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Thursday, 14 December 2017
Bobol Fach Hunan Pwysig
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
What? More?
I'm shewer that the shabby shambles in the Shenedd want me to use the Welsh NHS sometime soon as an expert patient because they are raising my blood pressure on a daily basis. They want to raise the number of Arsembly Members. I speak as one who campaigned in 1997 to see this first step on the road to full Independence established. 20 years on and you have an overblown County Council with each member on £65,344 per anus horribilis starting salary. I will compromise on my hard line towards them if they consider the following.
1) The establishment of 'The Shark Party of Wales' with myself as its leader. Going from £62.10 Weekly Carer's Allowance to £65,344 might be a bit of a culture shock but I am willing to take that risk.
2) That in the name of positive discrimination and to support the ethos of all something shortlists that a minimum number of Green Party of Wales members are appointed to the Assembly Chamber. Under the Present System and with Wales having a larger than average number of Climate Change deniers among its population, the Welsh Assembly Government needs experts in the field of renewable energy and environmental activism.
3) That in the name of positive discrimination and to support the ethos of all something shortlists that a minimum number of 16 and 17 year olds are elected to the Welsh Assembly Government. It's not good enough just to give them the vote, they need to be able to represent their age group as well.
4) That all Arsembly members agree to accept the average salary for Wales which is £19,216 a year. After all it is not they that do the actual work, they sit in committees, pass their opinions and judgements and it is other poor saps and civil servants who have to do the hard yards.
I personally do ave lost all faith in this bureaucracy. I want Independence for Wales. A top heavy arsembly/shenedd will make this more unlikely. I for one say NO to building an extension on the extension.
1) The establishment of 'The Shark Party of Wales' with myself as its leader. Going from £62.10 Weekly Carer's Allowance to £65,344 might be a bit of a culture shock but I am willing to take that risk.
2) That in the name of positive discrimination and to support the ethos of all something shortlists that a minimum number of Green Party of Wales members are appointed to the Assembly Chamber. Under the Present System and with Wales having a larger than average number of Climate Change deniers among its population, the Welsh Assembly Government needs experts in the field of renewable energy and environmental activism.
3) That in the name of positive discrimination and to support the ethos of all something shortlists that a minimum number of 16 and 17 year olds are elected to the Welsh Assembly Government. It's not good enough just to give them the vote, they need to be able to represent their age group as well.
4) That all Arsembly members agree to accept the average salary for Wales which is £19,216 a year. After all it is not they that do the actual work, they sit in committees, pass their opinions and judgements and it is other poor saps and civil servants who have to do the hard yards.
I personally do ave lost all faith in this bureaucracy. I want Independence for Wales. A top heavy arsembly/shenedd will make this more unlikely. I for one say NO to building an extension on the extension.
Sunday, 10 December 2017
Cymru/Wales:Bipolar Nation
Cymru/Wales
Bipolar Nation
How dare you call the Land of my Fathers mentally ill you sexist pig?
Soch Soch hunny bunny
North/South
Gog/Hwntw
Labour/Plaid
Labour/Plaid
A470
Caernarfon/Caerdydd
and I ain't translating that in case you crash.
Got yer stash?
Don't know which spoke to speak aye
Dwi ddim yn hapus Gladys
Visit Wales
the land of snails
cos there are no jobs
We're as high as the soccer euros
and as low as the six nations
some prefer the oval ball
some (like me) prefer to do fuck all
Housing Estates & Bargain Booze
Pint and a Fight and then a Snooze
We're extremely fucked, we really are
with unionists and separatists standing at the bar.
Like Northern Ireland without the religion
It was Lloyd George who carved up that pigeon
Paranoid and full of fear
The Welsh really do love their beer
Carmarthen gets S4C
Cardiff gets the Assembly they didn't vote for
You don't know whether to laugh or cry
For King and Country we'll live or die
Trouble is which king and which country
cos Cilmeri was ddoe
and yesterday all our troubles seemed so far away.
