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I am told that people, in England, are treated differently if they do not wear the flower on the day. Why is this so? If it is really free choice, then why does your Prime Minister, David Cameron, why does he have to wear one so that the voters do not become angry? It is not a choice. How many people, in politics, in public office, wear the flower because they don't want to lose their job? Many, many more than those who actually care about the war, I think. If it is a choice, explain incident, such as this: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/13/charlene-white-itv-news-presenter-remembrance-day-poppy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/10441144/Google-criticised-for-demeaning-tribute-to-Britains-war-dead.html

Also, US, they do not become the member of the League of Nations. This becomes the very big problem in 1930s when Hitler is taking Sudetenland, Austria. UK, they do not care about what is happening in Europe, they only want to make sure, Francia, is not the powerful country in Europe. They want, I think it is called, balance of power? Soviet Union, they will not work with the capitalist country to keep Germany tranquilo. Now there is no more Ottoman Empire, no more Austria-Hungary. There is nobody to help against Germany, Édouard Daladier, he is alone. And his country is weak, still suffering from the early war. This allow Hitler to do anything. If you take so many places with nobody stopping you, why not to take Poland? It is Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, who is to blame. They can maybe stop him, if they work with Daladier, in early 1930s. But they let it go on, being selfish, only caring about their country.

The Article 231 is not the problem. If you are saying somebody is at fault wrongfully, then you must make sure they are so badly weakened that they can never come back to hurt. They decide to go against Wilson, so the only option is to go with Clemenceau- completely crush Germany. Instead they go some half way measure... this is the problem. German people would have been very unhappy with Versailles. They did not even lose the war properly, when the Armitsice is signed, they are still in Francia. No Ally soldier ever come into Germany for the whole 4 years, except as the prisoner. If you punish in this situation, they will be very angry, and they will come back for revenge. So the solution is, no more Germany. Remove everything Bismarck build. Make Germany into 5, 6, 7, small countries again. They cannot recover now, they cannot pool the resource to become industrial power again.

Why so much trouble over Kennedy? The only dead American President I care about, is on the US dollar, in my pocket

I am agreeing that the veterans deserve respect. But you do not need to buy a flower to pay this respect. It is a strange custom you have in England, where any public official, who does not wear the flower on the day, is making trouble. Any person who is not wearing it get strange looks from people. Why? Doing this, means that the flower is more important than the memory. It is not disrespect to not wear the flower.

Yes, this is what the economist, John Keynes, says. They had two options. They can let Germany go unpunished, or be so heavy that Germany can never again recover. Instead they choose the middle ground, which is the worst from the two.

Political correctness, it is a lie. The people say, it is great liberal invention, it is free speech, it is democracy. In reality, it is the conservative censorship regime. Any person who speaks different to the accepted version of history and truth will have big trouble, they will get a bad reputation, they will be called racist.

It is not such a bad idea to sell Essien. He has nothing left, I think. It is very sad that his knee has stopped him. If he did not have these injuries, even today, he would be one of the best midfielders in the world. But now, he is not so good and he is earning a big contract. It is not smart to keep him. Somebody on 100,000 weekly, he is not keeping as the backup player. He should be playing every week. But Essien is not good enough to do this anymore.

Why to sack Mourinho? There is no sense to this. Who will be the new manager? I am thinking maybe Capello would be a good choice, but he is working for Russia now, he will not be free. We are stuck with him for better or worse.

Ryan is the drunk, I am thinking? I thought that in Scotland, evreybody drink all of the time, so nobody become the drunken person like this.

It is something the Liverpool fan likes very much I like to read Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti. This is a book all the tyrants should read. They can learn how to lie and make the dictatorship of a whole country from Augustus. I think this is where the modern style memoir is coming from. Memoirs today, they are about making the writer of the book look like a good person. They are all lies, but Augustus invent this genre, so it is interesting to read the first one and see how nothing is changing in 2000 years.

If he come to Chelsea and become striker, 100% he will be the shit... like Sutton, Kezman, Mutu, Shevchenko, Torres...

The Bayern chiefs, they have always been so arrogant... I remember in 2008, Rumenigge and Hoeness keep saying Premier League is cheating, Chelsea is breaking football... they are just jealous. Now look where Hoeness is, he is going to prison for tax fraud... now who is the cheat? Who is cheating in 1962 when the big German construction tycoon buys Bayern and makes them the biggest team in Germany? Before he buy, Bayern are mid table in second division in Germany. At least before Roman buy Chelsea, we have been a good team in Premier League for 7-8 years..

Why everybody is having the strange picture under the name?

I do not understand the conservative... why they are trying to stop progress? We are not perfect, anywhere. Europe, US, any country, they all have long way to go to become the utopia... so why try to stop the progress? When it is perfect, then maybe you can say, if we change something now, then it could ruin us. But when you are not then any change is good.

