George Bush has his fight on terror and now there is a new terror in our midst, yes you guessed it Chris deBurgh. As many of you know from reading my blog on Free CD's there appears to be an orchestrated effort to bring Chris back from the musical abyss. Whilst watching TV last night it came to my attention that Chris has now developed Healing Hands, thats right Healing Hands. There are reports that people with ailments have had miraculous recoveries when Chris placed his hands on them(nannies excluded).

The threat is now not only having to listen to his music but there is a chance that he might turn up in a tent in your local village or town with his Healing Hands. You have to hand it to the man he is trying everything in his power to get back on the radar.

So keep you ears open for the next thing, this I feel will be speaking in tongues (not that important as understanding him has always been difficult) quickly followed by receiving the stigmata. There is a chance that walking on water will be attempted.

 Then and only then will the new Album be released and it will be not by Chris de Burgh but by CHRIST deBURGH. If you feel that I am paranoid have a look at the introduction on his website (www.cdeb.com) go on look.

It is indeed a scary world that we live in..................

It even pains me to sit down and write this blog as I need to recall what I viewed at 9pm last night.If you did'nt see it I am sure that it will be repeated so check your TV listings (or my advice is d'ont). The show is meant to find the next big invention of our times. The show had a panel of "experts" more about them later.

So what kind of inventions were on the show ? here are a few that I looked at before I flicked away.

1. A razor blade that simply cut a lump of flesh out of a co presenter that I can only describe as a clown.
2. A "Hair straightening machine" that will be installed in Ladies toilets and they will be able to straighen their hair after throwing up the 25 vodka's that they consumed earlier.
3.  A straw that had a wheelie thing half way up the shaft. This quy sold his house so that he could pay for the patent, small house. Market testing was bringing the straws to a childs birthday party and asking them what was better an ordinary straw or the wheelie one, again the clown was involved.
4. A christmas decoration that I just do not know what it does. This was the only invention that I have ever seen that had no prototype. So this being the standard now for inventions I must submit my idea for an intergallactic ship that will bring us to new worlds. I don't have a prototype yet but I know it will work.(Please feel free to add more of your own inventions)
5. A paper thing that helps old people to pull out plugs.

From what I could understand the studio audience would pick the winner and the grand final would be a phone in (live). So you have say 100 people(picked from the street) who will determine the success of a new invention, novel.

Added to this the panel was comprised of 3 people, one guy invented a football boot that made the football bend and swerve in the air,the guy how invented "Cobra Beer" and Ruth Badger "star of the Apprentice" and now a business consultant, but has'nt invented anything yet.

It has to be the worst business show I have ever seen. It makes me think that if the guy who invented the wheel was up in front of them he would be rejected. Questions like "so you took a square and shaved off the sides" or "I dont get it what will it be used for exactly?"

I can't wait for the "Dragon's Den" to return at least the panel has an appreciation of business, and to be fair the people that appear on it are far more professional than the "inventors" that appeared last night.

Can anybody out there in please tell me, or explain to me, how and when did halloween  become a holiday to rival Christmas? I noticed some houses in my neighbourhood with decorations adorning the front door and windows. My two children have reminded me that we need to get witches fairylights to string accross the windows plus other must have decorations. The only scary thing about halloween now will be the cost associated with it.

What next? card companies issuing seasonal cards depicting the Grim Reaper or the Horsemen of the Apocalypse with greeting that may read "Hope you die well" or "Wishing you and yours a horrible slow death" (please feel free to add a few more).

I do miss the times when an apple held from a string or plunging your head in a basin of chilled water to fetch an apple were the treats that one looked foward to.

As all us know there has been an explostion of the practise of newspapers giving out free CD's and DVD's in order to entice us to buy their newspaper. This is particularily prevalent in the Sunday market. Before now I never took much notice of what was issued as I buy newspapers for editorial content as opposed to what they are giving away.

Last Sunday was no different, I got up and travelled to the local shop to buy the three newspapers that I always buy. The Sunday Independent is the only one of the three that gives away a free CD or DVD. It was a CD this week.

I arrived back home made myself a cup of coffee and spread out the papers on the dining table settled in for my weekly two hour read. An hour had passed and I noticed my 5 year old boy sitting in the lounge with a pair of headphones on swaying from side to side with a smile of an innocent on his face,I thought nothing of it until he came into the kitchen humming "LADY IN RED" yes "LADY IN RED". I leapt from my seat and asked him where did he get the CD? he replied from the newspaper. The free CD was a compliation of Chris de Burgh songs.

As a parent I was horrified, you try to raise your children correctly and teach them the difference from right and wrong and how to stay safe. Yet you have national newspapers issuing material that will inflict physiological damage on our children and they are doing this with the full legal backing of the government.

If we as parents do not stop this we will be faced with young people humming and singing songs from Johnny Logan, Sir Cliff Richard, and Foster and Allen. We must react to this threat in the same way that we would react if there was drugs being sold outside the school gate.

Please ensure that such CDs are destroyed, not returned as they could make their way to the third world and they have enough problems to deal with.

Now I must leave you and make up a CD with music that will purge the "LADY IN RED" from my innocent little boys mind.(suggestions please)

Ok, Bertie took a "few bob" from the lads.

My question is how the hell The Irish Times (www.Ireland.Com) got hold of the information. They have gone to one of the many tribunals that are on at the moment and freely admitted that the information was shredded. Well if I had a piece of paper that could have brought down a government I would have multiple copies, if nothing else but to give to my grandchildren and to say " thats worth a few bob".

Whilst The Irish Times were shredding the paper nobody looked at the bigger political picture and attempt to jigsaw the pieces to attempt to find the truth.

I am not and will not be satisfied until the following questions are answered,

• Why did Mary Harney resign from the PDs (www.progressivedemocrats.ie) unexpectedly?
• Why did Mary Harney resign on coming back from holiday?
• Where was Mary Harney on holidays and with whom?
• Did Mary Harney know that there was something in the pipe?

Well, I dont know but perhaps might.