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A-Z (Useful links and quotes)

A

Aliens

http://angel14.com/2011/02/10/aliens/

Animals

Humans marrying dogs together: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201107216027676

Ayn Rand

http://aynrandlexicon.com/

B

Bailouts

http://angel14.com/2011/04/08/portugal-next-to-require-bailout/

Banks

Forced by government to make loans: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Video-RBS-And-Lloyds-Should-Be-Punished-For-Not-Hitting-Business-Lending-Targets-Say-MPs/Article/201104315975627

BBC

“The Disgrace of the BBC”:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/005iqpvz.asp

Opposing the BBC: http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

Bible

“Adam and Eve. They had no knowledge or even concept of right and wrong, so they had no framework to make ANY moral decision. Blindly following orders is NOT a moral act for a thinking being, so simply obeying god because “god said so” would not be right. They would have to UNDERSTAND WHY it was right to obey him. If a computer shuts down when you press the off button, you don’t reward it! Similarly, you don’t punish the computer when it crashes. They were either blind sheep, in which case punishing them was silly, or they were free individuals who were ignorant, in which case punishing them was silly, or they were free individuals who should’ve known better, only they didn’t because the bible says they didn’t *know*. So whatever way you dress it up the story is silly and doesn’t make sense.”

“You want to give Adam and Eve free will, yet demand that they should have blindly obeyed god for no good reason, simply because he said so. Following orders without thinking is the very opposite of using free will. You want to claim they should have obeyed him, without question – just because he said so – which is what a pet or robot would do. Pets and robots follow commands because they don’t KNOW any better. Adam and Eve didn’t know any better either, but somehow you want to claim that they did. The most basic concept an adult human must grasp is right from wrong; it forms the basis for ALL decisions in life. Yet this most basic concept was alien to Adam and Eve, because god didn’t bother to give them it.” http://angel14.com/2007/06/20/my-fall-from-grace-wed-20th-jun-07/#comment-5882

Big Society

David Cameron on Big Society: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/12/david-cameron-big-society-good

C

Climate Change – Failed Predictions

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/569069/201104131900/The-Climate-Refugee-Hoax.htm

Climate Change – Scientific consensus

http://royalsociety.org/climate-change-summary-of-science/

Census

“The 2011 UK Census comes down to this: share your private information with the government, or go to prison.” http://angel14.com/2011/03/07/the-2011-uk-census-is-totalitarian-and-impractical/

Cheating

“If you deliberately pervert the natural course of a game by stepping outside what is allowed, you are cheating. It doesn’t matter how big or small the offence.” http://angel14.com/2011/01/31/sportsmanship-and-honesty/

Conspiracy theories

9/11:  what did and didn’t bring down the towers? http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Papers/00%20WTC%20Collapse%20-%20What%20Did%20&%20Did%20Not%20Cause%20It.pdf

Council Tax

“The Cat if out of the Bag”, Roger Hayes’ story in opposing council tax in court: http://www.ukcolumn.org/articles/cat-out-bag

UK citizens legally arrest judge: http://www.infowars.com/british-tax-protesters-arrest-judge-in-act-of-lawful-rebellion/, follow up videos (some of which are banned due to government requests): http://www.ukcolumn.org/articles/arrest-and-rescue-judge-peake

Cost of Living

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/22-Of-Britons-Would-Be-Unable-To-Cope-If-Their-Bills-Rose-Further-Finds-Financial-Website/Article/201105215989521?f=rss

D

E

Environmentalism

“No one denies that “Green” energy is cleaner; what us anti-Green people say is that it isn’t practical, and real human beings and their livelihoods in the here and now shouldn’t pay the price for the Green brigade’s delusion that conventional energy is just a life-style choice.” http://angel14.com/2011/03/29/green-energy-loss-vs-nuclear-power-gain/

Environmentalists hate humans:

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/569072/201104131900/Our-Infected-Planet.htm

Earth Hour

http://angel14.com/2011/03/24/earth-hour-is-stupid/

Energy (see Fuel)

F

Faith

Fascism

Calls to ban air-brushed pictures: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Girlguiding-UK-Calls-For-Airbrushed-Images-To-Be-Clearly-Labelled-As-Not-Natural/Article/201008115676163?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15676163_Girlguiding_UK_Calls_For_Airbrushed_Image

Government punishes “public” banks for not lending enough: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Video-RBS-And-Lloyds-Should-Be-Punished-For-Not-Hitting-Business-Lending-Targets-Say-MPs/Article/201104315975627

South Korean government attempts to ban kids online-gaming: http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/25/south-korea-gaming-curfew-law-unanimously-passes-committee-move/

Fuel

“The current fuel costs are crippling businesses and draining investment capital – the very thing that would be used to fund any change in the energy industry in the future. This is the unconscionable irony for governments and ecologists alike: if you care about the future, leave private companies free to exploit the present.” http://angel14.com/2011/03/08/wean-ourselves-off-oil-government-should-lead-the-way/

