Bookworm on Mar 02 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Britain, England
England is not one of my favorite places anymore, because of the raging antisemitism that characterizes her politics and her street. Nevertheless, she is our ally and has been our staunch ally for more than a century. For Obama to abandon her over the Falklands is disgusting. At Power Line, in a few words, John [...]
Bookworm on Jan 12 2010 | Filed under: Britain, England
A few days ago, I posted about the fact that, in England, it is illegal to defend yourself against an attack within your own home. I shouldn’t have gotten so upset about the whole thing. You see, it seems that I was operating from a ridiculous premise, which is that one actually has legal rights [...]
Bookworm on Jan 09 2010 | Filed under: Britain, Crime and punishment, England, Gun control
One of the most basic principles of Anglo-Saxon common law is a homeowner’s right to defend himself against intruders. Oh, wait! That’s not quite true anymore. In England, which practically gave its name to the notion that “a man’s home is his castle,” homeowner self-defense is against the law (emphasis mine):
Myleene Klass, the broadcaster and [...]
Bookworm on Jan 01 2010 | Filed under: Britain, Education, Elections, England, Political correctness
When parents think about what a school should do for their children, they think in terms of the three “Rs,” plus a lovely layering of science, history, and other subjects that maketh a full (and employable) man. The politically correct Nanny State, however, cares little for education and a great deal for ideology. It should [...]
Bookworm on Dec 21 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Religion
Two views of moral behavior, one from the source, and one from an English divine:
God: Thou shalt not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
A priest in England: It is far better for people desperate during the recession to shoplift than turn to ‘prostitution, mugging or burglary’.
It is true that, under Jewish law, Jews in extremis are allowed to [...]
Bookworm on Dec 18 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England
If I were devising a citizenship test for Great Britain, I can think of some things I would ask. Broadly, I would ask about her history (what makes Britain British?), her form of government (details about Parliamentary Democracy), and the duties of a citizen.
But you see, I’m not writing the test one needs to take [...]
Bookworm on Dec 08 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England
Britain’s NHS, which is government-run (i.e., Communist) medicine, has, unsurprisingly, Communist outcomes. Lots of people die unnecessarily in England under the government’s beneficent care:
British health care is little better than that of former Communist countries, which spend a fraction of the billions poured into the NHS.
A survey published yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation [...]
Bookworm on Nov 21 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, World War II
Disillusioned members of the World War II generation state honestly that, had the England that now exists been the England in 1939, they would not have believed it was a country worth saving. Most feel that their fellow veterans, those who died in the fight, are rolling in their graves as they look at the [...]
Bookworm on Nov 18 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Health
Just so you know, Britain, the ne plus ultra of single payer care, is having a little bit of death panel trouble:
Liver cancer sufferers are being condemned to an early death by being denied a new drug on the Health Service, campaigners warn.
They criticised draft guidance that will effectively ban the drug sorafenib – which [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Taxes, Welfare
The Daily Mail has the data to prove what we all knew: a political party that shifts the tax burden to less than 50% of the population, while leaving more than half the population dependent on government largesse, wins in perpetuity (or until the country implodes, whichever comes first).
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Bookworm on Nov 03 2009 | Filed under: Britain, Crime and punishment, England
The other day, the Daily Mail ran an article about the exponential increase in stranger attacks in England, a byproduct of the public drunkenness that is increasing at an even faster rate than the violence. I still remember when England was a remarkably safe, clean little country, except in the worst neighborhoods of the biggest [...]
Bookworm on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: Britain
We’re not talking about the way distant past here, we’re talking about Britain in the 1950s, a place some found stable, safe and charming, and others repressive and stultifying. I’m a stable, safe and charming gal myself, so I developed a real sense of nostalgia reading about a place and time I never knew.
UPDATE: Fixed [...]
Bookworm on Oct 29 2009 | Filed under: Education, England, Muslim violence, Political correctness
Horrible story of what happens when political correctness and fear of a violent minority group culminate in a school that saw the administration look the other way for fear of offending those violent minority sensibilities.
This, by the way, is how that paralyzing political correctness, a sensiblity that saps courage and morality, begins.
