Lies, cover ups and censoring the truth, welcome to the Greek HIV/Aids sector. . .

It’s late, I’m tired and to be perfectly honest – I’m f*cking sick of having to be what seems like the only voice of reason, sense and dignity in a vile and pathetic sector of systematic health care abuse which isn’t just rife, but is what can only be disturbingly referred to as the ‘norm’ here in Greece and Europe.

Quite frankly after all the horsesh*t I’ve had to endure trying to do some good for once, it’s not worth it. If your affected by any of the content on the afore mentioned post, or content on the site then feel free to contact someone who cares but rest assured, as of now, that person isn’t me anymore.

I’ve done my bit, I rest easy and know deep down that I tried and did what mattered and in many ways, was more than enough, but when no one else cares, including those who claim to be involved in this farce then good luck with it. Quite frankly my dear, you can go f*ck yerself with it.

It seems like if you haven’t got a ‘Mickey Mouse’ NGO (Non Government Organisation) scamming money from the state and people, (like you and me), then you’re a nobody and no one gives a damn.

It's all about caring, and I don't. . .

Pretending to be a Doctors Billiant…

Between the Bankers, the Politicians and all the other wankers robbing from the state, those in Government run NGO’s seem to be mopping up what’s left and having stumbled onto what appears to be the largest scam ever, have just had enough. It’s not like we’ve lost all our money as a Nation, it’s just the greedy f*cktards who lied to us all have it and as they watch us all get screwed and from what I’ve seen as well, too many people can’t be arsed.

F*ck you, I work for the Government and I do as I want...

F*ck you, I work for the Government and I do as I want…

Everyone wants a cure, things to get better and life to be good, but when given a chance to help and make it better, what do people do? Jack Sh*t.

The long and short of the subject matter can be found here and in many other posts online within this blog, but you should get the jist of it anyway, regardless.

So, this comes after yet another pathetic attempt to conceal the truth by another affiliated website which has the usual pretentious bullsh*t peppered over it’s pages in a poor attempt to give it’s owners an illusion of grandeur as they also live out the lie of appearing to care as so many do in this sector.

I can at least respect Organised crime, it’s crime, and it’s organised. In many ways, it does exactly what it says on the tin however this whole psuedo-health sector which lives out a lie day after day pretending to care is quite something else, and in all honesty, the most shocking and appalling aspect of society to which I have ever known.

We only lie to protect ourselves and rob for our greater good...We're just like Robin Hood but corrupt and working for the state!!!

We only lie to protect ourselves and rob for our greater good…We’re just like Robin Hood but corrupt and working for the state!!!

I’ve been trying to raise awareness and help for over four years now, admittedly it’s not always been by choice, not by affiliation or by need, and neither by necessity or particularly caring for however maybe for once, just once in my life I may have tried to have done something good despite it being a complete waste of time. Either way, I tried.

I never guessed there’d be a stigma attached to trying to do something good in life but trying to do anything positive for HIV/Aids without either being gay or having Aids seems to be more of a curse than a benefit, and is often something that people seem to resent you for when they try and talk to you about it.

It’s not a slur on the cause or the diseaseillness (whatever the Politically acceptable term is these days) nor anything that I wouldn’t have done for any other cause had the circumstances arisen, however when I came to Greece initially I ended up working for ACTUP ΔΡΑΣΕ HELLAS and felt obliged to do something once we discovered the horrors of what had gone on there.

Now, despite my best efforts have had to concur that this sector of medical healthcare is just beyond help. If it were an animal, you’d take it out back and put a few bullets through it’s skull to put it out of it’s misery. It’s not an animal, sadly, and is in need of much more than a few bullets putting in it’s head.

Having done all I can, having contacted the leading bodies on this both here and abroad as well as affiliated Health Agencies, Health Organisations and Government sectors (CDC’s) accordingly, can only surmise that in part, HIV & Aids is just a lucrative money laundering market whereby NGO’s, the Health Sector, EU Funding and Global forces just allow whoever the f*ck they want to do what they please. No, seriously.

You could get a retarded Baboon to do a better job and act more responsibly than most of the people involved on a Governmental level and if you spread the net Internationally the other ‘responsible’ bodies involved say and do f*ck all too.

President of an NGO

Just because it looks like we don’t give a Monkeys. . .

The ones you contact by and large do one of two things – (I know, as previously mentioned, four years experience has taught me this) :

1 – They do F*CK ALL.
or
2 – They do F*CK ALL.

