Is the media racist?

Racist, sexist, classist(if there is such a thing.) Although people seem to have been rather shocked by the recent comment by sir Ian Blair, head of the metropolitan police, I for one am not. It's been clear to me for some time that the media and admittedly newspapers mainly, are only after serving their own agenda. They pick news that will sell papers. Stories that they can mould.
But again this shouldn't surprise anyone as it's the in their interests to have high sales. Although it doesn't surprise me it does worry me. This conflict of interests in the long run doesn't help any one other than the editors. Papers have political alliances they only report news that is of interest to their political views. I don't entirely agree with what Sir Ian Blair said about the Soham murders but I can see where he is coming from. People are brutally murdered or assaulted everyday and don't get even a mention in the papers. The murders of Holly and Jessica were terrible crimes and deserved to get the coverage they did but there are crimes of equal or greater significance going under the publics radar because the media don't think it'll sell papers.
But at the end of it all is that the fault of the media or the public? Is it our fault that we mainly want to hear the latest celebrity gossip rather than what is happening in our world.
It's true the media don't report maybe every thing they should but on the flip side are we all so shallow now we don't want to read about it?

Football Manager update.

Well Friends it was fun while it lasted. I'm sad to report that last night I was sacked as Tottenham manager after apparently loosing the dressing room.
Dear oh dear. Admittedly the results weren't going my way but I'm a bit offended the players lost confidence in me. It was their lackluster performances that got us in this mess in the first place. I think blaming me was a way of deflecting the blame.
Well my time there was fun but screw em. Bastards..

Cannabis classification.

This has got to be one of the stupidest debates and news stories I've ever come across. Some much space so much money, so much time wasted on what classification weed should be.
The government spending money on the first report into it by David Blunkett, Then even more money spent on it by Charles Clarke. Why? What difference does the classification of a Cannabis make. The already wide use of Cannabis isn't going to change because it's a B or C.
The reason given was confusion. The change had caused confusion in the public. What? From what I can tell the only people who are confused on this whole issue is the government. It made absolutely no difference to the public. Half the people who smoke weed won't have even known it's classification before the change and still won't know now and the other half just won't really care.
research into the drugs affects are needed I'll agree with that and I'm not saying the Cannabis is harmless but it's my view that while the we can watch some one drink them selves to death or smoke them selves to death and all while not breaking the law, we all can't go get a little stoned.
While some thing like alcohol is permitted by the government then attitudes towards weed are going to be hard to change. People see the damage Alcohol does to people every day. We see the damage caused by alcohol to property and each other yet these people are being influenced by a legal drug. A drug that's more addictive and has more side effects than weed.

The whole debate is pointless. People will smoke weed and no matter what classification it is they still will.

Why Football Manager 2006 sucks.

I hate the damn game. I hate it. Why do I hate it? Because I can't do it. I'm not one of these people with unlimited patience. I snap easy.
I've just finished my 3rd season as Tottenham and I've seen exactly 0% improvement. No that's a lie, I finished 8th in my last season giving me the honor of competing in the Euro Vase. Which I lost in the final to Valencia and to be honest I wanted to win it.
I've got to have spent some where between 50 and 80 million in my 3 seasons and I'm not improving at all. My latest signing is Dutch midfielder Raphael Van der Vaart. I've got a good squad, I've got some excellent individual players but I can't get any consistency.
I was hopeful again at the start of this season especially after coming so close to my first trophy and only narrowly missing out. Then had a comfortable 2-0 victory in my first premiership game but then came 3 defeats on the trot and now I'm already feeling the strain.

In the last version of this game I took Tottenham into the champions league in my first season. I was in the hunt for the title every year, I went on to win the Uefa cup twice. While playing as Manchester United I went 9 years straight winning the league. I won the champions league.
I can't have turned shit in the few weeks between I finished playing 2005 and started playing 2006. There is only one answer. The bastards have made it harder.

Jarhead.

I went to see Jarhead last night at my local multiplex. I went to this film with much anticipation, the trailer was probably one of the best I've ever seen and I'm a fan of Sam Mendes' 2 previous films, American Beauty and Road to Perdition. So I collected my tickets from the box office, free tickets of course, I enjoy certain privileges(Ohhh Yeah) I got my big ass bag of skittles and set forth to find my seat.