Fuel (Government restrictions)

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/opinion-zone/2011/03/federal-government-oil-prices-no-new-drilling-permits-well-tap-strategic

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/05/05/morning-bell-obamas-anti-energy-policies-are-bankrupting-america-2/

“Green” energy forces up cost of living: http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16062747

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/20/great-news-china-hoarding-rare-earth-metals-needed-for-green-energy/

Feminism

http://angel14.com/2011/03/01/sexism-and-political-correctness/

Football (Violence)

Nail bomb sent to Neil Lennon: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Celtic-Nail-Bombs-Football-Club-Manager-Neil-Lennon-Among-Targets-Of-Lethal-Devices-Sent-In-Post/Article/201104315975715?f=rss

Football (corruption)

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Fifa-Corruption-Lord-Triesman-Gives-Evidence-To-Commons-Culture-Media-And-Sport-Committee/Article/201105215989077?f=rss

G

God

“There is absolutely no god. Existence exists, but only existence exists. If existence exists, everything in existence has an identity; itself and nothing else. Everything in existence is limited, finite, of a particular order, acting in accord with its particular nature. Since this is necessarily true, god, a supposedly infinite being of infinite energy, infinite knowledge, infinite power, capable of changing any attribute of existence, even his own – cannot exist. God is a “concept” that contradicts the entire basis on which concepts and knowledge are formed. If human beings are to know anything, we must first accept that existence is what it is, which leaves no room for god.” http://angel14.com/2007/06/20/my-fall-from-grace-wed-20th-jun-07/#comment-5870

Government (interference) see Fascism

Government (mistreating citizens)

UK government tests biological and chemical warfare on own people: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/apr/21/uk.medicalscience

H

I

Iran

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/iranian-commander-%E2%80%98we-have-infiltrated-america-and-the-uk%E2%80%99/

J

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Doctor wins wrongful life lawsuit against JW after saving her life: http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2011/08/15/doctor-wins-wrongful-life-suit/

Governing Body members under oath in a Scottish court of law: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/131122/1/The-1954-Douglas-Walsh-Transcript-PDF

 

K

L

M

Music

http://angel14.com/2011/03/12/music-is-memories/

N

NHS

Non-NHS emergency response: http://angel14.com/2011/02/20/who-picks-you-up-from-the-roadside/

NHS waiting times highest in 3 years: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/NHS-Waiting-Times-Hit-Three-Year-High-As-Financial-Strain-Of-Cuts-Begins-To-Bite/Article/201104315975580

Negligence: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/NHS-Trusts-Are-Paying-Millions-In-Negligence-Claims-Because-Hospitals-Are-Not-Spotting-Blood-Clots/Article/201105215988595?f=rss

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298960/Woman-25-dying-blood-poisoning-texted-photos-deadly-rash-mother-doctors-ignored-her.html

O

P

Public sector

http://angel14.com/2011/04/01/violent-idiots-protest-public-spending-cuts/

http://angel14.com/2011/03/07/the-2011-uk-census-is-totalitarian-and-impractical/

Political Correctness

http://angel14.com/2011/03/01/sexism-and-political-correctness/

Q

R

Roads

How private roads might work and how “deregulated” industries are just state-enforced monopolies:  http://wopsr.net/archives/19

Rights (minority)

“It is true that men and women, gays and straights, whites and blacks all have rights, but to say “women’s rights” or “gay rights”, is to misuse the word. It seems harmless enough, but it conceals a false premise: that a certain group is entitled to something. But contrary to popular belief, a right is not an entitlement; it is the freedom to act.” http://angel14.com/2011/03/01/sexism-and-political-correctness/

Religion

S

Sexism

http://angel14.com/2011/03/01/sexism-and-political-correctness/

Sport

http://angel14.com/2011/01/31/sportsmanship-and-honesty/

http://angel14.com/2011/02/17/world-cup-games-free-to-air/

Socialism (Healthcare)

A Doctor Exposes Obama’s Health Care Fallacy: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/paulhsieh/2011/06/20/a_doctor_exposes_obamas_health_care_fallacy

T

Tax (excessive)

22% of Britons can’t cope with bill increase: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/22-Of-Britons-Would-Be-Unable-To-Cope-If-Their-Bills-Rose-Further-Finds-Financial-Website/Article/201105215989521?f=rss

Taxing the rich http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/568737/201104111831/Tax-The-Rich-Good-Luck-With-That.htm

Television

http://angel14.com/2011/02/17/world-cup-games-free-to-air/

TV License

Correspondence with MP regarding TV license: http://www.lime-marmalade.net/andrew_lansley.html

License-fee payers harrassed: http://www.lime-marmalade.net/

Opposing the TV license fee: http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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