The majority of people within this sector seem reluctant to do anything themselves (I’m guessing) because they don’t want people to have a spotlight shining on the way they do things themselves, and the rest all seem to cover for each other whenever required and would sooner support or allow corruption to continue rather than ‘help’ those in need and being lied to, deceived by people who clearly are in this sector for one reason only. Easy money.

In fairness, it’s a great Idea, I can’t fault it in many ways. Set up an NGO, pretend to care and feed people the bullsh*t they need to hear to gain access to EU, state and private funding, this obviously is made better by choosing to illegally pretend to be Doctors, run bogus phone lines and dodgy projects whilst you cash in on money this sector desperately needs. F*cking genius really.

Priceless... Have you got your Malaka Card...?

Priceless… Have you got your Malaka Card…?

I would like to add that it’s not the way this whole sector works, there are a few good Organisations out there and I for one wouldn’t like to say that they’re all vacuous empty self important pretenders not decent enough to help a sector of people who GENUINELY  need help, but in four years of of trying to find one, I gave up.

The pretence is in saying you support an ACTUP or WHO (World Health Organisation), or UNAids. Posting a picture of yourself on facebook with a cheesy grin and your tits or arse hanging out seems to be the norm these days, adding a little ribbon once a year and going to Rainbow concerts in a vague attempt to be seen to give a sh*t about something that probably doesn’t affect you anyway.

Most people don’t really give a sh*t about HIV/Aids, it’s just another ‘worthy cause’ in a long line of  other ‘worthy causes’ that maybe once, twice a year rolls into town with it’s ‘socially correct’ band wagon and you have to hop on, just like everybody else.

WorldAidsDay2010

Of course I give a sh*t, I’ve got the picture haven’t I?

We all do it, ‘Save the Planet’, ‘Save the Whale’, but who’s actually going to go and try and save a Whale? Not you, fact. We’d just look bad not saying we would if we could and someone gave us a picture or a badge to stuff in other peoples faces.

“Check me out, I’m SAVING F*CKING WHALES, it says so, so I am”.

Save, whales, causes, responsibility

Whatever the reason, you just know there’s going to be an arse involved. . .

Meanwhile, this sector of society and health care seems to revel in being a problem of it’s own making. You try and help them and what do they do, F*CK ALL.

Responses have ranged from one member of the New York ACTUP telling me to ‘go f*ck myself’ to numerous NGO‘s not even recognising the fact that people illegally pretending to be Doctors is a problem.

Excuse me you f*ckwit? Which part of ‘if you don’t understand it as being a problem, you’re clearly too f*cking stupid to help anyway, or you’re probably as f*cking bad yourself anyway not to see that it’s a problem!

The general concensus seems to be just ignore it and hope we don’t get involved, after all, working with potential criminals and allowing people to behave in this manner is perfectly acceptable in our sector of health isn’t it?

Maybe I’m at fault for hoping that these people having a sense of decency, value and worth. Maybe expectations like these are outdated in an environment whereby people will openly allow common theft, systematic abuse of trust and resources to be squandered by those seeking vanity and their 15  minutes of fame over care.

All I read about ‘constantly’ online and in the news is the same bullsh*t cries from the same people, and organisations crying out for more funding, better health care and more resources and yet they all sit back and allow people to steal the money, breach confidentiality and abuse their trust whilst they squander the precious few resources they do get away.

Do they help regulate and prevent corruption of their own sector?
- No, yet they want YOUR money.

Do they provide trust for those who seek to help and volunteer for the cause of their own freewill?
- No, they rob and devalue the name of the cause and the few genuine people who are trying to make a difference.

And do they even fake interest in the well being of their own sector when you approach them?
- No, do they f*ck.

Four years of my life trying to help make a difference and one year working for the cause of a bunch of c*nts who lied, stole and abused the name of an Illness for their own gain, and still do.

Welcome to the World of HIV/Aids.

Be my guest and try to do something yourself, but if you don’t I don’t want to hear your petty whining about funding, corruption of the state of the World when you clearly can’t be bothered to do something yourself.

Reality check people, everyone needs to look in the mirror and man up because the future seems to have us heading for a spineless and gutless utopia whereby as a society we won’t even be bothered to help ourselves.

