Further, to those who ascribe to Nietzche's worship of strength; yet Nietzche never found an incitement for anything, since he made power into a goal rather than an instrument, thus not going to the foundation of mankind's wishes. For at the simplest level of things, happiness alone is the incitement for the mind's actions, and while there are minds that are overjoyed by power, yet happiness is not bound to it; for certainly there are countless of examples of happy people who have not been greatly powerful or thought of themselves as greatly powerful, indeed such pleasure belongs (I would claim) only to the narcissist and the fascist -- that is, solely to those who conceive power as the source of happiness, and it does so because they conceive it as the source of happiness, since then they acquire their happiness by acquiring their power. In seeing that power is not any true source of happiness, we may conclude that those who acquire happiness through power acquire it through being deluded, i.e., they misconceive power to be happiness, and convince themselves of its excellence, in the same way as an art critic may convince himself of the excellence of one red triangle above another due to the artist's name.

Indeed, by the living concepts of good, by which mankind is repulsed at the abuse of power, we may learn that the innate goodness of man is also the source of his joy, or, the very zeal for which his power is ultimately instrumental.

Obviously that was all phony nonsense. Even at the time it was apparent that all that was really going on was that the left wanted McCain rather than Bush to get the (R) nomination because they thought he'd be easier to beat in the general election, since Bush had raised so much money and had the well-known last name and all.

This is all ancient history of course. I bring it up partially to highlight the stark contrast between then and now, a time when we have seen the inevitable demonization of McCain by the same left which formerly claimed to respect him. (I know such people will tend to claim that McCain "changed", but I don't buy it. McCain didn't change, what changed was the political logic - there was no longer any reason to pretend to like John McCain.) But I wonder if part of McCain's problem in this horribly-run campaign has been that he always believed them when they did so.

McCain may have genuinely gotten the impression over the years that his 'maverick' act actually impressed certain folks on the center-left. The reality of course being that the left merely found it a useful way to drive a wedge into the (R) position, to divide & conquer. This would make a lot of sense, and could explain some things about the passive and presumptuous nature of his campaign.

It's ironic. McCain's ego has actually gotten him pretty far. But one problem with having a big ego, as McCain does, can be that you find it all too easy to believe people who pretend to like and respect you.

Are you too insecure and shy?

Are you depressed because you don’t have friends or any boyfriend or girlfriend?

This situation must change!

Are you an invalid? If you have your health and you are perfect, you have no obstacle to feel completely self-confident everywhere, and even if you have a physical problem, you can learn how to surpass the sadness that this condition provokes you.

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You can be easily transformed into a wise man or woman and attract many admirers, independently of your appearance. What really counts is your character.

Your social success depends on your intelligence and sensitivity. So, care about developing your intelligence and becoming always more sensitive.

How can you do that?

Well, there are a thousand ways through which you can reach this goal.

The best one is through dream interpretation according to the scientific method, because this way you will overcome even the most serious personality disorders, if your problem is not so simple.

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They say they love each other. But does it last? Are they really able to intertwine two individuals' likes, dislikes, hobbies, tempers, egos, whims and fancies and mould it into a single path.. a single road?

I know here I am going to go against all that I said in my earlier posts..but I felt I had to view love life from the opposite point too...

Isn't a singles life much simpler and uncomplicated than that of a married life?

- No responsibilities.

- Nobody to please.

- Nobody to take permission from before going anyplace or doing anything.

- FREEDOM!!

- Your own space.

- Nobody to look after or care for.

- No ego clashes.

- No criticisms.

...The list goes on...

But, everyone yearns to get married. Why?

Firstly, it must be because she wants company. She wants a companion to share her every moment with.

Next, I guess it is mostly due to peer pressure. It is a very common pattern that when one gets married, and another, and another, you feel you are the only single woman left and you too want to get into the status of Mrs. because you feel, else you are going to be left alone..that else, nobody is going to want you. That is when you find everything dissatisfying and ugly around you. Because you crave for something and it just is not happening!

There are also people who wants to try out love. Like an experiment. As it is something new and different and they hear everyone raving about it, they too want to get a taste of it!

Some are forced into it and have no other way out. Either to please their parents or "keep up face" in society!

Yes. I agree these are truly rubbish reasons. But it is true.

Is not a live-in relationship so much easier to handle than a marriage? I mean is it not as much comforting and as companionable and in fact, filled with so much more love than a married relationship?

