Good Old Duffer. By Uncle Monty.

Good Old Duffer.

Story By Uncle Monty.

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Forty to fifty local folks watched as two streetwise
young black criminals bashed and smashed the
jewelley shop windows with their sledgehammers
for all to witness in clear daylight. They wanted

the fancy watches and showy gold chains in the

windows no doubt for them to show off their latest

“wares” to their other streetwise thugz elsewhere.
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None of those folks standing there watching
the crude robbery unfold, dared to confront

such criminal immigrant youthz for fear that

they themselves would perhaps be hit on the
head with the same sledgehammers in the
violent hands of such Richmond brazen

day robbers.
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Then to the amazement of all present, 84

year-old William Grove calmly walked over

to one of the punkz and exposed him for who

he was by pulling down his balaclava from his

face. He didn’t whince, did the good old duffer.

He went right ahead and showed the scared

folkz that action was needed to be taken, right

then and there, to stop such open criminal

anarchy by such lawless and dangerous

youthz.
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After he did his good deed, the good old

duffer boarded his bus home and was

pleased he’d done his civic duty to stop such

criminals like those two would-be jewellery

store robbers. He didn’t see himself as an

hero - though most true heroes don't, of

course - as those embassassed onlookers
rightly called him so. The store wanted to

reward the good old duffer, but he prompt-
ly said he'd donate whatever reward they

gave him to charity. Hopefully, to a charity

that supports other good old duffer like him.

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William Grove represents the best that is
Britain against all that is wrong with the
country today or of “Broken New Britain.”

With no police badge, with no weapon in his

hands, with no stab-proof vest, with no

vehicle for his use, and with no helping

hand from the crowd, William Grove faced

the sure grave reactions from the two

vile sledgehammer-wielding yobz and the

possibility of being viciously attacked or
set upon by such crude street thugz. But
he still went ahead and didn’t even think
of such odds against him while all those
40 to 50 folkz stood by watching him like
cowed and passive weaklings that they
showed themselves to clearly be …
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Octogenarian William Grove was old

enough to the grandfather or father of

most of those onlookers watching the

foul street robbery unfold. Not one of

his fellow countrymen came to his side

to help. Not a one, no not a one. What

the good old duffer did was never ex-

pected in the form of an 84 year-old

bloke either by the violent street kidz

or from the spineless crowd. He did

the unexpected, didn't he? He sure

did, did William Grove. And, he won.

Good for him and us ...
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It should make us proud to be
truly British again when we see somelike
like him being a True Brit with True Grit,

instead of being automatically frightened

and cowed by such vile young elements
of violence and killings. The only thing
to fear is fear itself.
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One wonders, too, how they could have used

their open sledgehammers on the open High

Street at least 20 times and with no cops still

in sight or even grappling with such violent

culprits? And now, more than a week or so

after the good old duffer Mr. William Grove

had done his very good public deed those

same suspects are still free to commit fur-

ther mayhem at their own whim or will.

It can almost be taken for granted, that

those same two youthz have committed

similiar crimes of one kind of another in

the past and since they came to the UK

to gain a so-called "better life" from

their Third World hobbledehoy. That's

the thankz we get for flooding the

country with such crude and vile

shantytown-types in England today.

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So far as we know, the local Richmond

police has still not apprehended those

street criminals despite all the publicity

surrounding the good old duffer. Even,

American and Russian TV reported the

good news of the right of the free citizen

to tackle such brazen crime in Britain.

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What the sledgehammer criminals confirm

is that with New Labour's floodgate of Third

World immigrants to now overpopulated New

Britain, it is now faced with dastardly crimes

levels from all too many of them that first came

here to create a better life for themselves,

but instead it appears many of them have

now, within less than a decade, created

murderous street gangs and spiralling

rates of black-on-black and black-on-white

crime in many of the terrorised neighbour-

hoods - or 'hoods - since their immigration

arrival from all parts of the Third World.

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Many think we owe them no matter what.
And, they’ll take from us by fair or foul when
shove comes to push. They’ve pushed
their crime and their bad attitude and their
negative cultural lifestyle on us and shoved it

down our British throats with contempt and

ignorant glee. Such is getting worse and

the menace is clearly shown in the pictures

of those sledgehammer yobz being con-

fronted by the brave and good old duffer

in the form of Mr. William Grove, a gentle-

man from the old times that was once

lovely England and has now be destroyed

by the ilk of such violent immigrant

street yobz that continue to grow in

ever greater numbers day by day.

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William Grove’s actions stems from the fact

that he was obviously brought up the right

way and is of the old school of thought

that knowing right from wrong is

paramount to living an honest and
decent life. Sadly, many of today’s crowd
figure life is whatever you can get away with

and to hell with everybody else. Steal, rob,
grab, snatch, take, rip-off, trick, or mug, is

okay as long as you can get away with it.

