mockney piers

Whichever, get down early and bag a space. 6 Nations won't be as big as the World Cup, but CPT and EDT will get very busy. Great atmosphere in both in my experience, though on balance EDT is the more ruggerry of the two. Some shocking etiquette down EDT by many rugger buggers who arrived 2 minutes before the game during big world cup games and stood in front of everyone.

or floating cars

Now I think about it, I never realised how much bigger North Korea is than South Korea! [points to Australia and Tasmania respectively]

Game on Keef, game on.

- Korea - Why Korea - They're trouble priceless

genuinely impressive.

Anyhow, sorry, there I go guns blazing again. I entirely agree with your sentiment Paragon. I remember how depressing it was when Bush won a second term. I got about 20 emails from American friends apologising for their nation in the days that followed, but never underestimate the ability of the US electorate to vote for the god fearing warmonger. Religion has a great deal to answer for....err...no offence ;-P

That was the Lebanon invasion a little while back, just to put it into context.

Hmm. The mark of a leader is surely making good decisions. Including the decision not to do anything, a highly highly under-rated skill imho. That decision may be easy, it may be a real bitch. In bush's case I'm not even convinced he was that tough. It's easy to make a hard decision when you're stupid. If he'd have shown real resilience it would have been in thinking for himself and NOT following the cynical agenda of his advisors. Likewise standing in rubble isn't tough, it's expedient. He was quick to stand in new york rubble, slooooow to stand in New Orleans rubble because it served him no purpose. Invading a country you've reduced to a third world status definitely isn't tough, that's just bullying, and as we all know bullies aren't tough, they're scared. As for Blair, I'm inclined to agree with you, he baulked at a lot of decisions and he never dared take on Brown; but then I don't think he ever really knew what he was doing full stop frankly. He was good with the speeches, he was good with the press, he could charm the voters, but apart from hand-waving desires for reform/change/progress/other synonyms to do with making stuff different than it was in 1997 (apparently), he hadn't the foggiest what or where that change/progress should go. More handwaving, education, nhs, third way [pause...look profound, furrow brow furrow brow]. Competition, choice, accountability (unless your bribing arabs/party funders) [breathe deeply, act statesmanlike] etc etc, you get my point....I'll shut up before I actually start winding myself up. As for diplomacy I draw attention to this independent cover...that's not senisble diplomacy, and it sure as hell ain't the classic british 'balance-of-power' strategy.

From our very own Mr Jaded

Personally I've had enough of 'tough'. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what's so intrinsically good about tough. I'd much rather have measured, intelligent, or even, asking too much, wise.

Do you think that makes them the most posted band in this room? Possibly, anyway, always welcome. Here are a young band from the states, been about for a couple of years and quite clearly love British 90s guitar pop, and add more than a smidgeon of MBV in to the mix. It's frightening thought when mid-90s is already retro, but time and tide... never see you smile Yr so Wonderful

Great news, good effort Sue.

For anyone to have made it into the senators office there has been some serious politicking going on. Noone gets that far by being earnest. That said, it may (or may not) be possible to do good things once you've done it; think Carcetti. LBJ really wanted to be the next FDR, but ended up the next Harry Truman and it basically killed him. Obama's no angel, but in terms of the lesser of evils, I'd like him to win it, I think he could bring some positivity to a really rather f****d country.

I don't know if you caught these on my beloved daily mash. US electorate not ready to vote for harpy Why are my eyes leaking?

Neutral Milk Hotel stable mates Elf Power mood today Old Familiar Scene Walking with the Beggar Boys

Ha ha, they could always secede...on second thoughts. I don't believe for a second they're friends, I think the democrats weighed in and told them they could be risking both tickets by running personal/dirty campaigns. A bit like how I hoped the brown blair factions would sink their party, but nooo Gordon came out all lovey dovey and rescued the election. Errr, or something

Most pundits seem to think McCain is practically a shoo-in for the republican nomination. The other one seems too close to call. The momentum seems to be with Obabma, who seems to me a more decent politician, and the Kennedy endorsement must have helped. But it can all look oh so very different after super tuesday. Was it the BBC bloke who suggested Obama may have flown too close to the sun? In summary...breezes.

and me this Geeks, the modern Butlers, did it spooky cross posting indeed!

This makes for disturbing reading I knew my fear of flying was rational and not a phobia. Some comfort that this is in the states I guess, but not alot.

"Raise it to the ground" I never realised it was a cellar bar ;p It does have a cellar, perhaps expansion is the name of the game.

KK I lunk to it on my post. Philharmonia play Luca Francesconi. Free entry to everyone. They do it once a month.

As an ex champ myself I should take you p on the offer, but am off to the RFH for some free culture innit.

.......ssshhwwwww..shshhhh....dunnnnggggg.......

I know jimbo, just angling for a freebie. In my view Franklins can do little wrong. But it's not a pub. I will pop in for a glass of wine or even a pint with papers, but it's still not a pub And the Palmerston has occasionally gone out of its way to make me feeling uncomfortable for mistaking it for a pub. I ended up banning myself from there, which is a pity as I hear the food is actually really rather good.