I apologise to those who do, like myself care and try to help within this sector and those who aren’t all bad, like those highlighted, however if it now comes across as though four years has shown me nothing but the petty minded, resentful hypocrites, ignorant and arrogant of so many working in this field, people who only recognise the cause as a means to be self important and gain access to funding, responsibility and resources to abuse those who seek genuine help, then that’ll be the reason as it is.

When this problem is run and set up by the state – It’s more than just a problem. When it’s endorsed and allowed Worldwide, it’s a f*cking sham and a pathetic sick joke on a sector of society that deserve some respect.

If it’s isn’t bad enough that these people need medication they can ill afford, have Government employee’s illegally pretending to be Doctor’s and running halfwit NGO’s involved in EU projects overseen by the HIV/Aids community which look on. . .

WTF!

* Some pictures of unknown origin (Gorilla on Phone, Save the Whale, WHO), credit to respective owners where due.

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Just a quick thank you. . .

Note to self & to those it may concern :

Nearly 5 years in Greece, and wow, some f*ckin rollercoaster I’ve been on. From meeting and working with one of the Countries largest collection of Malaka’s to surviving to the ‘right here – right now’ has been the stuff of legend, but definitely NOT to be repeated.

 

Hope or Sun, we'll take both please. . .

Hope, the Sun and Erections, but not necessarily in that order. . . It’s all we have!

This year is to be a good year for Greece. I know and in time, so will you.

I myself have had to learn and find out the hard way, and that despite everything we’ve had to endure here lately, can only say with a confidence born of experience:

There is hope.

I found it in the unlikeliest places at times but despite the misery of my humble battle, I never gave in. I couldn’t. Not just for myself, for the few who helped, for those who gave time effort and energy, or precious information and assistance where needed, but also partly because I’m a real stubborn bast*rd and subsequently don’t like being threatened by some jumped up little tosspot who thinks themselves high and mighty because they’d been screwing the system working for the Government.

Everyone’s accountable. It’s causality. Cause and effect, and like Karma lately, pretty much sums up what certain people bring upon themselves when they start playing with fire.

Meanwhile, the reality of NOW goes on, and Justice inches nearer. . .

I have faith in these desolate times and just like in the films, some justice will and has prevailed already, however the long awaited finale draws ever near. It’s just the way it is.

Every fight, every wrong and every lie becomes undone and with each struggle the People, the Country and the future slowly regains it’s sense of purpose, for without one there is no point.

From the civil servants within IKA to ΥΔΑΣ (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and ΣΔΟΕ (Serious Financial Crimes Office), to the many others who fought for sense and decency within a nest of corruption gone wrong, I, we, (and those who care) thank you all immensely.

The lies, corruption and abuse of state resources has to end and will so very soon (for at least one sector of State anyway) and those guilty of such systematic abuse, who thought themselves immune from action, who assumed they could threaten, lie and escape the clutches of Justice by avoiding counsel, slandering the innocent and by assuming those in pursuit would give up, well, wrong. again.

To coin a phrase, “you gone and f*cked up real good”.

I’m proud to say that despite things taking longer than a sane man would ever truly expect, here in Greece and against all the odds, YOU honestly can make a difference and help fight the corruption which has bled this nation dry.

To the Guilty :

Five years on and we patiently wait to see your ‘not so smug’ faces in the Court you openly mock, fighting the state you openly robbed whilst you abused your positions, the resources and the trust given to you by the very people you lied and still lie to. . .

So, how did that work out for you?

Ain’t Karma a bitch.

 

ACTUP ΔΡΑΣΕ HELLAS

The best thing is that we’ve lied to everyone for so long, even we forget what we’ve been telling people…


To learn more, please visit the links below or browse through the many posts contained online which cover this abysmal state of affairs in greater detail :

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/the-truth-actup-greece/

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/so-whats-fckdup-about-keelpno-keel-then/

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/staff-wanted-at-the-greek-cdc-people-with-no-criminal-background-neednt-apply/

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/then-came-%CE%B8upermalaka-the-creation-of-an-uber-fckwit/

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/you-dont-get-much-better-hypocrisy-than-this/

And last but not least, why the name ‘fckdupathens‘ you may ask?

http://fckdupathens.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/so-why-fckdup-athens/

Well, long and short of it is that a) it’s saved me at least one court case by not calling it actupathens which I originally wanted to do, and b) well, 5 years here and in the nicest possible way, Athens is fckdup. . .

It’s like living on another Planet, normality is or isn’t something you deal with here, life is just what it is. . .

For surviving nearly 5 years, you have my sincere thanks.

