From My Thumb

I know that manufacturers are seeking the perfect electic car but I'm afraid most are lost. I hope they keep working at it though. A supplement to The Times showed us 10 electric cars. Their range varied from 35 miles to 200 miles for the Tesla roadster (developed in conjunction with Lotus). The Tesla costs about 100K. Seriously would you consider a car at this price offering a 200 mile range?

The G-Whiz, a car developed in India will give you 40 miles at a push. It is a top seller. Are people going mad? These stupid little cars have to be plugged into a mains charger every 40 mile run. Boris Johnson has set out to provide plug in points all over London. I'm afraid it's too early Boris. These little cars don't yet have the battery technology to provide a ride to work. Are they City cars? How far can they go in the stop-start environment like London. We are not told but hundreds of these stupid little cars are probably stranded all over the city. 40 miles is a joke!

I am tired of reading about electric cars in once-performance magazines (and there are many)---ergo there is no performance, no range and an antiquated battery system that still not can deliver. I am serious when I say that technology develops a true electric car with a range of 1000 miles. Then we're getting somewhere.

I know there are diligent people working on this problem but I want to read my favourite mags without turning every page to read about electric power technology. It is getting very boring. By the way, hybrids are an answer, a much better answer. I predict that you'll only be really happy with your electric car when it compares favourably with the abilities of a normal car--without the CO2. Wait 20 years my friends.

I mentioned briefly in a previous blog that a mother had become so harrassed by yobs outside her house and she received no assistance from the police or the council.In desperation (bearing in mind that Mrs Pilkington was not a strong person), she set fire to her car with her daughter and herself inside. Today an inquest was held and some of the shocking truth came out: A council official who visited the Pilkingtons had inadequate notes on his visit and found nothing extra-ordinary (Mrs P. Had contacted the authorities 22 times with no real result). According to the News the coroner shook his head in amazement.

These deaths could have been avoided if Mrs. Pilkington's cries for help had been heeded. I am reminded horribly of the Baby P. case caused by a complete lack of 'proper interest'.

The words 'proper interest' lie embedded in the adequate lack of supervision by those who should show interest and be prepared to act:Social services, medical experts and the police.

The words encompass huge responsibility and in many cases, as above, responsibility is lacking. Vital responsibility means caring for the needy, suffering, broken and lost. It seems to me that there was a breakdown on every side (I still await the view of the coroner on the role of the police). The problem must lie at the top and,I believe, there are many dis-interested people out there in command.

For a council official to provide vague notes that caused a coroner to squirm, is only half the story. Who checked on him? What was his superior doing? Why was there no action after 22 complaints?
Some dogs receive better treatment than these victims. There is definitely something rotten in the "state of Denmark."

The senile Ex-President ,Jimmy Carter, has blamed Barack Obama for a racist backlash in the USA. I am not quoting but basically he said that now was not the time for a black President. The Southerner Carter, who has done many good deeds since leaving the Presidency, is now showing his true Georgia roots. Mr Carter should consider that Obama is a not a racist nor does he incite racism---he is simply trying to bring together an America sullied by the Strom Thurmonds and others who encouraged divisions between black and white. It is early days yet and I suggest Carter start planning his Mausoleum rather than implanting Georgia values into condemnation of a new President.

President Ahmedinejad of Iran has again asserted that the Holocaust was a lie. This ,of course, is his infamous Israel-baiting proclamation that he brings up every year.He definitely has inside information that the rest of the World does not have access to. Let us ask him some questions (I'm wasting my time, I know):
-In an amazing feat of time warp you accompanied US troops into Bergen-Belsen,Treblinka and Auswictz. You found nothing out of the ordinary?
-You also saw crematoriums and gas chambers used for dead pets.Yes?
-You have erratic Maths skills and cannot count beyond 100.Nicht Waar?

Only good Presidents back up their remarks with facts. This poor idiot is so biased that he probably cannot spell Holocaust. Enough said.

If you are a recently divorced rich tart and sleeping with a kung-fu fighter (or is that cage boxer or even a zoo exhibit), and everyone has beaten the shit out of you and said cage boxer, your name tends to fade from the pages of the Sun, what on earth is a girl to do? You bring up a years old rape case to keep the momentum going and you exhibit your horses. Jordan may be a exhibitionist but you have to give the girl her due---huge tits got it going and said mammaries still have a lot of work to do.

Our great police force has saved thousands of lives by putting the plane bombers behind bars. Could they now please exert some control over all the yobs who make the lives of many Britons a misery? A mother and her daughter, exhausted, frustrated, depressed by yob assaults set their car alight and committed suicide. I reserve comment as the investigation is not complete.But what if it is true? Are the yobs taking over Britain? Let's see in two years time?

My feelings are so mixed up and one part of me says let El Megrahi die in jail. On the other hand, bearing all the Lockerbie concerns, anger, in mind, I wonder, seeing the papers today with the man only having days to live (if it is true), I have to stick to my Christian principles and believe that he should die in peace surrounded by his family.

The main question is: Would everyone be satisfied if he had died in prison or would there be any satisfaction at all if he dies in Libya. Is there a difference? The anguish, pain, outrage, grieving will continue long after this sick terrorist dies. The pain cannot be erased even though one of the perpetrators is dead. I also believe that he is not the only one involved---it is a pity that no-one has caught/identified the others involved.

As I said I have such mixed feelings. Was he the perpetrator or was he just a cog in a large gear system? I wonder if the truth will ever be told!