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		<title>Am I trending on Twitter yet?</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2010/07/am-i-trending-on-twitter-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and hate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My previous post has caused a bit of a stir and been retweeted and retweeted. Good for the stats, of course, but I really don&#8217;t like how some people have completely misunderstood me. As usual with the topic of homosexuality these days, if you speak out against it, you are derided as being &#8220;full of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My previous post has caused a bit of a stir and been retweeted and retweeted. Good for the stats, of course, but I really don&#8217;t like how some people have completely misunderstood me. As usual with the topic of homosexuality these days, if you speak out against it, you are derided as being &#8220;full of hatred&#8221;.</p>
<p>Here is what some people have tweeted:</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/NickHyde1993/status/19331876315">@NickHyde1993</a></p>
<blockquote><p>RT @DaveMorgan25: <strong>Disgusting, inaccurate and pathetic article</strong> RT @StewartCowan: The long road to legalised paedophilia http://bit.ly/99LmG9</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/TheStoob/status/19360476614">@TheStoob</a></p>
<blockquote><p>@benandarnie <strong>I am speechless. Genuinely stunned at the level of hate</strong> @stewartcowan <strong>shows. Closet case I bet. Knob. </strong></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/JonnieMarbles/status/19361104941">@JonnieMarbles</a></p>
<blockquote><p><strong>I agree with</strong> @benandarnie &#8211; @stewartcowan <strong>is a horrible, nasty homophobe. And he gives a rubbish blow job too</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>There are other negative comments, but on the bright side: one positive one,</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/xene68/status/19330313055">@xene68</a></p>
<blockquote><p>@StewartCowan <strong>excellent post! This is such evil, and it can only get worse</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>Exactly! The post was about how the social engineers are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">using</span> homosexuality to try to legitimise paedophilia in our culture. Why don&#8217;t these people want to talk about <em>that</em> on Twitter?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t hate anyone for engaging in homosexual acts. Sure, I think it&#8217;s disgusting and I hope and pray that those involved will waken up to a bright new dawn of understanding, but hatred? Certainly not. In fact, the love that I have for them is what drives me to write the way that I do and to describe the reality of what is going on in our country today in no uncertain terms.</p>
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		<title>Cranmer needs YOU!</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2010/07/cranmer-needs-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archbishop Cranmer's blog]]></category>

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He hasn&#8217;t added to his blog for almost four weeks and many of us bloggers have been worried about His Grace. Five days ago, he broke his silence with a *Cough* on Twitter.
He needs our help. I donated money a couple of months ago to help ease his woes, as I&#8217;m sure did many others, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2535" title="cranmer-portrait" src="http://www.realstreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cranmer-portrait.png" alt="Portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer" width="220" height="294" /></a></p>
<p>He hasn&#8217;t added to <a href="http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/">his blog</a> for almost four weeks and many of us bloggers have been worried about His Grace. Five days ago, he broke his silence with a *Cough* on <a href="http://twitter.com/His_Grace/status/17801693910">Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>He needs our help. I donated money a couple of months ago to help ease his woes, as I&#8217;m sure did many others, which enabled him to reach half way towards the total he needs for justice to be done:</p>
<p><em>A certain wrong needs to be righted: a gross injustice and an offence against all that is right, noble and true needs to be challenged. Any donations would be gratefully received in order that His Grace&#8217;s ashes might not be irrevocably scattered to the four winds. Bless you.</em></p>
<p>I have just donated again. If everyone who has already given, gives again, then His Grace can reach the stage where <em>justice flows like a river</em>. If people who haven&#8217;t given yet, do so as well, then he might have a surplus with which to help celebrate his victory.</p>
<p><a href="http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/">You can donate any amount</a> via the PayPal button on his blog. And you can pray for him for free.</p>
<p>I know that whatever you can give &#8211; prayers and/or money &#8211; will make a difference.</p>
