Umm... no rant today. Dunno why not... it's in there.. I just can't be bothered.
"Ahh, excellent Grasshopper. The first step to Equanimity and so Mastery of Self.", echoes in the back of mind.
But, maybe the mind is only watching re-runs of Kung-Fu, aligning itself with the character of Kwai Chang Cain... and not caring whether it spelled that name correctly.
Either way, another sip of coffee, light another ciggie, and all will be well again.
Ahhhh, that is better.
Coffee good, Old man smiling.. trying not to give a shit.
Friday, 9 December 2011
London Times Obituary...
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense , who has been with us for many years.
No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
If you still remember him, pass this on.
If not, join the majority and do nothing.
Source: The London Times
No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
If you still remember him, pass this on.
If not, join the majority and do nothing.
Source: The London Times
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
After yesterday's mild implode, here's one small fact....
The wealthy enjoy significantly better health whilst they are alive, and they live longer than those in low socio-economic groups.
So says the NineMSN article today.
Monday, 5 December 2011
No one else seems to give a shit, so why should I continue to?
The question has been asked.. and I don't have an answer.
I can tell you I am severely "over it all".
Had enough of trying to wake people up to what is going on around them.
Had enough of trying to wake people up to the simplest fact of all.. that you have all the power right now to make change happen.
Had enough of pointing out for 30 years how change will take a large number of people all standing together to force it.. otherwise it will not happen in our lifetime.
Had enough of the dumbarses all around me, in this town and any other like it.
Had enough of Adults pandering to kids, spoiling those kids like rotten apples.. and then letting them out in the world to be smart-arsed mouth-offs hiding behind the law that protects them from having their just desserts already.
Had enough of the struggle every single day.
Had enough of being an island in a sea of shit as the shit gets deeper all around it.
Had enough of being minimized.. having No Voice to be Heard, having no means to create change via the system inplace.
Seriously over not being Heard.. and when heard being suppressed to maintain others comfort zones.
Just had enough. I wonder why I bothered in the first place.. no one actually listens, then thinks about their own effects in the world, then takes responsibility for their actions.
Can't wait for this system to come crashing down so I can take off into the mountains and not have to put up with the bullshit anymore.
Been seriously thinking it's time for me.. time to ignore everything else going on around me.. and become one of the blind folks going about their day to day grind and not giving a shit about anything else.
The old saying.. can't beat them, join them.
I got a better one.. can't help them.. don't bother trying.
No one reads this Blog.. except for one or two friends.
So there is no point in me writing anything more here... no one listens, and certainly no one takes any action.. just me.. a lone voice in the wilderness of a maddened, insane world.
I can tell you I am severely "over it all".
Had enough of trying to wake people up to what is going on around them.
Had enough of trying to wake people up to the simplest fact of all.. that you have all the power right now to make change happen.
Had enough of pointing out for 30 years how change will take a large number of people all standing together to force it.. otherwise it will not happen in our lifetime.
Had enough of the dumbarses all around me, in this town and any other like it.
Had enough of Adults pandering to kids, spoiling those kids like rotten apples.. and then letting them out in the world to be smart-arsed mouth-offs hiding behind the law that protects them from having their just desserts already.
Had enough of the struggle every single day.
Had enough of being an island in a sea of shit as the shit gets deeper all around it.
Had enough of being minimized.. having No Voice to be Heard, having no means to create change via the system inplace.
Seriously over not being Heard.. and when heard being suppressed to maintain others comfort zones.
Just had enough. I wonder why I bothered in the first place.. no one actually listens, then thinks about their own effects in the world, then takes responsibility for their actions.
Can't wait for this system to come crashing down so I can take off into the mountains and not have to put up with the bullshit anymore.
Been seriously thinking it's time for me.. time to ignore everything else going on around me.. and become one of the blind folks going about their day to day grind and not giving a shit about anything else.
The old saying.. can't beat them, join them.
I got a better one.. can't help them.. don't bother trying.
No one reads this Blog.. except for one or two friends.
So there is no point in me writing anything more here... no one listens, and certainly no one takes any action.. just me.. a lone voice in the wilderness of a maddened, insane world.
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Leave it in the ground please Julia.
Uranium that is.
I disagreed with John Howard's approach when in talks with China years ago to sell them uranium. He promised us he would get an assurance that the products of Our uranium were not weaponised, and he promoised to raise Our Concerns over China's human rights abuses.
On return he was asked what the response was to Our Concerns. Little Johnnie said, "The opportunity to speak about it didn't come up."
Gutless Bastard!! ..or.. Puppet Bastard!! Both the same really.
Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation is something we can Effect Directly in Australia.. just leave the Uranium in the ground. Do not dig it up and sell it to anyone.
