Posted by Ben @ August 6th, 2010 7:05 pm. Filed under: My Other Car Is Another Car,That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU!,This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: masson123 —
Nearly 200,000 motorists have been fined a total of £8m in the past year after being caught on CCTV cameras, according to a new report.The report, from campaign group Big Brother Watch, says that more than 50 CCTV Smart cars are patrolling 31 council areas and raised the equivalent of £322,789 last year for each town hall that uses them.
The cars are used to film motorists who use bus lanes or who are judged to be driving without due care and attention.
The 25 councils that released data said they raised a total of £8,069,715 from 188,000 motorists between April 2009 and March 2010.
Dylan Sharpe, Campaign Director of Big Brother Watch, said, “The CCTVa very dangerous escalation in Britain’s surveillance society.
£8 million is an eye-watering amount to take in fines in just 25 councils.
It is surely only a matter of time before more councils start using these cars. The Coalition Government must act now and prevent that from happening.”
Why the contribution is important
200,000 motorists have been fined by caught on CCTV
This guy sees the total amount of fines and instead of thinking, “Wow, the British public are really bad drivers,” he thinks “These CCTV cars are an outrage, I’ve decided!”
Posted by Ben @ April 24th, 2010 9:00 am. Filed under: Hanging's Too Good For 'Em!,It Says So In The Daily Mail,Not actual justice -- just what I wanted. Which is basically the same thing.,Rejected Petitions,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?,spelin an grammer — Tags: james agius, jedd henry karl wallace —
And still the ePetition team rejects petitions! This is most irregular. Still, we have semi-literate scrotum wranglers submitting petitions about things that the papers have told them to feel very angry about. What is it? Oh yes, more James Bulger stuff.
by james agius (rejected)James bulger was killedd when he was 2 years old by 2 pieces of scum john venables and robert thompson His killers aged 10 at the time have since been released. Jame’s family has been let down by the justice system so much.Now one of Jame’s killers has broken one release rule by doing another crime!should he have been out in the first place?what they did was planned and they knew exactly that the little boy should die.Do you want this scum on a street near your child or grand son? put them back away now please help with this petition. Petition: With this petition I hope to gain as many signature,s to take away the rights of having so much privacy and protection for child killers. For The sake of James’ parents please stop wasting tax payers money by protecting the evil. Make them lose their right to keep the public informed of any future crimes they may commit.
Justice: Serving time for the crime you committed. Which, insofar as the James Bulger killing is concerned, I think has been fulfilled.
Fun fact: The British newspapers made a point of calling James “Jamie Bulger” in all correspondence because it made the youngster seem more innocent, as if him being a two year-old wasn’t enough. His parents never called him Jamie.
Still,a t least the papers got his last name right, unlike this bugger:
Reveal the identitys of James bunglers killers and let The british people vote what happens to them.by jedd henry karl wallace (rejected)I and many others are disgusted at The killers of James Bungler and believe justice should be handed to the people as we are a democracy and in a democracy the people have a right to decide
Firstly, if you’re going to be pissed off about something at least have the common decency to do the basic research first, otherwise you just come across as a bit of a tit. Secondly, everything else that’s wrong with this petition.
Presumably “jedd henry karl wallace” is one person with four names and not, say, the four members of a new, badly-informed and horribly illiterate boy band.
Posted by Ben @ March 26th, 2010 11:02 pm. Filed under: Clearly You've Thought This Through,Look at me! I'm doing Politics!,Not Government Business,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week,What A Dick,What A Load Of Bankers — Tags: jeff kelland —
by jeff kellandSupport BA Cabin Crew Staff
It’s one thing to ask the British government to step in and help out during an industrial strike (which they can’t do anyway), but turning it into a political statement about last year’s bank bailout? Wow, Jeff. You’s a dick.
Posted by Ben @ March 24th, 2010 6:00 pm. Filed under: "Making Britain Great Again",Exclamation marks!!!!,Gibberish,I AM TALKING!,Reject Rednesday,Rejected Petitions,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week,We Don't Take Kindly To Your Type Rahnd These Pahts,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do?,You Can't Spell "Spam" Without The PM,spelin an grammer — Tags: Christine Maloney, Dr. Arif Anwar, Keith Jones, miss nicole abernethy, mr.a1.sino.as.s"2".ir.soegihartonotonegoro, Teresa Wright (and her best buddy Jesus) —
Have you ever played The Sims? The people in the game have their own language called Simlish. It’s more or less nonsense words and phrases, a loose string of vaguely French- and Spanish-sounding words hewn together with no real structure, rhyme, or reason.
It also makes much, much more sense than this petition which was, if the name is any indication, submitted by a glitch Pokémon.
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Sounds like an encrypted transmission sent to the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo. What else have you got for us, Reject Rednesday? (more…)
Posted by Andrew @ February 15th, 2010 10:31 pm. Filed under: Everything MPs Have Is Part Of The Expenses Scandal — Tags: M Else —
Isaac Newton is hailed as a genius principally for thinking to connect things like planets and falling which nobody else has thought to connect before. The petitioners believe they have this gift also. They do not. Not content with abolishing MPs expenses altogether…
by M Elseand if they have more than £66,600.00 in money, savings or assets then they must foot all of their own security bill and stop making the hard working British people pay. (any property owned by the past PM should be sold off publicly to the highest bidder to help pay the bill)
…they want the PM to pay for his own security. Because, you know, keeping the Prime Minister alive doesn’t help the country at all.
