The Face of Evil

Evil, as the saying goes has many faces. This is one of
them. She's a nun (suprise , suprise ). 'An Irish nun. She is one
of the order of the Sisters of Charity. She has done 'good works'
and 'served the poor'. She has many honours to her name not
least of which is that she was appointed to the Council of State
in Ireland. She is 'highly thought of' by those who, by nature of
good fortune, have never been really poor.....or in need.

She is a GOOD WOMAN.

Thats what people say. The people that is who controll the media,
the people who's opinion matters. What her victims (sorry, clients)
think of her is of no concern ....after all , they have no voice and
really don't matter. She has 'helped the poor of Ireland now for
fifty years and at this moment runs a housing (protective housing)
project in Dublin called 'Stanhope Green' . The inmates are , for
the most part , women who had the misfortune to be brought up
in orphanages run by nuns just like her.
This Stanhope Green has high walls and locked gates. It's full
of damaged people.....vulnerable people that is......
........and most of them came out of orphanages......unprepared
for life ....... and with low self esteem.

Her name is Sister Stanislaus Kennedy ......
I will write about here some more in future posts but for now
will just leave you with this.
http://www.villagemagazine.ie/article.asp?sid=1&sud=10&aid=2090

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O'Connol Street . Dublin

The War of the Dandelions

The first shot has been fired and there will be blood on
the streets yet. Irish horticulturists are angry. Or at least
one of them is. And he of course is a blogger.
This angry young (?) man would have us belive that
Public Gardens and Parks in Dublin are in a bad way....
but exactley how or why he doesn't say.
But he does get specific at times. We are told for instance,
that the herbacious borders in the beautifull Herbert Park
in Dublin's finest suburb are out of controll. And he does not
shy away from saying who is to blame.

It's Dominic Madden's fault.

He it seems is the head gardener. It's all down to him.

And it's not just head gardeners he has a go at but in one
of his posts about the river Liffey he launches into the Irish
Dept. of the Environment.

Are there no weed pluckers out there to stop this impetous
rascal before he goes any further. If not apprehended may
he not take to going into these same parks some night and,
as he would see it , righting the wrongs. This is a man on a
mission so God know's what he might do.

Gardeners and Horticulturists of Ireland do not remain silent.

Dublin Sculpture

We have a new sort of transient sculpture in Dublin. The above
photo was taken in Grafton Street. They keep getting changed or
they go for walks but either way they keep changing. They are all
over the city and are cartoon like animals.
And they cost a FORTUNE.
I don't think I really like them but I do like the idea of not being
sure from day to day exactly what will be there.
I have been trying for several days now to get a photograph
of this but there are usually gangs of kiddies crawling all over them.

Man marries horse

I listen to radio 5live (bbc) most days and yesterday there
was an interview with this guy who has just written a book
which has been selling very well....he's an ambulance driver
and he has a blog http://randomreality.blogware.com/ about
his adventures. He mentioned in passing that he gets , wait for
it , 100, 000 hits a day.
So this got me thinking. If you have an interesting life to
write about then the chances are that you will pick up a lot
of readers. Now , I don't have such a life but I got to thinking
that I could just pretend to have one. I could reinvent myself
as a really interesting exciting person.
I could start boasting about the women I've never had
and give the general impression that I have a life.
But the question is , of course , would I get away with it.

Would you belive me if I said I was 'cool'.

............well would you?

Are you worried about your sex life

If you are......then you can stop right now as you are
about to die.

Fear and Prejudice

It's reported in the UK news that there was a problem on
a flight from Britain to Spain. It seems that as people were
boarding the plane they noticed two young men who they took
to be Muslims and, to make a long story short , they got a bit
nervous and decided to leave the plane.
They said they wouldn't fly with these men on board. As a
result the men had to get off and were questioned and then
had to get a later flight.
Now the reaction to all of this was , from some sections of the
media, that this was a case of racism or something of that sort.
Also that it showed the dangers of 'profiling' and what it
could lead to etc. etc.
But this episode had nothing to do with racism or prejudice or
anything of that kind. As it transpired , the men in question were
'a bit rought looking' and had 'quite bulky clothing' on them
and were 'asian' in appearance so it was understandable that some
people might get a bit scared. This also happened the day after
reports came out about various items ( guns / terrorist related
items and videos) being found in some wooded areas in the UK.
Now I don't know if the men who were on that plane were in fact
Muslims but I do know that any Muslim who might have been on
that flight would have been just as wary of them as you or I.

It's unfortunate for the men in question that they had all this
visited upon them but it was quite understandable and as I said
had nothing to do with' irrational fears ' or prejudice'.

We all , to a greater of lesser degree , judge people by their appearence.
We do it every day of the week. And sometimes of course we get it wrong.
And probably cause some offence. We 'profile' people and make judgements
often with little actual 'evidence'. But this is normal and nessesary.

And the blame for all this belongs to those who would murder for
some twisted superstition.