Bread prices are up again. Apparently this is a worldwide phenonmenon, not driven just by the monopolistic price fixers (Albany et al backed by Tiger Brands).
And Patricia is righteously indignant, apparently. I refer to our very own Patricia de Lille, champion of the people and leader of the Independant Democrats.
According to Fin24, she is pushing for heavy penalties on the price fixers and government regulation on the bread price. Does that strike anyone as ironic? No mercy for the people currently fixing the price and a strong push for someone else to fix the price. Hmm. Tom Caldwell would have raised his eyebrows, I suspect.
Is price regulation good or evil in your eyes, Patricia? Or is it more a case of who the regulator is? While we may be justifiably uneasy about price control by those evil capitalists behind Tiger Brands, should we be any less uneasy if our government wields the power? Do those individuals have a track record that inspires confidence?
I would suggest Patricia consider changing the party name to the independent socialists. Regulation is not a tool favoured by democrats.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Behold
In the beginning there was a blog. And the name of the blog was unpronounceable and unspellable. Yet it was the first of its kind and therefore acceptable in a way.
Welcome to my little corner of the web for recording my miscellaneous thoughts. Let us start off by going around the table, introducing ourselves and getting an idea of our expectations... what we each hope to get out of this blog.
James?
Hello. I am the creator and sole editor of the blog at present. What I hope to get out of the blog- I hope to use it as a vehicle to record stuff. Not sure exactly what which is why I tried to choose such a generic name. Partly, I want to rant. Who doesn't? So there will be the odd articles on politicians, television personalities and speed humps (my bugbears). But I also want to use the spot as a place to record things I discover that may be of help to to others - stuff that's good, stuff that's bad, stuff that works and stuff that doesn't. Contributing to the great body of communal internet "knowledge". So when I write an article about using an IPOD shuffle under Fedora core 5, I can share my experiences and help others who wish to do the same. Presumably my ramblings will be indexed by google and therefore returned for any who need them.
That's the idea. Let's see how it goes.
Welcome to my little corner of the web for recording my miscellaneous thoughts. Let us start off by going around the table, introducing ourselves and getting an idea of our expectations... what we each hope to get out of this blog.
James?
Hello. I am the creator and sole editor of the blog at present. What I hope to get out of the blog- I hope to use it as a vehicle to record stuff. Not sure exactly what which is why I tried to choose such a generic name. Partly, I want to rant. Who doesn't? So there will be the odd articles on politicians, television personalities and speed humps (my bugbears). But I also want to use the spot as a place to record things I discover that may be of help to to others - stuff that's good, stuff that's bad, stuff that works and stuff that doesn't. Contributing to the great body of communal internet "knowledge". So when I write an article about using an IPOD shuffle under Fedora core 5, I can share my experiences and help others who wish to do the same. Presumably my ramblings will be indexed by google and therefore returned for any who need them.
That's the idea. Let's see how it goes.
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