gdp's Comments

Craig Murray : Boris Johnson and Violence

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:14:56 +0000

Maybe the voters would be better informed and more tolerant under a more open and accountable system. Maybe the mess created by a broken democracy encourages them to hold such unprogressive views.

Craig Murray : AV Referendum and Nick Clegg

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:54:55 +0000

The FPTP system causes positive feedback. The complexion of Parliament changes just as we should expect it to under a positive-feedback dominated system - occasional big swings, with gradually reducing majorities between. The alternative on offer is AV, which should suffer somewhat less from positive feedback. Therefore, vote for it.

Craig Murray : AV Referendum and Nick Clegg

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:33:31 +0000

His "point" is to have a dig at me, 'cos I live near Chelmsford and think that AV would be a minor improvement over FPTP.

Craig Murray : Clusters of Hypocrisy

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:49:48 +0000

Mark, have you got a link for that Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron letter please? HRW's reply would be appreciated, too, if/when you get one.

Craig Murray : At 16.00 Today I Was...

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:58:51 +0000

I wish I could offer to come along and help, but I'm still in the same situation as I was during the Norwich North campaign. Near where I live is Brentwood, and there is one of these modern, theatrical evangelical churches there; it's called "Peniel". I find it rather sinister: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peniel_Pentecostal_C... http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2000/dec/31/ot...

Craig Murray : Oh Look, An Election is Coming

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:05:01 +0000

Alfred, follow Laura's Youtube link. The English had it coming to them.

Craig Murray : Johann Hari

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:57:35 +0000

Somebody, you are glorious in your isolation from the manipulation of public opinion. Others, including myself, are more easily swayed. Hari's opinion carries far more weight than mine, but I have sympathy for him, having made much the same mistake myself some weeks ago, when I briefly supported the Libya "no-fly zone", a stance of which I'm now deeply ashamed.

Craig Murray : Tories and Clegg Out-Manouevre Lib Dems on Banking

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:59:18 +0000

Evgueni, I agree that the creation of "credible, mainstream, agenda-setting news outlets" would be of immense value, as would the extension of the franchise. I just don't see how to encourage this. They both involve the overcoming of a threshold, and the threshold has become unachievably high. By contrast, local community schemes and local currencies can develop piecemeal, one contributor at a time. Could the local approach assist your larger schemes? Maybe the blogsphere sits midway between the two, awaiting some catalysing event or "critical density" that pulls the threads into a coherent whole... How did Switzerland get to where it is?

Craig Murray : At 16.00 Today I Was

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:21:34 +0000

I strongly agree with this. However, I urge you to write "liquid fuel" rather than "energy" in this context in future. There's loads of available energy. The current wars are about fuel in liquid form. When "oil" is mentioned, people supportive of our current lifestyle leap to its defence with proclamations about "electric cars" - always their personal involvement, cars, cars, cars. During the harvest, the moderately sized combine-harvesters used in the UK burn forty litres of liquid fuel per hour. The grain is transported and dried using oil. Fresh fruit and other perishable goods are transported by air-freight. For every calorie in our food, ten calories worth of oil are burnt. And then there's the military, to take and hold the oil fields... These things cannot be run effectively on batteries!

Craig Murray : At 16.00 Today I Was

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:50:22 +0000

Hey, good score with those KEFs! I found a magnificent librarian's desk made of solid oak. It has five drawers and twelve card-index tray drawers, all constructed with beautiful dovetailing. I attached wheels to it and pushed it home.

Craig Murray : At 16.00 Today I Was

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:43:05 +0000

My ex girlfriend is a single mother of one daughter. The daughter's school threw out all their PCs, and replaced them, probably via the Tesco "Computers for Schools" voucher scheme. I took a handcart to the skip, and collected assorted parts from which I later built various PC systems. People looked at me aghast, asking me what I wanted such "rubbish" for. But those salvaged computers helped get several young people from poor families through their GCSEs. My entire front room is furnished with stuff discarded by other people. I'm writing this on a discarded PC, loaded with a Free/Libre operating system. I build similar computers for other people, not because GNU/Linux cost nothing, but because it's far more secure and reliable than Windows. My clothing comes from charity shops. This ties in with my previous comment on "Tories and Clegg Out-Manouevre Lib Dems on Banking". I spend as little money as I can in the normal shops. I wish to send as little money as possible to the corporate system, as money only encourages them to more of their wasteful, inhumane behaviour. Developing the necessary skills to truly recycle enriches my life, and elevates me above being a mere "consumer". In Huxley's in Brave New World the state-produced babies are brainwashed in their cots by a tape - "Ending is better than mending, ending is better than mending, we don't like old, broken things, we like new, shiny things...". In our modern world, many parents, too overworked by their corporate employment to engage enough with their children, instead sit them in front of the TV/video, which fills them with the messages of consumerism.

