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McDowell you used to be Cool.

So from tomorrow if you have an illegally held firearm you can hand it into your local Garda station and not get arrested. This is as part of the governments effort to reduce crime. But in fairness it is a waste of time.

In Ottawa Canada they ran quiet a successful one where 506 firearms were handed in. So it sounds like a good idea but one of the key quotes from the police chief of Ottawa Vince Bevan. Was that “Our intent was to increase community safety, by reducing the potential of unwanted firearms getting into the hands of those who may use them to carry out criminal acts,” See that is the difference with a gun amnesty in Canada and one in Ireland. In Canada guns are quiet common in Ireland they are all ready in the hands of those who may use them to carry out criminal acts. A gun amnesty is going to do little to curb the rise of gun crime.

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Update:McDowell you are still cool

TV Hell

A poll compiled by Informa Telecoms and Media looking at the viewing habits of 20 countries has found that CSI:Miami is the most popular show in the world. We can confidently expect the seas to start boiling and for it to rain blood anytime soon. The top 10 is as follows: 1. CSI Miame 2. Lost 3. Desperate Housewives 4. Te Voy a Ensenar a Querer (I will teach you to love) 5. The Simpsons 6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 7. Without a Trace 8. Innocente de Ti (Innocent of you) 9. Anita, No Te Rajes! (Anita Don't Give Up) 10. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Morning News

I love the 10 commandments thing.

I am going to start a book.

I have had this book sitting in the corner of the room for the last year and have yet to touch. I bought it thinking it might be a good read but when I got it and its 1090 pages. I decided it will stay in the corner. But I have decided to pull it out and start it. It is by Roger Penrose and is called the Road to Reality A complete guide to the Universe. And has such delightful sections as 26.3 infinite-dimensional algebras and 17.2 Spacetime for Galilean relativity. Wish me luck.

The Life

Nice pic by one of my most read blogs Branedy . That is what I like about Ireland. Sitting outside of a pub watching the world go by. If only Kinsale was not full of Cork people. :)

Don't Go

Paige is threatening to quit as

"I hope that you will excuse my discontinuing as a blogger. I genuinely donÂ’t feel worthy of the description owing to my lack of original talent and the selfish (childish) reason that I started blogging."

Which is funny as the post she wrote to say it. Is very good and original. She explains why she started blogging which is a lot more interesting then my story of a misaligned Chinesee laser cavity. Which I know sounds like a cool story but isn't trust me. It was misaligned so I couldn't do anything so I had time to doss. Hence the name Dossing Times. Anyway Paige keep up the work.

More Emails from Republicans

Got this in the email.

Dear NRCC supporter,

Republican Congressional candidates are facing a desperate situation nationwide. Our candidates in targeted districts are in very serious danger of losing on Election Day. And if we lose those swing districts, the Democrats will undoubtedly win the majority on November 7th.

As Executive Director of the National Republican Congressional Committee, I have not personally seen a more grave and dire situation for Republicans. That is why I need your immediate attention.

There are very few “safe” seats in Congress this election year. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has mobilized itself and is providing unprecedented support to candidates. The Democrats want to win the majority and they will do everything to achieve their goal.

A few weeks ago, our political director, Mike McElwain, informed you that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had made a $50 million dollar media buy. We knew the Democrats were spending huge amounts of money to promote their ultra-liberal candidates and destroy the reputations of Republicans with false information and lies, but this is worse than I expected. The media buy combined with the support from liberal 527’s makes for a destructive Democratic force.

That is why I need your immediate help.

We must match the Democrats’ media buy and get Republicans on TV. We must increase our grassroots support. And we must be proactive in helping our targeted candidates communicate with the American public, particularly because the liberal media is drowning out the conservative message.

We cannot wait another day to act.

There are ten short weeks until Election Day and the Democrats have surpassed us in countless ways. As Republicans, we know how to mobilize volunteers and voters and how to help candidates with whatever they might need. We now must act on our knowledge, but we can only be effective with your help.

Please go to this secure link and make your most generous contribution of $35, $50 or even $200, by September 1st. We have to start September strong and put your generous contribution to work right now for Republican candidates.

There is no time to wait. We must show the Democrats that our party is stronger and more united than ever in the battle for Congress. Please make your most generous contributions at this link by the end of the week. I appreciate your help and quick action.

It is gas really "beware the ultra-liberals" like they are the bogey man. I am really begining to think that the war on terror is not a war on terror but a war on Democrats. Which is a pity as the war on terror is in principle not a bad thing. If there are any Americans reading this. Vote for a third party canidate.

They just don't make them like this anymore.

Classic Animaniacs. The Anvilania one. Enjoy.