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		<title>Little succour for &#8220;scum-sucking&#8221; sucker</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2010/02/little-succour-for-scum-sucking-sucker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuckie Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Wright MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scum-sucking pig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sledge Hammer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t going to bother writing about Scum-sucking-pig-gate, or whatever they are calling it, but one of my Twitter followers, Chuckie Roberts, said I&#8217;ve been on the news where he is. They showed a screenshot of David Wright&#8217;s Twitter page and it slowly dawned on me that I was the last person to tweet to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#8217;t going to bother writing about <em>Scum-sucking-pig-gate</em>, or whatever they are calling it, but one of my Twitter followers, <a href="http://twitter.com/ChuckieRoberts">Chuckie Roberts</a>, said I&#8217;ve been on the news where he is. They showed a screenshot of <a href="http://twitter.com/DavidWrightMP">David Wright&#8217;s Twitter page</a> and it slowly dawned on me that I was the last person to tweet to him alive!</p>
<div id="attachment_2033" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 796px"><a href="http://www.realstreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/twitter-wright.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2033" title="twitter-wright" src="http://www.realstreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/twitter-wright.jpg" alt="" width="786" height="589" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">David Wright MP: has not Twittered for twenty-four hours. Presumed bound and gagged in Labour HQ.</p></div>
<p>He&#8217;s not dead, just mortified at the huge media interest in his tweet, which said, &#8220;#ivenevervotedtory because you can put lipstick on a scum-sucking pig and it&#8217;s still a scum-sucking pig. And cos they would ruin Britain&#8221;. The New Labour MP for Telford and I were having a chat about TV comedy shows because one of my favourites is Sledge Hammer, a madcap cop show from the mid-80s, has the &#8216;hero,&#8217; played by David Rasche, calling criminals such names as <em>scumsuckers</em>, <em>maggots</em>, <em>genetic mutants</em> and <em>yoghurt-eating creeps</em> and I wondered if this had been Mr Wright&#8217;s inspiration for his insult.</p>
<p>He said he didn&#8217;t remember the show, but went to the <a href="http://www.sledgehammeronline.com/">official website</a> and it rang a bell.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like to talk about private conversations, even on Twitter, even with New Labour people, but I&#8217;ll just say that for him to now suggest that the tweet which has caused the offence was tampered with is clearly ludicrous. If he had just apologised then I would have had some respect for him &#8211; what little respect you can have for a Labour MP, that is, after how they have misbehaved. To lie is to add insult to injury, or injury to insult, in this case. Maybe the inability not to lie is in MPs&#8217; DNA. A survival instinct gone awry.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">
<p>Cranmer has <a href="http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2010/02/david-wright-mp-conservatives-are-scum.html">picked up on the insult</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>But it is not the ‘scum-sucking pig’ comment which causes Cranmer great offence; it is the assertion that that the Conservatives ‘would ruin Britain’.</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, they would/will, but Cranmer continues,</p>
<blockquote><p>Setting aside the question of hyperbole, what does David Wright think Labour have done to the country after 13 years?</p>
<p>Taken us to war on a false premise.<br />
Replaced Cabinet government with a politburo.<br />
Diminished democracy.<br />
Marginalised Parliament.<br />
Taken in three million immigrants.<br />
Saddled us with recession.<br />
Soaring unemployment.<br />
The highest youth unemployment in history.<br />
Eroded our liberties.<br />
Abolished the right to trial by jury.<br />
Raped the Constitution.<br />
Politicised the civil service.<br />
Brought us to the brink of bankruptcy.<br />
Sold off our gold reserves at the bottom of the market.<br />
Raided our pensions.<br />
Subjected us to the Lisbon Treaty.<br />
Failing schools.<br />
Relegation from 7th to 24th in maths and literacy rankings.<br />
Pensioner poverty.<br />
Increased inequality.<br />
Caused fascists to be elected to Brussels.<br />
Increased tax burden.<br />
Given us 5000 new laws.<br />
Created an authoritarian state.<br />
Debased our politics.</p>
<p>And David Wright believes it is the Conservatives who would ruin Britain?</p></blockquote>
<p>He does believe it, but even worse, he believes that New Labour hasn&#8217;t. And millions agree/cannot think for themselves.</p>
<p>P.S. Sorry about the corny headline. It probably reminds you of, <em>You can&#8217;t get quicker than a Quick Fit fitter!</em></p>
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		<title>Welcome to the blog roll: Subrosa</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/12/welcome-to-the-blog-roll-subrosa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/12/welcome-to-the-blog-roll-subrosa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easy Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subrosa]]></category>

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I have added the Dundee Wifey to my very short (exclusive!) blog roll. Not only does she post interesting articles, she also tends to respond to comments.
