Trust

There doesn't seem to be a single day in which we don't wake up to be confronted by one sticky revelation or another. Is it my imagination, or is the news always full of the annoying antics of these so-called responsible people, people who have highly ranked positions within the public eye? No matter how we all look at it, it appears that the country's always getting screwed by one of them.

Trust, this is something that appears to count for absolutely nothing at all these days. One minute we hear that a member of the Labour government has failed to disclose vast sums in donations, now, we discover that the Tories are at it too. It's odd, but if shall we say, a woman with several children who for some quirk of fate are all hungry and have no money, goes to her local supermarket and steals a tin of beans, a loaf of bread and perhaps some fruit, and then gets caught on her way out for not paying for those goods, she will be fined perhaps one hundred pounds or more for stealing goods to the value of around say, one pound fifty. Now, I'm not saying that what she did was right, and in fact it isn't, but the end result gives us all an insight into the way the law works in this country.

The unfortunate woman is fined a great deal more than she can ever possibly afford to pay out, considering she was forced to steal in the first place. Oh, and before you start to get self-righteous, there are thousands out there that find it extremely difficult to make ends meet. On the other hand, these government officials, all of which are in the public eye and are supposed to be both trustworthy and law-abiding citizens, can virtually get away with breaking the law, the offence often involving tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of pounds. These people may, or may not lose their jobs, but even so, they often get a job elsewhere in government, so they still come up smelling of roses. Now, which do you think has been punished the most for their crime?

According to the news concerning Northern Rock, the British taxpayer is going to be expected to bail out its shareholders. Hey! Did any of us ask them to put their money into Northern Rock? As everyone who has got any sense knows, shares go down as well as up. Why is it that we ordinary people have to give our money to prop up their damned losses?

You simply cannot trust anyone these days, least of all anyone who works in the government. MPs have never worked for the benefit of the voter, and if you think they do, then you're a pretty sad kind of person. MPs are only concerned about themselves and what they can get out of being an MP, nothing more, that's politics for you. I over-heard two elderly ladies speaking rather loudly a few days ago, where they were saying that they'd never vote again. It seems that they were sick and tired of being constantly let down by this government. I personally think that many people in this country are fast beginning to feel the same way these days. Trust, politicians don't know the meaning of the word...

Well, I'll catch you all again next week, where I doubt that much will have changed, except that we'll all be asked to pay for someone else's folly. Bye all....

Evolution

Humans and animals share this wonderful land that you lot call Earth. It took many billions of years for the present day landscapes to take shape and form, giving us the world as we all see and enjoy today. Alas, for all of its beauty, it took but five minutes for you humans to f*** it all up!!! Croak!!!

I know I'm just a lowly frog, a creature with very little power other than one that gives me the will to live, however, you humans are really something else altogether. I just cannot see what your excuse is? Over the past few months, yours truly, Froggy, has given you the insight into life as you should all be living it. I've pointed out your mistakes. I continually show you where you are going wrong. I've tried to explain to you how you can better yourselves. I've even explained how its better to think of others, and not so much of yourselves. But what do you go and do? You throw it all back into my face!!! Croak!!! Is that a way to treat a friend?

Respect!! That's a word that appears to have very little meaning to humans. If you are not going round robbing and cheating on each other, it seems that some of you are now ready to kill each other too. Are you stark raving MAD?!!! What happened to love thy neighbour? And I don't mean that you should enjoy a spot of carnal knowledge with them!! Haven't you ever done something good for someone without thinking about what it'll cost you? No! Then you truly haven't lived my friends.

Bob told me that it's time that humans behaved respectfully towards each other, instead of copying the childish antics of those who run your government. Bob explained that the government is regretting what it did about your pensions when it came into power. Too bloody late now! Anyway, they are too busy taking your money to prop up their own magnificent pensions to bother anything about yours. Your nice mister Blair has given himself a nice fat 3.4 million pound pension... What do you think you'll get when you retire? Naff all, that's what. I can see from the look on your face that you don't believe me. How sad!!!

As a frog, I find it extremely odd how you humans will willingly give MPs all the power they can muster, just so that they can take care of themselves, cheat you lot, and then turn around and say to you: there's no money left to give you what you elected us for, hospitals, the NHS, transport, fair taxation and all the rest. Well, the first of this year's voting sessions is almost upon you, and while you're all wondering who you should vote for, those candidates are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the sudden wealth that is surely going to come their way, once you've been stupid enough to vote for them, that is. Croak!!! Why don't you all do yourselves a favour for a change. Stay away from those polling stations just for once, and see what happens. It should be worth a laugh.

Did you know: you ordinary humans have such incredible power at your finger tips. It's there for you to control and use how you see fit. But no! That's not what will happen, you'll just go on doing the same old thing day in and day out, then later on, you'll all start moaning like hell as usual. Look, I'm aware that some of you are more well off than the rest, but in the long run, humans are all the same where nobody is really any better than the other.

I'll give you an example shown to me by Bob. News shows that your Labour gov is thinking about offering the job of PM to my old friend David Milliband, right? Well, if any of you have ever taken the trouble to read his Blog, you will have noticed that he hasn't the foggiest idea as to what the hell he's doing. When confronted with an issue about climate change, he turned to his readers and asked them if anyone had any ideas on how they could help him to solve this rather sticky problem. Well, I don't know about you, but anyone who is paid as much as he is to run a gov department, should damned well be able to come up with some ideas of his own, instead of asking around. It's a bit like a team working in a hospital operating theatre, then right as they are about to drill a big hole into someone's head, the surgeon asks: Saw or drill? I've never done this before, anyone got any bright ideas?

Yes, MPs and government officials are paid incredible amounts of money, a lot lot more than any of you will ever make anyway, and this is to make and take decisions that will effect every single one of you... but haven't you realized it yet, most of them haven't the foggiest idea as to what the hell they're doing. I mean, look at the fiasco about those humans who were taken prisoner in Iran. Need I say more? However, they are pretty sure that you'll think that they can be trusted. Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ho! ho! ho! Ribbit!!! Goodness, my sides are aching like mad.

Well, I've got to go now. See you again soon. Ribbit!!!

Froggy