. Those were the good old days.

Politics in Ireland

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Nasrallah honesty

From Naharnet.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that if he had known the capture of two Israeli soldiers would lead to such a war, he wouldn't have ordered it.

*cough* Bullshit *cough*

Hat tip (Macdara)

Thin Women

Here is an excellent article in the Observer about the new trend of uber thinness on women and why

The shape we're in Why women are to blame for our obsession with being thin.

It really is a bit perplexing for us men because as the article says

It's nothing to do with men (heaven knows, few men actually fancy the perilously thin females glorified by women; most would swap five Posh Spices for a Jennifer Lopez any day), and everything to do with competition between females.

Humbling of the supertroops shatters Israeli army morale

Find a link here for an article in The Sunday Times taking an in-depth look at the tactics used in the conflict between Hizbollah and Israel and the unease created by Israel's logistical and intel failures.

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Oh Dear Scare-tactics media again

From the Sunday Times

IRISH people are more likely to be victims of crime than any other country in the EU — according to a new European commission study.

Now that is an indictment of the government. We really have the worst crime rate in the EU. Oh wait

the report, which is based on citizens’ experience and perceptions rather than government or police figures,

So basically we don’t have the worst crime we just think we do. So who’s fault is that then? Perhaps the media for always saying crime is high.

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Educational Disadvantage.

Looking through the local papers for the local paper section I was struck by the amount of references to the cost of going back to school. Education is to me the most important thing for a country to work on and should be the most important priority for any party. So when I see parties more interested in giving corporate welfare to Boeing then insuring that every kid gets a decent education I am not a happy bunny.

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Migrant Workers

The Irish Independent reports on the Government’s plans to introduce work permits for the 2 new accession states Romania and Bulgaria.

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Cartoons

For any of you who don't read Irishelection.com check out the cartoons . Thanks to the bitsniff guys.

Eating Out.

Richard talks today about eating out. Eating out is one thing I do not like to do. I just hate the entire restaurant setting. With the ambience painted on the wall. The mock sense of intimacy with your conversation being over heard by all on sundry. Which makes you feel that you are a guest in the place where the conversation will only veer in the direction of quality of the broccoli and "ooh I like that light fixture" .

As for the etiquet thing it is all shite people trying to create utopian ideal of civility a neo-Austen world of tea and manners. A total charade for people to pretend that they are civil when they are not. Civility comes from within not by using the correct fork or knowing the correct wine glass to use with red.

But the worse aspect for me has to be being served. I feel incredibly uncomfortable being served by someone, as if I am better then them deserving service. I am just like them yet somehow I have been elevated to a level above them (for a right winger I am awfully communist). This just makes me incredible put off and I can never enjoy the meal.

Also I enjoy cooking and like seeing my friends enjoy my various concoctions. And to be honest I get an ego trip when I hear comments like “man that’s fucking lovely” or “that is a sexual cheesecake”. It really is the best part of the whole experience why would I pay someone else to do that part?

I rarely ever eat out and when I do it is usually not on my insistence. However there is one eating out experience that I always observe. Curry Cheese chips after a feed of Guinness. Which I enjoy in the fresh air with a plastic fork with friends where i can talk about any topic I want in the ambience of the night.

Official: Many rhymes now obsolete

Astronomers have decided that Pluto is not in fact a planet, reducing the number of planets in the solar system to 8 and rendering several "sequence of planet" rhymes obsolete. Oh yes, and thousands of science and school books are now out of date.

The scientist have agreed that for an object to be classified a planet it must satisfy the following conditions:

• It must be in orbit around the Sun
• it must be large enough that it takes on a nearly round shape
• it has cleared its orbit of other objects

Although Pluto satisfies the first two conditions it fails the third as its eliptical orbit overlaps with that of Neptune and hence it hasn't cleared its orbit of other objects. Thus it is now classed as a "dwarf planet"

This is just another example of the small guy getting stepped on! It's blatantly discriminatory. Why hasn't Neptune been declassified under these new rules? After all if Plutos orbit overlaps Neptune then, if we get technical, surely both have failed to clear their orbits of other objects?

Damn elitist scientists!

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Will an election ever be green?

Reading the green parties announcement today saying Gormley predicts election will be fought on Green issues my first thought was well he would say that wouldn’t he.

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Jon Stewart. is simply the man

Pure Genius.

Calling all Search engine experts

I am trying to improve IrishElection.com 's Google presences which is pretty poor. If anyone could give me a few tips on how to advance it I would be appreciative cheers. You can email me on thedossingtimes at gmail.com. Thanks again

The EU's plan for Iran and Iraq, Conquer it

Just saw this on a pro EU Constitution website. Thought it was funny.