"It's Syr Gareth Edwards down in the corner"
Friday, 8 December 2017
Avoiding
Excuse me, but I'm busy avoiding
Christmas
Shopping
Crowds
Present Buying
Sending Cards
Sending Cards
Friends
Enemies
Work
Wine
Women
Song
a Bong
a Bong
Intimacy
Social Interaction
Clubs
Pubs
Clubs
Pubs
Parties
Alcohol
Substances
Drug Dealers
Religious Fanatics
Right Wing Zealots
Zionists
Seagulls
Dangerous Dogs
Dangerous Dogs' Poo
Dangerous Dogs' Owners
Ben Fogle
Jeremy Clarkson
The DUP
The DWP
HMRC
BBC
Nigel Farage
The Exit Sign
that says Brexit
The Exit Sign
that says Brexit
Every Conservative, they are to blame
and every Blairite cos they are the same
Builders
Double Glazing Sales Persons
Taxi Drivers
Bus Drivers
Politicians
Beggars
Bankers
Wankers
Street Vendors
Window Cleaners
Bankers
Wankers
Street Vendors
Window Cleaners
Chavs
The Wealthy
Petrol Heads
School Children
Santa Claus
Television
The News
The Scummy Sun
Katie Hopkins
The Scummy Sun
Katie Hopkins
ISIL
Donald Trump
Jacob Rees Mogg
and his dog
Rugby Players
Ruth Davidson
Arlene Foster
Gloucester
Serial Killers
Grave Diggers
Intellectuals
Snobs
Phone Callers
E Mailers
Texters
Police
The Military
use of the word 'Principality'
use of the word 'Principality'
The Royal Family
Retailers
Undertakers
Do Gooders
Mentalists like me
Anything that's free
cos there'll be a catch
Sharks
Crocodiles
Snakes
most reptiles
my dark shadow
blue passports
blue passports
Excuse me, but I'm busy avoiding life
Shabby Shambles
Where to begin? well what about Page 18 of today's WM (Western Mail) with a huge photograph of BJ (Bethan Jenkins) the troubled AM for South Wales West since 2007, the chair of the Assembly's Culture,Welsh Language and Communications Committee. The irony of the piece is that she is moaning about the lack of communication within PC (Plaid Cymru) group in the Arsembly.
The Shenedd is not a happy place at the moment as you only have to go to Page 4 where another 'sh' Martin 'Shippo' Shipton is going great guns on the CJ & CS affair. (Carwyn Jones & Carl Sargeant) If you don't know the why's and wherefore's of that case then heaven help you butty innit! Over on the Letters Page (33) my ol' mate 'Gwyn Buster Meredith' of Brynmawr is taking a pop at 'Welsh Nationalists' Ych a fi. On page 26 of the Business (not Pleasure) pages we are confronted with an even huger picture of the foundations of the new HMRC/DWP building which again ironically is being built on the site of the old Western Mail premises. British building bricks built upon older ones. I have covered these whole shabby episodes in previous posts. If a Doctor from the much maligned Welsh NHS was to take the temperature of the Arsembly/Shenedd at the moment, she/he would have to decide whether to put the thermometer in the armpit or up the arsehole, because the mouthpiece is missing.
The Welsh Government/Parliament/Senate/Coven call it what you will, is a sick institution presiding over a terminally ill country. Imagine the scene as the building closes down for the Christmas Holidays. The last person to leave the building is CJ (Carwyn Jones) in his big black long coat. The key as big as something that would open a Shakespearean dungeon. There in the dim light of a frozen Dock's night dragging on a cigarette between pursed lips is LA (Leighton Andrews) No words are exchanged between them, the look is enough as we have a pull away long shot to accompanying harmonica music. Somebody shouts "Thar she blows" as Andrew RT Davies' white and bloated body is brought ashore covered in harpoons. Terracotta soldiers march from bar to bar singing well rehearsed Christmas carols that do not detract from the party line. Everyone plays it by the book. Apparently we will see the emergence of a new Political Party in Wales in 2018. Let's just hope that the name they finally choose for that, doesn't begin with 'sh' as well.
