Coulson controversy

I'VE BEEN watching the Coulson controversy from afar and I'm slightly perplexed by the number of individuals calling for him to resign.

Is he not quitting before the next election anyway?

Spooky stuff

I'M SURE another regime in the 1930s used similar language:

In an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of."

As you know, I oppose abortion, but I generally support the choice of the individual. I've heard many arguments in favour of abortion, but never this.

Will be interesting to hear what Ginsburg's supporters say.

The price of oil

HAVING JUST watched some Fox News coverage I was stunned to see that Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy are proposing plans to "control" the price of oil.

I wonder what the North Sea oil industry will feel about that? As if Brown hasn't done enough to destroy it.

Nationwide to offer 125% mortgage

JUST A couple of weeks back I was blogging about the most dangerous politician in America and his attempts to restart the sub-prime mortgage market.

Well, it looks like Nationwide are coming up with proposals for a 125% mortgage, although only to existing customers.

My Independence Day

I HAD a cracking 'July 4th' attending a wedding in Newport Beach, California.

Delighted with the Lions' score... if not a little frustrated about what may have been.

Just in case any reader(s) plan to go to California, I must recommend the Nixon Library. Whether you admire the man or not, it is an exceptional experience.

A question for Palin

AS MANY of you will know, I was never one of those individuals who decided to flog Sarah Palin when the going got tough. 

However, her decision to resign is a little baffling (sorry for the belated post, I needed time to emigrate).

If I had one question for the outgoing Governor it would be this: if you are resigning this post to fight all of these "frivolous" cases, then what would you have done if you had won the Vice Presidency?

Lack of blogging

DEAR ALL,

I do apologise for the lack of blogging. I've been sunning it up in California (the nice Republican part) for a little under a week and will hopefully resume blogging both on this page and over at YPNation.

One thing I did want to raise is how the BBC has to have advertising on its website outside of the UK. It seems to work pretty well here - perhaps something it can try out in the UK?

Nevertheless, it's a little amusing to see how much space LonelyPlanet gets. When it's a business owned by the BBC, does it really count as advertising?

Off now to the Nixon library...