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<p>I have added the Dundee Wifey to my very short (exclusive!) blog roll. Not only does she post interesting articles, she also tends to respond to comments.</p>
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		<title>Resolution #1: Saving time</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/12/resolution-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easy Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Things have to change in 2010. I said the same about 2009 and 2008&#8230; but I mean it this time. One of my biggest problems is that I waste far too much time on the internet, so I propose the following:
1) Stop following people on Twitter who are of no interest. For example, I follow [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Things have to change in 2010. I said the same about 2009 and 2008&#8230; but I mean it this time. One of my biggest problems is that I waste far too much time on the internet, so I propose the following:</p>
<p>1) Stop following people on Twitter who are of no interest. For example, I follow one chap (I think he started following me first, so to be kind, I followed him) who gives regular reports from Grimsby Town matches. No offence to him or the football club, but I really don&#8217;t have time for things like this. A few people tweet often, but they say things that are worth reading more often than not. But some people will tweet things like <em>just took some chicken out the freezer to defrost</em>. Like I need to know this.</p>
<p>2) Greatly reduce commenting on politicians&#8217; blogs, because they just don&#8217;t listen &#8211; at least the ones I comment on, which tend to be New Labourites. I just thought that some honest dialogue with politicians would reap some rewards, but it just seems to be an infuriating waste of time. There have to be more effective ways of improving life in the UK.</p>
<p>3) Don&#8217;t get involved in potentially lengthy discussions when there is work to do. Last time I was on Richard Dawkins&#8217; blog, I spent six hours defending my beliefs against maybe twenty others. I even attracted a bit of respect last time, which was wonderful. Much as I would rather blog than work, being self-employed means I have to be careful as far as time is concerned, and I know I have been reckless at times.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure there is more I can do, but I reckon that if I implement these three measures (especially nos 2 and 3), I should save at least an hour every single day (several hours some days) for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>I have also filed this post under &#8216;addiction&#8217;!</p>
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		<title>Be careful what you tweet</title>
		<link>http://www.realstreet.co.uk/2009/12/be-careful-what-you-tweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom "acceptable face of fascism" Harris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am fairly new to Twitter and I know some politicians have got themselves into trouble with their tweets, but I didn&#8217;t reckon on being misquoted myself. Misquoted isn&#8217;t the right word, as I was quoted correctly. Rather, I was taken completely out of context. Deliberately.
Tom Harris &#8211; the acceptable face of New Labour (well, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am fairly new to Twitter and I know some politicians have got themselves into trouble with their tweets, but I didn&#8217;t reckon on being misquoted myself. Misquoted isn&#8217;t the right word, as I was quoted correctly. Rather, I was taken completely out of context. Deliberately.</p>
<p>Tom Harris &#8211; the acceptable face of New Labour (well, almost) &#8211; <a href="http://twitter.com/TomHarrisMP/status/7004672083">twittered</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The boys are loving Norad&#8217;s Santa Tracker: www.noradsanta.org.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, Tom knows that I don&#8217;t believe the official fairytale of New York 9/11, but nevertheless proceeded to <a href="http://twitter.com/TomHarrisMP/status/7005914573">retweet my reply</a> to him:</p>
<blockquote><p>RT @StewartCowan: @TomHarrisMP Ha ha! NORAD can track Santa, but not the 9/11 planes. Classic. &gt;&gt; Most tragic Tweet of the year?</p></blockquote>
<p>Consequently, his 2,600-odd followers, or those who read his tweet, will think I am a callous moron. My point, of course, was that NORAD were able to track a fictional character flying across the globe on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, but were unable to scramble jets to intercept the highjacked planes on 11th September 2001.</p>
<p>But then Vice President Dick Cheney ensured that they wouldn&#8217;t be. Here is part of the testimony of the former Secretary of Transportation, <a href="http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2007/03/minetas-testimony-confirmed.html">Norman Mineta</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>I was made aware of it during the time that the airplane coming into the Pentagon. There was a young man who had come in and said to the vice president, &#8220;The plane is 50 miles out. The plane is 30 miles out.&#8221; And when it got down to, &#8220;The plane is 10 miles out,&#8221; the young man also said to the vice president, &#8220;Do the orders still stand?&#8221; And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, &#8220;Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>NORAD were stood down on 9/11 by Dick Cheney, who just happens to be former chief of Halliburton, who just happen to make an absolute fortune out of war.</p>
<p>So thank you Tom for giving me this opportunity to expose the lies of 9/11 again. I forgive you. I don&#8217;t have a reputation to ruin anyway!</p>
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