I do believe that the film company have slightly miss sold this film. The trailer and a few little spots I've seen have pretty much portrayed this as a war movie It's only now that people are seeing it that it comes out that it's not really any thing of the sort.
Jarhead is not a war movie, It's a film about soldiers, Marines to be accurate and what they did in the run up to the first Gulf war. Which was nothing. American sent close to 500,0000 troops to the middle east in the months running up to the conflict. The war lasted 4 days.
It's a psychological comedy drama. Showing the frustration these people go through. It's not an anti or pro war film, It's not an intuitions of the current US administration. It's told through the eyes of the average marine on the ground and rightly most of these people do not care for the politics. This is their job, this is what they have to do. The film comes in around 2hours running time but It was pretty clear to me that it was supposed to be longer. It was a shame because there was a notable absence of scenes and altough including these could have pushed it into the 2 1/2, 3 hour epic mark it could've also pushed this film into classic status. It could have been this decades Deer Hunter. (Very funny and heartbreaking scene involving a video of the Deer Hunter)

I liked it, it's darkly comic and interesting to see the mental strain these men go through doing nothing.
Don't go to see this film if you want a war film, this isn't it, don't go watch this if you want action, this isn't it. Go see this film if you want to see an entertaining and funny character study.
The cast are great and all put in good performances. I'd give it between 3.5 and 4 out of 5 but I'm not rating it so I can't give it any thing. I liked it though.

Football manager update.

Not too much to report this time. Well not any thing good anyway. Didn't play at all last night and only a little the night before.
I'm sat in 8th after 15 odd games still not really out of reach of any position other that 1st really. I've been knocked out of the league cup already and suffered a 4-0 defeat at home to Newcastle. Not the heaviest defeat I've suffered but by far the worst performance. Most of my players received 4 out 10 ratings with a couple coming in at 3's. I had 2 players sent off and 2 penalties.

I don't really know what's happened to this up dated version. It's harder and I'm giving away nearly a penalty a game. I know a bad work man blames his tools but it really is more difficult, I swear.

Football Manger update!!

It's that time folks. I know you've all been dying to know the latest goings on in my management career.

Well the main word to describe last nights efforts is inconsistent. I had some good results and some bad results. Most notable of the results were two 1-1 draws funnily enough.
First game a tough away game at Arsenal. In a tight game Rasiack put us ahead right on half time. Second half was tough a constant on slaught from Arsenal went unrewarding as my defense held strong. Strong that is until the 93rd minute when Ledley King brought Henry down in the area. PENATLY!!! Damn it. Lauren(yes Lauren) Stepped up and calmly slots the ball away. Gutted, but in the end it was a good result and a good performance.
Second game of note was hosting Chelsea. I was at home so I didn't want to go too negative but this cost me as Joe cole scored a stunning goal about 25 minutes in. But again in the tough games my team came good, a solid defensive performance was enhanced by the 65th minute leverler by Vincezo Iaquinta currently by best performing player.
Other wise I had some bad results and some pretty good wins but I'm not making a run out of any thing, winning or loosing. I need to put together three or four wins to really get the season going. I currently sit 8th but only 3 points adrift of 3rd.

One last little bit of transfer news. My latest signing who will join me in the January transfer window is none other than one Theo Walcott. Arsenal can't get him for 12.5mil but I got him for a cool 4mil. Another bargain I hope. I'll let you know how he gets on when January comes around.

Sex, the worlds sickest joke?

Now I'm not a religious man. I don't believe in gods or a God. I may hold hope that there is something else after it all but deep down I'm pretty sure when it's your time that's it.
But now I'm having second thoughts about God. Maybe I'm starting to believe in God, well an old testament style fire and brimstone type God. The God that's full and mischief and vengeance. You want to know why?

Sex. I mean think about it who else but that sick fuck would be able to give us some thing so damn good yet so fricking dangerous. I mean there are diseases and infections embarrassing accidents and babies. And that's only mentioning the physical repercussions, the emotional ramifications can be enormous. Jealousy, obsession,hatred loathing(yourself and them) and vengeance.

Now out of all the things in the world surly sex can be seen as not just a random accident but a sick plan by God to give us some thing so good yet punish us for it.

God I shake my fist at you...

Venezuela's top toy

This is Venezuela's best selling toy this Christmas.

It's an action doll of President Hugo Chavez. It comes in several varieties and has out sold all other toys in Venezuela. Fantastic.

Can you imagine a Tony Blair action figure. He'd just stand there in one of those power poses. Probably have a flexible waist and maybe with a pull cord so he'd say things like "Be gentle George."

All I know is I want one of these.

Football Manager 2006 part 2...

