<p>I’m at a loss where to start since I’m determined that my blogs won’t suck to the same degree that the vast majority of on-line diaries do. There won’t be any pictures of my pets, rants about lines at the bank or that sort of thing here. No cute stories about my kids (I only have one so far anyway) anywhere near or my personal interpretation of professional sports - as if you’d want to read that instead of poking needles into your eyes</p> http://www.frankdesales.com/FranksBlog/tabid/9645/BlogId/23/Default.aspx en-US info@marginspress.co.za info@marginspress.co.za Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:15 GMT Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:15 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p>Full marks to the good people of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for suspending Glasgow councillor Jahangir Hanif  for firing an AK-47 rifle while in Pakistan.  </p> <p>Is this illegal in Pakistan?  Apparently not.  Then why suspend the man?  I have my own theories, most of them revolving around the belief that the SNP are a bunch of irrelevant, economic illiterates who are chasing a dream just as constructive as that of the separatists of South Ossetia.  A bunch of  clowns overcome by a whinging sense of political correctness (as Councillor Hanif found out) and whose claim to represent the interests of a proud nation makes as much sense as punishing someone for firing a rifle.  As the influence of the SNP seems to ebb and flow with the fortunes of the Labour Party, I really hope that Gordon Brown has a plan up his sleeve and that the SNP retreats back to holding the measly handful of real seats it used to before the quasi-high school debat http://www.frankdesales.com/FranksBlog/tabid/9645/EntryID/80/Default.aspx info@marginspress.co.za http://www.frankdesales.com/FranksBlog/tabid/9645/EntryID/80/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.frankdesales.com/Default.aspx?tabid=9645&EntryID=80 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:14:00 GMT 0 http://www.frankdesales.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=80