It’s good old duffers like William Grove,
however, who would never think of buy-

ing into such an abysmal mindset and
rotten parental upbringing.

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The last question here: "Where did they

get their sledgehammers from?" Yeeep,

you bet, they were probably stolen or

ripped-off, too … Bravo, no matter

what, to Mr. William Grove, a good

old duffer making us proud for at

least one moment of our sad and

declining way of British life.

<>

Good wishes to you all, Uncle Monty.

+William Temple, 2oo8.

<>

I hope soon to post my upcoming schedule,

but I've been so hectic thesedays I'm not

sure if I can put together all my changing

venues and events has they happen so

quickly. If I can post such, I will. If not,

you'll see me below at The De Menezes

Inquest, which I covered last month and

the results of the inquest is set to be made

public, I believe, before the end of this

year 2oo8. At yesterday's testimony,

the police were described as "terrorists"

themselves by tube passengers who

either saw or heard the results of the

hideous police killing of innocent Jean

Charles De Menezes by the out-of-

control British armed police. Give

someone a gun and sooner or latter

they'll use such to either kill or maim.

<>

Uncle Monty at

The De Menezes Inquest

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BLACK OBAMA WINS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. U.S. Presidential Notes By Uncle Monty.

BLACK OBAMA WINS
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
U.S. Presidential Notes By Uncle Monty.
***
It’s come to pass, Barack Hussien Obama
has become the new and next 44th President

of the United States, on November 4th, 2oo8.
***
Historic election stirs homeless to vote
By Reuter’s Steve Gorman
Tue Nov 4, 2008 9:18pm EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4A41HR20081105

***

PS. I also lost my 10 quid bet that John McCain

would win ... But that's life in these rather unusal

times, isn't? Now for the real fireworks in America

as England also marks Bonfire Night at now this

new day in Britain of Nov. 5th, 2oo8. I've loved

writing here about the now historic 2008

American Election and having thus stayed

up much of all night to do so. Great ...

***

My good wishes to both President Obama

and his political rival John Sidney McCain

III. Only in America could we witness

such an extraordinary event like today.

***

Now taken somewhat aback, Uncle Monty.

+The End of the U.S. Presidential Election, 2oo8.

***
Hi Monty,
I hope that you are well, and thanks for your blog

comments on the USA election. Personally I'm

delighted with the result, not only because I think

Obama is a good candidate, but also because I fear

that McCain is too old for the job. I don't want to be

ageist as we are all getting on in life, but if he were

to pass away during his 5 year term, that would

leave the most powerful nation on earth with Sara

Palin as its leader, and that is frankly unthinkable.
Look forward to seeing you in two weeks,
Best wishes, Bev Brittan.
11.05.08.

***

McCain: Still Not Quite Knocked Out ... Presidential Notes By Uncle Monty.

McCain: Still Not Quite Knocked Out ...

Presidential Notes By Uncle Monty.

***

John McCain seems to have taken a firm grip
on The Deep South that traditionally isn’t very

pro-black at the best of times with his sweep of

the overwhelming majority of Southern states,

with critical Virginia, Florida and North Carolina

still to be called for either candidate McCain or the

big black presidential hopeful Barack Obama. If

McCain cannot hold Virginia or Florida in his

wins, then the presidential story for him looks

pretty grim. It'll be like the sad story from

Dame Shirley Bassey's sentimenal song:

"The Party Is Over, It's Time To Call

It A Day ..." for John McCain.

***

Many news agencies around the world now

say Obama is on the brink of what would

become a very historic and extraordinary

win for him in America. As I've said before,

if Obama should win it will rock and shake

the United States and the world like

nothing quite since America's 9/11.

***

Your's, Uncle Monty.

Guy Fawkes Day, 2oo8.

***

More Wins For Obama. Presidential Notes By Uncle Monty.

More Wins For Obama.

Presidential Notes

By Uncle Monty.

***

Big win for Democrat Obama in Pennsylvania,

but his Republican rival John McCain has also

won 11 states thus far with Obama having al-

ready sweeped all the New England states

to give him several more Electoral College

votes at 171 in his favour over McCain's

total right now of a pitiful 81. That, of

course, could change dramaically, if Mc-

Cain by sheer chance should win Ohio

over Obama. Though the polling pro-

jections say Obama will take Ohio, too.
***

Things are now coming thick and fast

from America's Election Day, 2oo8. It is

just 10.00pm on the East Coast. Other

important states like Ohio and Florida

are still set to express their voting will.

But checkout Reuter's below for the latest

overview of what is happening on the

ground as folkz have overwhelmed the

polling stations across the country with

their huge numbers ...

http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/2008candidates#map_election

***

I'll be back shortly with other results

to share with you. Thankz for the

private emails from those who have

enjoyed my single-handed coverage of

the Presidential Election from across

the pond in England. It's never quite

as good, mind you, as being there in

person at such a time like this in which

for the first time in America's history a

black man cometh to be possibly its

first African American president ...