Simon A.Rawicz

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Then came ΘuperMalaka, the creation of an uber f*ckwit...

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In the beginning there was E's a Dude, a generalisation of the many guises our personalities develop as we grow older. This characterisation was born in my teens at school, developing slowly through my adolescence as my innocence waned and my hormones kicked in and begun playing with my already twisted psyche.

E's a star, E's a f*ckwit, E's anything you want really, that's the beauty of it all...

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ΘuperMalaka, still at large. . . Have you seen this f*ckwit? Θ)
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You don’t get much better hypocrisy than this!

It’s late, I’m tired and (as always) in ‘sheer awe’ of a president who posts on behalf of an NGO which (incidentally still) abused the very people it mislead when it allowed itself to be run by people who provide false documentation to gain funding, who illegally allow it’s President and another member of it’s board of Directors to claim to be mickey mouse doctors, and who still rattle their toys swords at the state which they lied and robbed for so long when masquerading as google smart pretenders to a title they falsely created for their own Gain.

If your Greek or interested in the well being of the Country, your health system and the conduct of the people who lie so brazenly about claiming to help society, then first I suggest you read the facts about this ‘precious NGO’, one which so casually mocks the system in it’s pursuit of the ultimate lie.

Greece, Economy, f*cked, lamoyo, theft

If we’re all getting f*cked, get the lube ready!

The facts can be found in some detail here and within the blog’s many articles exposing this sham of an NGO,  and then just for pure comedy value I suggest you visit the link below to give you a prime example of the audacious abuse of state funding and mis-representation EVER produced – which incidentally is made more the better when you assure yourself that it’s actually come from the Horses mouth (AND by it’s own volition), unlike the many false documents or statements given out during the run up to many of the court cases which are now pending against them.

http://actupathens.blogspot.gr/2013/01/18.html

If you’d like incidental facts about the President illegally claiming to be a Doctor, or their current pending court cases for potentially defrauding the state why not get in touch with them direct and listen to their story, or whichever one they opt to provide on the day.

Kaburakis, actup hellas, ngo, hiv, aids

Doctor Dumbass I presume?

As for the hard reality of how a Non-legal NGO managed to gain state  funding by allowing it’s president to claim to be a Doctor is beyond me.

The fact that one of the Ministries THEN employed him and another member of the board under this illusion, and then tried to cover this up by denying information, threatening the interest of those seeking to highlight this and refusing to investigate the matter at the time shows how corrupt this sector is when the only medically qualified member of the Board covered this up and used her influence to corrupt the agenda of the Greek HIV/Aids plan accordingly by them running non legal projects, using non medical staff whilst all along failing to protect the identity and confidentiality of the people with HIV/Aids in which it dealt with is just one of the biggest examples of medical neglect witnessed.

President, NGO, ursupation, fraud, embezzling

Please don’t confuse me with having morals, I’m in disguise!

The horror of this NGO goes on and the claims made against the president and other key staff online in numerous forums have highlighted the fact that the aforementioned president has alleged to have abused the medical confidentiality of more than one person.

The full extent of the actions and attempts of this NGO to conceal the truth are too numerous to mention, and include denying serious financial investigations against them by (ΖΔΟΕ – Financial crimes department), whereby their ‘official’ press release denied such involvement ever took place.

Is this what you deem as acceptable by public servants?

And yet the farce goes on, I seriously recommend following them if for no other reason than for that of pure comedy value. . .

ACTUP Hellas, ACT-UP Drase HELLAS, ACT UP Drase, ACTUP ΔΡΑΣΕ. . .

Health, HIV, AIDS, Greece, KEELPNO

It’s not just a sad state, it’s state sponsored. . .

Depending upon which name they are trying to get away with using these days, you’ll know which one they are.

They’re the one which spouts uneducated sh*te about things they’ve read on google in the pretence that if no one questions them and their ‘proud’ history of lies and deceit, will get away fooling more no brainers into sucking up even more horsesh*t than they have previously.

Keep the promise.

We promised we’d lie steal and blame others, we kept the promise…

If you’re unfamilar with the Greek language, there is a word called ‘Lamoyo’. It’s a word that in the kindest of ways describes these people. In the English language we have a similar expression, bunch of c*nts.

As with all good things though, they WILL come to an end, so lap it up while you can and as a self respecting human, find out the truth about an NGO which allows several Board of Directors to pretend to be Doctors, none more so than it’s President!

Atomic Wedgie time...

