Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Freedom of the Press

I find it very interesting to read articles from various "respected" members of the journalistic community referring to the loss of the right to freedom of the press and freedom of speech with regards to the proposed terror laws and sedition laws.

They write articles to stir the emotions of the public and to say that if the laws get passed then the people of Australia will not be able to be informed like the were in the "good old days". What we effectively have are hacks bleating about the loss of THEIR rights.

These people have never given much of a rats arse about what the public had to say, nor have they had the common decency to report all the facts all the time without dribbling in a bit/lot of their own political slant in order to get THEIR personal agendum into the public eye.

For far too many years, every daily newspaper has put their versions of stories to print (as with the televisual and radio media) but have allowed absolutely NO right of reply to the vast majority with regards to their "reporting". My dear Editors: YOU are the sedition laws that you complain about. YOU are the loss of the right of freedom of speech that you fear you will lose!

What about MY right of free speech? What about MY right to say that I disapprove of the actions of a minority group without it being labelled as a racial slur? Why am I not allowed to reply in print to an editorial comment where the writer clearly has no idea about the facts? Why am I not allowed to comment in print about the bad behaviour or Un-Australian activities of those who govern us?

Journalists refer to Freedom of Information? There was no such thing in this country anyway! If there was anything that was even remotely delicate or could somehow have caused some politician to lose the next election, they would enact some sort of Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card that would allow their corruption to be swept under the carpet.

Where were the journalists and editors when the laws of every state were changed so that the basic tenet of the Westminster System of guilt needing to be proven was removed from every single individual in this country with a drivers licence? If you think you were caught unfairly by a revenue collector *oops*, I mean 'Speed Camera', and you go to court to contest it - you are deemed guilty and you must prove your innocence. Where was the media outcry when this went through?

THEN we have an article from the Gold Coast Bulletin passing comment about democratic behaviour & are trying to make the poor little journalists seem like the downtrodden heroes of the people. That the government want to restrict the flow of information to the people. HA! The GCB should not be throwing any stones in that glass house!

It is true though that these proposed laws are a danger to all people in this country who have an opinion to express (like myself) but to have the bottom-feeding, sea of ineptitude that passes for media and (dis)information in this country trying to champion the cause? Just how loud can you agree with someone while recognising their hypocrisy?

Brackistan

Top sort Nilknarf (dig the new photo, how does one spell a wolf whistle? :) tells me that the new laws being introduced into Victoria are causing many locals to refer to the place as 'Brackistan'. It seems now that you can get locked up for any sort of speech that may insult anyone or anything. Well, cop this: You bunch of wannabe-Taliban, inbred halfwits in Parliament down there - go your hardest! I'm not going to hold my opinion because it hurts your pathetic little feelings.

The reason for this entry is I've noticed a report on News.com.au titled Share a Bus Ticket - Get Fined $524. Apparently there are a range of "harsh" new laws that will see a commuter fined if they give away a ticket to another individual for them to use once the original owner has no more use for it.

"Brackistan" indeed.

So now you are no longer entitled to give away something you purchased regardless of whether Citytrans claims ownership of the ticket or not? You want to stop me in a public area to check my credentials after I have travelled?

"YOU ZERE!!! HALT!!! VERE ARE ZE TRAVEL PAPERS??? YOU MUST SHOW ZE TRAVEL PAPERS!!!"

(Sorry to all those of German descent in making this sound like a German accent. Unfortunately, I just can't think right now of how a Russian border guard would sound…. More appropriate. I like Germany too much to pick on the country or it's people - history is history and it doesn't need to be dredged up every time someone has a gripe with you).

Well, guess what people? I will make a point of finding an inspector and handing off my ticket to someone right under their noses once I am off Citytrans property. I will NOT be producing identification and I WILL be defending myself if they try to apprehend me for doing the right thing (that is: buying a valid ticket to travel). What I do with it afterwards is my business. If they don't like it, they can call The Salvation Army as I'm sure that they will give a shit. (Incidently, how about logging onto their site and donating something to a mob who really do care about the underpriviledged? Just a thought….)

While on the subject of fares, how about someone in Citytrans produce something like a checklist to help people work out how to buy a ticket on the trams? I have not payed for a tram trip for years because I couldn't work out those stupid machines, so I just rode for free. How about you clowns do something to assist tourists in finding their way around rather than the Stalinist attitudes that you show now?

Yet another Aussie due to swing….

Another Aussie is on the executioner's block? Boo Hoo.

Not a long blog on this as I just couldn't give a rat's arse about the individual involved. Was he thinking: "Hey, this is Vietnam and not Singapore - I should be OK to traffic some drugs here."

All I really wanted to say was: "Well done, Vietnam! Keep up the good work!"

