Lost in space

Our Prime Minister Gordon Brown seems to have lost all contact with reality. The latest pronouncement by Labour is that they are going for a "Growth Economy" and to "get Britain moving forward." We are still in recession and have a massive public debt yet this government is still spending money like they will never have to pay it back. Does he not realise that the British Public know that his lack of attention while at the helm allowed the British bank system to collapse? It was his decision to split the Bank of England's monitoring responsibility.

He is like a bankrupt with a credit card in a betting shop. "Just a couple more bets on this card and it will all be better."

A traditional Christmas

A white Christmas here in Edinburgh, even some roads closed in the countryside. We had the "kids" round on Christmas and Boxing days. All in all a good Christmas.

Back in the UK - chaos

In Feb 2009 local authorities were having trouble getting sufficient supplies of road salt to treat the roads in the UK. Yet still we see reports in December 2009 that the Local Authorities have not learned their lesson, with lorries queueing for over a mile to get salt supplies. When the Automobile Association warns in advance that salt supplies are too low people like Councillor David Sparks of the Local Government Association say, "It is ridiculous scaremongering for the AA to suggest that councils are not prepared for prolonged winter weather." These local Government Officials penny pinch on holding salt stocks and pretend that they can get extra supplies at short notice. Meanwhile the rest of the UK population suffer chaos when snow falls. Now it's snowing here in Scotland.

I note that Peter Mandelson, the unelected Business Secretary chooses to release news about a £533,000,000 cut in University Funding just before the Christmas Break, no coincidence in timing there.

Back to reality soon

Just two days in the USA - I hope the East Coast snow storm hasn't screwed up the air transport system too much. I'll be back in Edinburgh in time for the endless wrapping parcels and visiting relatives. It's been a good break out here, plus so far I've not broken any of my bones.

I see that the Copenhagen conference on Climate was pretty much a waste of time with the "developing" countries digging their heels in and wanting to keep increasing the amount of emitted Carbon. I foresee that the only way forward is for the "western" countries to impose a carbon tax on imported/locally produced goods that is proportional to the amount of energy used to create and transport the goods. The tax raised should be used to develop low energy technologies. Meanwhile something has to be done about population growth in the third world. It is the prime driver in the global warming problem. I touched on the matter in the first Adam Cranford book - Teen Valour.

Alaric

Muscles I didn't know about

Ok so now I have rediscovered muscles that I'd long since forgotten. They are protesting about me sliding down steep snowy slopes supported by a pair of flexible sticks. Well today they will have more to contend with because I'm taking some snowmobile lessons today. It is about time I learn properly how to use one of these beasts. I wonder if I can convince my accountant that this is valid research for my third book? I'm sure that Adam Cranford would want to escape from somewhere using a captured snow mobile.

Ironic really I come all the way over to Vail to get snow, but when I check the weather back home I find that it has been snowing back in the UK - where's all this global warming.

A good day today.

Wow just got back from Riva Catwalk. A blue run :-)

Lunchtime in the mountains.

Just come down for lunch from the ski slopes. A massive steak with fries, but I'll burn that off this afternoon.