Atomic Wedgie time, coming to a pair of pants near YOU…

Having fought to highlight this abuse with a few other concerned citizens, it never fails to astound me just how bad this sector is as a result of the response or actions of those involved in it.

F*ck you, I work for the Government and I do as I want...

F*ck you, I work for the Government and I do as I want…

Having approached numerous similarly connected, affiliated or ‘so called’ responsible NGO’s who deal with these people, the inaction suggests that maybe quite a few more people should be investigated before people are allowed to put their trust in them.

Especially those who’s lives are or can be affected by a halfwit pretend Doctor giving you potentially life saving information which he found on the back of a cereal packet.

It’s more than just a shame, it’s a crime. One that needs to be stopped and one which should never be allowed to happen again.

If you don’t like the Idea of ‘Doctor Dumbass’ trying to cure you by sticking his dick up your arse and whispering sweet nothings into your ear then get wise because otherwise you stand a far greater chance of getting really f*cked by those responsible for allowing this masquerade to happen in the first place.

See what I did there. I put the emphasis on ‘acting up’ against something bad – something that the core scumbags who have manipulated and lost track of what the NGO once stood for have lost sight of.

Doctor Dumbass Strikes again...!

Doctor Dumbass Strikes again…!

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Happy Xmas, whoever the f*ck you are!

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'Tis the time to be Jolly', (apparently) so let's get that f*cker out the way for starters!

It's not that I don't like Christmas, I do.

As far as capitalist money making ventures go, Christmas is one of my faves, the fact it's supported and endorsed by Religions worldwide is even better.

Santa, so who is he really?

Despite the fact that he only works for one day a year, breaks into your house and disappoints people the world over year after year, it's just further confirmation as to just how awesome he really is.

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The daily fumble…

Welcome to the first edition of the daily fumble. Greece’s latest online newspaper. Here to provide you the reader with information on the latest daily news around the clock, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year, except for when we’re on strike which I assure you will be regularly but not often enough.

To fall in line with the latest European cutbacks we propose turning the working week into a ‘striking week’ one whereby the weekend can be used to prepare and ready ourselves for yet another strike packed week.

On the odd occasion we aren’t able to strike and (God forbid) work threatens to get in the way of any planned action, we can safely rely on the rest of the ‘not working anymore’ sectors of society to cause problems worthy of us laying down tools and joining their cause for at least the day.

A new ‘Strike hotline‘ is being prepared so if you have an Industry, a business or a commercially viable project which could be earning money or helping society get on the road to recovery, then we can provide an instant ‘Strikeforce‘ to turn up on your doorstep and cancel out any proposed financial gain being made.

'Dial a Beating' comes to town. . .

‘Dial a Beating’ comes to town. . .

This hotline will run in parallel with the Police’s own ‘Dial a Beating’ service which when combined can provide an action packed weekend no matter what the day.

Forget November the 17th, why riot for a genuine reason when you can lay waste to the City you live in 365 days a year!

A special rate on Molotov cocktails, rubble and incediary devices can be found in the Christmas deals and buy one get one free offers apply on all Police Tear gas deals.

Savings so crazy they’ll make you cry. . .

Strike Package 1 comes with 12 strikers, complete with banners and appropriate leaflets denouncing problems of your choosing, (relative or not) and can be set on site for as long as required.

Package 2 comes with 24 Strikers, 12 protestors and a Partridge in a pear tree, the ideal Christmas present for your ailing business and Package 3 provides 52 strikers, 24 protestors and a number of mini-riots which can be staged throughout the day.

Options to extend or include further damage to he neighbouring buildings is optional and allocation of looting privileges can be maximised at this time of year allowing for some special Seasonal gifts to be had.

Don’t delay, ‘Dial a Strike’ today!

As with so many sectors of industry, damning the whole Country to hell for your own needs are what matter the most. Never mind that most people can hardly get to work anyway, (assuming that they actually have a job and are lucky enough to have been paid to be able to get there), causing people to suffer AGAIN is what really counts.

Having the sh*t pilling up outside everyones houses when the Binmen went on strike was a fantastic addition to the atrocities we are having to face here in Greece anyway but if you feel you can further add to the misery we are suffering then please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you and find out how you can f*ck it up some more.

If you read the newspapers recently, then you’ll realise that the News is on strike, so officially nothings happening anymore then! Yay!

