'W', Laura Bush, Zola, Fabrigas, Deco

I dont get the loving Laura Bush thing. We watched 'W' this week and though she came out of that as a non republican, educated and pleasant enough, but how could you support that idiot for so long. It seems she liked the dynasty, cash and pomp too much to speak up or get out. I know its only a film, and an Oliver Stone interpretation at that, but i had heard that W was treated sympathetically and came off OK in the eyes of some commentators. Jesus what low standards for the Chief then...we were cringing...and could it all have been driven by a need to prove himself to George 1 and Jed or Jeb? We thought Jed was the fat little brother who ran Florida and fixed the votes, but it seems he is a capable politician?

We were sad about Zola because we hoped so much for him, especially when he brought in his mate from Chelsea.He had a lot of injuries, trouble with ownership and cash throughout the season, and still kept them up. I think he deserved another go..but I hear Slavan Bilic is in the pipeline, possibly in tandem with running Croatia and he is a great manager, so if I were a West Ham fan i might feel optimistic. I always liked the WH Fans when I lived in London. You could talk and have a laugh with them whichever team you supported...not like Spurs Arsenal, Chelsea.

Have you heard Cesc Fabrigas is going to Barcelona. And did you catch the face on Decos wife as John terry borrowed the Trophy for a quick photo with staff, then handed it back to Deco, whod had a right old earful, the false smile came accross both their faces as the camera snapped- the family and the trophy photo- then her face soured again immediately. ive never liked Deco as he said he hated the english, but I had a little sympathy for him then.

Laura Bush, John Terrys Dad, Larry King, Roe v Wade

Just went on The Sun website, and saw more news on John Terry's dad. What a bunch of losers. He's living in a huge house provided by his son, will never have to work another day in his life, (and he's only 56), and he's dealing drugs!!!!! Bastard. Jesus, if you want some excitement in your life go volunteer somewhere asshole.

So Laura Bush has been doing the rounds on the talk shows because she has just written her autobiography. She was on Oprah a couple of weeks ago, and then Barbara and Jenna (twin daughters), came on, it was really nice. I LOVE Laura Bush, and always have. Apparently she was one of the most popular First Ladies ever. Anyway, on Tuesday night she was on Larry King. Larry King is such a fucking loser. I loved Larry, and watched his show every night, but I haven't seen it in months. First off, he used to be the shit, always got the first interviews with the big time celebs etc, but in the past year Oprah has beaten him to EVERYONE. Then a few weeks ago it came out that CNN are trying to offload him after 25 years, because his show is so shite, and he is their highest paid star. THEN, a few weeks ago, it also came out that his marriage is on the rocks. Mind you he is almost 80 and his wife is 50. I don't think she's all that personally, but when you look at Larry, he got himself a stunner. So, she is accusing him of screwing around with her sister, apparently he bought her a $160, 000 car, and other luxuries. He is accusing her of screwing around with the kids baseball coach, who is this REALLY hot looking hispanic 20-30 something year old. It all got pretty ugly, they have 2 or 3 kids, between like 8 and 15 I think, and he moved out of the house. However, he's been married EIGHT times, and with 2/3 kids she would've taken him to the cleaners, so now they are trying to make the marriage work. People are taking bets on how long it will last. ANYWAY, Laura Bush is on there saying that she supports gay marriage, and abortion rights, and now the Conservatives are throwing a fit. Well, none of this is a secret asstards, she said that Roe v. Wade should not be overturned on THE DAY of Bush's inauguration!!!!!!! I will likely buy the book, but not until it comes out in paperbook.

Yeah, I don't get to watch the FA Cup Final live anymore since I'm at the market, plus to me all of the stats and all of the BS that they do prior to the game is the best part, and even though we get the game live, we don't get all that. Didn't see the Fulham game last night, I'm guessing that it was the BBC or ITV, we only get games that are on SKY, which is why we get all of the EPL games. The other funny thing is that over here rival TV companies share the games once the game is over. What I mean is ESPN shows a couple of EPL games live every Saturday morning, and Fox Soccer gets another 2, but then later in the day, and all week Fox will show the games that ESPN showed live, and sometimes you can catch them on Comcast Sports Net too. I am hoping that Portsmouth win on Saturday, I love Avram Grant. By the way David's Gold and Sullivan are a couple of arseholes. Zola was a crap manager, but he was a good guy and they didn't have to treat him the way they did.