But it's still too early to call the final

results of the election that could still

be a major cliff hanger, if there ever

was one to be.

***

Cheers everybody, Uncle Monty.

Bonfire Night, 2oo8.

***

OBAMA'S FIRST WIN ... Presidential Election Notes By Uncle Monty.

OBAMA'S FIRST WIN ...

Presidential Election Notes

By Uncle Monty.
***

Little Dixville Notch at the Green Mountains

of Northern New Hampshire has given Barack

Obama his first presidential election win on

finally this America's Election Day, 2oo8.

http://article.wn.com/view/2008/11/04/First_result_from_New_Hampshire_goes_in_favour_of_Obama/

***

I know the hamlet well having gone to school

at nearby Franconia, New Hampshire. At the

last election 2oo4, Dixville Notch voted for

George Bush.

***

America and the world is now in for a

very long day today until the final results

determine if Barack Hussien Obama or

John Sidney McCain III become the

next President of the Untied States.

***

As the day unfolds across the land of

red, white and blue, I shall post various

undates as I watch utterly consumed by

whatever the U.S. election outcome

will finally be ...

***

If you have any thoughts, comments

and/or input on the election no matter

where you are in the world today,

please email me promptly:

thebiggerissue@k.st

Thanks ever so much ...

***

Truly, Uncle Monty.

U.S. Election Day, 2oo8.

***

This Just In ... From Sarah Brown

of yesterday at Obama's own Chicago:

"On a more sombre note, ABC-TV local news also

reported that the national coastguard will patrol the

shores of Lake Michigan and 22 officers from the

Illinois national guard will be looking for "weapons

of mass destruction" around Grant Park, where the

Obama party is to take place. What they would do

if they found any, though, was not revealed."

***

U.S. ELECTION ANALYSIS: The Battleground States. Independent Notes By Uncle Monty.

U.S. ELECTION ANALYSIS:

The Battleground States.

Independent Notes By Uncle Monty.

***

Click below on the Arab news network online news

site - Al Jazeera - for its simply and pointed analysis

of the very important battleground states up for

grabs between John Sidney McCain III

and Barack Hussien Obama:

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/uselections2008/2008/11/200811102839253699.html

***

It's still late Sunday night on the East Coast of the US,

while it's now early Monday morning in England and the

rest of Western Europe, which awaits Tuesday's U.S.

Election results with all the hope that Barack Hussien

Obama will be the next 44th American president over

his Republican rival John Sidney McCain III.

***

Hold on dudes. It ain't over, 'til its over. That's for sure.

The 2008 presidential election is going, I think, to be

a real dowser at those battleground states that look

right now to be for McCain to take and grab from

Obama.

***

If however, John McCain should lose his own state

of Arizona, then he'd for all practical purposes be

finished. While the unthinkable that Obama should

lose his own state of Illinios would be a death blow

beyond anything of whatever aspirations he may

have of ever becoming America's first black president,

either now or in the future. I mention such, because

the unique thing about American politics is that the

most unexpected and most unlikely things can, and

do, happen without any kind of warning or even

rational reason or explanation until such happens.

This presidential election will most certainly bring

the unexcepted at somewhere and at somehow in

America come Nov. 4th. What such will bring, I

don't know other than I am more confident that

John Sidney McCain III will win The Oval Office.

***

So check out the U.S. battleground states and keep

your eye on those should you, like me, be closely

following the whole presidential election with

suspense and anticipation of its final outcome.

***

The American television networks - ABC, CBS,

NBC, and PBS - on the East Coast will undoubt-

edly want to project the winner before everybody

on the West Coast, due to later time zones, has

cast their votes at their local polling booths. I

think now, such networks are constained

from making such announced projections of the

presidential winner until all the polling stations

are closed out in California or on the West Coast.

California, of course, has the richest and most

Electoral College with 55 votes and thus is a

political prize all by itself to any national cand-

idate for president. And, Texas isn't far off

with its 43 Electoral votes, too, I think.

***

Why would anyone want to be president?

By Peter Baker.

International Herald Tribune (IHT).

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/02/news/02baker.php

***

More coming from me later on the

rivetting 2oo8 U.S. Presidential Election.

Good luck everybody, Uncle Monty.

+Eve of the American Election, 2oo8.

***

:: UPDATE ::

US poll shows Obama lead does

not hinge on white churchgoers.

New York (ENI). On the eve of the U.S. presidential

election, Democrat Party candidate Barack Obama

appears to have made little inroads with white voters

who regularly attend church, according to one survey.

A Gallup Poll showed that Obama - a member of the

United Church of Christ who has actively courted white

evangelical voters - is backed by just under a third of

such voters: 28 percent, which is 1 point less than

what Democratic presidential candidate John

Kerry garnered in 2004.