I think there is more to this than just the statistic... I see Mata miss chances more often than Oscar.. Last season, he play more than Oscar and he is the main person. Now this is not the case, so Oscar should be getting many more chances to score goals... and in this case, I think Oscar is better in shooting.

I am thinking, Oscar is a good player. But Mata, he does everything better than Oscar, except scoring goals. But maybe because the strikers are not scoring goals, Oscar must play because he and Lampard are the only ones we know can score goals.

Bosingwa is a very nice man, I think... I am sad he had the injury... remember, he was very good for Chelsea first year, then after the injury, he is not so good. But I do not believe Redknapp is speaking truth... whenever I see Bosingwa play for Chelsea, he is giving 100%. It is not his fault that this 100% is not good enough anymore. Can a lazy player keep Messi quiet when playing in the wrong place? And do it three times? Maybe he stop caring when he go to QPR, because he is already having the complete career... 2 Champions League, many league titles in Porto and Chelsea, FA Cup, many times he play for Portugal.. there is nothing left for him to do now. This is QPR's fault for signing somebody who is already happy with what they have, who does not feel the need to work hard anymore because they have already done everything. It is like learning to drive, I think. You have to stay on the learner licence for 1 year. But after 2 months, you know how to drive, you know you can pass the test... so you do not try so hard while you are driving. Such a player is only good when he is playing with people who he is automatically better than, he does not need to try to play good... so maybe Bosingwa should have gone to America, or Arabic country, or bottom leagues in Europe... I think we can have the same problem with Eto'o. He is the proven champion. He has done everything. Many people think, he is the best ever footballer from Africa. He has nothing left to do now except make easy money. I think he is thinking like Bosingwa maybe... I have done it all, why should I try now when I have already done everything I dream of? I hope this is not true.

I am not saying they are bad. But first, none of them play in Bale's position, second, Bale has done more in football than all of them have. He is the proven champion, they are the challenger. They have to prove themself... Bale did not. Because of this, I am thinking if Bale stay in Tottenham, then they will be doing better... only 6 goals in 7 matches. This is not good. This is like the relegation team, not the team wanting to come top 4, or top 2. Are they all better than Jeffers? I think for all except Soldado, they are the same. Big young talent... nothing proven yet. Maybe they all become very good in 3 or 4 years. Or maybe they become exactly like Jeffers and become bad. I am making the hipérbole (sorry, I do not know the English word for this) when I call Bale Henry. But look who is the new winger for Tottenham. It is that Townsend idiot. They are weaker, for now, I think.... maybe all of the Francis Jeffers become good, then I will look stupid. But they will not become good for at least 2-3 months. In this time, maybe Spurs are 10th, maybe they will not do enough in the second half of the season to finish top 4. Also you are correct. Selling Bale is the best thing they have done. So much money for a player, who is only one injury away from being bad forever. He is like Michael Owen... if Bale break the leg muscle even once... he is finished. THen Real Madrid have 100 million player who is only so good as a 100,000 player.

You can say this... but I do not think this is right... buying 5-10 decent players in exchange for one of the best in the world, it is not going to happen... Bale will have done more for Spurs then all those new player combined. It is like replacing Thierry Herny with 5 Francis Jeffers... I do not think Spurs will do well, because of this.

I think Bosingwa, when he play in Barcelona in 2009 and in 2012, he is excellent. Very strange, in right defence, he is very erratic, in center defence and left defence, he is the wall...

I am buying HBO for my house... what is a good TV show to watch? I am hearing there is a very good show about alcohol in US in 1920s...

He does not dominate... Tour de Francia is not the only race. This is like saying person who only wins Olympic Gold Medal but then does nothing in the sport rest of the four years is the dominater. Also he needed a very strong team to win.. US Postal in cycling 1999-2005 is like Barcelona 2008-12.... unbeatable. He is like Victor Valdes or Pique, good, but made very strong by the team. Stingray know more, I think, I do not follow cycling much after 1999 when Pantani get thrown out.

What is meant by athlete? Being very explosive is not very good in many sport... Bolt will be thrashed in 1-2km race by good Ethiopian runner like Bekele. Victoria Pendleton lose to Marianne Vos in a 20 km race. I think it is cylist that have the better stamina than all other sport.. but for explosive power, I think it is basketballer or maybe Cristiano Ronaldo. Bolt can only run quick in straight line, give him something extra, like a ball to control and he will not be so good. Being the athlete is not only about how big your lung and heart and muscle are.

Hazard has been very bad, I think, whole season... I think he should be dropped for a while. Maybe Mata plays in the wing instead. He is not so bad there. In Valencia, Mata was the winger, he would sometimes run into the center and sometimes he would run into the side line. Mata-Oscar-Schurrle for Staua?