Everyone seems to have missed the obvious. Garnaut’s radical position on greenhouse gas reductions also radically reduces the room for Nelson to manouvre in. Now Rudd’s fairly robust position looks conservative, and the possibility of running a more conservative credible position on greenhouse has virtually disappeared.
The usual suspects will […] Continue Reading…
February 26, 2008 | Graham
Garnaut super-wedges Nelson
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February 20, 2008 | Graham
Kevin’s war on everything, including booze
Government is in the solution business, which means to be rated a success a government needs problems – no problems, nothing to solve. Rudd’s ambitious, so he’s adding problems to the list of those he inherited like inflation, but are some of the problems real?
One of his first moves […] Continue Reading…
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February 20, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
You don’t need a wind sock…to know which way the wind blows
The US film industry is definitely becoming more socially and politically aware. In the past few years movies have tackled issues including the drug trade (Traffic), international arms dealing (God of War), the impotence of international help in the face of genocide (Hotel Rwanda), racism in the US (Crash), […] Continue Reading…
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February 13, 2008 | Graham
Underage Elephant?
I had to laugh at this one. I have problems with the whole concept of underage sex when the consenting parties are physically equipped to do what they do. Romeo and Juliet, if they had survived, would have potentially faced jail for their romance under modern laws. And we […] Continue Reading…
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February 13, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
In the bosom of the ladies’ gym
On this Valentine’s Day of 2008 may I take the opportunity to wish you love. If romanitic love is not on your doorstep, perhaps that more diffuse emotion of social well-being is within your domain. This may consist of no more than an absence of malice. In the aftermath […] Continue Reading…
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February 12, 2008 | Graham
Sorry too limited
I don’t have a problem with saying sorry for the “Stolen Generation”, although the HREOC report “Bringing them home” appears to have exaggerated the actual facts of the matter.
But to limit an apology to such a problematic and minor part of the whole story of injustice to Australia’s indigenous […] Continue Reading…
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February 06, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Junkies are the scum of the earth (3)
No point in talking about my son any more. Why depress everyone, including myself? Better to boast of solutions to the tedious society vs the individual vs resource distribution conundrum. In relation to drug policy at least.
Again I find my suggestions are viable, and being implemented in the enlightened […] Continue Reading…
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February 05, 2008 | Graham
Australia speaks – it’s Obama v McCain
We can’t vote in US elections, but that didn’t stop On Line Opinion from running a primary for the Democratic and Republican parties involving Australians.
This is the release that I put out to publicise the results. You can read a longer and more entertaining version in the article that […] Continue Reading…
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January 30, 2008 | Ronda Jambe
Confusion by design?
Trust in the markets is a brave thing, yet most people I have spoken to about the recent turbulence have voiced that view: in the longer term, the stock market only goes up. Of course, there are glitches and some losses when big companies collapse, but overall one can […] Continue Reading…
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January 30, 2008 | Graham
Sorry split
The Courier Mail reports today that Brendan Nelson’s agreement to an apology to Aborigines for the stolen generation will “split” the Liberal Party (although the only splinter they can find to quote is Wilson Tuckey).
The state governments have all made their apologies, and today The Australian has a run […] Continue Reading…
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