Ecumenical News International (ENI)

03 November 2008

***

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With one day to go before millions of Americans vote

for a new President, IPS brings you comprehensive

coverage of this historic election:

http://ipsnews.net/new_focus/us_elections2008/index.asp

***

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GUESS WHO'LL WIN THE WHITE HOUSE? U.S. Election Notes By Uncle Monty.

GUESS WHO'LL WIN THE WHITE HOUSE?

U.S. Election Notes By Uncle Monty.

Graphics By Alex Albion.
***

John Sidney McCain III will become the
next President of the United States.

***

Barack Hussein Obama would then perhaps

become an ideal candidate as Mr. McCain’s new

U.S. Secretary of State to replace George Bush’s

Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Barack Obama would also

be an ideal candidate as perhaps America’s next

ambassordor to the United Nations. Or even as

the U.S. Envoy to the Vatican or The Holy See.
Obama did after all sit on the right hand side of

Edward, Cardinal Egan of New York, at New

York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel dinner with John

McCain, who sat humbly on the left of the dis-

tinquished American cardinal. That somehow

qualifies Barack, doesn't it, for such a cushy

number and an illustrious post at the Vatican?

Well, we’ll see.

***
Beyond that, the end of America's Obamamania

will come decisively to a close on Nov. 4th, 2oo8,

which everybody pretty well knowns is now

just 48 hours or so away.

***

***
No matter how hard I try, I still cannot imagine
America voting for an African American to become
U.S. president. If it does, then the world will see
for the first time the most powerful black man on
the planet. “The Age of the Black” will then have
come like never before seen in the First World.

“The Age of the Non-Black” then comes to an

end and will foreseeably be forced to play little

more than "second fiddle," if you will, for the

black man now "Cometh to run white things …

by The Embodiment and Rise of Obama."
***
With that said, I see John McCain more as a
kind of "Interim President" for America, if he

wins, after the gruesome and vulgar neo-con

years of George W. Bush. So, to go now from the

Bush extremes to the Obama leftist extremes is

something totally at odds with practical reality,

it seems to me. It would be almost surreal,

really, if Obama should win over McCain. But

then, Americans by their nature and odd psyche

seem all too often to act out by the extreme of

things. Thus, to go from the tyranny of Bush

and Cheney to the tyranny of Obama and

Biden should be truly scary for everybody

and for the world itself.
***
So, I again see John McCain as a kind of "Interim
President" more than anything else at the post-

Bush years until the next 2012 U.S. Presidential

Election some four years away after 2oo8 ...

I think, too, that the John Sidney McCain III

should have declared from the outset of his 2oo8

campaign that he was running for one term only.

That would have given him a particular identity,

and perhaps an edge, in the minds of the American

electorate to pick someone who'd exist himself, for

good or bad, within four years of first taking the

presidental oath of office. Plus, it would perhaps

also have assuaged some fears for some voters
of McCain’s age knowing he’d stay on only until

his mid-70’s at most. Ronald Reagan was first

elected U.S. president at age 69, just two or

three years younger than McCain is today.
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Ironically, I don’t particularly dislike Obama

at all nor do I particularly like McCain, but I

think the danger is allowing their personalities
to play a pivotal role in deciding who should be

the next president. I think also to simply base

one's vote for either of them, for or against, on

the widespread detestation of George Bush

is fatal. On the personality scale, Obama

wins. On the practical scale, McCain wins. At

least that’s what I think based on my sheer

gut feelings beyond other important factors
and positions of what the two candidates
each politically-represent.

***

Personally, I am also utterly

sick and tired of all radical liberalism
and those who espouse such drivel. What
the world needs now is no more bleeding
heart liberals and their leftist agendas.
They've destroyed alot that was and then good
in the name of making all things new and so-
called better. What they've brought is more

of a broken world than anything else, it seems

to me. A perfrect example is today's "Broken

New Britian" that can never be put back to-

gether again or restored to its former beauty

and character. "New Obama" sounds all too

much like "New Labour" to me. He's also been

dubbed as America's Tony Blair. That's the last

thing the Good Old US of A needs is a black or

white clone of the ilk of Britain's Anthony Blair.
***

That aside, the race now is going to be very

tight in the closing days and hours of the pres-

idential election. So the question still remains:

Guess Who’ll Win The White House?

Your guess is as good as mine, of course.
Obama just a few weeks ago was clobbering

McCain in the polls by as much as 12 points

or more. But now it appears Obama isn’t so

politically invincible after all with him losing

more than 5 or 7 points within just a few

days at McCain’s alleged underdog status.
***

Now for the real scary stuff ...