Simple as that.
Even when your country is slowly heading for the big financial drain hole, you do not need to try and buffer it by potentially becoming an even larger part of the Nuclear problem.
Ms Gillard is trying to convince Labour to change it's platform on selling Uranium to India.. this is not a good sign at all. She is supposed to be part of the WHOLE.. she is supposed to uphold the platform and Our Best Interests long term.. she is not supposed to try and change the platform to suit some unknown agenda.
I'm not going to ask you this time.. you know the question and you should know your answer to it by now.
Try to make sure uranium stays in the ground... and we stop selling any of it. We do not need China's money and smiles.. we need to pull away from China and ensure our own country is doing things right.
I disagreed with John Howard's approach when in talks with China years ago to sell them uranium. He promised us he would get an assurance that the products of Our uranium were not weaponised, and he promoised to raise Our Concerns over China's human rights abuses.
On return he was asked what the response was to Our Concerns. Little Johnnie said, "The opportunity to speak about it didn't come up."
Gutless Bastard!! ..or.. Puppet Bastard!! Both the same really.
Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation is something we can Effect Directly in Australia.. just leave the Uranium in the ground. Do not dig it up and sell it to anyone.
Simple as that.
Even when your country is slowly heading for the big financial drain hole, you do not need to try and buffer it by potentially becoming an even larger part of the Nuclear problem.
Ms Gillard is trying to convince Labour to change it's platform on selling Uranium to India.. this is not a good sign at all. She is supposed to be part of the WHOLE.. she is supposed to uphold the platform and Our Best Interests long term.. she is not supposed to try and change the platform to suit some unknown agenda.
I'm not going to ask you this time.. you know the question and you should know your answer to it by now.
Try to make sure uranium stays in the ground... and we stop selling any of it. We do not need China's money and smiles.. we need to pull away from China and ensure our own country is doing things right.
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Big Pay Rises for Politicians.. meanwhile the rest of us...
Today's headlines say it all.. and I know we were pre-warned a couple of weeks agao.. seems everyone forgot about this important issue..
Q/. Why should Politicians get such massive pay increases?
Q/. Why do working class people only ever get very, very small pay increases of only a couple of dollars per week?
Q/. Should Politician's be paid the Average Wage plus phone and car perks ONLY?
The RedHead in Canberra is getting an extra $90,000 per year!!!!!! She will be paid more than the U.S. President!
Meanwhile our Hospitals can't do their jobs properly due to funding cuts, less staff.. etc.
Meanwhile our Schools keep pumping out Dumb Teenagers who can't write, talk or use math to save their lives in most cases... and this is due to funding shortages, lack of good teachers and the stupid system put in place back in the 90's
Meanwhile I pay $100 each week on food shopping... which only just covers the bottom of the shopping trolley.... 8 years ago $100 filled the shopping trolley!!!
Meanwhile the Power Bills just keep rising and rising out of sync with everything else.
Meanwhile Fuel is over-priced in Australia compared to every other first world nation on the planet.
Meanwhile carrego keeps increasing each year.
Meanwhile my Pension does not increase each year.. and when it finally does I get a couple of extra dollars only.
Meanwhile Families in Australia are seriously struggling to get by in any way similar to how we used to live in the 80's and 90's.
Meanwhile the hidden Homeless in Australia grow in leaps and bonds as more people hit the financial wall and have no means to recover.
Meanwhile.. I get the shits with everyone for not doing anything to stop this unfair pay increase for our Polititicans.
Meanwhile.. Aussies will bitch about the Politician's pay rise.. but do NOTHING about it.
I've had enough of this.. wake the hell up people.. it is TIME to stop the rot..and that can only be achieved by large numbers arriving in Canberra to stand up and say NO WAY.. to politician's massive pay increases.
Federal politicians are in for a big pay rise with Prime Minister Julia Gillard set to take home an extra $90,000 and Liberal turncoat and new Speaker Peter Slipper pocketing an extra $70,000, News Ltd papers say.
Q/. Why should Politicians get such massive pay increases?
Q/. Why do working class people only ever get very, very small pay increases of only a couple of dollars per week?
Q/. Should Politician's be paid the Average Wage plus phone and car perks ONLY?
The RedHead in Canberra is getting an extra $90,000 per year!!!!!! She will be paid more than the U.S. President!
Meanwhile our Hospitals can't do their jobs properly due to funding cuts, less staff.. etc.
Meanwhile our Schools keep pumping out Dumb Teenagers who can't write, talk or use math to save their lives in most cases... and this is due to funding shortages, lack of good teachers and the stupid system put in place back in the 90's
Meanwhile I pay $100 each week on food shopping... which only just covers the bottom of the shopping trolley.... 8 years ago $100 filled the shopping trolley!!!
