Still Cold

This has indeed been an unusually cold winter. I enjoy it and probably many others, but those with big houses to warm up, they are not happy. Or at least they'll be sad when the heating bill arrives. The cold and clear weather gives many photo-ops and we have gone for quite a few drives just to enjoy the weather, get out of the city and take pictures too. Yesterday we went to Humlebæk, where the Louisiana Museum and Gallery is. I have often looked down to the sea from Louisiana, but never gone there. There is a small harbour with a few boats, a lovely place. Some fantastic iceformations on the beach.

Apart from the cold, this is a winter that has reminded me of just how narrow minded and arrogant many politicians can be, especially those politicians that call themselves liberals. The freedom they preach is freedom for them (not everybody else) to say what they want, do what they want. When that is done, they are free to keep others from what they want to do. Their view of women is also appalling. The newest example is the Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs. At long last, it has now been decided to close the NATO base at Keflavík in Iceland. Guess the war in Iraq is costing a lot of dollars and now it is time to make cuts in expenditures. The minister was on TV the other day, discussing the base closing down. Some how, he managed to tell the following: When you are out dancing and take the prettiest girl home with you, you just take the next best. Doesn't really matter which one, either one gets the job done. It is wonderful to have such a man representing your country abroad. Makes me thing of H.C. Andersen and his Ugly Duckling. In his case the story ends before he turns into anything even resembling a: