When In Rome...

...it's best to question the Romans.

This email came to me yesterday. I thought it was apt and will reproduce it in full here.

It asks a fundamental question of (any) government: Does crime cost, or does it pay?

The answer, (here in the Republic of South Africa) is that it pays the government. An awful lot.

Look:

"Question:  "What is the influence of crime on the S.A. Govt?"
 
Answer:  Crime generates millions and millions of Rand's for the SA Government

Here are the facts....

Example 1:

Take just one million home owners in Gauteng who pay for "armed crime reaction" (not crime prevention) where private security companies react AFTER the crime has taken place - no wonder they never make any arrests!

This service costs on average R250 p.m. Therefore 1,000,000 x R240.00 x 12 months x 14% VAT, generates R403 million in tax revenue for the SA Govt!


Example 2:

A car thief steals a R500,000 car and receives between R10,000 and R30,000 for his deed. The car owner is paid out by insurance and then purchases another similar vehicle, on which
he pays 14% VAT of approx R70,000 as a direct result of crime. Who profited the most? The thief or the SA Govt?

We must begin with a mechanism whereby the SA Govt is forced to reconsider this unconstitutional and immoral practice of profiting from crime!
All South Africans should demand that all payments related to protection of life and property should be VAT free and Tax deductible!
This principle should also apply to replacement of stolen property as well as estate duty. If a person dies as a result of crime we should also demand that estate duty not be paid. How much do you think the SA Govt. has made out of estate duty from the murders of 1300 South African farmers?

The S.A. Govt likes to compare us to overseas. Well overseas your safety and security is covered by your income tax and is tax deductible!

It is time that South Africans stood together and made the Govt. and public aware of the Govt's "income" from crime. In the meantime crime is the goose that lays the golden egg.

Is it also not unreasonable to expect victims of violence and hijackings to pay their own medical costs? The Govt. should pay for these expenses as well as family counselling for victims!

Come on South Africa, ask the right questions and demand the right answers!"


CR.

Talk Amongst Yerselves

I'm off.

Why do all my flights leave at dark o'clock? I wouldn't mind, but it's me that does the booking.

A wee jolly to Johannesburg to attend a trade show for a week, then two weeks in Lagos. Back mid-June.

Will attempt to blog through the haze of gin and beer.

Be excellent to each other.

CR.

She Isn't The Monarch...

...she's a very naughty girl.



If any of you were ever a little bewildered as to why a (reasonably) sane man such as I would enter Lawful Rebellion, watch the film above and be bewildered no more.

She breached that contract within months of signing her name to it. In fact, she breached that contract 24 times in 1953 alone. (There were 26 pieces of Legislation in 1953: 24 were new Acts, and 2 Acts were repealed). Since then, of course, she has breached the contract thousands of times. (3401, to be precise). But, once was enough.

And now that we have a ruling, thanks to JAH, I am supremely comfortable about my appearance in court in the weeks ahead. I was confident before this ruling, now I am semi-delirious. Victory is mine.

Share this video with your pals. This is news they can use.

CR.

Paranoid?

Good.

Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.

Have a song, courtesy of Blaize Burdon.



Knew you'd like it.

CR.

True Dat

I was over at GV's place earlier and I thought I would have a quick listen to Ashley Mote.

I'm glad I did. I think that Ashley is one of that rare breed that "gets it". This is a man that has served at Westminster and in Brussels so I guess if anyone truly understands the damage various political fuckwits have done to our nation, he does.

I urge you to watch the first video at least. If that doesn't make your blood boil then I suppose nothing will. The following three videos (watch them at GV's gaff) are just as interesting and they will affect your blood pressure.

Watch them all if you care for this little island of ours. Watch them all if you have been dozing under the duvet for the last 20 years. When you have watched them all, pop into the bathroom.

In there you will find the hero you have been waiting for.

He or she will be looking back at you from the mirror.

We keep putting it off. We keep saying "Any day now those bastards are going to drive me around the bend, and then I will act". Or "One day soon I will be able to fight back".

Guess what?

That day is here.

Do something. Say something. Tell someone.

I have a magic little word. It starts all sorts of trouble. Not for you, but for them. I've mentioned it before so you should recognise it.

That word is "NO!"

Politicians hate it. Bullies hate it. Control-freaks hate it. Pecksniffs especially hate it.

Start with "No" and build it up from there. Until they hear it everywhere and all the time they are going to continue raping our country. They won't stop until we all have microchips embedded. They won't stop until cameras adorn the inside of every home. They won't stop until even thinking that the EU is a bad idea is a crime.

Tell them no. Tell them it stops now. Tell your friends. Tell strangers. Tell everyone.

But, FFS, stop telling yourself that a hero heads this way.

The hero was here all along.

It's you.

CR.