This bloke may be right.

[birdy]

Globalization and global corporations are raping our "lucky country"Only coz we let them.If we had any balls, and didnt faint at the slightest wif of sweat, or pass out at the sight ofa blister, we"d be do"n the rapen.But no, its easier to sit on our fat asses, sell everythn to sumone who"s not afraid of sweat, change them for it like a bull, then ***** that theyv stolen our jobs.If sumone takes sumthn thats not already taken, its not stealn.

[blakemorem]

Ah wouldn"t it be good to be sitting by a camp fire with a bottle of rum talking about this stuff.Cause that"s where we should be.Why....Big brother...cause yous are talking about the awkward truths of today and all the old boys are just about gone now but did give us a realistic view of where we are heading.Ya see I paid a very heavy price last year in the corporate scene for speaking truth but corporate don"t like that.Hmmm about $80k but couldn"t give a rats ass cause there all ignorant psychopaths and I have a clear conscience and that"s worth more to me than money. They talk today of skills shortages.Does anyone remember 10 apprentices being laid off per day back in the 90"s I remember the regional officer telling me that when i got retrenched.That"s why we are competing with 457 Visa workers today. My uncle was air Marshall of the RAAF and said to me It"s not if but when Australia goes to war.(Indonesia) for example there birth rate is higher than our kill rate and an Aussie solder has a 5:1 kill ratio when fully kitted up.China bought $8 billion dollars of prime agricultural land Including CubbyStation...how we gunna get that back. Does any one know what Queensland Smart State is.Peter Beaty spent $400 Million on that.So we should all know the answer.Don"t hear much of Al Gore any more.Hey I"m just saying what I"ve heard and seen over the years guess where getting old.Why is spell check American.Hey a good book fellas.The Weather Maker by an Aussie Anthropologist. Tim Flannery. Here"s a simple example Why electric hot water heaters Solar is far simpler.Ive read on this post about Economic crises there is also food and energy crises climate is third place.If we did in the air what we do on the road It would be 100 near misses a day but it"s an acceptable risk,consequences are the same.ACCEPTABLE RISK...interesting.Read the book fellas...Oh and be careful don"t get labeled with Anxiety Depression OCD Manic schizophrenia or any other Bullshit trendy money making diagnosis your just Grumpy Old Men blessed with intelligence who have seen too much bullshit in one Lifetime....Thought i was the only one...

[gbw]

I have a Welsh assistant. A very cute Welsh. She is here because her husband is a sparky, and he was paid to come out here as we have a skills shortage. He is working on the wiring of a new warship. A warship that was built for us in Spain!In Adelaide there is a dock in which a ship is being completed for the Navy. When it is finished, there are no future orders. In Canberra they have white papers discussing the need for new ships. That is what we are good at. White papers.

[Mark Horan]

gbw, probably the white Australia policy at work!Mark

[Mark Horan]

But seriously....I read the original thing from the ford worker when it first came out and I am sorry I wasn"t on this forum when it did. Ken and Birdy are dead right.this Ford worker is typical of the average wage earner in this country today, couldn"t care past the end of the next pay period, until everything goes to clay. Probably a staunch unionist, has been happy to bleed the company for everything he can get and the only skin in the game, is turning up for his 35 hours a week.Pity his union mates in the education system stopped teaching things like the story about the goose that layed the golden egg, a goose with no head lays no gold.The thing about government, good or bad, is that they only do what the voters want. Something for nothing has to be paid for somehow.Mark

[gbw]

"We are worried about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream. "The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching year 3 students. The last Parliamentary election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class captain. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.

I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.

I had never seen Olivia"s parents.

The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.

Jamie went first.

He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place.
He ended by promising to do his very best.

Everyone applauded and he sat down.

Now is was Olivia"s turn to speak.

Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.

The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream."

She surely would say more. She did not have to.

A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn"t sure. But no one pursued that question. They took her at her word.

Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it...She didn"t know.

The class really didn"t care. All they were thinking about was ice cream...

Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.

[birdy]

Took the slow road outa town tday, with a loada besa bricks, [ 5 1/5 hours to do 150km] and had plenty of time to muddle.Heard on the country hour on the radio that **% of QLD was in drout, and the NT was the same.Only 18 munths ago, both places were flooded.Now all the cockys are scream for "assistance", from the tax payer coz all their stock are dien.Few points;1 we live in the driest island on the planet. Drout?2 coz of the big rains, most places stocked up. [forgot bout drout]3 f***n guvment assholed one of our biggest markets. [ export.]4 even those how wanted to destock coz they knew they were go"n to run out feed, couldn"t, coz the domestic market is now flooded with cattle, that shoulda fed the millions over seas.5 guvment[taxpayer] bails out an inefficient auto company, then the company goes assup anyway.Now the guv is offering financial assistance to cockies ??? [ oh, and of course, councelling]No wunder this country is stuffed. [ and most don"t even know it, and those few who do, don"t know why.]Bout the country hour, one annonomus caller hada ***** bout all he hears on the country hour is how hard we are do"n it, and that we are always scream poor, from our late modle cruiser. Is he rong?Unfortunatly for ustraya, he"s spoton.

[Brian]

Bout the country hour, one annonomus caller hada ***** bout all he hears on the country hour is how hard we are do"n it, and that we are always scream poor, from our late modle cruiser. Is he rong?Unfortunatly for ustraya, he"s spoton.So very true Birdy. During the drought there was a family in this area who featured in on of our national magazines saying how they were stuffed and that the sky had fallen in etc etc. A year after the drought & there"s new tojos for all the family, trip to the USA, purchase of property next door [something over 3 mill$$] and so it goes on.I say good on them but its not a great look to those who read the story. Thing is they arent the only ones doing the same so it gives a bad image to those who are genuinely doing it tough & might need assistance at some time to get through a bad patch.

[tonydenton]

brian, it is USUALLY the ones that can spin the biggest load of bullsh1t that can get the best finance. keep watching to see if they last , maybe a year or 2 and they will go down and but always take others "finaincally" with them.

[blakemorem]

I still have trouble with how the government went about the decision to ban live export to Indonesia.The impact that had on the Australian market was enormous.I wonder how much it would have cost to send a team of inspectors and contractors free of cost to supply the stun guns and update the equipment, build

[Brian]

The ban on live cattle to Indonesia was bought about because labour didnt want to offend the greens who want all live exports banned. The ban was instigated with absolutely no thought about the consequences to all involved unfortunately. I would like to see everything leave here in containers but the simple truth is that not all countrys have suitable refrigeration. Many villages in Indonesia [and other paarts of the world dont even have electricity for goodness sake] so how are they going to keep meat frozen etc. and the lovely Christine Milne wants country Australia to fall in love with her. Really

[GraemeMonro]

The ban on live cattle to Indonesia was bought about because labour didnt want to offend the greens who want all live exports banned. The ban was instigated with absolutely no thought about the consequences to all involved unfortunately. I would like to see everything leave here in containers but the simple truth is that not all countrys have suitable refrigeration. Many villages in Indonesia [and other paarts of the world dont even have electricity for goodness sake] so how are they going to keep meat frozen etc. and the lovely Christine Milne wants country Australia to fall in love with her. Really

[Brian]

I fell in love with Ms Pauline Hanson.Thats okay Graeme, Pauline has a lot more going for her.....then & now

[tonydenton]

I can"t remember much of her speech in parliament but I can remember thinking then and now how right she was.

[blakemorem]

I can"t remember much of her speech in parliament but I can remember thinking then and now how right she was.