Posted by Ben @ January 26th, 2010 8:33 pm. Filed under: Abolish This!,Everything MPs Have Is Part Of The Expenses Scandal,Nothing Should Ever Change!,So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?,Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand.,This was Yesterday's News Ages Ago,spelin an grammer — Tags: Mr Robert Philp —
This is quite possibly the greatest misunderstanding of how MPs are paid I’ve ever seen in my life:
by Mr Robert PhilpMP’s to have a wage just like everyone else. No second home and all expenses to be audited by independent auditors and a committee made up of members of the public
Posted by Ben @ January 12th, 2010 7:39 am. Filed under: ...Or Else!,Clearly You've Thought This Through,I'm Keeping The Whole Class Back,These Kids Today With Their Modern Haircuts And Hippetty-Hop Music,This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week,spelin an grammer — Tags: Councillor Richard Dodd, Malcolm Saggers, miss kelly johnson, Mr Michael Roots, William Carver —
Blimey, it’s cold! How cold is it? It’s so cold my family has been gathering around the freezer for warmth? Ba-dum-bum! I got a million of ‘em! Y’know what else I’ve got a million of? Petitions relating to the cold weather in some capacity. Won’t you read them with me? Because I’ll be damned if I’m going to read them on my own!
by Mr Michael RootsWe, the undersigned, wish the Government to implement as policy for teachers to report to their nearest school when the weather is snowy if they are unable to reach their usual place of work. Thus enabling more schools to remain open and consequently having less detrimental effect on the education of children by having fewer school closures
Ever stop to think that maybe the reason the schools are closed is not because the teachers can’t get to work, but because it’d be unsafe for the pupils to venture out into the weather to get there? No? Thought not.
by miss kelly johnsona lot of people are being penolised this winter for coming under weather stations that have not had a trigger of cold weather when in fact people that live miles away and come under it have seen temperatures fall below freezing surely this needs to be looked after or even give us all another one off payment like last jan to ensure we can put our heating on its not just elderley that suffer in winter it is sick and young children too and they dont recieve any extra winter fuel payments
And what exactly constitutes as “actual city temperatures”? Because I don’t think “my Nan’s thermometer says it’s below freezing” really counts.
by Malcolm SaggersDue to the lack of salt stocks in most areas central government seems to feel that they should now dictate who gets further stocks and has asked local councils to start rationing to maintain their stocks, do you think it right that central government should be telling local councils how to deal with icy roads/pavements in their local area? Surely central governments job is to ensure all local councils have what they need to deal with the current conditions without jumping in to ration salt stocks to areas who are obviously in need of essential gritting materials and equipment. Rationing does not solve the problems most councils are experiencing but could make it worse.
It sounds like you’re instead in favour of the Government keeping the supplies, and then when the cold weather snaps into place they simply transport the salt stocks to… uh… oh, I’ve spotted a potential hole in your plan.
by William CarverBritain is seizing up with the cold and many pavements and roads are iced up. We cannot expect local authorities to clear all this for us especially when grit is short. On the continent of Europe citizens clear pavements and roads of snow outside their houses and this makes walking and driving safer. It also prevents snow and ice build-up. We need reminding of this responsibility by government so we can get the country moving again and make it safer for pedestrians and road users.
“Hi, British public! It’s me! Gordon! I’ve got an idea for you all – why don’t you stand out in the middle of the road shoveling snow? Yes, I said the middle of the road. No, I don’t see any… oh, right. Yeah. Spotted it now. Thanks.”
by Councillor Richard DoddIn view of the recent adverse weather affecting the whole of the United Kingdom, permanent 4 wheel drive vehicles, such as Land Rovers, have proved invaluable to the community, in getting the elderly to hospital, taking rubbish collections to local refuse sites, rescuing ambulances on emergency calls and other motorists who have become stranded. It seems very unfair that these vehicles pay the highest in road fund licence when they are used to such a beneficial effect for the whole country. They have saved lives. In view of this, rather than being penalised, the owners of these vehicles should be rewarded for keeping the country going rather than being castigated as ‘Chelsea Tractors’, which vehicles such as Land Rovers are not, but essential tools, especially if you reside in rural areas.
This is, of course, ignoring the fact that the sort of tyres you need to be able to properly use a 4×4 in the UK are… banned from sale in the UK! So maybe you should write a petition about that first.
