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An Interesting Take On American Sports

I just found this article entitled US Sports Going The Way Of The Gladiator, on CNN’s web site.

These are the first two paragraphs.

Are American sports fans turning into the citizens of ancient Rome, turning up to sports events to see mayhem akin to gladiators fighting for their very lives?

Stars in two of the country’s most prominent sports were asking those kinds of questions Sunday.

Here in the UK, we’ve made our sports a lot safer. Cricketers now wear helmets and even our footballers wear protection on their lower legs.

But after reading the article on CNN, it might appear that the United States is going the other way. Read the article and the comments and draw your own conclusions.

October 11, 2012 Posted by | Sport, World | | Leave a comment

Cameron’s Worst Nightmare

Seeing the performance of the Labour Party today, I wouldn’t think that he would be worried much. Especially, as opinion polls seem to show that the public don’t trust Labour with the economy.

Much of what happens to the economy will happen anyway, as large job creation will be by big companies, who will do it based on their needs. There will also be a lot by the average people, who generally read the economy better than the politicians do, and act when they see gaps.

But what happens across the pond in November, will have a large effect on what happens in this country.

It’s probably true to say, that David Cameron and Barack Obama are very similar, although from different backgrounds.  If Obama should remain US President, then business will be very much as before.

But Mitt Romney, a man who is the most religious US Presidential candidate in some time, would I think create problems for any British Prime Minister, if he got elected.

If for instance, the United States got involved in an Israeli-led attack on Iran, would we be capable of staying out of it.  The majority of the British public would want no part of it, of that there is no doubt.  And I suspect Cameron doesn’t either! But who knows what will happen, if Israel attacked Iran.

This is just one area, where Romney is downright dangerous.

And a world stirred up by Romney, would give a tremendous boost for the opposition in the UK. Especially one, who could play the Hate Romney card with impunity.

Let’s hope the American voters are sensible enough to send Romney packing.

October 2, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What Food Lover Would Smuggle American Cheese?

I like cheese and especially a nice good blue one, but why anybody would want to smuggle American cheese, I really don’t know? I suppose it could be a taste crime, like the sort of clothes beloved of golfers.

One question the article provokes in my  mind, is does North America have designer cheese-makers? After all why not, as we had none thirty years ago and now they are everywhere.

September 28, 2012 Posted by | Food, News | , , , | Leave a comment

Don’t Americans Know Guns Kill People?

This tragic case from the BBC web site, shows why I think those who own guns need either very intensive training or to be certified.

I remember once reading the US gun crime statistics and many of those killed were children and young people, shot by a friend or family member by accident.

I think even if a high-ranking politician was shot dead in a genuine accident, it wouldn’t cure Americans addiction to guns.

September 28, 2012 Posted by | News | , , | Leave a comment

Romney Drops Himself In It!

Mitt Romney has some interesting views on those who vote for Obama. Read about them here on the BBC.

Now Mormon Mitt is the sort of politician, I wouldn’t vote for.  But lets hear his views on Iran, the death penalty and that viral video attacking Islam.

But with a few more gaffs like yesterday, I suspect he’ll lose the election.

September 18, 2012 Posted by | News | , , | 3 Comments

Murray Celebrates Like A True Sober Scot – Irn-Bru And HobNobs

The Times has reported this is how Andy Murray has celebrated his victory in the US Open.

I suppose deep-fried Mars Bars are difficult to get in New York. But then he doesn’t look like he eats many!

September 12, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , | 2 Comments

NBC Treats Paralympics With Contempt

Two of the UK’s broadsheets; The Times and The Telegraph, have turned their ire this morning on to the American broadcaster NBC,  for its appalling coverage of the Paralympic Games.  read the report in The Telegraph here.

I know I’m not watching the Paralympics live, as I don’t watch channels with adverts, unless it’s an important sporting event, that I’m interested in. But I am following the Games on BBC Radio 5 Live and television news reports.

I could cynically suggest that no-one in America would advertise in the breaks of the Paralympics, as it might give your organisation the wrong image. But I don’t know the facts.

Here in the UK, all the major channels have back-up digital channels, like BBC with BBC3 and BBC4 and Channel 4 with More4 and E4, which they use to compliment their major coverage, so can’t NBC put the Paralympics on a back-up free-to-air digital channel or is America so sophisticated that it doesn’t have an equivalent of our Freeview.

August 31, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , , , | 6 Comments

God Gives Her Verdict On Romney

It would appear that God is throwing everything she can at Tampa to try to stop the Republican Convention picking Mormon Mitt as their Presidential candidate. Read all about it here.

August 27, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , | 1 Comment

Romney’s Sin

Coffee, as is alcohol and cigarettes is banned to Mormons.  However this didn’t stop Mitt Romney from having a scoop of coffee flavoured ice-cream.

August 20, 2012 Posted by | World | , , , | Leave a comment

Gabrielle Douglas’s Hair

The Sunday Times said today that there was a bit of controversy over the hair of Gabrielle Douglas in the women’s gymnastics. It was in the caption of a marvellous picture of the gymnast.

I didn’t see the gymnastics, as it’s not a sport that I like, but surely in gymnastics how a woman wears her hair is about as important as the way she paints her nails. Surely her movement, balance and skill are much more important.

There’s a video here of what black Londoners think.

August 19, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , | Leave a comment

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