Assuming the ambient

You killed enemies both real and imagined.
Kurds were worthless as were your countrymen
to be used and abused at your whim,
now you are assuming the ambient.

What are your resolutions?

Well I believe there's someone watching over you
They're watching every single thing you say
And when you die they'll set you down and take you through
You'll realise one day that

The grass is always greener on the other side
The neighbours got a new car that you wanna drive
And when time is running out you wanna stay alive
We all live under the same sky
We all will live we all will die
There is no wrong
There is no right
The circle only has one side

We all try hard to live our lives in harmony
For fear of falling swiftly overboard
But life is both a major and a minor key
Just open up the chord

But the grass is always greener on the other side
The neighbours got a new car that you wanna drive
And when time is running out you wanna stay alive

We all live under the same sky
We all will live
We all will die
There is no wrong
There is no right
The circle only has one side
Well I believe there's someone watching over you
They're watching every single thing you say
And when you die they'll set you down and take you through
You'll realise one day that

The grass is always greener on the other side
The neighbours got a new car that you wanna drive
And when time is running out you wanna stay alive
We all live under the same sky
We all will live we all will die
There is no wrong
There is no right
The circle only has one side

We all try hard to live our lives in harmony
For fear of falling swiftly overboard
But life is both a major and a minor key
Just open up the chord

But the grass is always greener on the other side
The neighbours got a new car that you wanna drive
And when time is running out you wanna stay alive

We all live under the same sky
We all will live
We all will die
There is no wrong
There is no right
The circle only has one side

A beautiful song Side by Travis but with a single flaw, there is wrong and right and this coming year I my wish is to be able to see this and not keep silent when wrong prevails. Another song that has good resolutions is Animal Song by Savage Garden...

Superstars and cannonballs running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide

So all this made me come up with my latest playlist for the Screaming Tangerines called Resolution & Revolution;

1. Travis - Side (4:01)
2. Avril Lavigne - Anything but the ordinary (4:11)
3. DJ Bobo - I believe (2:54)
4. Bosson - I believe (Up-Tempo Version) (3:15)
5. Stuck Mojo - For the Cause of Allah (4:43)
6. Surreal - You Take My Breath Away-DJ Tiesto Vocal Mix. (8:29)
7. Enrique Eglisias - Hero (4:24)
8. Placebo - The bitter end (3:10)
9. Mango Groove - Another country (4:20)
10. Hollies - He ain't heavy he's my brother (4:19)
11. Brian McFadden - Irish Son (4:22)
12. DJ Bobo - Keep On Dancing (3:35)
13. Pat Benatar - Warrior (3:51)
14. Stuck Mojo - I'm American (3:10)
15. Timo Maas - First Day (Radio Edit) (2:56)
16. Paul van Dyk - Wir sind wir (pvd club mix) (7:46)
17. DJ Bobo & Sandra - Secrets of Love (2006 Club Mix) (6:41)
18. Fleetwood Mac - Little lies (3:41)
19. Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years (5:32)
20. Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen (3:33)
21. Bok Van Blerk - De La Rey (3:45)
22. Stuck Mojo - Open Season (7:25)
23. Savage Garden - The Animal Song (3:40)
24. Damae - Control (3:01)
25. Phd - I won't let you down (4:09)
26. Iio - At The End (3:39)
27. Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (4:01)
28. I Saved the World Today - Eurythmics (4:52)
29. Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You (3:22)
30. Bok Van Blerk - Jy praat nog steeds my taal (3:45)
31. Johnny Cash - A thing called love (2:31)
32. ATB - I Will Not Forget (4:57)
33. Delerium - Silence - Sanctuary-Medly mix (8:02)
34. Metallica - Hero Of The Day (4:21)
35. Paffendorf - Welcome to Africa (5:51)
36. Cher - Believe (3:55)
37. Abel Kraamsaal - Stormwolke (2:59)
38. Toto - Africa (4:29)
39. HIM - Solitary man (3:37)
40. Madonna - Papa don't preach (4:30)
41. Mango Groove - We don't need a miracle (3:46)
42. Henry Ate - Life (4:28)
43. Ruslana - Dance With The Wolves (3:59)
44. Sarah Brightman - Here With Me (5:24)
45. Martin Solveig - Heart Of Africa (6:06)
46. Santana - America (4:35)

After listening to those songs here is my list for 2007, of which I hope to achieve at least 50% this year.
1. Listen to both sides of a story.
2. Not get stuck in a groove.
3. Believe in magic.
4. Stick to a project till the bitter end.
5. Be true to my roots in Family and Culture.
6. Be prepared to fight for freedom.
7. Remember to find Sanctuary and Silence each day.
8. Be a hero even if only to my cat!
9. Dance with wolves.
10. Be a good dad. My kids will one day decide which old age home they will place me in!