It is an enforced situation for a married person... especially when they get married after falling in love. Coz' him being the guy she herself chose, it would be a hit to her ego and it is not at all easy for her to accept that she may have been wrong and a little too hasty or even careless! So, they end up acting as though everything is perfectly alright until a time is reached where it becomes totally unbearable!

Marriage according to Wikipedia, "..is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are acknowledged by the state or by religious authority and ." So is it necessary? Do you really want it? Is it truly worth all that you loose when you transfer yourself from the single to the coupled state?

My friend has summed this up pretty well in his post which Id read too and in fact commented on taking an opposition view.. http://hopelesslyflawed.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/reasons-for-not-getting-married/
In truth, well, some live just for that moment when they are married to the man of their dreams (at least they thought he summed up that way. But dreams are not real.) And there might be moments when you feel he is THAT Perfect guy. But most other times he just may not be. If you love him, you just got to accept that and live with it. But some may argue whether that might not mean that we are sacrificing who we are for someone else. But, that is love.. I'm sorry I guess I slightly deviated from my topic..

Personally speaking, there are times I think my guy is the Perfect one. But there are also other times when I think why and how I ever married him!!!

As I said before, That's life.

..

On a lighter note, have you heard that saying by Ambrose Bierce? .. "Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage." !!! :)

The scientific reality explains the religious mystery of all the centuries, and the accurate translation of the meaning of our dreams reveals to us the existence of a wise and saintly unconscious mind in our own psyche, which tries to help us fight against the wild part of our conscience, sending us important dream messages.

The e-book “Dead People in Dreams” was created after my summer offer of free dream translation and psychotherapy, using the example of dreams from contributors, besides many of my own dreams, since they revealed to me the reason why many of my friends and relatives had to die while they were still young.

This is knowledge that can be acquired only through the scientific method of dream interpretation. However, we have already verified in many cases that all the information we receive in dreams is objective and real. Therefore we can trust the unconscious mind that produces our dreams.

Relating the knowledge given in dreams with various scientific discoveries in many different fields, which happened at the end of the last century, I could verify that the materialistic conception of this époque had many unexplained aspects.

I understood then that only by abandoning the materialistic mentality and accepting to give value to several metaphysic observations I would discover the unknown truth about the human nature and the meaning of life and death.

This decision was quite dangerous for many reasons, especially because I would have to face the atheistic mentality of the scientific world and of the hypocritical society of our time, which pretends to be religious while there is real faith neither in its spirit nor in its selfish behavior.

There is no real faith even inside the Church or inside the most supposed sensitive human hearts.

Man believes in the existence of God doubting it at the same time, while following the behavior pattern of Satan.

The astonishing scientific discoveries of the last century in the fields of biology and astronomy proved to the world that the human being is simply a descendent of primates and that the existence of many stages of transformation justifies the human evolution.

The unknown of space was approached and the moon stopped being romantic, after the first steps of man on this natural satellite of Earth.

Everything suddenly could be explained and understood. We had no need of the existence of any superior being. Everything could be scientifically justified through research that revealed to us the cause for the appearance of each observed phenomenon on our planet.

The human being felt that he himself was God!

However, the horrors of human life in a world governed by terrorism, violence and immorality provoked much damage to the spirit of humanity.

The well-explained phenomena at a certain point needed more explanations that could not be given, and many false conclusions stepped on the contradictory truth that could not agree with them.

Today, the answers found for all the questions that silently remained without answer, clearly reveal to the world that nothing could begin on Earth because our planet is too young, and nothing could be transformed here if it had not been prepared to evolve.

Therefore, we need indispensably to admit the existence of a superior brain that organized the functionalism of nature and prepared the programs of development of each organism, determining a priori their level of evolution and their limitations.

Only because the human being is an idiot, since the biggest part of his brain is still in a primitive stage, can he not accept the idea of being inferior to God, and only because he is so evil that he could be named Satan, he hates the idea of being religious, calm, pacific, and obey to the wise directions of the most developed existent human conscience, which reached sanctity and perfection, and is the only one that can save him from craziness and despair with its wisdom.   