Meanwhile the Power Bills just keep rising and rising out of sync with everything else.
Meanwhile Fuel is over-priced in Australia compared to every other first world nation on the planet.
Meanwhile carrego keeps increasing each year.
Meanwhile my Pension does not increase each year.. and when it finally does I get a couple of extra dollars only.
Meanwhile Families in Australia are seriously struggling to get by in any way similar to how we used to live in the 80's and 90's.
Meanwhile the hidden Homeless in Australia grow in leaps and bonds as more people hit the financial wall and have no means to recover.
Meanwhile.. I get the shits with everyone for not doing anything to stop this unfair pay increase for our Polititicans.
Meanwhile.. Aussies will bitch about the Politician's pay rise.. but do NOTHING about it.
I've had enough of this.. wake the hell up people.. it is TIME to stop the rot..and that can only be achieved by large numbers arriving in Canberra to stand up and say NO WAY.. to politician's massive pay increases.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Facial Recognition System.. part 2
Going back over this so that people might be able to understand what the BIG DEAL is with it.
It's simple really.. do you remember the saying "Big Brother is watching You".
Well there you have it.... we all hated the concept of being observed every second of our lives and not having any freedom of movement because of it.
So why has no one bothered to stand up and fight against this being slipped in under our noses?
Because no one KNEW this was happening. We were not informed before they employed the system.
This is simpkly more of the same old thing I have been concerned with for most of this life.. our eroding Freedoms in the time of "Terrorist Threats to our way of life".
It's bullshit folks. We do not need this facial recognition system in Australia.
The reasons for it's use are pathetic.. to stop teens sending friends in to do their tests.. what a load of crap!!
There is only one reason for the system to be used without our express permission and agreement to lose valuable Freedoms and Rights.. so that those in control can have much more control.. much more ability to observe you every minute of your life.
You will not be able to walk down a street without someone behind a computer pin-pointing you on their screen and within split-seconds know who you are and have all your details at their fingertips.
My daughter does not understand my concern.. so I explained that she has grown up in a world of Technology and so does not know any different.. whereas I grew up in a world of freedom.. to move around and journey wherever you wanted to go without Big Brother watching over you all the time... without your movements being tracked every second of every day.
So I don't expect Generation Y to understand my concerns.
BIG BROTHER is Here Now.. and no one told you it was Here already.. except me.
So bend over folks and take that extra 6 inches the goverment is giving you.. do you feel like a pig on a spit yet??
You should! Because you are.
Good bye Freedom to move.. goodbye Human Rights.. let them go and be happy in the knowledge that Big Brother is watching over you.. protecting you from the bad Terrorists.. watching you every move.. knwing where you are and when.. knowing what you are doing at all times....
Yep... treating you like the Terrorists.
Do you like that?
You must like it otherwise you would get off your bum and do something about it... wouldn't you ?
It's simple really.. do you remember the saying "Big Brother is watching You".
Well there you have it.... we all hated the concept of being observed every second of our lives and not having any freedom of movement because of it.
So why has no one bothered to stand up and fight against this being slipped in under our noses?
Because no one KNEW this was happening. We were not informed before they employed the system.
This is simpkly more of the same old thing I have been concerned with for most of this life.. our eroding Freedoms in the time of "Terrorist Threats to our way of life".
It's bullshit folks. We do not need this facial recognition system in Australia.
The reasons for it's use are pathetic.. to stop teens sending friends in to do their tests.. what a load of crap!!
There is only one reason for the system to be used without our express permission and agreement to lose valuable Freedoms and Rights.. so that those in control can have much more control.. much more ability to observe you every minute of your life.
You will not be able to walk down a street without someone behind a computer pin-pointing you on their screen and within split-seconds know who you are and have all your details at their fingertips.
My daughter does not understand my concern.. so I explained that she has grown up in a world of Technology and so does not know any different.. whereas I grew up in a world of freedom.. to move around and journey wherever you wanted to go without Big Brother watching over you all the time... without your movements being tracked every second of every day.
So I don't expect Generation Y to understand my concerns.
BIG BROTHER is Here Now.. and no one told you it was Here already.. except me.
So bend over folks and take that extra 6 inches the goverment is giving you.. do you feel like a pig on a spit yet??
You should! Because you are.
Good bye Freedom to move.. goodbye Human Rights.. let them go and be happy in the knowledge that Big Brother is watching over you.. protecting you from the bad Terrorists.. watching you every move.. knwing where you are and when.. knowing what you are doing at all times....
Yep... treating you like the Terrorists.
Do you like that?
You must like it otherwise you would get off your bum and do something about it... wouldn't you ?
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