The downside is that we won’t be getting our ‘daily strike’ forecast which gives valuable information on how not to get to work, and which parts of the city to avoid due to Police beatings or rioters rioting.

The upside is that for maybe 8 or 9 months of the year there is no point in having the weathermen here. Everyday, f*cking sunny. Tomorrow f*cking sunny. Next week, f*cking scorchio…

So, lets put them to good use. The ‘Strike Forecast‘. Have Petroula giving official reports on where today’s hotspot is and going out live interviewing people through a sea of Molotovs, tear gas and marble bricks. Lets face it, a body like that would ease tensions enough for people to at least have a cigarette or two!

Strike reports Greek stylee

A much better use of TV resources in my humble opinion, Petroula we love you…

Even in a Gas mask I’m thinking she’d look good enough to eat and it sure would liven up hearing the same ‘Today we’re on strike because….blah, blah blah’.

We still might not care, but at least we’d recognise the sector of society affected the most by the outfit!

Officially on strike, so if you've been naughty you'll have to spank yourself!

Officially on strike, so if you’ve been naughty you’ll have to spank yourself!

As many people here, I have suffered immeasurably as a result of the  problems facing the Country but I won’t then deliberately f*ck other peoples hopes and opportunities up.

If you’ve read any of the blog thus far you’ll realise that I have endured more than many a Greek and have earned my right to bitch as it affects me just as much as it does you and everyone else here there just comes a time when before it’s too late, people need to get on with what they have before they have nothing left.

What I see here isn’t getting better and yet I walk down my high street, day after day shops are closing down, moving to smaller premises and going bankrupt and despair at those, many of which are still trying to sell things at the same price if not more than before!?

The ‘try and make the money while we’re still in business mentality’ and the ‘I’m not making a loss’ arrogance which will inevitably close them down is a common flaw which costs many a businessman all they have.

Sometimes people need to realise that a customer in the shop buying something at a loss is still a customer in the shop giving you money. The alternative is in the two empty shops, one either side of them who similarly refused to help the economy or were unlucky also.

For reference, I needed some Polycarbon for my balcony roof about a year ago now, I went all around Galatsi and nearly died through shock on how much people were trying to rob people here.

The same material you can buy online, in the UK, Germany and I suspect other parts of the world were simply un-affordable. Not one of them would bargain and when I explained that I could buy the same material from anywhere else in the world, have it delivered to my house and still give them a handsome tip, a coffee and probably buy them lunch, would still have saved over 50% of the price from buying it from the guy on my high street. . .

It wasn’t anyones fault, I don’t blame the guy who owned the store, he’d been lucky to get away with charging people over 200 euro’s a sheet for so long even he’d forgotten what business was all about, despite it being available (at Cost) price online for 60-75!

I shopped around and found a ‘proper’ business deeper in Athens run by a lovely old man who I know will be in business for many more years to come, he was kind, welcoming and took interest in why and what I needed, when he found out it was to keep my pig neighbours from poisoning me and my Cats he sympathised and his colleague actually came over and joined in as he’d had similar problems himself.

In the end he supplied all I needed, delivered it to my door for a fantastic price and it was so good my neighbour who similarly suffered went and got all her Polycarbon from him too.

That’s good business. He wasn’t robbing people some stupid price to begin with and now suffering because no one could afford it due to the recession, he was adapting to demand, circumstance and opportunity, a requirement if your to survive.

Here it’s a real shock to the system, seeing so many people struggle due to the misgivings of so many in Government that without witnessing it first hand you just can’t imagine how it has affected a society.

I struggle to relay how it is to people when I speak to them as it’s unbelievable.

Now the people are being told their contracts (if they ever had them anyway) are useless, their expected salaries are being not just cut, but slaughtered and that their jobs are under fire.

A nice concept when salaries and job security were extinct anyway.

Life in Greece has to go on, giving up and allowing people to carry on plundering, wasting and abusing YOUR Country needs to stop though.

If I can tell where all the money is and who’s done all the thieving from my limited Greek, you all should know and be in a far better position to do something about it!

We can’t survive on just the Sun and Petroula wouldn’t make more than three or four days worth of meals no matter how thinly you made the portions. . .

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The unzipping of a proverbial Monster!

There’s a new Dude in town and he’s got a ‘spanktastic‘ new website to show for it.

www.esadude.com – The official home of E’s a Dude & the Gang is officially now live and under semi final tests.

The Official home of E's a Dude & the Gang!

Professional web-design for all sector of industry. . .

