White Words on Black Shirt.

Is that news true?
Or is your News Limited?

Wins.

Heard the joke about the two politicians who looked exactly the same?

No, neither have I

But yes, we have a new tyrant leader these days in the great land of Oz. His name’s Kevin. No, he isn’t that accountant who did your taxes a few years back (although he could easily have been mistaken to have been). He enjoys saying “education revolution” a lot, is friends with a guy who knows Bono and likes the taste of his own earwax. I really don’t know how anyone can like the taste of their own ear wax. It’s far too bitter.

Other than that, he seems like a nice guy, which appears to be why he got a landslide victory. Which isn’t usually the best thing for a politician these days. Compare Paul Keating and Jeff Kennett, for example. One tries to be nice yet is a complete arse, the other is a complete arse yet reshaped Victoria completely. I don’t like those odds.

Now, no matter how he performs, I value one thing about this nation: Its democracy and the ability to be democratic in a civilised fashion. That is, the transition to one government from another is free of persecution or violence, which is something I wish the whole world had. Not to mention, both of our major parties are rather decent, when it comes down to the facts.

So, back to my political slant at this, whilst most of the blind conservatives whine that our country is going to end up in an economic recession under Ruddkips, remember that voting for superfluous new-age leadership wasn’t a step towards a better future (although I, with my KEVIN07 shirt in hand, hope that will be the case), yet one away from a Liberal dictatorship that would have left us all earning $2 an hour no matter what age, gender or position we were in, with the next major project being a 200ft-tall statue of a lion with Peter Costello’s head crafted on it. Which we would all have to build under the new SlaveChioces Act (WorkChoices amendment) 2009, until we are saved by the great prophet Kelly-Ned who parts the Tasman Sea, leading us to our safety in the land of Zealand of the New.

Go figure.

My official stance on comtemporary culture

I recently felt that I had to repost this on this blog. I think I might perform this at next year’s Talent Quest/Year12 Concert, with ammended lyrics for Australian modern culture (Neighbours instead of Hollyoaks, etc.).

I also challenge anyone to bring me any aspect of commericial media, art or modern culture, and I will defend it’s value to society to the best of my ability.

Keeping Us Out, Or Keeping Them In?

The big political party that is the APEC Summit is on again, this time in my hometown of Sydney. It doesn’t help that I work during the main conferences (placing my entire travel plans into shambles), nor that annoyingly ignorant protesters that don’t understand the basic definition of “peaceful protest” are going to be even more annoyingly ignorant, nor that there is a three-metre-high wall surrounding most of the CBD. Yes a wall. I saw a comic in today’s newspaper, suggesting that maybe, they’ve finally locked all the war-mongering leaders up. Now that I think of it, it’s odd how they’re treated with the same security as serial killers.

Some say that they should have held it outside of Sydney, saying that all Howard wanted to do was show off to the other world leaders with the Opera House and such. I propose we show the true Sydney to our honourable visitors: Pollution, Overcrowded Trains, Poor Public Health-care and All-Round Boredom since we all remember when the Olympics were held here seven years back. Those were the days, eh?