I read an article that exposes
some disturbing statistics.

The fact that 40%.. of the
world's fishing catch is either
wasted or illegal.. unregulated
and unmonitored and that each
year.. we take 38 million tonnes
of marine life from the sea and
either throw it back dead..
or sell it without regard to the
Impact on the fish stock.

It clearly shows the extent of
the crisis in the fishing industry.

Almost one million tonnes of fish
are discarded each year in EU
waters..
most of it in the North Sea....
at a time of economic crisis..
when many families are
struggling to buy food..
don't you think it's morally
unjustifiable to dump healthy
fish into the sea.............

yes ,but so is the butter mountain and the rest of the eu agriculture industry forced to waste and dump food due to poorly thought out policy and regulation....sigh..dont think it will ever change untill its too late

Hi ....M.L.F....

As for the european agricultural
policy...
change might not be too far off
in the distant horizon.

A series of reforms have been
carried out in recent years...

the most significant being the
Single Payment Scheme intended
to break the link between farm
aid and production.

farmers have more of their
subsidies for food production
diverted towards rural
development.

Milk quotas farmers get...
are being scrapped in 2015.

Instead of paying farmers to
produce more...
the EU now makes payments
conditional on farmers meeting
environmental and animal
welfare standards and keeping
their land in good condition.

So eventually you may see
Milk lakes...Beef and butter
mountains disappear.

But I have always believed that
The Common Agricultural Policy
is a scandalous waste of money...

and the subsidies harm farmers
in developing countries.

As for the fishing Industry...
overfishing will I think results in
profound changes in our oceans...

perhaps changing them forever.
Not to mention our dinner plates.

It might already be too late for the
fish stocks to recover....

and unless some major
world policies are Implemented and
enforced properly then fish will go
the way of so many of our past
Endangered species...being extinct.

One day a very wealthy father
took his son on a trip to the
country....

for the sole purpose of showing
his son how it was to be poor.

They spent a few days and
nights on the farm of what
would be considered a very
poor family.

After they returned from
the trip...
the father asked his son
how he liked staying at
the farm.

"It was great....

Dad!"...

the son exclaimed.

Surprised at his son's
response...

the father asked...

"Didn't you see how poor
people can be?".

"Oh.. yeah"...

said the son.

"So what did you learn
from our trip?"...

asked the father.

The son said....

"I saw that we have
one dog and they had
four.

We have a pool that reaches
to the middle of our garden
and they have a creek that
has no end.

We have imported lanterns
in our garden and they have
the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front
yard and they have the whole
horizon.

We have a small piece of land
to live on and they have fields
that go beyond our sight.

We buy our food at the store...
but they grow theirs fresh.

We have walls around our
property to protect us...

they have friends to protect them".

The boy's father was speechless.

The son added...

"It showed me how poor we are".

Too many times we forget
what we have ...
and concentrate on
what we don't have.

Quasimodo .
.........

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was
looking for an assistant bell ringer.

He got an assistant and he wanted
to make sure the person was
competent.

Quasimodo said.....

"watch me and I'll show you the
proper way to ring the bell".

So Quasi lines up and runs full
steam at the bell and throws
himself face first at the bell.

His head hits the bell and a
loud thuuunnnngg is heard.

So the assistant tries it...
he lines up...he runs...
he throws himself at the bell
and only a small dink is heard.

The assistant quickly says...

"let me try it again...

this time I can do it better
and really make that bell
ring".

So he tries it again and once
more as his head hits....

only a small dink sound
is heard.

Quasimodo now grunts...

"one more try and if you
can't make it ring you're
fired".

This time the new guy takes
a long run...
gets going really fast and just
as he throws himself at the bell...

he slips and falls out the window
and crashes on the ground below.

A crowd gathers around the body...
and a policeman below looks up
and sees Quasimodo at the window
far above.

He shouts out....

"Quasimodo do you know who this
person is?".

Quasimodo grunts back...

"No...


his face doesn't ring a bell".
......................

Quasimodo was upset by this...

mostly because he was without
an assistant.

So he went looking for a new
assistant and acquired this person
who just happened to be the
first assistant's brother.

Quasimodo was showing the new
person around and demonstrating
how to run..
jump at the bell...
hit it with your face....
and make a resounding
"duuunnnngggg".

So the assistant tried...
he ran at the bell...
he jumped at the bell...

and he missed the bell completely
and instead went flying out
the window...
crashing to the ground below
just like his brother.

A crowd gathered around the
body...
and a policeman...

the same one who found the
other body...

looked up and saw Quasimodo
at the window above.

He yelled up and asked
Quasimodo...

"Hey Quasimodo...
do you know who this
person is?".

Quasimodo looked down
and grunted...

"No..

but he's a dead-ringer
for his brother".

A post mortem has revealed
Ian Tomlinson...
died from internal bleeding
after being assaulted by police
during the demonstrations at
the G20 summit last month.

He was not a protester.

A police officer has been
interviewed under caution on
suspicion of manslaughter.

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS have
also emerged of police brutality
directed towards journalists
reporting on the G20 protests
in London this month.

Some 185 people have made
complaints against the police
following clashes between
officers and protesters at the
summit.

At least 90 are claims of
excessive force by alleged
victims or witnesses to brutality.

I think This was indiscriminate
attacks on people doing nothing
wrong....
so much for the good old british
police.

If you really want to save the
police some time....

beat yourself up!

Can we save her?....

Could this be the
Beastie we know?....

If men got pregnant....



Morning sickness would rank
as the nations number one
health problem.

Maternity leave would last
for two years with full pay.

Children would be kept in
the hospital until toilet
trained.

Natural childbirth would
become obsolete.

All methods of birth control
would become 100%
effective.

Men would be eager to talk
about commitment.

There would be a cure for
stretch marks.

They would serve beer
instead of coffee at
antenatal classes.

Men wouldn’t think twins
were so cute.

Sons would have to come
home from dates by 9 pm.

Latest news from A Glasgow hospital...

where the couple with swine flu were
told that they were being put on a
special diet of pizza and pancakes.

"Will that help us get better?"....
they asked.

"No"... said staff...

"but it's the only food we can
slide under the door".