Genital mutilation, but hey its all in the name of freedom

The barriers between the judiciary and government have been obliterated by the National Socialist Party of the UK, more commonly known as the Labour Party, who are the current elected oligarchs in the UK.

For no apparent reason, from a legal perspective, two judges, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones, decided that the release of intelligence information in the case of Binyam Mohamed, would put the public of the United Kingdom at risk.

That is a governmental issue, not a judicial issue.

The Stasi style operation is made murkier, by the fact that it was under US Government pressure that this decision was reached.

We are in a position, that the US Government uses strong arm tactics on the UK Government, so much for Saint Obama and the new 'US co-operation', were this not bad enough, the UK Government then puts pressure on the Judiciary to make political decisions.

This smacks of similar tactics in the BAe investigation, which was ground down by Political influence in judicial process.

While politicians learn very little from history, one thing they do seem to digest are the manuals of dictatorships.

The UK judicial system must be kept free from political influence and the judges who made this decision should be kicked off the benches.

The alleged torture of this man, including genital mutilation, in the name of freedom, requires due legal process. A question mark hangs over whether the UK is the correct country to be involved in this process in the first instance remains, as Binyam Mohamed is an Ethiopian National, who was granted leave to stay in the UK, but not UK citizenship and was 'arrested' in Pakistan. It appears therefore that under the 1951 UN refugee convention, Britain has no responsibility for this man.

That said, US political let alone UK political pressure, has no place in the UK Judicial system.

The case continues with a possible appeal of the House of Lords, but as these Peers are happy to take cash for amendments, it seems unlikely anything will change.

With this backdrop, it is anticipated Binyam Mohamed, will be released soon, as all charges were dropped in 2005, why three years on he is still being held Guantanamo, is yet another intriguing question.

The question of UK intelligence officers complicity in the torture of Binyam Mohamed is, according to the Government, still an ongoing investigation.
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Britain signals a call for help


Mandelson looks a little forlorn as he holds the Union Flag upside down, while at an agreement signing ceremony with Chinese officials.

Flying the Union Flag upside down, historically indicates distress and a call for help.

While many are suggesting the flag was inverted in error, because Mandelson, Brown and the civil service are just plain incompetent, or alternatively they are too stupid to realize the Flag can be flown upside down, but I just wonder, whether this was in reality a call for help, either because the trade agreement is of no value to Britain or because the UK is on the verge of bankruptcy and all assistance is now required.

Whatever the real reason, the visit of the Chinese Premier to the UK, has shown the complete contempt with which British Police treat demonstrators. The irony being, the protests were about lack of freedom, in China, specifically the Tibet issue.

The UK is quite simply, no longer a country in which liberty and personal freedom play any part in the thinking of the Orwellian Politburo in Government.
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Camera Phone Predator Alert Act

Do me a favour. Are politicians completely insane?

Legislation for legislation's sake...........

In the US a new bill is being presented to make it illegal for camera phones not to click when used.

How on earth does congressman Peter T. King think this will help deaf people, people in noisy areas, or someone being photographed from a way off - or is there to be an amendment that the click needs to be a minimum of xxx decibels with a huge flash to alert the deaf, then what is he going to introduce the aid the deaf and blind?

More importantly why does he think this needs to become law?

H.R.414
Title: To require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SUMMARY AS OF:
1/9/2009--Introduced.

Camera Phone Predator Alert Act - Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera's phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone. Treats the requirement as a consumer product safety standard and requires enforcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).


MAJOR ACTIONS:

    ***NONE***


ALL ACTIONS:
1/9/2009:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
  • SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
    Camera Phone Predator Alert Act
  • OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
    To require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken.

COSPONSOR(S):

***NONE***


COMMITTEE(S):

    Committee/Subcommittee: Activity:
    House Energy and Commerce Referral, In Committee

RELATED BILL DETAILS:
    ***NONE***

AMENDMENT(S):

***NONE***



In this time of economic austerity this congressman has... so far this month sponsored...(source library of congress

1. H.RES.63 : Supporting the goals and ideals of the Knights of Pythias.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2. H.R.358 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

3. H.R.414 : To require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

4. H.R.415 : To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers who are killed in the line of duty.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

5. H.R.521 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

6. H.R.522 : To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules to prohibit any telemarketing calls during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

7. H.R.523 : To establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

8. H.R.549 : To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/15/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

9. H.R.620 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an increased work opportunity credit with respect to recent veterans.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/21/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/21/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

10. H.R.651 : To provide for certain tunnel life safety and rehabilitation projects for Amtrak.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

11. H.R.652 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

12. H.R.704 : To provide for free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/27/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Peers investigating Peers

What a surprise....

It seems as though the noble peers of the realm (who make up the upper chamber in British parliament) are under suspicion of taking money to change laws. Hardly a shock and hardly news worthy I wouldn't have thought.

Under our last illustrious Prime Minister, Tony Blair, there was an investigation into 'cash for honour' whereby Peerages were granted for making political donations. The Labour Government managed to avoid any thorough investigation being carried out. So it is hardly surprising that these same peers who paid to get their honours, wouldn't feel completely justified in taking payments to alter legislation.

Corruption breeds corruption and as Winston Churchill once said 'Democracy is the worst form of Government....'

Politicians are careerists and as with any other walk of life there are corrupt individuals, politics seems to attract a higher number of them, which is no great shock.

So the likely hood is we have corrupt peers, who obtained their peerages by corruption. It isn't exactly rocket science is it?

Yet the mantra is still spouted that every country needs a fully fledged democracy like ours. Why?

The political system in the UK is an example of a broken wheel which badly needs fixing and that is not 'fixing' in the sense that many politicians may understand.

Having politicians investigating other politicians behaviour is like having the police investigate the murders they commit.... pointless and a whitewash.

Oh and shock of shocks, Mandelson has managed to fix a bail out for Jaguar as reported under the symbiosis between Mandelson and the Hinduja brothers in an earlier blog entry.

Quite why Mandelson came to mind when I was writing about corrupt peers I am not sure.
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2008 in review

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