Gagaland

Outgoing relentless wanderer Colin McElhatton is a 33 year old IT systems manager who has just started to blog via msn spaces. In his thoughtful first entry he writes about Malta's membership in the European Union, criticizes the new eco tax and calls for a more mature political system. From Gagaland:

Before closing, why "gagaland"? Well because here we tend to do a lot of talking and mudslinging especially in the political arena and because our politicians prefer to rouse the population with speeches that show situations as either black or white, good or bad, no half-ways no greys. If you were to hear either leader of our principle parties you'd believe you were living in two totally different countries. Why? Because rather than pursue a line of speech that focuses on solving the issues at hand, they're just out there to nurture the applause of their followers as a shepherd would tend to his sheep leading them along.