New Dawn

Can you feel it? There’s a freshness in the air today and it’s all due to the democrats winning the Presidential elections in the US of A. Bob tells me that he reckons that Britain will be able to act as allies once again with the states, standing shoulder to shoulder with them instead of following them around like some timid puppy dog, one that‘s lost the will to even take a bite at the postman it confronts on the front path. Ribbit!!!

Bob also says that eight years of Republican rule in the US helped them to get where they are today, in the crapper just like the rest of the world in fact. Of course, none of this is to say that this country, Britain, needs the Tories back in office, after all, the Tories are just as uncaring as the Republicans were for their country folk. Croak!!!

No, it just needs a fresh outlook on the British economy, and this means taxing the rich at a level that is in keeping with the levels that the majority of workers in this country are being taxed at. You cannot have a fair and equal society if the economy is based upon taxing the people unfairly. Anything other than this will nurture a society that’s going to fall apart, one where greed will be taken to the extreme. If you look at your human history, you will notice that your society has changed so very little since the French conquered Britain in 1066 nearly a thousand years ago. The rich remain filthy rich and in their greed to grab at even more wealth, they rob the ordinary hardworking people it governs blind. This is the kind of society that creates an underclass, one that nobody cares about in the slightest. Croak!!!

That nice mister Obama, he’ll consider the US as being a single nation of people, and this is quite unlike the former wealthy leaders like the Bush dynasty and how they treated their society. I’d truly like to understand how anyone could have supported McCain, when the Republicans had already let their country down. Not only this, but how could they trust someone who didn’t even know how many houses he owned and in a country where tens of thousands are losing theirs? Is the US of A full of people with countless homes to live in that they have perhaps forgotten about? What made them think that wealthy people like McCain would give a damn about jobs being lost? If the Republicans couldn’t fix their economy when they were in office, what makes their supporters think that they could do it if offered yet another chance to put things right? Indeed, to me this sounds like a case where McCain’s supporters are as well off as he is, in which case nothing would have been solved if they had won the elections. Croak!!!

All this talk brings me firmly back down to ground level once again. Why? Well you see, in the garden which is gradually becoming full to the brim with the frog population, I’ve been chosen… not willingly I might add here, to deal with the growing population of mangy furbags that haunts the garden. Hey! It can get pretty hairy around here during the sunny periods of the year. We had a vote, I lost and that is that. Croak!!!

Being a frog, I‘m small, cute and the local kids love to try and catch me, if they can that is. But honestly, I draw the line at being told that I have to confront several kilos of spitting fur, when all the other frogs are acting like chickens. I‘m all for an easy life and in any case, it‘s really a whole lot safer living that way.

I don’t know what on earth you humans are up to tonight, but I’d appreciate it if you’d let me get some peace and quiet. Ribbit!!!

So, until next time, take care and mind how you go…. Bye!

Froggy

Wakey! Wakey!

Hello one and all,

It had to happen didn't it? You humans have only just now decided that climatic changes and global warming, are indeed a real threat to you all. The mind boggles I have to say! Croak!! Bob says that he heard some responsible(?) representative of the human media say, we must do something to tackle global warming now... in the next ten years. Leaping furballs!! Are you humans truly this bloody stupid or what? I have to wonder which branch of the evolutionary scale actually has the larger more powerful brain? Ten years? You've left it too late as it is, you simply don't have up to ten years to come up with a solution. What has to be done, must be bloody well done now!!! If you lot were to leave it for anything like ten years, you'll find yourselves right up to your scrawny necks in the shite, with absolutely no turning back.

Wash out your ears and polish the old eyeballs. Look, from what I've been told, you humans are even now divided about whether anything should be done or not. I hate to say this, but you lot are truly heading for disaster if you continue with attitudes like that. Your scientists are saying that if the polar ice-caps melt, (who are they kidding? these ice-caps have already gone beyond the point of no return!) coastal regions will be inundated with flooding on a grand scale that you simply won't believe. So, all you humans that are living in those over-priced properties around the British coastline, are in for an enormous shock! You can be sure that you'll wish you had been born with webbed feet, just like mine in fact. I'll tell you what: invest in a boat and sell your house.

Of course, global warming will add much more flood water to the landscape as a whole, via much heavier rainfall. This will lead to towns and cities, especially in the north of Britain, seeing increased flooding along with the devastation of human property. Tornadoes will sweep the land more frequently as the weather systems change, which of course is just another means to blow your precious houses down. Did you know that Britain sees more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world? I wish that I could tell you that it's not too late to act, but quite honestly, I can't! Croak!!!

As I was saying earlier, various countries around this planet are unbelievably divided as to whether they should do something about global warming or not. I understand that instead of reducing the number of aircraft that India puts into the air, they have decided to increase them and become a world leader in air traffic. Further, that nice mister Bush thinks that since India and China will not be doing anything to stop their CO² and other gases being released into the atmosphere, why the hell should his country stop it either? I ask you all, shouldn't he be setting an example for the western world, instead of acting like the halfwit he seems to be? From where I'm sitting, I'd say that your planet is going to be royally f*****d, taking the whole human race along with it. Croak!!! Croak!!!

Now, in case you humans didn't know it, I shall have a lot of offspring in the next month or two, but unlike you with your own children, mine will be sure to survive the trials and tribulations of a dramatic climate change and global warming. However, I very much doubt that yours will... You know, it won't matter how much the people of this country do to try and reverse global warming, that nice mister Bush, along with the Chinese and Indians, will mess up all of your efforts for you. I call it being selfish, greedy and downright ignorant. But hey, you humans must learn to reap what you sow!!!

I don't doubt that most of you humans tend to ignore me, simply because I'm a frog and what the hell do I know about human society? Well... do so at your peril! Psst! Bend your ears in my direction. We frogs have been on this planet a darned sight lot longer than you have, so, we know a thing or two about life and the way this planet's natural systems operate. I've only go to look at what's happening, to realise how much you lot know about it.

I'm going to tell you humans what is going to happen, but let's hope that I'm going to be wrong with regard to any of the extreme cases I mention.

The British population will reduce the amount of flying they do. False! They will take no notice of the fact that the increase in flying causes global warming. True!

Humans will drastically reduce the amount they use their cars. False! Despite that this would do something positive towards global warming, it's simply not going to happen. True!

Britain's weather will turn to the extreme. True! There will be much more rain and widespread flooding. True! There will be much hotter Summers. True! With the ice-caps melting, there will be a huge rise in ocean levels. True! Britain will see far less snowfall than in past years. True! Drought and hosepipe bans will increase with global warming. True!

Those in charge of enforcing changes to turn global warming around, will act now before they think that it's too late. False! They will do nothing. True! Third world countries will see famine and drought on a par never experienced before. True. Climate change and global warming will have an effect on food supplies worldwide. True!

Humans are greedy, selfish and couldn't really give a shite about anything. True! If we could go to the year 2027, those of you reading this last statement will know for certain that it is indeed true, in fact, you won't even have to wait that long to find out. The first terrifying signs of global warming are on their way. You mark my words... Croak!!!

Mind how you go and let me see you all trying to take care of yourselves, along with the rest of the world around you,


Your friend,

Froggy