The Camerons, English Manners, FA Cup, Wembley

I agree totally about missed kiss. I would like a bit more opening of doors and manners here, but in the fight for equality and the thought that you can have a job, kids, down a pint and do the DIY without going mental, we English women have lost a lot. Although I think just seems worse in this house with a husband and 3 sons- because Nick works long hours and was running his own business, I took on responsibility for everything, and was often told off by a friend for mowing the lawn on the 1 hand, and for not making N do the ironing and half the cooking etc on the other. Now that I work too, and at least 2 of the sons think they are adults, I have trouble getting them to do the 'mans' work in the house. The thought that a male in this house might open a door for me is a dream ( but that may be my fault...or is it N's?)

We discussed the Camerons relationship and I remembered when I was heavily pregnant with A and out on a walk with visiting relatives; We got to a stile and N jumped over and carried on. His cousin shook his head put his hand out and helped me over, tutting and then shouting at N for his lack of manners. How we laughed! But you can be too capable, cope too well, run yourself into the ground in an attempt to be all things to all people.

Nowadays I write a list of jobs to be completed before lunch is served, but it causes bad feeling, a row, and total disappointment for me that no-one wants to help me, and think its OK for them to do what they want while I do 4x30 minutes of jobs before then starting lunch.

I do hope this coalition thang works

John Terrys foot is OK and there are no metatarsal problems yet. Poor old Fulham. Did you ever like Forlan at Man utd? I remember good will towards him and when he eventually scored his first goal, even though he was then sold on.

FA cup weekend; come on Portsmouth. I am doing roast beef, salads and cheesecake. I love to make coleslaw while listening to all the pundit shite and the interviews from the hotels and up Wembley Way.

Washington Post, American Manners and Oxo

I don't know if that is strictly true about the Washington Post. There was a huge color write up on Saturday, because I read it. However, I only read it because the vendor next to me had the paper and gave it to me. I can't say how the coverage was on Friday, or Sunday through yesterday. Part of the responsibility lies with me regarding not knowing about the kids to be perfectly honest. I do not really read the papers that much anymore, and only watch the BBC News if there is a big story coming out of England. Additionally, Cameron's son died last year, and last year for me it was all Obama all the time. However, news coverage does suck over here, and I am not defending the media in any way.

I am laughing hysterically at the way you interpreted David Cameron and his wife yesterday, and the way I interpreted it. I thought that it was supercute. I thought that he tried to kiss her, but she didn't realize and didn't turn her head towards him, so he snuggled into her hair. I don't think that it was intentional that he touched her boob, it just happened, I think that he meant to put his arm around her. As far as opening the door and helping her out of the car, I noticed that when they left the palace, and noticed it again when they got to number 10. That is not a big deal here, (though it was to me when I first came), I have yet to meet a man that doesn't open the door for the woman, it's really nice.

I really enjoyed the back and forth emails yesterday, we should definitely be able to do the same during the World Cup, as long as I have my Blackberry with me, and don't have to write too much, then it's perfect. I have an unlimited plan, but it's just a pain in the ass typing on the Blackberry.

Pork chops, apple sauce, mashed potatoes, and homemade gravy for tea, thanks to C sending me some Oxo's.

The Special Relationship, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sam Cam, Obama, Washington Post

Been crying as gordon left and David entered. No idea why






Bloody 'ell, so was I, and I don't really care for Gordon. Found out a lot today about their personal lives that I didn't know, WTF??? Brown lost a daughter, and has a son with CF, Cameron has a disabled kid, and wife is up the duff!!!!!

I just heard Alex Salmond talking shit about Labour and saying how they didn't try to form a coalition with the Lib-Dems because they were happy to go into opposition, and bitching about the cuts that are coming to Scotland. Politics is a bitch man!

So much for the Special Relationship.I heard this morning that the UK election received the same coverage in the Washington post as a Chinese factory story. Obama had said "we have been watching with interest".... yet even you didnt know about the kids. If you get to watch Cam and Sam Cam arriving at No. 10 again it is lovely to watch how he helps her out of the car and snuggles up to her laughing, but there was no need to cup her bosom just before going through the door!!!!And Gordons tribute to his wife and family was lovely.

Alex Salmond is a parochial self interested small minded bigot. Just like his mate Sean connery, who lives in the Bahamas.

The Election, Hung Parliament, BNP, Chelsea, Nick Clegg, Nick Griffin

Hung parliament? How exciting, no? Does that mean that there will likely be another election within the next year? Gordon brought this upon himself in my opinion, there were opportunities for him to call an election when the political climate seemed more favourable, and he chickened out.