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Bookworm on Oct 26 2009 | Filed under: Britain, Crime and punishment, England, Judges
If there was ever an example of misguided compassion, this story out of Britain must rank at the top of the list:
A psychopathic Satanist, given a ‘life means life’ sentence for strangling his cellmate whilst already serving life for murder, has had that cut to 20 years on appeal in order ‘to give him light [...]
Bookworm on Oct 14 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Government
I don’t think I need to offer much comment on this story, which is one more indictment of the danger of over-regulation that always follows in the wake of Big Government:
Ambulance paramedics battling to save a nine-year-old car crash victim were told the nearest back-up crew could not help as they were on their lunchbreak.
Schoolgirl [...]
Bookworm on Oct 07 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Government
The only thing I’ll add to the my post title by way of commentary is that this is the America that Obama and the Democrats envision for you, since increased government control inevitably presages the rise of regulations that destroy initiative, innovation and courage:
A jobsworth ambulance boss refused to allow his staff to enter six [...]
Bookworm on Oct 07 2009 | Filed under: Welfare
England is a benefits culture. The government, although strapped for cash, hands out benefits like candy, and each Briton feels entitled to his or her share. It’s no wonder, of course. Not only is there no stigma attached to benefits, there’s no upside to avoiding them. Already back in the early 1980s, I had a [...]
Bookworm on Sep 25 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England
After you’ve read this appalling article about Britain’s well-recognized drinking problem, two thoughts: First, it’s like a Bosch painting come to life. And second, if you were in England and appalled by what you saw, wouldn’t Islam, a religion that bans alcohol, start to look attractive?
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Bookworm on Sep 21 2009 | Filed under: Britain, Crime and punishment, Education, England, Judges
I gave the post the above title because, in England, even a woman who is a convicted sexual predator gets to keep up her relationship with the victim:
A public school music teacher was today jailed for lesbian sex with a 15-year-old pupil – but was given an astonishing green light to continue the ‘affair’ when [...]
Bookworm on Sep 20 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Free speech, Islam
All of us have been worried that the Obama Administration, working in tandem with a wildly Democratic Congress, wants to clamp down on freedom of speech. Heck, in true Orwellian fashion, the House of Representatives has already taken myriad terms off the table for fear that they might be used against their Fearless (albeit whiny) [...]
Bookworm on Sep 20 2009 | Filed under: Britain, England, Identity politics, Islam, Political correctness
We’re getting near the tail-end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that requires dawn to dusk fasting. Now, I’m a gal who enjoys noshing during the day, so I’m not thrilled about abstaining from food and drink for 10 hours. I’d be especially unhappy if it was a hot day, ’cause any type of drink [...]
Bookworm on Sep 13 2009 | Filed under: Britain, Crime and punishment, England, Islam, Muslim violence, Women
There is no bliss inherent in the ignorance displayed by one judge in England:
A judge lambasted a rapist for claiming his victim was a liar – then commended him for becoming a muslim.
Judge Anthony Goldstaub QC sentenced Stuart Wood for seven years for the attack, then told him: ‘You have turned to Islam and this [...]
Bookworm on Sep 02 2009 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Britain, England
Before their cultural implosion, the English had a reputation for bravery and sangfroid. Although they are taking a beating in Afghanistan (in large part because the morally bankrupt Labour government refuses to give them necessary support), the troops on the ground are still fighting, dying and showing extraordinary bravery under terrible circumstances:
An heroic army medic [...]
Bookworm on Sep 01 2009 | Filed under: Hollywood, World War II
Today is the 70th anniversary of Germany’s bombing campaign against Poland, the official start of World War II. I thought, therefore, that this song from 1941’s Babes on Broadway was just right. It is an explicit tribute to beleaguered Britain, which was, at the only time, not only the sole nation fighting the Nazis, but [...]
Bookworm on Jul 29 2009 | Filed under: England
In the post-feudal era, England, at its height, was a nation build on property rights. Up into the 19th Century, theft was a capital crime. The 21st Century, however, is characterized by a more “collectivist” attitude that is peculiarly feudal in nature.
In the 14th Century, the King was the technical owner of all land. He [...]
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