We are all in this together ...except Karen of Bunnings!
I read with great interest Barry’s article about Daniel Andrews and it got me thinking about the intrusion of bureaucracy in to our lives and how Covid 19 has collateral damage.
And it all started with a visit to my local Pharmacy.
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From Barry J Rumpf
Daniel Andrews, Labour Party premier of Victoria since December, 2014 has probably acquired a new title in recent times as “Public Enemy Number 1”.
Andrews is currently presiding over the worst national crisis ever to hit our country since the threat of Japanese invasion in 1942. His ineptitude in handling the COVID-19 crisis has led to calls from many quarters for his resignation or forced replacement, failing which, it is assumed that it is only a matter of time and tide until his inevitable defeat in the elections of 2022.
I do not subscribe to that assumption.
I have worked for nearly 2 years without a day off with little reward other than the knowledge that, to me, it is a job well done for those that need a place to express a view without fear or favour, as the saying goes.
To try and translate my emotions into words is very difficult indeed. As a child of the bush and the heartland of Australia, I find it almost soul destroying to see what is happening to Australia and the heartland of America and other Nations around the world.
While I and my neighbours and friends try to do the right thing, those that do the wrong thing exploit, plunder and disrupt our once happy go lucky Nations and profit from their greed and selfish behaviour. These people marching and defying the Laws are irresponsible, shelfish and, quite frankly, unpatriotic.
What strange creature we humans are. Its raining and we want the sun, the sun is shining and we want rain.
From poster BK.
President Trump has addressed the UN in New York at least twice.
He has warned the UN to downsize or lose US funding, to stop interfering in the affairs of member nations and to get back to the original charter scope of activities and get rid of the rest, too many UN Organisations trying to oversee member nation governments.
President Trump says that he is the President of America and that he is not the President of the World.
But many of us wish he was. Oh, how we wish he was.
President Trump is one of the only Leaders in the world right now who is DOING HIS JOB. And he is the only one not being paid to do it.
One ( yes one ) activist made a complaint and Coon Cheese has buckled and will no longer be Coon Cheese. Aboriginal activist Stephen Hagan must be very proud of himself.
He complained that the name “ Coon Cheese “ was Racist so CEO of the parent company has buckled under this pressure and is changing its name.
Go Woke, Go Broke.
Back in the days of Ancient Rome, around 80,000 people would gather to watch some poor bugger fight for his life against his opponent – normally another man or an animal that was fighting for his or its life. The crowd laughed, cheered and barracked for their favourite with little regards to who or what was fighting the battle.
All they wanted was blood. And a lot of it.
The Colosseum was the home of incredible violence and theatrical drama to entertain and delight the bored masses who lived in luxury, decadence and privilege.
The People of Ancient Rome were bored.
When one section of human life is so lacking in purpose and so privileged that it has no other purpose than to seek the entertainment of slaughter, murder, destruction of others? Then call it what it was and is:
ENTERTAINMENT.
posted by Viv Forbes. Viv Forbes has scientific and financial qualifications, experience in government and industry, and a long history of observing and participating in Australian politics.
Aussie Politicians Fight Three Wars at Once - Australian politicians are trying to maintain their never-ending Climate War on carbon fuels while waging a Lockdown War on the elusive Covid virus and also provoking a Trade War with China, our biggest trading partner.
We cannot afford three hopeless and costly wars at once. One would be too many.
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