So what to do with all that money?? Now I knew I needed to central defender to try and plug the wholes in my defence, I also needed at least one striker and 1 attacking midfielder. At the close of the season I lost Mido back to Roma and of course Defoe. My first stop was Juventus midfielder Gassbroni(Not even close to his real name, I'll check who he really is later.) What a bargain this fella is turning out to be. I managed to sign him on a free and with only 4 games or so gone he's looking very good indeed. Next through the door was a striker another Italian Udinese striker Vincenzo Iaquinta. At 9mil he's my most expensive acquisition but with a lively start to the season he's looking very good indeed. Already has goals in the back and is looking hungry for more. Next was Jean Alain Boumsong form Newcastle. At 3.5mil I thought this was a good bit of business. Boumsong has been strong on the game for a while now and is shaping up to being a nice purchase.

Next comes my last 2 signing both of which I thought I wouldn't land. First is Josemi form Liverpool a right sided to central defender. I'd had a bid rejected already and was about to give up until another club had an offer accepted. 1.5mil for this player is my bargain of the season. We'll have to see how he turns out in the long run but with stats like his I'll be expecting a lot.
Finally my most exciting signing. He's from the USA first off but don't let that put you off. One of the most exciting players in recent memory one Mr Freddy Adu is now plying his trade at White Hart Lane. 2.5mil or so is again a brilliant price for the 17 year old. Adu is good at the moment and I'm expecting him to be great in the very near future.

Now that we're pretty much up to date my next up date will be a little less wordy. That's the last word on Footie manager for today.

Football Manager 2006

One of my favorite pass times is to while away the hours, days, weeks and months playing the above game. So in truth I thought I'd use this to fill up empty space in my blog. space that is free because I spend most of my free time playing this infuriating game. I recently got my hands on the updated version so much excitement and not a lot of sunlight later and I've just started my second season in charge of Tottenham. In this first part I'll just give a rundown of my first season and movements in the run up to the beginning of my second season.

So first season wasn't much cop to be honest. I ended up finishing ninth after a promising start, up to third at one point. 9th might not seem like a brilliant position but it was good enough to earn me a 2 year extention to my current deal. Top scorer with 20 premiership goals was of course Defoe. My main problem in the first season was my inability to finish games we leaked goals like there was no tomorrow and could never hang on to a lead. Biggest surprise of the season was (in real life, rubbish) Rasiack who turned out to be a good solid player notching up the most assists for the season.

So 9th it was. I needed to make some changes. Defoe had got mardy and decided he didn't want to be at tottenham anymore so I sold him for 15.8 million to yes you guessed it Chelsea. I didn't want to but he left me no choice and they were the only ones willing to to pay that money.
With Defoe gone and some money in my pocket I went searching.

TBC

Judas and the Daily Mail

Some thing else that caught my eye today was a report that the Vatican, Daily Mail and Express are trying to clear Judas' name claiming Jesus would have been lost with thousands of other middle easten prophets, if not for the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Now it's no surprise to me to see the Daily Mail side with Judas, it's pretty much what I expect from them but what I have found surprising is that I may well agree.

Judas was a pawn, a Patsy it sounds like he was used by Jesus so Jesus could die and be resurrected. It just seems unfair that Jesus knew Judas would betray him but still let him get close, still let him get in a position where he could betray him. I mean why the hell would you keep a guy around who you know is going to give you away and lead you to be nailed to a cross.
Judas has since become a big symbol of evil and human weakness but if you ask me Jesus or God have a lot to answer for. Humans all suffer from weaknesses, whether it be women, power or money this is why, we're told, Jesus died on the cross. But isn't it pretty bad to get a guy you know has a weakness for money, befriend him, let him into your inner circle and make him feel part of the team all so he'll betray you and then you can then die a horrible death to save the human race.?
Jesus knew what Judas was about and he let him carry on regardless. After the betrayal Judas killed himself, he couldn't cope with the grief of what he'd done and in my eyes that's Jesus' fault.
If Jesus knew what was going to happen he could have sent Judas away or just not told him where he'd be that fateful night. Jesus was calculated in what he did, Judas was just weak, weak like the rest of us.

Bad news for the Hoff

It's a sad day my friends. Friday the 13th has struck once again. According to several reports The actor, singer and all round dude David "The Hoff" Hasslehoff is divorcing his wife part time actress Pamela Bach. Married for 16 years the couple are citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce.

I my self wish the Hoff all the best in the future and I'm now sure we'll see him shacked with some German loverly very soon.

It Begins....

Well I say "It begins" but this is about my third attempt to start a successful blog. So spured on by my collegues saying "join the cool kids or you'll be shunned" I've taken the big step of trying again.
I'm not sure what this whole thing is going to be like put hopefully it'll become a cultural phenomenon and I'll become a cult hero.