It is never good news to read of those who

would kill a political candidate because of their

intention and desire to hold elected office, either

before, during or after they have held office.
Thus the hideous American story of two Southern

white guyz from Tennessee allegedly plotting to

kill Senator Obama and other African Americans

is to be roundly condemned without any hestiation

or any reservation whatsoever - period.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49Q7KJ20081028

***

Vote a candidate in or out of office by using the

ballot and NOT the bullet, no matter what ...
***

What I think such a vile skinhead story may do

is to frighten some folkz into not voting for Barack

Obama for fear he may become a potential target

for political and/or racial assassination in America,

if he is indeed finally elected by the ballot as the

nation's first black president. Then there may be

other voters who want to simply defy such ogre

prospect by voting for him anyway and kicking

ass against such skinhead beliefs and mentality.

***

If the political will of the American

people wants him as their president, then

that will of their's must be respected and up-

held by the strongest laws of the land. Anyone

who attempts to thwart that will through violence
and/or killing must not be let to stand or free
to do such things. Again, the ballot box and

the political process, no matter how flawed or

imperfect such may be to some, must be the

lawful key and avenue to elected office.

Unlawful means beings unlawful results.

***

Very truly. Uncle Monty.

+All Souls Day, 2oo8.

According to another Reuter news story posted today,
“Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush "humiliated." The story goes onto state: “Militant postings on al Qaeda-linked websites typically discuss Obama in terms of his race, or his religion and foreign policy. Some forecast a racial crisis dividing the United States if he wins. Others say his planned phased withdrawal from Iraq would be a boon to al Qaeda's affiliate and give it a base for Middle East expansion.” While, “Republican presidential nominee John McCain has been portrayed as likely to allow "the continuation of Republican control and aggressive policies toward the Islamic world." (Additional reporting by Randall Mikkelsen in Washington; editing by Chris Wilson) dubai.newsroom@reuters.com

**** I will instantly add to this story of mine - "GUESS WHO'LL WIN THE WHITE HOUSE?," if something major occurs between now and Election Day in the states. ****

*** In The Meantime A Little Note - I've not just used my mouth or my pen here. I've also put my money where my mouth is. Yeeeep, my ten quid on McCain winning at 7 to 1. It's my first presidential bet, too. And, also my first ever visit to a British betting shop to place a cash bet at William Hill's. ***

** The Above Lead Caption Graphic - Such is based on news photos of the two white teenage skinheads, who are alleged to have plotted to attack Tennessee blacks and then to ultimately kill Obama himself. News sources indicate, however, that their "plot" was more histrionics, than any real ability on their part to carry out such a vile plot. That, of course, should give us no comfort at all frankly. **

* Al Jazeera, the Arabic news agency - Reports "the latest twist in the 2oo8 campaign saga by citing an AP report on Saturday that Obama's aunt has been living in the US illegally for the past four years after her request for asylum from Kenya was rejected." The AP quoted a statement from Obama's campaign as saying that Obama had "no knowledge" of Zeituni Onyango's status but that he "obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws should be followed." You bet. *

***

Never Figured, Did He. By Uncle Monty.

Never Figured, Did He.
Story By Uncle Monty.
Photos By Alex Albion.
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He plonked down his big flabby bottom on

the old iron and wooden bench at the Church’s

18th century cemetery garden. He began to

munch on his big bag of MacDonald’s take-

away junk food. Soon he was taking big gulps

of beer from his open beer can. He was about
age 30 and perhaps also on government un-

employment benefits. But now, he was as

happy as a little meadow lark. It was

Thursday afternoon at St. Paul’s Deptford

Parish at the Anglican Diocese of Southwark

with those short autumn days

now upon us all.
+
But he was soon in for a rude awakening at the

unexpected arrival at the cemetery garden of

the parish’s Rev’d Father Paul Bulter (shown

above in my caption image of him) dressed in

his very traditional and rather quaint all-black

clerical vestments. The beer boozer never figured,

did he, on being politely but firmly escorted off

the parish grounds by the said Rev’d Father?
A rather imposing figure in his clerical robe and
by his Anglican-Catholic presence, The Church
of England priest was no pushover in dealing

with such common beer louts.
+
Public drinking is strictly a "no no" at the

cemetery garden and the Rev’d Father has a

no nonsense approach to the problem of such

beer boozers who think they can drink and

spew out their guts at anywhere they want.

The parish has rightly imposed a ban on

all alcohol and beer drinking after it got so

bad at the cemetery garden it became instead

almost like a “Beer Garden” for many of the local
riff-raff and obnoxious characters that began to
take over the place at the expense and safety of

of its regular parishioners and church visitors.
+

David John Diamond, Priest, Canon,
Rector of Deptford, 1969-1992.