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frisch, neu und gerade eingetroffen:

Ich werde mein möglichstes tun mich selbst zu beschreiben, obwohl das meiner Meinung nach ein viel zu schwieriges Unterfangen ist. Das Licht der Welt durfte ich im November 1988 im wunderschönen Magdeburg erblicken. Also eigentlich bin ich im Umland Magdeburgs aufgewachsen, das wurde aber verdrängt ;). Nach der Schule, war 12 Jahre lang stolzer Waldorfschüler, folgte auf dem Fuße die Ausbildung zum Mediengestalter Bild und Ton. 

Zwangsläufig kann ich ein gewisses und stark ausgeprägtes Interesse am filmen und Filmen nicht leugnen. Viel zu oft und viel zu kritisch konsumiere ich Filme aller Art. 

Jobbedingt komme ich viel in Deutschland rum und habe täglich wunderbare Arbeitszeiten, die durchaus auch die 60 Stunden Woche überschreiten. Was aber meinem Lebensstil durchaus zugute kommt. Bedeutet: bin extremer Kurzschläfer.

Außerdem bin ich, in aller Kürze, Raucher, gerne Biertrinker, beileibe kein Ordnungsfanatiker, Internetbegeister, Filmfanatiker und Kamerasüchtig. 

Woher kommt "moschu"?

Mein mich langjährig begleitendes Plüschentchen erhielt vor langer Zeit von mir den Namen moschu, frei nach der Gattung der Moschusenten. Da mich eben jene Ente immer begleitet erhielt auch ich irgendwann diesen Namen. Und was für gut befunden wird, so dachte ich mir, muss übernommen werden :)

Blogging can be quite a lonely task. It is me, sitting at my computer, typing away my thoughts and exposing the latest comic gem to emerge from Caution Wet Paint while I save up for a HD Camera. And i know people read it, as when I meet up, they tell me, 'Oh yeah, I saw this and that on your blog the other day'. It is nice to get such feedback, as I do not feel that I am blogging into the vaccum of the net.

However, I still do not get that many comments. It is probably a British thing (after all, the bulk of readers are probably from London). We are scared to expose our views, a little bit shy and reserved. Well, do not be. Leave a comment in the box, tell me what you think. After all, an ego needs massaging...

Oh, and on a final message, thanks for clicking on CWP's Youtube page as we are in the top 100 most viewed this week!

Speculation is rife as to what Pudgy Face has been doing with himself over the last month but Mr Monkey can now reveal all.

Apparently he's come to terms with the fact that he'll never make a politician after failing to make it as a lawyer, but now reckons he can carve out a career in the music industry.

CLICK HERE to see his first pop video.

Eat up the two, and success will follow.

Flyingcows Blog

Roupa? Sim, precisamos de roupa. Ninguém vive sem roupa. Mas para que compramos uma a cada semana ou a cada mês? Não seria melhor usar as roupas até o ponto da necessidade de comprar outras?

Gula? Sinceramente, para quer estoporar de comer até passar mal? Façam boas alimentções (escolher bem) sempre que necesário. Esse negócio de ficar contando hora para comer está virando uma paranóia desnecessária. Ocupem a mente, e o organismo vai te pedir comida.

Bebida? Para que encher a cara? Vamos ser realistas, a publicidade segue a regra as ordens das industrias né? Os comerciais são tão absurdamente falsos como o ritual de se beber. Um bate papo e etc não precisa de grandes quantidades de teor alcoólico.

Avareza e ambição? Para que mais dinheiro além do necessário? Dinheiro é o facilitador do mundo, precisa circular para que a situação social das pessoas sejam mais justas tornando o mundo um lugar equilibrado.

Como então nos livrar destas questões-testes para a nossa raça? Fácil: exclua tudo que é e foi feito de forma inútil (aquilo que não traz mensagem alguma), leia o quanto puder, estude, trabalhe, troque idéias construtivas com as pessoas e olhe o mundo ao seu redor, veja as desigualdades e entenda que você não é melhor que ninguém.

Só o que vai são as ações de bem que realizamos. De resto, mais cedo ou mais tarde, o destino é apenas um: pó.

Assim, o progresso da humanidade vai sair da marcha de um passo por ano.

Que assim seja!

Boreli

Daí que se tudo isso tivesse acontecido, eu poderia seguir o exemplo daquele que ainda seria o meu Chefe, que ganhou um tigre de aniversário esse ano. Então, eu poderia ter um urso panda de estimação!