Still hung. Bored to tears with it now. Helicopters hovering over London offices. If we had proportional representation they'd all have to agree in the end. So why cant they do it now?



Well yeah they would all have to agree if there was PR, however, it doesn't stop additional elections having to be held, when the alliances break down, and then apathy sets in amongst the electorate. I personally don't like PR because it lets those that ordinarily have any power become a part of the government, and it scares the shit out of me that that could end up being the BNP in the not too distant future.

God, Chelsea made sure that they won the League with that result, but I'm not mad. I'm just hoping now that Benitez stays at Liverpool!!!!



Yeay, stay on Raffa we need you to take Liverpool even further down the league.

BNP? that fine example of the aryian race, Nick Griffin blamed the immigrants not voting for him for his resounding defeat. Hilarious.Apathy has long settled here. Even A is thinking of changing direction. He got £12.50 an hour to do the count on election night and we all thought that the public spending cuts could start right there.If I would have done it for £7 the rest of the country could. Its hardly skilled? We are really annoyed that all parties seem to be scrambling for power. The Tories seem the most dignified at the moment but Labour leadership just will not let it go. Gordon is hanging on to the door knob of number 10, even prepared to resign to stay there just a few more nights!! And Nick Clegg will get into bed with anyone,
despite at first appearing to be living in the real world and trying to listen to the people.

If he carries on he will lose out. We got Lib Dems into 2nd place here....never been seen before, and it felt like there had been a shift.... but its all very ungentlemanly now and just not British.

Talking of British, if theres a lib lab scots nationalist and Plaid Cymru coalition, the English alone will have to pay for the credit crunch, and then I will pack up.

Oil Spills,Terrorism, Murder and Football

Lots of news on the homefront, I guess the two major stories are the freaking oil spill, which is an absolute disaster. It's awful to even think about it, but the pictures coming out are horrendous. No hope for the fisherman, and people whose livelihoods are affected. I'm sure it will be an excuse for gas/petrol prices to go even higher, as they are inching up already, though we don't pay anywhere near the prices you all pay. The cost of seafood is going to be astronomical, which is a bitch because I love to cook shrimp on the barbecue at this time of year.

Then of course there is the car bomb that didn't go off in NYC. The American media are such a bunch of arseholes. On Saturday they were sure it was "an Arab", so on my local news radio station, they started scaremongering the listeners by insinuating that the Obama administration wasn't doing enough, and "what if it happens in DC, and the bomb does actually go off this time", but then on Sunday the media was reporting that it seemed like it was a white guy, so the media backed off a bit, and then by Monday when they were sure it was someone of mid-East descent they were back on the terrorist bandwagon.

Then locally there are 2 very high-profile murders that happened in the last couple of weeks. A couple of Friday's ago, a REALLY popular headmaster/principal was murdered in his home. He was white, but chose to give up his job in Montgomery County schools, (very expensive, predominantly Jewish County, good schools etc), next to the County I live in, and moved to be the Principal at a school in DC. He was gay, and apparently the night he was killed he had been on one of those gay chatlines, and had obviously arranged for the guy to meet him at his house. Well he was murdered, robbed, and his car was stolen, and found in SE DC (worst ghetto part of DC). Turns out that 4 black kids (all under 20 it seems), went to his house in order to rob him, one of the kids mother's used the guys stolen credit card the following day - dumb bitch, and I guess everything fell around them like a deck of cards, because on Monday they were all arrested.

Then on Monday, this rich white kid is arrested for murdering his girlfriend at the University of Virginia. Both of them were on UVA's respective Lacrosse teams, which are the top lacrosse teams in the country, the men's team is #1, and the women's is #5. This will not go to trial. He waived his right to an attorney and confessed to the cops. He said it wasn't intentional he shook her. However, he actually beat the shit out of her, because her friends found her lying in a pool of blood, head and face bashed in, and he had taken her computer, which apparently has evidence on it, possibly threats that he made to her.

It's been interesting, watching these 3 ghetto ass-black kids, and this rich white kid all charged with the same crime, murder.

Watching Man. City/Spurs. Of course I want Spurs to win. I am interested in what happens to Raffa. Do you think that he will still be there next season. I'm thinking that he will, unless they sell the team, if it is a Liverpool supporter that buys it, he will be gone. It irked the crap out of me to see Steve McLaren winning the league with FC Twente. Oh how I hate that bastard.

OK, going to finish watching the game, then get dinner started. Not looking forward to Sunday, I can't see Chelsea losing, though stranger things have happened.