+
While certainly admiring the Rev’d Father’s

approach, the danger for such clergy is the

ever-potential for violence against them. British

clergymen are now quite frequently attacked and

robbed both inside and outside of their respect-

ive parishes all across the face of "Broken New

Britain." Being dressed as a cleric is no longer
any guarantee of personal safety. In fact,
quite the opposite is true thesedays in which
violent perpetrators assume such identifiable
clergy as easy prey in their perception that

they’ll not fight back or call the police or are

seen as just physical weaklings anyway. With

that prevalent view, the clergy then are seen

as passive targets by such criminal

and violent elements.

+
Also, the major modern problem of theft

from, and vandalism of, churches won't go

away. Along with the sacrilege of stealing

sacred artefacts and religious furnishings

that continues to grow despite the Church's

concerted steps to safeguard such treasures.

The criminal hands of such thieves will never

be cleaned, even when they're sometimes

caught red-handedly doing their

church thievery.

+
At St. Paul’s Deptford parish, the church is

now shut to the public after the conclusion of all

services of worship due entirely to such godless
and wicked people stealing whatever they can
inside the church itself during broad daylight.
The taking of church copper roof fixtures is
a common problem, too, with metal thieves
on the loose ready to strip such churches of
their valuable copper for big money at

scrapyards around the country.
+

While still at St. Paul's, the reality soon hit home

for the imbiber dude. Never figured, did he, that

he would be so quickly escorted out of the parish's

cemetery garden to do his daytime beer boozing

and greasy food munching elsewhere. Good

riddance then to him and all his ignorant type.

Bravo, I say, to the good Rev’d Father …

+

Faithfully, Uncle Monty.

+ALL SAINTS DAY, 2oo8.

+

:: Please Note ::

The Rev'd Father Paul D. Butler is not

related to his own diocesan bishop The

Rt. Rev'd Thomas Butler of Southwark.

+

Bargain Hunters for Homes. By Uncle Monty.

Bargain Hunters for Homes.

Story By Uncle Monty.

Photos & Graphic By Alex Albion.
::

Orthodox Jews with their two curls of jet black hair

at the side of their heads along with them wearing

their Yarmulkes or Kippas. Traditional male Hindus

with their tightly-fitted white and maroon turbans

and Bindis or Tilaks on those of female foreheads.
Nationalistic African men with their native shammas

and antelope boots. Islamic woman wearing their dark

yashmaks or hijabs or khimars. And, stiffly married

English retirees with their plain hats and coy coats.

Such were among the motley crowd of Arabs,

Russians, Chinese, Eastern Europeans, and good-
ness knows who else, at the two property auctions

I have attended at the English capital to find out

what it was really all about for those
bargain hunters for homes.
::
At first, I was surprised at the number of women

bidders present over their male counterparts. And, I

was even more surprised at finding some of the property

bidders looking so sinister, so seedy and so unsavoury,

that I would be almost scared of having as my landlord.

Their suspected traits of Rachmanism (Peter Rachman,

1920-1962) seemed to be their evident

characteristic to me.

::

Most of the properties up for auction were hardly

grandiose. Many were located in the worst post codes

of inner and outer London and the Home Counties.
Some looked like derelict properties to me from the
photos I saw inside the two free property catalogues

containing 240+ pages between them. Others were

homes scattered largely out of town in other parts like
depressed Northern England, at far off flung hamlets

in Scotland, and at dreary former coal mining towns
of central Wales. Properties in other parts of Western

and Central Europe were also up for bids.
::

The Property Auctioneers.

::

A good many of the 500+ lots of dwellings or business

properties or open land among the two auctions I

observed were noticeably by Order of the Mortgagees.

While others came by order of various councils or housing

charities like The Peabody Trust. Some of the properties

I almost wouldn’t even want, even if they were free.

They were that bad to me. But those bargain hunters

for homes, nevertheless, soon snapped the up …

::
I wasn’t sure if such were “bargains” or not, since I

know so little about property buying or real estate.

But I’m sure bad economic times, like now, bring out

vicious sharks to the property market to rip-off
those poor devils who have lost their own

homes due to their financial hardship.

::

With thousands of mortgaged property owners in

Britain having their homes and businesses reposs-

essed at an ever rapid and alarming rate due to the

present all-embracing credit crunch and broken

financial markets, property auctions seem to be

booming for those who want or seek to buy cheap.

::

Personally, if I had a spare couple of hundred thousand

quid, I wouldn’t even think of buying any property in

the UK. Such property prices are truly outrageous
and totally mindless compared to buying the same

or better properties abroad or in North and South

America. You almost have to sell your soul to get
on the property ladder in England thesedays.

And, you’ll never get any spare change from such

investment unless you’re one of those in the pro-

perty Big League or simply very lucky. In fact,
the individual, non-professional, property owner

seems to be losing, and not gaining, profit on their

investment or long standing purchase of their own

home in Britain of today. Rather, many are now
in negative equity if they’re still making inflated

payments on their fixed mortgaged property.

Each day seems to get grimmer for them.