Momento Felícia: para ler escutando Back in the USSR e rezando para que o delírio passe logo.

and living together is

different than what you've been doing.

his needs are

compromises that take little effort

on my part

to provide.

my wants are determined

at any given moment

and on the surface

change

moment to

moment

but the roots

are always

dark.

Tangled,

caustic.

We're both alphas

and being so

accustomed to getting what

we want,

no question.

He's had it all

almost

but only because all he got

wasn't from me.

I've held him in my arms

and hugged him from behind

and wrapped my legs around tight

tight

tight

but loosely so

so

so.

Our stubbornness

our individual strengths

are what attracts us to each other,

brings us back,

holds us bound

and scares us

to death.

Jag har inte gjort slut ännu. Nej, tvärt om - jag ska träffa Cs mamma imorgonbitti och C har kommit ännu närmare de där tre magiska orden.
Men jag har ändå - av någon okänd anledning - träffat D på stan idag. Vi satt på en bänk och pratade om att jag borde göra slut, om varför den andre hade kommit dit och om huruvida det var värt besväret. Jag fick honom att lova att inte försöka med något innan jag sa att jag skulle träffa honom, men ja... han smekte mitt lår i alla fall. Ja, han slutade när jag bad honom, men han ville "bara testa", sa han, för att se min reaktion. Inte bra.

Jag behöver den typen av uppmärksamhet så väldigt mycket just nu, så jag är ändå ganska imponerad av mig själv att jag inte lät det gå längre. Just nu ångrar jag det, delvis i alla fall, och hatar mig själv för det.

Jag kan inte bestämma mig om jag vill ha kvar den här lögnen till förhållande - ett väldigt mysigt pojk-och-flickvänslikande förhållande, men det är ändå en lögn - eller om jag vill avsluta det och göra både mig och C en tjänst i det långa loppet.

Diary of a Bad Year

J.M. Coetzee

[2007]

This is a series of 'strong opinions' on subjects of the Coetzee's choice, ranging from contemporary politics to Bach. The collection of opinions is blended (on the same page, each page divided into three sections) with a fictional storyline of the thoughts of the narrator/author (who resembles Coetzee yet is not precisely Coetzee) and his drool-worthy typist, developing a relationship between them.

Will post verbatim my thoughts to B, who recommended, on the text:

I liked Coetzee’s discursive nature (the logical sense, not the rambling sense, though insofar as he rambled I liked that as well) in that they provided something new – a sidelong perspective that reconfigured whatever knowledge I may have held on the subject, made me think my store of impressions on that subject that much more interesting. It was not trying too blatantly to convince, was not overlong. Perhaps I might call it accessibly philosophical. Liked how comfortably he could stay on an abstract thread of thought.

B made this excellent point to improve upon my assessment:

The only point on which I would quibble (more "expand" than "disagree") is the "accessible" part of accessibly philosophical. Here, I would try to distance the patronizing subtext that "accessible" can sometimes import. The way his philosophical perspective here can draw a reader in and along is consummately literate and that is one of the parts that I really like about his writing through these sections. His prose has a lean clarity, usually without becoming cold or dull. His word choice frequently betrays the comfortable, literate reach through historical English that extends his discourse in enlightening ways. I think one gets a sense of this as well in his book (alluded to in _Diary_) on censorship.

I am so sorry that I haven't written in here for so long, but getting orientated to high school is hard work. But hard work pays off because I am having such a great time. There are so many cute guys to choose from. For example:

Nick H (blond, blue-eyed tanned)

The Mills Brothers (both are so hot!) and many many more

Today we had our Inter Clan Gala and I actually made eye-contact with H!!!! Everyone says that he's vain and changes girlfriends as fast as he changes his underwear. But you know, diary, I don't want to go steady yet. I mean, I'm only 13.

I have my whole life ahead of me.

What's the point if you don't flirt with every single guy in high school?

Having a boyfriend? It makes no sense to me.

Anyway, I better go. I am soooooo tired.

See ya, love ya, leave ya

Hope (13 years old)

xxxxxx

P.S God Gave Girls Guys.

***

Is it possible that I had a better attitude at 13 than at 27?

But really I wish I could go back to that optimistic little 13 year old and say, "You know what? You don't have a your whole life ahead of you. Buuuut, I'm so happy you're happy because in 8 months, you're going to move to Greece and at that American high school?  NO-ONE WILL TALK TO YOU. And you'll be miserable.

And then? Then you're going to want a boyfriend.

