I find it incomprehensible that a talk like his would be given in any religious meeting in the UK except perhaps in a mosque and the man who did it is in prison. Religious meetings are there to talk about the one on whom their faith is based and in this case Jesus Christ and I cannot remember him talking like this. Australia India China and Ireland all had unhappy and unpleasant past histories some worse than slavery but look at them now steaming ahead like an express train and very rarely talking about the past but looking excitedly to the future. Africa however always talking about white colonialism and look at its condition. The Australian has very little sympathy for the whinger and nor do I. The early years of my life were spent in poverty but I don,t keep going on about it.

The more I read about the politics of America the more unhealthy it seems to me as regards race. In the UK afro carribeans, Indians and other ethnic minorities have traditionally voted Labour because they benefit from their policies. Race I suspect comes into it very little. The Conservatives fielded a Black candidate in a predominantly Black area and the white Labour candidate won. In America I suspect that would be unlikely to happen.. In fact reference is often made to Barak winning in predominantly Afro American areas and rotten mayors being elected in afro american areas because they are black. Why. I thought people voted for the best candidate not for their colour. What on earth has skin color got to do with it. I believe more and more that cultural colour prejudice aseems to be deeply rooted in some cultures in the USA and it has made me very grateful for the quality of thought of our ethnic minorities in the UK

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ORDINARY MILITARY SOLDIER HAS MORE WISDOM AND SENSE THAN THE POLITICIANS AND SO CALLED PROFESSIONALS. MAYBE THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO THEM MORE.

Yes I find it absolutely nauseating the way the American people have almost worshipped this very flawed man. A very highly respected Australian woman who writes a column for the English Daily Mail said after hearing his discourse to European statesmen that she was Perturbed by his ARROGANCE in lecturing the European statesmen and she was also Perturbed by his ARROGANCE in assuming the mantle of President of America before he has been elected by the people.

Here we go again playing the same old record they did with Hilary Cllinton columists rubbishing Obamas opposition. The absolutely best prime minister England ever had was 1. A woman Margaret Thatcher (2. Not charismatic 3. No a good speaker. 4. I should think not very computer literate but she was a wonderful prime minister because she was a woman of integrity, a courageous woman who made some really tough decisions and a couraageous woman but we didn,t discoveer these until her premiership. Perhaps McCain is the same.

The usual its everybody elses fault scenario. In the UK and Europe we had massive floods for 2 years running and many many people had their homes extensively damaged. There was plenty help from local Councils but NO rape, looting, rioting, shooting or crime associated with the floods. The insurance companies paif out billions of Pounds and the building industry put right all the damage except for the uninsured. 2 years later and I believe the present estimate for New Orleans is 126 billion dollars and where is it. Perhaps the people should try a bit of self help and not buy fierce looking dogs which cost a lot to feed buy no provenance cameras (stolen I assume) and live by drug pushing. Perhaps they need a new Mayor as well. Racism has nothing to do with it but lack of civic pride has everything.

What with Obama Barak and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Kwame Kilpatrick what about a news item on the American Indian and the hardships they faced and still faace and their culture but no its always about Black this and Black that as though they were the only newsworthy people people in America.

If ever the American media needed being taken on it is now. I have never read such biased reporting as there was in the Clinton and Obama contest. They said almost nothing good about Clinton and it was almost slavish hero worship of Obama. Palin sounds as tough as our English Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher was and what a gutsy Prime Minister she was. Now we have a load of men who should be wearing tutus as politicians.

Poor old Salon first its the anti Clinton scenario and now its Palin. Thats what I like about nature its so polite and gentlemanly. You know the wolf before its downs a moose says "I hope you don,t mind if I eat you" just as the crocodidle says to the wildebeest before it drags it under "I hope you won,t take this personally" or the shark says "Have you got any mustard with you" No nature is very cruel and the wolf is not the friendliest of animals. If culling is necessary then it has to be done but as humanely as possible. The crocodile is sacred to the Indian and they won,t harm it and it repays that kinndness and eats 100s of them every year children included