::
But those bargain hunters for homes may well

be at their hey and hay day, while rental pro-

perty is also booming because many folkz

have opted out, either by choice or force,

not to buy a house or business at

this time.
::
Some of the bargain hunters for homes.

::

Anybody who is a novice and planning to buy at

any property auction would be best to first attend

such auctions to get some clearer understanding

of the dangers and pitfalls inherent in bidding and

buying such property, like a house or a business

or land, by such a method.

::

Read very carefully all the written instructions and

obligated requirements needed to actually participate

in those public auctions before you even consider

participating. Learn the legal obligations and pro-

perty jargon and all the financial and tax impositions

on you when buying at property auctions. Beware
that you could quickly become unstuck if you
make a property mistake that you’ll pay for dearly.

::
Caution is the key word and property knowledge
is the best safeguard against making any future
error(s) when bidding and buying. Don’t, in other

words, become penny-wise and then pound foolish.
Auctions can gobble you up in no time, if you don’t

watch it. If you’re not in personal control, then

the auction will control you … The auctioneers
love those who they can control at their pro-
perty auctions above all else … It brings them

greater profits at the expense of such foolish

and ignorant bidders and buyers.
::

One last word or so, DON'T buy any property

unless you've actually seen it to inspect it before

the auction no matter how dirt cheap it is or how

appealing it may be. Would you wed someone

you've never actually seen or looked at? Of

course, not. The same applies, in my opinion, to

buying property, a business or land or any-

thing ... Make sure you've seen it with your

own eyes, first. Another simple lesson before

the auction of your property dreams is to go

and visit as many properties that you can that

may fall within or near the scope of your de-

sired home or business or land. And, above

all make sure you have enough money spare

to be one of those future bargain hunters for

homes. If you don't have the financial resources

or means, don't waste your time at property

auctions for they'll bring you no good happi-

ness along with a sense of compounded

jealousy and even perhaps anger. Wait for

another day. The sunshine always comes.

sooner or later. So don't fret ...

::

Perhaps then some rich unknown uncle or

aunt in America will pop-up from nowhere

and leave you in their will a nice homestead

at the Texas Panhandle or at the Prairieland

of the mid-West or perhaps even some

English cousin will leave you property in

the dulldrums of Dartmoor or Exmoor ...

Nice thought, yeeeeeeeeep?

::

So, happy property auction days are here

again for those with good, old-fashioned,

cash in hand ... to bid their way all day

to their own hearts content.

::

Cheers everybody, Uncle Monty.

+After Apostles Simon and Jude, 2oo8.
::

No Longer Toothless. By Uncle Monty.

No Longer Toothless.

Story By Uncle Monty.

Photos By Alex Albion.

- - -

New dentures make you feel young again with a
set of gleaming white teeth after being toothless
perhaps for years or months on end. To suddenly
find you’re no longer toothless with your new
dentures displayed for all to see by your newly
founded broad smile impacts psychologically on

the mind and physically on the face, I do believe.
- - -
While on the flip side of the coin, however, new

dentures intrude on whatever make believe you

had that you’re not really getting old when in
fact dentures only confirms you are indeed and

like the practical reality confirms, too, you are.

Dentures sorrowfully denies that you’re

young or even middle-age, anymore ...
- - -

The use of dentures transcend race, creed, nationality
education and/or mental state. But economic status
may deprive many from access to getting needed
dentures at old age. Dentures, I suspect, is also a

Western invention. But who knows or cares?

I don’t …
- - -
New dentures can for sure play havoc with your

big mouth by creating a speech impediment that

you never before had. When you first go to speak,

the dentures impede your ability to speak in the

manner you usually and normally do. Instead,

your words, if you can get them out of your

mouth, come out sounding like some mumbo-

jumbo or an imbecile. I stopped for some moments

from speaking to others out of fear I'd be labelled

such an imbecile with dentures. Time, I am told,

will correct that as you get "acclimatized" to your

new-fangled teeth. Just twist your tongue and

then the words soon flow ... Maybe so, but I do

feel abit like an idiot if not a known imbecile

when I "denture speak."

- - -
And, taking the first bite of food to eat with den-

tures is frought with open embarrassment when

the dentures suddenly want to tumble right out

of your stupid mouth. Mine did, you know ...
- - -
Rarely do dentures first sit so comfortably inside

one’s old pitapat mouth. Nipping gums or rubbing

nerves, dentures can drive you up the wall trying

to get them to behave properly inside what was

once your toothless mouth.

