Monday 6th July (Sarah Palin Resigned, MJ Memorial, G8)

Feeling a bit rough today after going to the pub last night and deciding it would be a good idea to drink despite having work this morning. It was good night though drinking and singing to Michael Jackson songs on the jukebox very loudly and not in tune at all. I’m in work now (on lunch break) not going to go into the complexities of my job (HA!) but it has been bloody boring this morning.

 Sarah Palin has announced that she will be resigning her post as Governor of Alaska on 26^th July. Hooray for the Alaskans I say, not having to put up with that dumb bimbo, but why has she resigned?

 Some are saying that she is going to be making a run for the presidency in 2012 and Sarah Palin herself has been dropping hints on her Facebook page that seem to go along with this theory. “I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together,” she wrote yesterday. Another post asked Americans to join her in looking how “we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint”.

 Sarah Palin remains very popular among Alaskans and the entire US Republican Party base, for the life of me I cannot see why, but then again they did vote George Bush in twice so you never know, Sarah Palin 2012.

 I don’t know if any of you heard the UK charts on Radio 1 last night but shockingly Michael Jackson was not #1, he had a total of 13 in the top 40 with the highest being Man in the Mirror at #2. Unfortunately he was beaten to the top spot by Cascada! So some crappy dance music rip off group beat the legend that is Michael Jackson. Despite everything that Michael Jackson was, he produced some good music and deserved a UK #1 as a fitting tribute. I can only assume that because there were so many different MJ singles in contention that there wasn’t enough sales on one particular one to beat Cascada, who only has one record in the charts, to the top spot.

 It is Michael Jackson’s memorial service tomorrow at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. After the internet draw for tickets where more than 1.6 million people applied, 8,750 fans have been chosen at random to receive tickets.

 To avoid people selling the tickets on, a wristband will be placed on the hand of the ticket holders at the time of picking the ticket up. A ticket and wristband will be required to enter the service. Any wristbands torn, removed or tampered with will not be accepted.

 Police and authorities are getting worried at it is expected 700,000 people will form a crowd around the centre and is urging people to stay at home and watch the service on the TV.

 Some British fans are annoyed due to the short notice of the event, they would have found out they were successful in the early hours of this morning, giving them a day to get to America most likely meaning paying full price for a flight to L.A. which may very well be fully booked.

 The G8 leaders are to agree to reduce greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050. To some environmentalists this may seem like good news but to the majority of UK taxpayers this just means the government will have yet another excuse to put additional green taxes on cars, fuel, roads, food and whatever else they can think of. Personally I think a more pressing issue in the world at the moment is the state of the economy and that this should be concentrated on first before thinking about “Global Warming”.

 I mean regardless to what the government does, global warming is going to happen anyway. If you look back at the planet’s history it warms up and cools down all the time which is why the Earth has ice ages etc.

 There have been rumours flying around on the net that Megan Fox (Hot!!) is dating Zac Efron after being seen on “romantic” dinners with him. I find this highly unlikely as Zac Efron is still dating fellow high school musical start, Vanessa Hudgens Also the fact the Megan Fox has said in interviews that she wouldn’t date people like him specifically mentioning his name and that she prefers older men.

 What do you think of the above stories, do you agree with my views, please comment below!

 

Ian Mackay

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