Odtaa - One damn thing after another
I lost my belief in religion in Bethlehem. I was there three weeks after the Six Day War and Israel really challenges your views. You walk around a corner and you are suddenly in completely different way of life. I got to meet Jews, Christians, Druze, Bahai, Muslims and many different interpretations of these faiths [...]
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I hate the fact that David Cameron, our supposed leader, made an attack on multiculturalism, which was clearly biased against Islam. There are some terrorists who are Moslem, but I have lived my life under the threat of Irish Republican terrorists. When I was working as a telephonist in the old Post Office an IRA [...]
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In the next couple of years the existing, real ‘Big Society’ is going to be bulldozed. The grant cuts to local authorities are going hack to death many local excellent projects. For example there will probably be 250 Sure-Start schemes axed. These schemes help turn around mothers in the most deprived areas and help them [...]
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Topic: Who is your greatest hero This started me thinking of the women in my family and so I’d like to nominate four women as heroes: Ninny – my great grandmother had a horrible life living in a two up and two down house, which backed onto the railway shunting area so there was always the [...]
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This is my response to the query what was your best ideal job and what was the worst job you’ve ever done? Best job Sticking the tassels on the show girls at the Folies Bergere – it’s ony $5 per hour – but it’s all I could afford. Woody Allan Seriously I would like to [...]
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