Peter Garrett sought and gladly accepted the adulation of people ill at ease with a ‘control at all costs’ mentality. Hhowever, it’s confirmed he now craves adulation from that very crowd; from a recent comment I made about the Japanese / AFP and Steve Irwin anti-whaling article to the Gunn’s pulp mill and the latest [...]
Entries from February 2009
Midnight Oil Snuffed Out
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Australia – Beautiful One Day, Japanese the Next?
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Australians overwhelmingly want whaling to cease. However, Japanese whalers complained to the Australian government and the Rudd Government send the Australian Federal Police to raid the Steve Irwin – Sea Shepherd for taking part in anti-whaling practices. Now if the AFP are acting on behalf of the Japanese inside Australian waters, then fine … but [...]
Tags: animals · asia · australia · politics
Rudd’s Glazed Globalization Gaze
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Every time a new politician comes to power, cartoonists lament the passing plethora of ‘rabbit in the head-lights’ or fall-back vernacular of current politicians; one of these days a cartoonist will capture the Rudd Glaze, when his high IQ visage is beset by the reality that he doesn’t have a clue about what is going [...]
Tags: australia · banks · politics
The Stimulus Plan – Simply Explained
February 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
As we already know, Japan has been in a depression for some 10 years now, but its about to get worse … why ? Because, the same process they tried to kick start their economy – by pouring billions of Yen into it – is now being tried by the other equally bright people; however, [...]
Homes Lost to Fires, Floods & Banks
February 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Back in the last 80’s I was made aware of a statistic that for every house lost through fire, forty-eight houses were lost – to the banks – due illness or injury (the actual number lost though eviction is not one readily available; however, as an indicator, HLIC (Home Loan Insurance Corporation – a home [...]