]]> http://davidjameslees.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/comparing-yourself/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:01:30 +0000 davidjameslees http://davidjameslees.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/comparing-yourself/ Comparing yourself is an imbalance in the 'inspirational' box, See 'The Model' at the top of the page, (for further reference also read the 'Measuring stick' August blog)

It is a very common, confusing, complicated and potentially destructive Ego imbalanced thought process.

One of the most difficult to understand, explain and accept.

It also leads you into the 'perfect' perverse Ego circle, which proves difficult to escape from because of the subtleness of the imbalance. It is a very 'destroying' thought process, very difficult to change because it has its roots in a very positive core belief statement.

Everyone's thinking is, of course unique, but the general progression of thought goes something like this:

'It is good to stretch yourself, being inspired by others is a positive; it helps you improve, stretch, reach your true authentic potential and be the best that you can be, that must be good'!

That IS a good authentic balanced statement!

Unfortunately that positive authentic thought subtly 'swings' it out of balance, then the misunderstanding Ego thinking and self talk goes something like this;

'It's good to stretch to your maximum and maybe even beyond, but because I 'doubt myself' I am unsure of my own limits and capabilities, so it would be beneficial to chose someone with an attribute I admire and aspire too, then compare, copy, do better, eventually 'beat' them! So I become the 'Best'! '

'Then I will also be admired and loved by others, in the same way I admire and have aspirations towards the person I am copying and comparing myself against'.

This Ego thinking is wrong and gives you problems on several levels; you are judgemental on others from your limited perception, just looking at one attribute, not the whole person. You cannot appreciate the uniqueness of their lives, only focusing on the characteristic you are trying to emulate.

This is flawed, unbalanced thinking.

The subtleness of this imbalanced Ego thinking becomes complicated and confusing, because it can be beneficial for you to be inspired by the achievements of others, to observe how they obtained those achievements, but then consider how you can learn from, and adapt their techniques to help you in your unique endeavours and life journey.

A balanced authentic statement for instance, could be; 'If one person can do something, anyone can!'

To complicate and confuse the Ego thinking even more, if you achieve or even get close to your Ego target of comparing, you then go on to consider your sights were set to low and you immediately chose someone or something else to copy and compare.

Unfortunately this becomes a bad habit or game; 'moving the goal posts', every time you get close to achieving your goal, you move the 'finishing line' back.

'Experts' at this Ego imbalance 'game' can make it even more complicated by; choosing a confusing amount of people they are comparing and copying, the absolute extreme is to invent imaginary comparisons that they we never beat!

So the outcome is you are never satisfied or content, because you are to busy looking round for someone 'better' to compare yourself with, constantly looking over your shoulder for more information, comparison and positive affirmations (positive strokes).

Never feeling happy or content; never stopping to take stock of your own personal achievements, or use your own authentic rational thinking to make an authentic judgement about yourself or your personal performance on how to be the best that you can be.

The beginnings of this unbalanced Ego thinking is in the root box of 'being special' which then affects the misunderstanding box of '
Personal responsibility' then affects several of the imbalance boxes, so I will chose a couple as an example.

The main Imbalance boxes affected are:

• 'Inspirational'
• 'Being the best'

   
   

Ego Authentic Ego

Comparing                 Inspirational            Despondent

'Being the best in the world'     'Being the best you can be'     'Everyone else is better'

The centre, authentic way is rational, balanced thinking, then it can swing either way into Ego thinking. Please refer to 'The Model' at the top of the page to understand how this all fits together in a holistic/eco life system of action, reaction and interaction.

Ask yourself:

Do you compare yourself?

What measurement do you use for the comparison?

Does this action ever make you feel satisfied and happy?

Do you think comparing has ever benefited you?

How much time do you spend in comparing thought, instead of inspirational thought?

Does comparing improve your sense of worth?

That is a liberating thought. I always feel like I am less capable than I could be or would like to be.  There is always more to learn, do, find, grow. A while ago my friend Pheona was explaining to me that toddlers get frustrated because they see others doing things and want to be able to do them but haven't developed the proper mastery over their motor skills or body and mind. I still feel that way all the time.

