A misguided society

Perhaps it’s just as well that my friend, Froggy has gone into hibernation, because if he knew the kind of thoughts, views and words being bandied about in our society today, he’d likely have a seizure and drop down dead.

I heard on the one o’clock news today, that our teens and twenty year olds are against pensioners, like me for instance, living until we reach a ripe old age. It’s as if once we finished working our codd’s off, so that we can hopefully retire gracefully, we’re not entitled to then draw the pension that we’ve rightfully paid into for the best part of fifty years of our lives. Do they really think that just because people retire that they are no longer of any use to society? Then they don’t really know me…

All that I can say to these people is this, god help you when you reach retirement age, because by this time, the government will have decided that instead of retiring, it’s your turn to die before you too, become too old and a drain on society. Oh, and by the way, it won’t do you any good for you to argue against it, because claiming that you still pay your taxes like everyone else around you, simply won’t cut the mustard.

I wish that someone would tell me just why it is that our elected government, in all its glory, keeps on taking up the ideas of other western countries that have proven not to work, but simply refuses to accept ideas that have been proven to work perfectly well? Do we really elect these three thousand pounds a week babbling idiots to run our country? Well, if I’m to be honest with myself, it must be true, because why else is this country in such a crappy mess right now?

Perhaps you are among those who disagree with me, but I’ll tell you this; It wasn’t all that long ago, when we had justifiable pride in our strong economy. Unemployment was low, especially following the farce that were the Thatcher years. Further, this country was filled will opportunities to make money, and this included opportunities for almost everyone. Now, well we’re deep in debt, the unemployment figures are growing quicker than pantomime Jack’s beanstalk. It’s such a misguided society that we live in.

Haven’t any of you wondered how it is that certain people were able to bring this country’s economy to its knees, something that should be against the laws of this land, and yet these known individuals have gotten off scot-free, and further, made themselves fortunes while we all now are having to suffer for it? Where it happened in the USA, they are going to take these same people to their high court and prosecute them to the full extent of the law. I really have to wonder, why is it that we aren’t doing precisely the same thing?

Those of you old enough to remember, will recall that the great train robbers were each given thirty-three year jail sentences for their part in it in the 1960s, and yet, when someone is responsible for taking billions by deception, they’re actually being allowed to get away with it. Perhaps it’s just me and I don’t understand the British law system?

Don’t you just hate to see David Cameron ranting about how bad the Labour party is doing, when he firmly believes in Thatcherism, and we all know where that got us, four million unemployed, businesses collapsing at over a thousand every week, strikes all over the place and a total collapse of our society. Let’s face it, if we voted him into office and he did nothing, as his words have frequently suggested, then those bad old days would return with a vengeance, you mark my words.

After all that I don’t want everyone to think that I’m being totally insensitive, because I really do care about what’s happening in Britain today. I know what it’s like to lose a job and have to face a period on the dole. I can tell you that it’s not a bed of roses, and if anyone thinks it’s easy to live on less than fifty pounds a week, it’s time you woke up. The British economy runs on the assumption that we all live on the country’s average wage, far from it in fact. I and a good many others like me would grab at the opportunity to be so well off.

Bob, standing in for Froggy and I don’t envy his task one little bit.

Who Cares?

What strange weather we are having lately, but then we are experiencing climatic change, which according to my friends is something that will become more pronounced as the years advance. Personally, I don’t mind the rain at all, but these bouts of very hot sunny days are something else altogether. It’s playing havoc with my complexion. Croak!!!

As a lowly frog I’m glad that I don’t have to be concerned with how your politicians are messing about with your society. Of course, I can still offer you the benefit of my experience with some sound advice, but as with everything else I’ve spoken to you about, I doubt that you’d take any real notice of anything I tell you. Croak!!!

Bob has shown some concern about the way that Labour is going to the dogs(?), with their leader, if this indeed is what he claims to be, falling a great deal short of showing any form of leadership. Croak!!! Worse thing about this, is that he appears to have given up on shouldering his responsibilities, a situation that comes of accepting the position as Prime Minister, a position he fought tooth and nail to get. Now, just when things around him are getting a little tough, he seems quite happy to drop everything and to let the Tories have a go, hoping that they will find a way out of the mess he’s created. Poppycock!! The Tories are simply not capable of fighting their way out of a paper bag, let alone take on the responsibilities of running a country. Ribbit!!!

I find myself having to say something about these houses that many of you found a desire to buy. If what Bob tells me is correct, then you lot who paid far too much for your homes, well, to put it bluntly, you’re in for a shock! These houses, the ones you valued as being worth… oh, let’s say one-hundred and sixty-thousand of your pounds, well since they were only worth about sixty-thousand pounds a few years ago, it stands to reason that when the current prices fall even further than they’re doing at present, they are merely reverting back to their true value. It was only greed that pushed these prices upwards in the first place, and this stupid desire that teens and twenty year olds have in owning their own property. Surely even you have heard that these financiers who made millions out of selling on mortgages, are now being taken to court? Why? Because what they did was morally wrong. They sold mortgages knowing that you lot out there weren’t going to be able to pay them once the interest rates went spiralling ever upwards. They didn’t give a damn, they were in it for whatever they could make out of it all.

Unfortunately, this has had a knock on effect around the globe, with inflation rising and the credit crunch taking hold of every aspect of society. And now, simply because of the antics of a greedy sector of the public, everyone is having to suffer. Well, not quite everyone, because some, like Bob, are not really affected by this so-called crunch. Ribbit!!!

Bob invited me into his house last night, though I have to tell you, I prefer the surroundings of my pond any time of the day or night. Anyway, we watched a programme on his television, I like this gadget. How does he manage to get so many things inside such a slim box? Ah well, back to what I was talking about, the programme. It was all about something you humans enjoy eating, the sandwich. Now I don’t know about you lot, but I didn’t think that you humans actually enjoyed eating stuff when it’s been thrown on the floor. Welcome to my world. Ribbit!!!

If you enjoy eating your food off the floor, then just take a look at these tiny, but juicy little snacks. I’ll even save you a few if you’d like them?






Well, I’ll see you all again soon...


Froggy