say about that.
I will repeat
They cannot nor will they ever be able to do anything to prevent crime or its cause. They can and will only ever be able to give the appearance of doing so.

So you should be concerned with seeing this kind of police activity because today its weed smokers and kids with out the money for a ticket that they are coming for….but tomorrow it could be you.

First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Muslims, and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Muslim.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left
to speak up for me.



In the words of the great voice of the people Mr. Ice T….”Fuck da Po’Lice”

Monday 18 June 2007

Make Geldof History



Bob Geldof is a self promoting egotist who's efforts to see an end to global poverty are nothing more than a vehicle for Bob to ease his own conscience about the huge home that he owns and the vast capitol and wealth that he has.

I had the chance to ask him about this after the "MakePovertyHistory" rally in Trafalgar square.....having cornered him as he was having his ego stroked by autographs hunters and I told him that I thought his speech was nice and all, but it lacked any actual power. I told him he had not talked about what we would have to do in order to make poverty history...
"but Bob, what did you ask the people to change ?" I asked "You didn’t ask them to stop consuming or change their habits did you Bob? Why not Bob?"........

He was drinking Champaign at the time and this question threw him a little....I think he thought I just wanted to be seen with him like everyone else there rather than engage with him on the reason we where there at all, but he did take the time to think about it ( I could hear cogs churning over) and then he told me ..

" but that’s cos they don’t have to give up anything!"
he then rose his arms up as if in a victory celebration at this gem of wisdom he had spouted. The crowd loved it and cheered him.

I was less impressed...
"but Bob that’s a nonsense" I said, his arms came down. "we all have to make a decision on how, why and with whom we are going to spend our money don't we? if we are to really going to "make poverty history". I mean its all a matter of capitalism isn’t it?..let me give you an example...."

"...do you like my outfit Bob, I looks alright doesn’t it?". Bob looked and agreed it was a nice get up. I was, as the fates would have it, dressed in a very nice outfit that day, dark blue jeans, a nice dark sweater with a dark navy pin stripped jacket, a pair of no-name brand but slick looking trainers and a baseball cap that was also dark blue. No logo. It was, even if I say so myself , a fine ensemble of items that looked good...this is important not for my ego but for the purpose of the story.

" well thank you Bob, I do try and make an effort" i said "but the point here is that all this gear is form charity stores, all new and unworn and cost me about £15 head to toe.....even my socks are knitted by my girlfriend, and that’s the choice that I have made, Bob, to try and combat the capitalist machine that "makes poverty happen". I gave up my Nike trainers and Versace shirts...how about you bob? what did you give up? How much was that nice coat your wearing Bob? see my point?"

Bob was wearing a very expensive looking full length coat, and his shoes where none to cheap looking ethier.

At this point Bob's face had changed and had the look of a man who was hearing his mother telling him off...he didn’t give me an answer, he just huffed a little and tutted, gave me a look that said your "cramping my style here", i cant be sure but think he even said "whatever" and then turned on his heels and walked in to his chauffeur driven Damlier...still with Champaign in a fancy glass ( a cracked t-cup would do me) and left. not even a wave to his fans.
What a twat.

so when you see Bob tell him you don’t like Mondays but he’s even harder to like.
tell you what Bob ill do a deal with you....you give up your mansion home, stop indulging your ego with your greedy self serving desires, donate your wealth to the third world and ill stop telling everyone what a cunt you really are. deal?
lets make Geldof's chaaarritywagon history

Monday 11 June 2007

Goatboy is back ..

Goatboys Pen has been left unattended in recent weeks but upon my return I am happy to find that it has survived unharmed and is and has been pleasantly resting in its own little corner of cyberspace.

In the most recent post's this blog has become more political in its expression, although its difficult not to do so as every thing is politics, however there is one avenue for political discourse that remains the most enjoyable and more importantly powerful than most forms of expression, comedy. In the camp of enlightenment comedy sits with art and music shining the way for any who see it.

Check out the comedy central "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour"

With the conflicts in the middle east, the war on Islam and the general ignorance that surrounds the West's consumerism which supports it, this comedy central show was a great opportunity for some of America's finest comics of Arabic and Middle Eastern heritage to have their say and express their perspective of life in America during these times.



watch the full show here
http://joox.net/cat/137/id/1278137



on a slightly lighter comic note....here is Sarah Silverman ripping on Paris Hilton at the Mtv awards.
This has caused so much traffic and responses on youtube that it is amazing to think that this is what most Americans are getting their knickers in a twist about while half the world lies dying and are trying to see the funny side of that.
Fuck Paris Hilton and the pumpkin stage coach she rode in on
If you don't know Sarah Silverman then you should get to know her...

Sarah Silverman Rips Into Paris Hilton at Mtv Awards...


and to finish to days post her is some rare footage of the messiah of comedy Mr Bill Hicks
thanks to a guy called muhoboika on youtube for this.
Bill is was and always will be the master of comic timing,performance and content, all wrapped up in his own unique and honest free flowing form.


part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm9HbC9LsTM
part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbIAO-Jb9w4
part3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rViyapk-Bcw
part4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vbo5bGnMf8
part5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNJ-g6vpN4