The World Just Became A Better Place

The number one enemy of life on earth is the 'Good Old Boy Network'. Groups of men with power and authority always abuse it. Forever it was so. The Good Old Boys manifest in various guises - African tribesmen who insist on female genital manipulation, Catholic paedophile priests, Russian Old Billionaires who put money before everything else, Taliban clerics who want to turn the world back to the Dark Ages, NHS administrators who are obsessed with targets at the expense of lives, drunk and corrupt Conservative politicians and incompetent and delusional Labour ones. All these groups and more have two things in common. First - they detest people who rock the boat and ask awkward questions. Second, they are all run by men.
But, now, finally, we have a chance to break free from this stranglehold.
The maverick, independent minded John McCain has picked the maverick reformer Sarah Palin as his running mate in the forthcoming US Presidential election. This is the change the country and the world needs.
The Democrats pretend that a young black man and an old white guy are the way forward.
Give me a break. Surely the world has had enough of fresh faced men that speak well to the converted. They always let us down. And it'll be the same this time round.
The voters of America have a clear choice and no excuses. If the world disappears in a puff of smoke during an Obama Presidency it'll be no consolation that a black man finally got to the highest office in the land.
At the first possible opportunity to demonstrate fresh thinking and new ideas, Obama bottled it and McCain embraced it. Obama is not the way forward and the world will live to regret it if he becomes President.
But, at least for today, Sarah Palin enables hope to triumph over fear.
We might just make it after all.
Welcome to the New Age!

It Matters

The President of The United States matters. 8 years of George W Bush should have taught the world that much. Along with the President of the Peoples Republic China, the man that resides in the Oval Office has the power to directly and indirectly affect the material and physical existence of countless millions of souls.
So it matters that the front runner in the coming election, Barack Obama, has picked old white guy Senator Joe Biden (born 20th November 1942) as his choice for Vice President. It further matters that the Republican nominee is an even older white guy, who has yet to announce his choice for VP.
Barack Obama (born 4th August 1961) speaks a lot about change. But can a young black guy and and an old white man really make the world a better place? I will devote future posts to in depth numerology on all the key players, but suffice to say that the alternative, John McCain (born 29th August 1936) has the trump card in his hand, if he dare but play it. This very old white guy, Vietnam POW and maverick can walk into the Whitehouse next January and make the world a better place by choosing a woman as his VP. It's a real possibility, but there are really only two choices Sarah Palin, and Carly Fiorina (with a third outsider, Kay Bailey Hutchison).
But why am I bigging up the despised War Party? Simply because the best hope for change, Hillary Clinton, blew it. I never thought that America would have the stomach to elect her, but i stated repeatedly that she had great potential. But even i was amazed at the consistently negative message and self destructive tendencies that dominated during her campaign. In numerology, her date of birth, 26th October 1947, makes her strong in 3 and 8 energy. The positive traits of this are the ability to communicate, connect, inspire, lead, organise and direct. But man, did she go negative. She gave in to all her worst characteristics - she was pompous, sarcastic, domineering, hectoring, lecturing, self important and arrogant, plus the worst error of all - she came across as being unable to listen or to learn. There's no point being a woman if you're just going to act like a man. That's what finished her. The women that follow in her footsteps ought to take heed.

Anyone know a good electrician?

Some people will take this as vindication of NLP, that you can 'Achieve if you Believe' and that you can 'Re-create your life - right now, in 10 easy courses only £999!'

Oh dear.

The article is self explanatory - the shock and trauma that brought on these changes was so intense as to shatter completely the old pattern and force the brain to reconnect in a new way. The energy and effort required to achieve this rewiring cannot be got from a couple of mantras every second second morning for 10 minutes before breakfast.

In other words, there's no short cut to developing the powers of the mind - damn that pesky hard work again.

My friend Becky Walsh has an original take on how the brain is wired, here.

Competition and Achievement

I didn't have high hopes of enjoying the Olympics and I haven't been disappointed. The endless reminders of Team GB's ascent, the propaganda, and the hot air, all serve to remind me of the futility of identifying yourself with teams and nations. Our athletes always make 'valiant efforts' when they struggle in 23rd, and the nation always seems so much more at ease with itself when we are the top of the sporting tree. Does it?

The only form of endeavour worth a candle is personal endeavour. I will happily follow Paula Radcliffe to see if she can do better than she did last year, but i will equally do that with the Chinese weightlifter or with the American gymnast with the impossibly large thighs. Not because of their country, but because of their unique path and individual struggle.

I'd rather watch the X Factor and see reality (kind of) in all its glory. The supreme achievement and transformation of people with talent from nothing into something and the cold realisations dished out by Cowell and co.

We know its commercialised hype, which is exactly what the Olympics is. But at least in the X Factor its the individual that is celebrated, not the illusion that is the nation state.

Those that worship the flag of the country in which they live are destined to be buried in it. The individual can fly without the aid of any pole.

Wrap Your Arms Around the World

Can somebody tell me how this improves the sum total of human wealth and happiness?
Don't get me wrong, i like new information and greater knowledge, but i wonder how much time, energy and money has been spent on this 'discovery', when all the time there are plenty of two legged people who could sure use some of it.
Anyway, some octopusses (octopi, octopodes?) have more than 8 - according to this strangeness.

All Hail The New Religion! (Whatever the cost)

There's something strange going on in public life these days. Those that were meant to be on our side (the nice Labour government, doctors, scientists, researchers) come out with the most ridiculous drivel, while all those repressive institutions that were supposed to belong to the old order get it spot on. For a good example of this, get your head around Princes Charles' interview in the Daily Telegraph today.
The Monarchy is well past its sell by date, but when it takes the future King of England to state the bleeding obvious that GM foods are not the answer, then something has gone very wrong indeed.
I will not knowingly touch GM foods, I would rather starve. But the New Religion that calls itself 'Science' will have no truck with that. All tomatoes must look the same, taste the same and last for 4 weeks on the supermarket shelves, after being pulled from the vine way before they were ready.
When you turn the essentials of life over to the hands of business MEN and their apologists - scientists - you've got a crisis on your hands. And as the Prince says 'If that's the future, then count me out.' How serious this must be that I would even consider saying 'Long live the King!'

Celeb Watch - Denise Van Outen

I listen to Capital Radio, online and whenever i am in town.
I have always enjoyed the chemistry between Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen, so when she agreed to join him on the breakfast show in February this year i was pleased, but it didn't seem right. So i checked out her Numerology, and my suspicions were confirmed. On her 34th birthday on 27th May 2008 she entered a Numerology Personal Year 6. This hails the start of a twelve month period where what matters is home and family - who she lives with, where she lives and how she lives - not work, money and career. No surprise over here then when on 29th July she announced she was quitting, while only mid way through her contract. You know, i would n't be surprised if there wasn't even more to it than that - moving house, marriage, babies? Time will tell, but either way, the moral of the tale is that timing is everything, and sometimes there are things more important than work..

And so we're back...

...from Outer Space, Hyperspace, Inner Space and of course from excessive mincing around on t'internet.
Posts will be more frequent from now on (words to regret?) so lets begin with this absurdity.
Do i need to revise my views about the female of the species being the saviours of the planet? Or is it just the Femail of the species that's the problem?