Fresh and new material is currently being uploaded and project development of a number of extra features and apps is due shortly as well, however getting it ready thus far was the priority and adding the remaining extras will happen this next week or so.

So, what is http://www.esadude.com ?

First and foremost it’s the Official home to E’s a Dude & the Gang and the ‘World of Dude‘ media experience, combining alternative gift ideas with a multitude of memorable characters that populate the many multiverses around us.

Incorporating the very best in visual & interactive media presentation as well as providing a wealth of opportunities for forward thinking individuals on a private & corporate level, http://www.esadude.com sets to push opportunities wide open for all involved.

Online you can find a wide range of Cards for all occasion, eCards, free downloads (screensavers & wallpapers etc) for most platforms as well as clothing accessories and other gift ideas.

SImple and safe - like a card, add to cart, buy the card, no messing!

Cards with a difference, more to follow shortly. . .

E’s a Dude & the Gang will be featuring in a number of animated pre-series episodes which details will be forthcoming once casting and storyboarding is complete and in the meantime, if you’d like to be involved in the ‘World of Dude‘, get in touch and drop me a line. . .

www.esadude.com is just a small part of the ‘Dude‘ empire which features classic characters such as Roger the Bigfoot, Lee Roy and Thuper Malaka to name but a few, these and many more provide a glimpse into the strange and wonderful ‘World of Dude‘.

Meet the Gang, Dudes for all occasions. . .

Check out the all new ‘Wickedpedia’ – it’s wicked!

Complete with more wickedness imminent from it’s naughtier and slightly more wayward evil twin - www.fckdup.com sets to provide an unflinching guide to a slightly more mature and adult themed ‘World of Dude‘.

A selection of ‘fckdup.com‘ goods and ideas are currently available via www.esadude.com and more details will follow soon!

Truth is, if it had an ass, you know you’d spank dat sh*t!

Alternative ideology for existing methods!

Apart from the many features available online, gift ideas, characters & sales and promotional material found within, it offers a glimpse into the many aspects today’s internet can utilise to help feature your current marketing requirements and or business needs.

Advertise and stand out in the crowd!

‘Dude-ver-tisin’ – Get onboard NOW. . .

Not only does it represent a visual guide into my skills as a 2D/3D multimedia specialist, it provides an imaginative and alternative way to provide many of the much used and sought after techniques available online and to show off just a selection of styles and ways in which media and material can be distributed across the web.

The how?

Traditional web design fused with innovative styling and interactive conception is just a small step into bringing the web up to date with today’s available methods.

In my humble opinion, too many people have neglected presentation, appearance and intuitive guidelines when investing in a website.

Pay little, achieve nothing and then complain about the web not ‘working for them’ is an all too familiar experience when discussing current trends with clients these days, and more than most have been stung on more than one occasion when opting for the cheapest and nastiest route.

Online business is no different than any other business. If your business looks run down, things don’t work and it has the same sad out of date things in the window, then you’ll never succeed and promote fresh growth no matter how good your idea.

Shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts & hoodies, all coming soon!

Providing alternative ideas is key!

Internet availability, access, and bandwidth has come along way and yet so may sites still perform and look like they were designed during the cold war.

Grabbing today’s techniques by the balls and bringing your ideas up to date is a simple practicality when discussing requirement with the right person. A practical summary to suit your needs as well as alternatives for and against can easily be achieved with a little foresight, the right person helping and an understanding that like a woman, it will require some T.L.C.

Failure to adhere to at least ‘trying’ to look professional with your website and you might as well not bother at all. Save yourself the hassle and cut straight to moaning about how rubbish eCommerce was and move on, otherwise ask yourself a few honest questions about what you want and what you see, and set them into motion whenever your online.

If you haven’t spent any time or money on your website and it comes across half arsed, chances are that’s what people will think too.

People are a fickle bunch, and even more so these days. Everyone seems to be a wanna-be celebrity, a so called expert or a know-it all in something, few sadly can back it up.

Asking around, finding an understanding between ‘yourself’ the client and the ‘designer’ are equally as important as ideally you need someone who shares your vision working with you rather than against you, and similarly knowing what can go wrong, what extras and unforeseen elements there could be for follow on or updates etc is equally as important.

Spending a fortune online isn’t a guarantee that things will work any better however it may at least give you a fighting chance to start with. If your follow up sales, support and material sucks, then your days will be numbered anyway and it will have little to do with what or how well your website did. Fact.

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