It makes me think of the "Mirror Stage" theory of Jaques Lacan. Is this frustration that I'm not as good of a writer or actor as I would like to be, or as successful, or as organized, or whatever, just a manufactured rivalry with my own ego?  Unlike an infant who challenges their reflection in a mirror has my mirror moved inside? Is that the work of the ego? Is that what happens? Am I standing in front of an imaginary internal mirror with all of my achievements but the reflection has more and is better than me, and is mocking me like some high school bully?   Is the ego an idea of an "ideal" me that is ever changing as I grow and is always better than me?  What is up with me allowing myself to be bullied by an imaginary person?  

I guess this is why we can drive ourselves insane comparing our inadequacies with those around us.  We use others like a mirror and then they unwittingly become our "rival" if we somehow believe they have something we want.  

I think my head is going to explode. I wish I could be this guy right now...

It's this really funny video of a guy who passed out drunk after a Raven's game and he can't get back up. It's one of my all time youtube favorites.

Speaking of Baltimore I have a new post up on Uncensored Interview about a great band from the area by the name of Beach House.

Orang yang dapat bekerja sama dengan orang lain adalah orang yang:

1. Mampu  berkompromi dengan egonya untuk mendengar pendapat orang lain
2. Mampu berkompromi dengan egonya untuk menerima pendapat orang lain jika itu memang sudah seharusnya diterima dan dijalankan
3. Mampu menekan egonya untuk mengakui bahwa "Saya membutuhkan orang lain untuk melaksanakan pekerjaan ini"
4. Mampu memberikan kepercayaan kepada orang lain bahwa orang lain dapat melaksanakan pekerjaan dengan baik
5. Mampu menekan egonya untuk tidak menyalahkan environment/orang lain jika bekerja salah, tetapi memberikan SOLUSI/SARAN/PEMIKIRAN untuk MENYELESAIKAN
6. Memiliki fleksibilitas terhadap perubahan rencana/jadwal/plan/tujuan
7. MEMIKIRKAN nasib semua orang dari semua ASPEK, jangan hanya dari ASPEK dirinya SENDIRI

ich sitzte also da, schauen, wenn mich die lust auf eine zigarette überkommt, aus dem fenster und sehe beispielsweise regen. dann denk ich mir so, na, wird bestimmt gleich aufhöhren. und siehe da, es höhrt auf.

dann pack ich meine jacke, ziehe sie an, nehme mir noch nen kaffee für den weg und schlürfe nach unten. und man glaubt es kaum, aber es schneit. und so geht das ständig und seit mehreren tagen. morgen gehe ich mir nen schirm kaufen. kann doch nicht war sein hier.

ich freu mich fürchterlich über die neuen aufträge und bin hellauf begeistert :)!

Mr Monkey can't help wondering how many redundant and retired miners recall watching some of their colleagues doing everything possible to avoid a day on the face? There was no one better than Ed Malcolm at avoiding getting his hands dirty, he would volunteer for anything as long as it kept him out of the pit.

He now wants everyone to believe he was a miner, the last of a dying breed and that qualifies him to represent a once thriving mining area. Yet he's left out the bit about how he spent more time in a suit than a boilersuit, in brogues than in pit boots and in the bar than the shower room.

There's no mention of how he spent years having an affair with a married woman and shagging anything else that would have him. He fails to mention how the Malcolm clan did everything it could to grab positions of power. Lying, scheming, cheating, manipulating stabbing people in the back and helping themselvesto what ever they wanted was a way for most of the Malcolms.

Ed might make a good MP if he takes after his dad, Billy who had a knack of being in two places at once. At least he did when councillors got paid by the number of meetings they attended.

Ed's uncle thought every-ones money was his money and spent it as if it was. Hard earned club funds went missing, club bills went unpaid but his uncle never did without. He doesn't mention that his uncle's habitat of helping himself to other peoples money led to a prison term. He doesn't tell us how he is reputed to have been close to his uncle and took a leaf out of his book by helping himself to cash from the miners welfare fund and how it was all covered up to protect the Malcolm name.

There's no mention that he was kicked out of the Labour party for two years and that many people reckon it was his own brotherthat shopped him in a fit of jealousy. Mr Monkey wonders what brother Iain will do if Ed makes it to Westminster before him?

Mr Monkey reckons that if the good folk of Houghton and Washington East are daft enough to be taken in by Ed Malcolm then they'd better make sure that they lock their doors and windows to protect their valuables epsecially their wives, daughters, girlfriends, mams, aunties and given his taste in older women, their grannies.

You might not tell the people what they're letting themselves in for Ed, but Mr Monkey will.