http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html en-gb 30 Thu 17 Dec 2009 05:00:47 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=16#comment5 MAKE THAT THREE (#5)Ah yes, be that as it may, but you can mitigate against death and taxes. The only 'certainty' you have no control over is your own conception (birth if you like).The FUNDAMENTAL right of every individual is not to be conceived. Once this right is violated - usually without thought and rarely with compassion - all other indignities pale. Time to get me coat again . . . Sat 25 Oct 2008 13:13:42 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=13#comment4 Its like what people say: "Theres only two things that are certain in life... Death and Taxes."Apperently 60p of tax goes to the monarchy each year, to be honest i dont care. I think thats quite cheap really. If it means upholding what England stands for then i would pay a tenner! I'm not sure anyone would understand what its like to be a king or queen unless you know one.Im more concerned about how taxes could be used in a benefical way..like helping disabled people around the country. Thu 23 Oct 2008 21:46:20 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=10#comment3 COMING SOON...THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION...CANADA...USA..AND MEXICO JOIN TOGETHER WITH A NEW CURRENCY THE AMERO...THIS SCRIPTED AGENDA IS SOOOOO BORING Thu 23 Oct 2008 11:01:38 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=6#comment2 Much more importantly, to me in the UK and concerned with the BIG issues...When are you going to be addressing (here's hoping) the vastly important, topical issue of... Mrs Palin's wardrobe. Everyone else is doing it!Now, I have to say that I have in my wardrobe the same suit I had a decade ago for smart stuff, while the missus is on La Redoute's frequent buyer programme, so there is an 'issue' here.As it wasn't mentioned on BBC Breakfast News, I still wonder who is paying, but if not the taxpayer whose business it is and hence who cares. Maybe Mr. Obama's helicopter has seats made from whale foreskins? Maybe some are just still smarting over the expose over their bubbly bill... which is paid for by the licence fee and hence, in part...me.When it comes to the BBC, might there be a danger of skirting (sorry) dodgy ground here, considering, how to say, more 'favourable', uncritical 'reporting' of the fashions sported by oh so many others 'approved' of (from Princess D through WAGS to Mrs. Brown), and from ladies who also don't seem to lob up each day in the same one-piece.I merely note in passing a few of Newsnight's very own being involved, irony-free, with a progamme that is currently quite active in getting knickers in a twist over 'inappropriate' relationships. Thu 23 Oct 2008 07:48:33 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=3#comment1 sorry unaware that his grandmother is seriously ill..either way he is out of the preying eyes for a bit. Wed 22 Oct 2008 22:31:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2008/10/anoraks_answered.html?page=0#comment0 The recent departure of Barack Obama from his party campaign is very similar to the non existing Coolidge. The problem with being in the lime light is that if you cant take what the Private eye has to say about you then your never strong enough to lead a nation. I suppose its about balancing the two. Wed 22 Oct 2008 22:22:43 GMT+1