Tuesday, 5 December 2017
Rants Iechyd y Meddwl/Mental Health Rants
'Rant' mae'r gair ei hun yn un crac ac un flêr. Mae yna ddicter yn y gair a dyna sut dwi yn edrych ar Iechyd y Meddwl. Dim Iechyd Meddwl ond iechyd y meddwl. Iechyd sydd yn perthyn i'r meddwl. Dwi'n dod o gyfnod y punks ble roedd y neges yn y gerddoriaeth ac yn y wisg. Capel ar y Sul a safety pins gweddill yr wythnos! As if! Na os dwi'n debyg i chi dwi'n hanu o deulu a thraddodiad parchus Cymraeg ond dydy iechyd y meddwl ddim yn barchus. Weithiau mae yn gallu gweiddi'r gair 'Cont' allan yn uchel ac yn atseiniol. Dwi ddim yn meddwl fod yna digon o le yn gymdeithas i fynegi rhwystredigaeth a dicter. Dyna un rheswm am gymaint o drais yn y cartref. Dydy o ddim yn esgus amdano fo o’n mae yn rheswm. Mae defnydd o gyffuriau cyfreithlon yn gallu gwneud o yn waeth. Alcohol 'the go to drug of choice' i bobol barchus Cymru yn achosi mwy o broblemau na chanabis a cocaine tybiwn ni. Ond o beth rydym ni yn ceisio ffoi? Oddiwrth beth rydym ni yn rhedeg? Y ffaith ein bod yn feidrol ac yn mynd i farw heb sylweddoli ein huchelgeisiau? Beth ydy'r cysgod mawr yma sydd yn cyhwfan drosom ni gyd ac i'r rhai anffortunus (neu ffortunus) mae yn troi mewn i afiechyd y meddwl. Dwi ddim yn teimlo fod yna digon o drugaredd a haelioni yn y byd. Mae rhaid i ni weld mwy o hyn yn ein bywydau bob dydd yn lle gweld erchyllterau'r byd ar y newyddion 24/7. Os ydych mewn sefyllfa argyfwng yn ein cymdeithas pwy sydd yn cael ei alw (yn dibynnu ar ble dych chi'n byw: y loteri cod post bondigrybwyll) gan amlaf yng Nghymru, yr Heddlu sydd yn cael ei galw. Dim am ddim maent yn cael ei galw 'Y Peace Force'. Mae blerwch afiechyd y meddwl yn amharu ar heddwch gymdeithas felli mae rhaid i alw am bobol sydd yn cadw'r heddwch ond ydy bob unigolyn dwedwch yn haeddu goddefgarwch a haelioni gymdeithas? Ond mewn system gyfalafol, gystadleuol ble mae'r amser i gael taw ymysg y storom. O'r ysgol i'r brifysgol i'r gwaith ta gyrfa i briodas i ymddeoliad i'r bedd. A dyna di bywyd? Well os hwnna ydy bywyd dwi wir yn synnu fod 'na ddim canran mwy uchel yn dioddef o afiechyd y meddwl. Roedd y punks yn gweld fod cyfaddawdu yn lladd pobol. Dyna waith y sefydliad chi'n gweld, i wneud yn siŵr mi rydych chi yn cyfaddawdu. Yn sicr, mae natur a geneteg gyda rhan i chwarae ond yr amgylchedd sydd yn bwysicach yn penderfynu os fydd afiechyd y meddwl yn amlygu. Mewn cymdeithas ble mae'r unigolyn yn cael ei werthfawrogi a'i barchu fel enaid holistaidd yn lle uned economaidd i wneud pres a thalu treth cawn weld llai o afiechyd y meddwl ond mae rhaid i ni fel unigolion newid y diwylliant. Mae rhaid i ni droi ein cefnau a'r diwylliant sydd wedi anfon gymaint o'n cyndeidiau yn sâl ac i fedd cynnar. Mae rhaid i ni fynnu gwell.
Saturday, 2 December 2017
It is time
It wont be about Kings, Princes and Sovereignty
there will be no banner waving pageantry
no marches or protest nor musicians
it will be in the silence in the forests of Mid Wales
that will chime
"It is time"
The 'everyman', the ordinary woman
will have had enough of Brexit decay
there wont be a great deal of difference day to day
but there will be a change of mindset.
They've been on about re-wilding for quite a time
bringing back the wolves and the lynx
but you know it stinks.
It's a game, we're being played
because as soon as we think we are free
they'll hire a marksman and put him in a tree
and as we run and dance in Independence trance
the hired hand, the hit man releases the safety catch
but the bang does not come
because the Green Man has spread some fresh branches
that are choking, caressing and poking
doing everything that the establishment has done to us.
If you look up you will now see
that the sniper has become a part of that tree.
the dull and doltish
will respond to the sparkle
of Meghan Markle
but we the Green Men and Women of the Mid Wales trees
will be re-grouping, re-wilding and re-Welshing
not with a 'ch'
<<<<<<<<Welching>>>>>>>>
so that you can claim that we betrayed you
or rather betrayed ourselves by becoming one of your battalions
but with a spring in our step and a confidence in our speech
that proclaims "We will siarad Cymraeg even if it kills us"
and then there will be silence again
bar the breaking of the odd sprig of twig
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