The blog with no name

Well from once a day now I post once a month.
I think it's the fate of many blogs, you start with so much enthusiasm and end up writing twice a year. It's not that there is nothing to say, on the contrary and I cannot say that I've had more to do than usual but I simply do other things to pass my time. At the same time I've had this blog for nearly a year and I feel bad about neglecting it completely. Not that anyone would notice, not that the internet would miss my words it's just that I feel bad with myself for not being able to continue what I've started.

I break my silence with a quote for today

So you've got to do this together and you've got to do it in a way that doesn't end up actually putting people off the green agenda by saying you must not have a good time anymore and can't consume.
Tony Blair

Blair does not want to stop taking his foreign holidays, I think this makes me ask a few questions

1. When the same man at times appears so concerned about the nation's health and families why does he allow us to do what we want in this case? After all it might be a case of having a good time now and pay for it later. OK he doesn't smoke and doesn't eat lots of junk food so his government can tell us that they are bad for us while he does not want to stop his jet-setting therefore he can't tell us what is good for us in this case. It makes sense.

2. Do we always have to go on holidays to exotic places and consume a lot (provided it's not cigarettes and junk food of course) to have a good time? My best holiday ever was when I went camping in Somerset with hardly any money in my pockets, but maybe I'm weird.

3. Blair might decide that he does not want to preach (that would be good) but that still should not stop him from giving a good example. I would not be offended if he decided to spend his holidays at the Isle of Wight.

In these cynical times I find it difficult to be optimistic but as they say hope is the last to die so let's be optimistic.
The thing that always get me every year is that you watch all these fireworks displays from all over the world and you see people celebrating in the same way and hoping for the same things. Yet, we still manage to make it harder than it should be.
What else can I say?