Should Corporate Entities Influence Elections?
This is an interesting article. I find it fascinating that corporations can buy officials or pay lobbyists to influence political decisions. My understanding of the original purpose of government was to represent the people. I think the question is which people? In my own work I find that people need to… Continue reading
Did the War Against Terror Succeed?
I had an email which lead me to this article below. I want to first start by analysing ‘the war against terrorism’. Can you actually have a war against terrorism or terror? How can you fight against terror using terror? An oxymoron! How do we fight fire with fire? How can violence bring… Continue reading
War, Terrorism and the Guildford Four
I am house sitting for a friend at the moment and amazed to find a DVD called ‘In the Name of the Father’ which is based on the trial of the Guildford Four. I find it interesting how information comes out of the blue. I will provide some of my impressions after watching… Continue reading
Republican: Heritage Foundation Championed US Shutdown
US Shutdown Former Australian PM Asks How is it Different from Blocking Supply in 1975?
When investigating the US Shutdown I was not lost on the similarity to the constitutional crisis in 1975 known as the Whitlam Dismissal. It seems I am not the only one seeing the similarities here in Australia. This blog will drill down as I write and there are some revelations to my… Continue reading
US Shutdown a Tea Party or Coup d’etat?
Interestingly sedition comes to mind.
Wikipedia defines coup d’etat as – A coup d’état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/; plural: coups d’état), also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden deposition of a government,[1][2][3][4] usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to… Continue reading