Stupid is as stupid does....

[johnny9fingers]

So this morning I wake up to this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12132341

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jan/07/mps-committee-bonfire-quangos-botched

And I realised that the people of this country get the government they deserve. This criticism of the Government comes from a Tory-led Commons public administration select committee. And just to go into details....

I quote from Paul Odtaa who comments on the Guardian story:

"One stupid decision was the scrapping of the small quango, Sitpro, Simplification International Trade. This organisation very quietly became the world leader in getting all countries in agreeing standards in processing the paperwork to allow international trade.

They were able to get say Russia, during the Cold War, and China, during the conflict over Hong Kong, to agree to sign treaties.

With the advent of terrorism the Sitpro expertise would help draw up procedures to recognise cargo from safe sources, eg a container loaded directly in a factory, and those cargoes that may need further scrutiny.

By absorbing the quango into the Board of Trade we would have already lost many of its staff to industry.

The decision would have seriously damaged the image of Britain within the world trade community.

The training Sitpro used to do will be lost. This will be made up by commercial organisations which will be very variable.

Whatever happens British industry will lose tens of millions of pounds as trade is slowed due to security considerations."

As an aside, I have read that Barnet Council, so beloved of the Tories, has spent £1.5M on saving £1.4M. Well, that's all right then.

Thank the gods that the British people en masse are a bunch of stupid imbeciles when it comes to voting for governments. Simple prejudices are definitely the way to exploit a sense of unease and worry, and simple solutions to complicated problems are always vote-winning, even if they don't work, are inefficient, and return us to a Dickensian society of abject poverty for the majority. Never mind, the stupid folk have only themselves to blame: the clever ones will no doubt find a way to exploit the idiots.

I was going to find me some snake-oil to sell to the British voters....but then I realised that Rupert had got there first.

Comments

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

On the upside, you woke up this morning!

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

There's a song in there somewhere....

OI

[torpidai.livejournal.com]

Thank the gods that the British people en masse are a bunch of stupid imbeciles when it comes to voting for governments.

Now Now, I had absolutely nothing to do with it, you can't blame me, I refuse to show interest in wasting my vote in an electoral system I believe isn't far from as fair as Mugabwes! and whilst our country is still killing those who are loud about stuff they don't agree with, I'm gonna let someone else start that revolution!

the spending 1.5 to save 1. is standard practise isn't it? spoilt brat stamping feet, well if I can't have any more sweeties legitimately....

Re: OI

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

It may not be your fault, nevertheless the Tory ideologues, aided and abetted by most of the national media, managed to convince the British voting public that:

1) Our National Debt is such that we need to do this sort of rubbish
2) Quangos are the cause of problems, not the solution to them
3) It's all the immigrants fault
4) It doesn't matter about growth, what matters is balancing a budget in times of extraordinary circumstances when we should be borrowing to help us get out of this mess
5) We need less regulation to encourage industry and commerce, when it is a lack of regulation of Banks that got us into this situation in the first place

Lowest common denominator prejudices are such easy things to play with. Smaller government, less oversight, more of a free-for-all gets us into a worse situation.

But if I were to call for slightly higher taxes, especially for the wealthy or those on huge bonuses, I'd be looked on either as an absurd anachronism or a dangerous Marxist radical.

Oh England, that it should come to this.

Re: OI

[torpidai.livejournal.com]

Oh England, that it should come to this.

4) I was with, well that growth don't matter, cos the idea of growth to you means much higher food prices to me :@ as for the borrowing, hmmmm well you gotta remember this is a nation that's been bombarded with "debt consolidation" ads for some years..... and no-one will spend on advertising that don't work hu?

But if I were to call for slightly higher taxes, especially for the wealthy or those on huge bonuses, I'd be looked on either as an absurd anachronism or a dangerous Marxist radical.

uh hu, and with our present police state, I don't think your freedoms would be garaunteed if you said such things too loudly either hu?

1) Our National Debt is such that we need to do this sort of rubbish


I'll assume by our national debt, you mean that which the BoE was set up for in the first place, so that British people would invest in the countries new warships to keep trade routes open and steal Frances cargo ships? To my mind they can go to the wall for all I care, all investors have been told the value of their investment can drop as well as fall rapidly!

as for 3) Well if we can't blame immigrants and keep those who more relate to the southern states of america causeing problems, just what will they have to show for all that investment in the police and cameras for the last 10+years? could always take a look at Israels methods I guess, can't we start blameing mossad for all that ails us too?

[weswilson]

It's all baffling. Most politicians rarely ponder how to keep the good and get rid of the bad... they just see bad and put an axe to it. It seems both our nations think it's best to drive with partial blinders on.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

True.