Craig Murray : Tories and Clegg Out-Manouevre Lib Dems on Banking

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:47:36 +0000

Yes, that's what I mean about taking matters into our own hands. We need to combine our skills without the coordination of the corporate system. The ideal outcome would be that the people end up holding the means of production, and the rich fat bastards get left with a pile of useless paper or figures on bank computers. In reality, some kind of balance will likely be achieved, but we should try to weight that balance as much in the favour of the ordinary people as possible. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/

Craig Murray : Tories and Clegg Out-Manouevre Lib Dems on Banking

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:07:38 +0000

Capitalism, given the chance, will eat itself. Or rather, given the chance, capitalists will eat eachother's assets until there are very few left. Let them. We must take matters into our own hands. Money will become increasingly worthless. The fight for the remaining oil upon which the whole thing runs is now quite clearly in full swing. Now is the time for more transition towns, more local, citizen-agreed currencies, and time to accept that our affluent, Rich World, corporate-supplied lifestyle is simply unsustainable. The collapse is coming. Best to be prepared for it.

Craig Murray : I Get Discouraged

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:26:28 +0000

I submitted a comment on the New Satesman page. I suggested that they reinstate Craig to the panel, and maybe invite Charles Crawford or Jack Straw to oppose him, to keep the panel balanced. My comment was not approved by the moderators.

Craig Murray : I Get Discouraged

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:17:19 +0000

How about this one, which has since been confirmed: http://craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2011/03/the-in...

Craig Murray : Whistleblowers Not Welcome at New Statesman/Frontline Debate

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:10:52 +0000

Thank you, Angrysoba. So Craig was effectively replaced by someone more easily discredited. Hmmm...

Craig Murray : Who Planted The Jerusalem Bomb?

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:05:42 +0000

I thought Israel was making collective reprisals, at least regarding Itamar / Awarta: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54853

Craig Murray : Who Planted The Jerusalem Bomb?

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:33:08 +0000

Seconded!

Craig Murray : Completely Surreal Hague Press Stunt

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:02:05 +0000

Coverage of "babies thrown from incubators" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_%28testimony... "Though reporters did not have access to Kuwait at the time, her testimony was regarded as credible at the time and was widely publicized. It was cited numerous times by United States senators and the president in their rationale to back Kuwait in the Gulf war." "Kuwait says siezure of hospital equipment caused many deaths". Reuters News. September 6, 1992. "Iraq equipment removal killed patients - Kuwait.". Reuters News. September 6, 1992. "Kuwaiti says Iraq plundered hospitals". Associated Press (North Carolina: Charlotte Observer): p. A16. September 7, 1990. "Official: Hospitalized in Kuwait are left to die". Associated Press (Chicago Tribune): p. 12. September 7, 1990. "Persian Gulf crisis - More about the Mideast". Houston Chronicle: p. A18. September 7, 1990. # ^ "Kuwait Says Iraq Plundered Hospitals" (Associated Press). The San Francisco Chronicle: p. A21. September 7, 1990. "Released Hostages Tell of Kuwait Terror" (Transcription of broadcast). All Things Considered (National Public Radio). September 7, 1990. "Total destruction everywhere, cars wrecked, burned, people thrown out of cars on the street you're driving down; they just throw people over the street. They're hitting children with the butts of the guns, taking infants out of incubators and taking the incubators."

Craig Murray : Completely Surreal Hague Press Stunt

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:29:54 +0000

Well maybe Bloody Marys rather than Hail Marys, but he's meant to put his post into a category, without me or Tim reminding him... But he keeps forgetting! I wonder what happened to Mary, who cut her own wood? There, I got three Marys into my post! Oops, that's four. I wonder why Larry decided to become YugoStiglitz? Stiglitz of the Dump, maybe? All together now... "Craig, Categorise!!!"