Whitlam Dismissing this Life
I was happy to hear of former Prime Minister’s Gough Whitlam’s death as he was 98. A very good innings. My mother told me she cried as she was near him when he gave his famous dismissal speech on the steps of old Parliament House. Both my parents supported the labour values.… Continue reading
Surveillance of Citizens or Global Security?
I remember when I went to the United States passing through transit where I was finger printed and thumb printed. I was asked to look in a camera as well (iris print). I had committed no crime and I had not entered the United States, I was in transit. Yet I… 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
Republican: Heritage Foundation Championed US Shutdown
Americans for Prosperity (Tea Party) or Progress (Open Society) – What is the Truth?
The above heading appears to me to represent the forces opposing each other in the United States and at the centre of the US Shutdown. It appears two camps have emerged – Americans for Prosperity funded by the Koch Brothers who are reported to be behind the Tea Party movement. President Obama… Continue reading
Is Abbot having a nice Tea Party in Canberra or is it more hot air?
It was interesting I was sitting on a tram here in Melbourne yesterday and heard a couple of blokes chatting. They had their iphones and I would depict them as beer drinking aussies who confine their politics to football. I smiled as I listened to the slang. One talked about accessing… Continue reading