Posted by Ben @ January 6th, 2010 9:04 pm. Filed under: I'm serious!,Oh Yeah? Let's See You Write A Better Petition!,Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency,Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand.,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: Robin Carvell —
by Robin CarvellThis petition is an effort to block the nationwide implementation of full body scanners that represent a total violation of privacy, a health risk, and tyranny. Forcing people to pose for naked photos is a crime. If the government does this it will be a criminal government. If the body scanners are allowed to be implemented travelers will be forced to do worse things under the threat of being treated as a terrorist if they refuse the violation of their dignity and freedom. Professors of Molecular and Cell Biology maintain that there is no safe dose of ionizing radiation. In addition to these issues, full body scanners would not even have stopped the Christmas Day bomber from boarding Flight 253, according to a British MP who helped design the machines. “I must advise the Prime Minister – and the British public – that the scanners are not a “silver bullet,” said Ben Wallace, who worked on the scanners at defense research organization QinetiQ. “You would be mistaken to think that they would counter the new threat.”
There are a number of good reasons to be against the Body Scanners being installed at airports – and one or two of them even make it into this petition – but it amuses me that Robin seems to believe that airport passengers will have to “pose for naked photos”, as though this were a nude photo shoot of some sort.
Posted by Ben @ December 18th, 2009 7:38 am. Filed under: Invading The Animal Kingdom,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: Lewis Warrington of Chelmsford College, Mr Richard Barber, Roxanne Coghill —
Some dogs are dangerous! Therefore all dogs are dangerous! What does the government intend to do about it? Well, these guys have a few ideas…
by Roxanne CoghillIn the current climate of media a lot of hype is put on dangerous dogs and the dangerous dogs act but not enough light is shed on the owners and lack of training for these animals. Many dogs are loving and friendly but lack of training can lead the friendliest of dogs to behave badly and even end up themselves, other dogs or humans.
Compulsory training for all new dog owners would leave the owner with the confidence to control and look after their pet and the the dog with the ability to socially interact with other humans and dogs, decreasing attacks on adults and children within UK homes.
Yes. Three months seems reasonable. And while we’re at it…
by Mr Richard BarberIn light of recent dog attacks, it is time to re-introduce a license for the ownership of a dog.
This would require an owner to attend compulsory ownership classes and submit their property to inspection as a suitable premises for the dog.
The dog license would be for a single animal and would require additional licensing should the pet lover wish to own further dogs.
And obviously the dog would need checking up after 50,000 miles or two years, whichever comes first.
But hold on, maybe we’re looking at this the wrong way.
by Lewis Warrington of Chelmsford Collegebelieve that to many dogs are being given a bad reputation because of the attacks occurring, when in fact it is the owners of the dogs who should take the punishment.
Yes! Every dog owner everywhere, forever! They should all be lashed! Beaten! Fined, and so forth! What were we talking about again?
Posted by Ben @ November 24th, 2009 12:06 am. Filed under: This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: Keith Jones —
by keith jones of taxpaying pensioner without political affiliationThese companies are holding us to ransom. The people of this country would rather walk and freeze to death than enrich the people who are holding us to ransom. Let the people vote and tell these people to go to hell.
Actually Keith, I’d rather not freeze to death if that’s all the same to you.
Posted by Ben @ November 13th, 2009 1:57 am. Filed under: ...Or Else!,I Am A Brain!,I'm serious!,Join the Fight Against Nebulous Bad-Sounding Things!,So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: Antony Curran —
by Antony CurranI would like the government to produce an advert similar to the one currently shown on TV aimed at benefit cheats but aim it at the millionaire and billionaire corporate sector informing them of the consequences of using offshore tax havens to avoid and evade tax and tell them they are being watched and will be caught. The advert should also portray the message that their actions are morally reprehensible and unwelcome in decent society.
Rich people don’t watch TV. They’re far too busy drinking wine and seeing operas and going windsurfing for that kind of thing.
Posted by Ben @ October 28th, 2009 3:54 am. Filed under: Batshit Mental Rants,Hang on -- This Should've Been Rejected,It Says So In The Daily Mail,Nanny Knows Best,Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency,Sorry, What Was I Talking About?,Thinking Things Through Is Just Not British,This Is What We're Outraged At This Week,This was Yesterday's News Ages Ago,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?,spelin an grammer — Tags: Jacki Goodall —
I’m sharing this one for a number of reasons, which will hopefully become painfully apparent once you’ve read it.
by Jacki GoodallI am petitioning on behalf of that poor woman who had her children removed right down to her newborn. What a lot of heartless scum social services are. They need to look after children that are really suffering the way little baby P did. what is the issue with the social services their brains in their arses? What’s wrong? The poor fat lady too happy for them? Will they now remove every kid who happens to be fat, whether the family is happy loved and cared for? All overweight parents in the UK are now going to panic and go on drastic crash diets. in case the same fate happens to them. There are cases of parents who really harm and neglect their kids that are swept under the carpet. like baby Peter and then we will get “Oh dear we’re sorry it wont happen again” Bullshit it will, They allow abused kids to go back 4 more abuse then slam a poor family who happens to be fat what next? Give the lady her babies back. What social services have done is dam cruel. I would like people to sign this petition for parliament, and hopefully force the people who call themselves God to give the poor lady a break and give her children back. I am totally disgusted! Great Britain? There is no Great Britain or a United Kingdom.
Let’s just analyse it for a minute…
Frankly, I am surprised this petition got approved. I’ve seen far less insane rants get rejected, and this one even includes abusive language which is usually an automatic rejection. What’s going on, Number 10?