7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
6th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SNOW REAL
The almost complete stoppage of national life occasioned by the current spattering of snow is scarcely believable. When I was a child, our schools were kept open by every janitor, able bodied teacher and even the school dinner ladies being set to the task of digging out the playground with old fashioned shovels. The same "all hands to the deck" attitude applied to airports where the General Manager was to be seen setting an example with his spade alongside ground and cabin staff as well as pilots and navigators as they fought to keep runways clear.
Not only are we now far too reliant on often inadequate and unreliable mechanical means of snow removal, but the EU mandated adoption of the SI system of units has brought a touch of fatalism to how Britons regard low temperatures. O degrees Celsius is now seen as a sign that civilisation as we know it must be temporarily suspended whereas 32 degrees Fahrenheit never had that effect!
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, December 6, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
19th of November 2010 - Wind Of Change
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WIND OF CHANGE
It was gratifying to note that South Africa (whose Constitution protects homosexuals) was moved to support the United Nations vote this week to remove sexual orientation from a resolution calling on countries to protect the life of all people and to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice and discrimination.
It would seem that South African politicians have finally realised that appeasing the homosexualist lobby and accepting this perversion has led to many of the current fractures and ills in their society. In addition to removing favourable treatment for homosexuals from their Constitution, perhaps they will now also get round to reversing their 1961 adoption of Decimal Currency which most right thinking people see as the start of the slippery slope to untramelled liberalism.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WIND OF CHANGE
It was gratifying to note that South Africa (whose Constitution protects homosexuals) was moved to support the United Nations vote this week to remove sexual orientation from a resolution calling on countries to protect the life of all people and to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice and discrimination.
It would seem that South African politicians have finally realised that appeasing the homosexualist lobby and accepting this perversion has led to many of the current fractures and ills in their society. In addition to removing favourable treatment for homosexuals from their Constitution, perhaps they will now also get round to reversing their 1961 adoption of Decimal Currency which most right thinking people see as the start of the slippery slope to untramelled liberalism.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
16th of November 2010 - Royal Wedding
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL WEDDING
I was delighted to hear today of the impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As a future King and head of his faith, I am sure that the Prince is aware of his responsibility as an upholder of that faith and that both he and Ms Middleton will be virgins on their wedding night.
This fine, upstanding and chaste young man is such a contrast to his tawdry father whose adulterous antics with Camilla Parker Bowles would, in a more moral age, have rendered him unfit to be King.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL WEDDING
I was delighted to hear today of the impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As a future King and head of his faith, I am sure that the Prince is aware of his responsibility as an upholder of that faith and that both he and Ms Middleton will be virgins on their wedding night.
This fine, upstanding and chaste young man is such a contrast to his tawdry father whose adulterous antics with Camilla Parker Bowles would, in a more moral age, have rendered him unfit to be King.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
9th of November 2010 - He Fought For Freedom
7 Spey TerraceEdinburghEH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
9th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
HE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
I am sure that many serving and ex-military personnel will take offence at the action of Celtic Football Club in seeking to ban from their ground those who expressed a negative opinion towards the Poppy Appeal and the UK's armed forces.
My father fought two World Wars in order to allow people to be free to express themselves. Were he still alive, I'm sure that he would take on Celtic FC too!
John Eoin Douglas
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
9th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
HE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
I am sure that many serving and ex-military personnel will take offence at the action of Celtic Football Club in seeking to ban from their ground those who expressed a negative opinion towards the Poppy Appeal and the UK's armed forces.
My father fought two World Wars in order to allow people to be free to express themselves. Were he still alive, I'm sure that he would take on Celtic FC too!
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
26th of October 2010 - Policing For The New Order
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
26th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POLICING FOR THE NEW ORDER
The ConDem government has taken leave of its senses by intending to significantly cut expenditure on policing.
Do they not realise that a much thicker "thin blue line" will be needed to keep the lid on all the social unrest and crime caused by the high unemployment levels which will be a natural consequence of their other policies? This is something that Mrs Thatcher well understood.
Policing costs can be better contained by instructing forces to eschew expensive and prestigious enquiries into historic crimes which all too often result only in the conviction of those, such as Peter Tobin, who are already rightly incarcerated for life.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
26th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POLICING FOR THE NEW ORDER
The ConDem government has taken leave of its senses by intending to significantly cut expenditure on policing.
Do they not realise that a much thicker "thin blue line" will be needed to keep the lid on all the social unrest and crime caused by the high unemployment levels which will be a natural consequence of their other policies? This is something that Mrs Thatcher well understood.
Policing costs can be better contained by instructing forces to eschew expensive and prestigious enquiries into historic crimes which all too often result only in the conviction of those, such as Peter Tobin, who are already rightly incarcerated for life.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
20th of October 2010 - Don't Waste Food
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
20th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T WASTE FOOD
I was most upset to read in the Edinburgh Evening News today about the Red River Hog piglets at Edinburgh Zoo which were culled as they were "surplus to requirements". The Zoo's spokesperson described them as having been "euthanised" which of course means that they could not legally enter the human food chain.
It would have been much better if they had been sent for humane slaughter and then fed to staff and visitors - and especially good for the education of the Zoo's younger visitors who so rarely get to make a tangible connection between animal and bacon sandwich in these days of pre-packaged supermarket fayre.
Your report stated that more pigs were likely to be culled by the Zoo so I hope that I will soon be able to enjoy home reared pork in the Zoo's own Mansion House restaurant (when it re-opens).
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
20th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T WASTE FOOD
I was most upset to read in the Edinburgh Evening News today about the Red River Hog piglets at Edinburgh Zoo which were culled as they were "surplus to requirements". The Zoo's spokesperson described them as having been "euthanised" which of course means that they could not legally enter the human food chain.
It would have been much better if they had been sent for humane slaughter and then fed to staff and visitors - and especially good for the education of the Zoo's younger visitors who so rarely get to make a tangible connection between animal and bacon sandwich in these days of pre-packaged supermarket fayre.
Your report stated that more pigs were likely to be culled by the Zoo so I hope that I will soon be able to enjoy home reared pork in the Zoo's own Mansion House restaurant (when it re-opens).
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, October 14, 2010
14th of October 2010 - Turnhouse Flight Of Fancy
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
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