So there you have it...
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions."
Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

Falling into the ring of fire

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire
I Went Down, Down, Down
And The Flames Went Higher

And It Burns, Burns, Burns
The Ring Of Fire
The Ring Of Fire

I hope it does Saddam! Enjoy eternity.

BBC pro muslim bias shines through

Once again tha BBC shows it's muslim loving streak;
"What the Ethiopian government doesn't understand is that it is making a continual enemy to Ethiopians at large"
Tsegaye Girma, Addis Ababa
When one views the comments the overwhelming majority are for the ousting of the muslim mafia but Auntie beeb has to quote one of the few negative views.

Rosie, Rosie stfu! Here is a FDA for her and WDA...

because of her temerity to utter this drivel;

O'Donnell, an outspoken co-host on ABC's The View, created by Walters, said Trump's news conference annoyed her "on a multitude of levels" and that the twice-divorced Trump had no right to be "the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America," amid roars of audience laughter.

Like she is a pillar of morality? More like a block of moronity, try this for her attempt at poetry;

i imagine it is interesting
as celeb feuds tend 2 b
so here r my thoughts

Note the infantile lack of capitals and sms-speak, this from a 44 year old woman that is no longer in her teens... classic Moonbat!

Update: #1 - Her Wiki is unbelievable... she is anti gun but hires bodyguards! Two faced ratbag pondscum!

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.

This quote by A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963), was long before the Internet and Blogging. Today anyone with access to the Internet can put their thoughts, view's and rants on the WWW for all to see yet we still have Countries that cannot accept that the world is a village and try to stifle free speech. May they all fall like the Berlin wall!
With this freedom however comes a terrible responsibility and unfortunately we have people on the Internet that have no conscience or morals that abuse this wonderful gift with abuse, spam and other nefarious deeds. May they rot in hell!
Long live the ability for people to express their thoughts freely!

Island Missing, presumed lost by faux reporter.

"For the first time, an inhabited island has disappeared beneath rising seas. Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean reports."
When I read this I said to myself this smells like Lutkefisk and I was right, this island in the Ganges is part of a the world's largest river delta which by it's very nature is a changing land form, just one good flood and it can be changed overnight, this fact I did not even have to look up as it is elementary geology and common sense.
Which brings me to the point, the Island "disappeared" more then 10 years ago as far as I could find out! As the picture of the delta shows there are thousands of islands, some new some old, it is the nature of a delta as the inhabitants of New Orleans also found out during Katrina... water will always find the path of least resistance and wash away the weakest part of the land. I also believe that the disappearance of this island was due to the local people abusing the mangrove forest which helps stabilise the silt the land id made of.

Now once again a reporter has been exposed for fake reporting. This of course makes me question all reports henceforth from this source. Geoffry has done himself and the world a disservice by faking news.
The Town Crank also had the same idea as I did and posted this comment on his blog;
"It seemed to me that there could possibly be another explanation than "rising seas" to explain the disappearance of Lohachara Island."
He also searched the Internet like I did and exposed this report as a lie within seconds.
I am not saying that man had no influence in the ecology of the region but to blame it on Global Warming and supposed rise in sea level is sheer insanity.

Neat tools...

My new mini tripod for close up work is sooo cool of course I just had to try snapping a rodent up close! Now I can set up a picture, set the timer and voila, no shaky blurred close up's! Now I must get a beanbag to hold the lot down if I take extreme close up's, at present the camera tips over but so one learns.

"Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful." A. R. Ammons

Flaming Hell... More Tuesday Twits...

don't these people know the slightest spark can set this off? This is the second time this year as well and I think last year 1000 people were toasted. The pictures say it all... (warning graphic!)
"Witnesses said the rupture on the gasoline pipeline came shortly after midnight, with scavengers collecting the fuel in plastic jerry cans for hours before the puddles of collected petrol caught fire after dawn.
It wasn't clear what caused the rupture or ignition of the spilled fuel."
This deserves a Tuesday Twit Award.

Bringing knives to a gunfight...

"They are cowards," said Sheik Mohamoud Ibrahim Suley, an official with the Islamic movement, which controls most of southern Somalia. "They are afraid of the face-to-face war and resorted to airstrikes. I hope God will help us shoot down their planes."
No my muslim sheethead, they are brilliant military tactician's, why on earth use ground forces when you own the sky! I hope the bomb you and your fellow islamist bretheren to hell and back.
This happens when you piss off your neighbouring contry by threatning to convert some of their citizens to your death loving cult. Next time check out their inventory before making them mad. Welcome to 21'st century warfare Abu!