Bits and Bobs

In the last week or so, referendums have been held in France and the Netherlands to ratify a European constitution. This constitution would result in a stronger, more unified European Union which would be able to act with a much greater authority and wield a lot more authority, economically, politically and militarily. I think this is a good thing as it might cause the Sepps to pull their heads in a little bit. I've got nothing against the Sepps, but power breeds arrogance, arrogance breeds contempt - witness Condy's world jaunts where she spends three-quarters of her time telling other people how to run their countries like they were subsidiaries of the mother corporation.
The Frogs and Clogs however, had a different idea and as a result the Bath-dodgers have suspended their referendum. It will be interesting to see how much attention the various european leaders pay to these democratic decisions. Unlike our own referendum on the republic, these referendums were not set up as a sham process designed to fail by opponents of the proposition, the actually wanted them to succeed. The voters didn't. I bet they find a way to circumvent the voters wishes in order to further democracy.

In other news, James Morrow, editor of Investigate must be a confused individual about now. Last month Investigate blasted the Labor party for pursuing a multilateral foreign economic policy. One of, if not the main icons of Investigate style hard right philosophy, George W. Bush has announced a proposal for a hemisphere wide trade agreement. Sounds pretty multilateral to me, James. Can't wait for the scathing review in next months issue (I bought the current issue yesterday, I read the first sentence of about four columns. It's getting harder to digest all the neo-con propaganda).

I see Rusty The Wooden Kiwi has been up to his old tricks. Wonder if he had a bouncer handy in case the other guy fought back?

But the main news of the week is that I finally found some yuppy scum food that is actually worth the extra money. After years of suffering through menus featuring obscure ingredients and processes, or fads like the bangers and mash craze of a few years ago when stockbrokers suddenly found anglo-celtic working class food exotic, I finally found something that was worth the extra money - King Island Lemon Myrtle Maple Yoghurt. Yum fuckin' yum.