- - -
So into my gob I put my first "trial" hard mint

humbugs, only to find my dentures soon crying

out loud inside my vivacious mouth. They wanted
it out of my mouth… and my new teeth started to

rattle, too, at my endeavour to suck on my

favourite mints. My Pascall’s sweet Rhubarb and

Custard hard drops did the same thing. Oh and forget

those English sticky toffees for my upper and lower

dentures screamed as they got stuck together

like I had now a pitiful mouthful of superglue.
- - -
The best thing about dentures is you can brag

a nice broad smile once again with such nice look-

ing false teeth. But beware, not to be too smiley.
Because there’s nothing more embarrassing than

finding one’s dentures slipping out place and making

your smile look like a real imbecile trying to sudden-

ly adjust them back into place. And for heaven sake,

don’t wear them at night under any circumstances

‘cause you’re liable to get them stuck in your throat

like finding a dead frog in your home-made soup.
Such isn’t nice, know is it? Stuck dentures aren't

good for the denture nor for your

throaty throat mind for you.
- - -
Whatever, my Creekside Dental Centre’s super-

dentist Dr. Abdul Salim-Said, and his professional

dental assistant Ruby, must be “blamed” for making

me no longer toothless. For months they’ve painstak-

ingly worked on my dental needs with the determination
of making me look alot more fearsome when I grit my teeth
and hold on now like a pitbull terrier to bite those who would
dare to upset me. What Abdul and Ruby, however, never
told me was that only a silly old foggey like me would ever

dare wear dentures to appear to be no longer toothless.
When in fact I am more toothless now than at any other
time in my life. Let me now grit my dentures at least ….
My bark is still bigger then my bite with or without
those nice Abdul and Ruby dentures of mine …
in my own now no longer toothless mouth.
...

This is my pretty set of dentures.

Smile, you're on camera, Uncle Monty.

The Day of the Jackal, 2oo8.

...

And, here's mum Fiona and Archie, who'll

be just 3 come Bonfire Night, 2oo8. Cheers.

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Slamming The Homeless. By Uncle Monty.

Slamming The Homeless.

Story By Uncle Monty.
Photos and Graphics By Alex Albion.

:::

Screaming with its bold black headline of “£1.5M HOUSES

FOR HOMELESS,” London’s Friday edition of The Evening

Standard used twenty-two boldface black fonts of almost

1.5 inches each in size to ram home its sensational story

about how some of the homeless are being housed

in such very expensive London abodes.
:::
Reported by its chief reporter Robert Mendick, the

story highlighted how greedy landlords are being paid
as much as $1.800 a week by wealthy local councils,
like Kensington and Chelsea, to house a few of
London’s homeless, or would-be homeless, folks.

:::
To read the headline would imply that many of the

present homeless are being housed so comfortably in

private million-pound worth houses when such is far

from the daily grit and reality of the overwhelming
majority of the indigenous homeless in London.

:::
Thus, Mendick’s piece was also tanamount to slamming
the defenseless homeless who have little or no say at

where and when they might be housed by their local

councils. Indeed, many have been waiting years to be

housed in the cheapest council properties that would

make some people even cringe at how depressing

they really are.

:::

A fancy property perhaps for homeless rent?

:::

But when you have real estate agents like wealthy

Foxtons involved with wealthy landlords and wealthy

councils, the combination helps not the homeless per

se, but rather it helps first such wealthy operators

renting properties at rip-off prices under the guise

of housing the homeless. A London mews cottage, as

cited in Mendick’s report, costing £58,000 per year
for a homeless woman and her children is an outrage

to all the taxpayers who have no say on such careless

use and waste of money. The homeless aren’t to blame

for such rental prices or even being housed in £1.5

million houses, but rather housing and government
officials who agree to pay such outlandish prices in
the first place and at any cost in order to satisfy some
nebulous concept of reducing or containing the grow-

ing problem of Britain’s homeless population

across the whole country.
:::
Not quite so fancy, but fit for the homeless.

:::

Slamming the homeless who are housed in such expen-

sive properties is a cheap shot at all the other homeless at

wherever and however they are since most of them will

never see the front door, let alone be housed in such rich

properties. Slamming rich landlords, rich real estate

agents, and rich councils is certainly in order. But the

problem of homelessness, be it in London or elsewhere,

cannot be resolved by them for the problem stems from

deeper social causes and wider economic disparities

beyond their control or indeed the control

of the homeless themselves.
:::
And the British housing charities, I must say, seem
at a loss to truly resolve the depth of homelessness.
In fact, it seems they’d be out of business themselves
if they permanently solved the social housing crisis.
The more the homeless, the more housing charity

money comes to such charities it seems. In the

meantime more poor and marginalized folks are

still stranded on the cold and indifferent streets of

London and at other major cities around England.

:::

Slamming the homeless will not solve anything

and least of all giving them the chance to live like

a British lord or titled lady at some Chelsea and

Kensington mews cottage costing an arm and leg

to hide them from their homeless situation on

the mean city streets of choking London.
:::

Honestly, Uncle Monty.

+Eve of Alfred The Great, 2oo8.
:::
Coming shortly: “Bad Mouth British Bishop
Called Gordon Mursell.” By Uncle Monty.

:::