Maybe these mules will discover that it just isn't worth the risks anymore and that their lives are worth NOTHING to both the dealers AND the authorities who seek their execution. If you want to live: leave the drugs alone - simple solution.

I fully expect to see my eldest nephew become a mule in the years to come as he is on the slippery slope to becoming a mule. I say the same thing if he gets caught: "string 'em up!".

"Don't set our boats ablaze: Jakarta"

Noticing a report in The Australian this morning: Don't set our boats ablaze: Jakarta. Indonesia is asking Australia to NOT burn the fishing boats of illegal fishermen caught doing what they do best: Treating Australia like a pack of mugs while they continue to steal from us.

I feel compelled to ask: "Why?"
Why does Indonesia not want Australia to burn the boats?
Is it possible that Jakarta is well aware of the situation where Indonesia has completely destroyed it's own waters and quietly condones the practice of stealing from neighbours? (and not just any neighbours but ones who supply a LOT of foreign aid amongst other things). I'm thinking that they don't want the boats burned so that they can be brought back and used again for the same purpose?

In any case: They have their laws which we must obey when we go there and we have ours. Keep the fires burning, boys!!

IF (and this is a long shot) Australia (not this little black duck!) decides to not burn the fishing boats - then hand them over to the local fishermen for them to use as compensation for their loss of income thanks to people who think we're idiots that are only fit to steal from.

Friday, December 16, 2005

Grrr-rrrr... IDIOT Journalism

When will I learn?

Yet again I have made the mistake of watching the usual load of SHIT that passes for television journalism in this country. Again I happened to see a segment on TURDay Tonight that made my blood boil - and all it took was a singular sentence from the IDIOT wannabe twinkie: Anna Coren.

Unfortunately I cannot quote the exact words as I have forgotten them in the midst of thinking of something to write here and muttering Dutch Sailor-like phrases at the trouble-making wench fronting that show. Why didn't I stick to watching the episodes of Scrubs that I taped from this morning?

I will paraphrase a bit here but the statement went something like this:
"The racists are the reason why the beaches are going to be closed this weekend.

(feel free to correct me if I'm wrong and I will correct this....)

What racists? You mean the ones who think that we, as Aussies, are 2nd class citizens and should allow Islamic rule to govern? Yeah - that's the mob!

What the hell is going through the mind of these people? (ask this question of a friend of mine and the reply is: "not enough lead!") What the hell makes them think that they can run the country BETTER than how it is now?
True - a monkey with siphilis could run Queensland better than the corrupt Joh Bjelke Peterson-wannabe that is there now, but handing it over to a collective of people who have a WONDERFUL history of totally FUCKING up every single country that they have ever run throughout the entirety of their history sounds like the perfect solution - NOT!!! If given the choice, bring on the siphilitic monkey!

Then again, maybe I got dear Anna wrong and she was referring to those who have been allowed to get away with inflicting their bullshit on the world and passing it off as religion. Somehow I doubt it.

So - now we have yet another GUTLESS politician who is afraid to stand up for the people of this country (you know them? They're the ones who pay taxes and fund your overseas "study trips") but will happily defend the 'rights' of those who want to happily bludge off the economy and then slag off at the hand that feeds them. I don't know about anyone else but I don't see too many Muslims* with jobs around the place!

Then we have a piss-weak Police Commissioner who referred to the rioters as being unAustralian. Yeah - OK, I'll give you that one ONLY because most of those morons involved in that were full of piss and bad manners and would have acted the same way if it was a cricket match. This isn't sport, you fools - this is for our country that REAL men fought and died for. You also don't turn up with 2,000+ people to beat up 6. The NSW Police Commissioner doesn't get off scot free though - he is still the one directing Police to collect road revenue and balance the budget instead of doing something about the gangs of youths* who seek to vilify our young women and beat up any male without a beard.

Oh... gee... there is that wonderful word: "Vilify". Am I allowed to use this when it is a pig-shit minority seeking to free themselves from the oppression of white Australia? My bad.

I tell you lot* what: How about you grab one of those countries that you already have judicial control over (eg: Indonesia) and you PROVE that you can take a third world country and make it into something better? How about that?
What's that? Oh... I see... you want a country where all the hard work has been done and you want to run *that* one? Well, you see.... there is a problem with that.... You useless stone-age rejects can't be trusted to run anything. Try working for something for once in your useless* lives instead of taking it and then whinging about how mistreated you are.

If you want to be accepted in this country - do like the rest of us have to do and accept everyone else for who they are and who they want to be WITHOUT expecting everyone to change everything just to suit some edicts handed down by some 'prophet'. Live your lives the way you should- by governing YOURSELF and nobody else!
Failing that; I can see very dire times ahead of us all.

*Obligatory Anti-Religious Vilification Clause:
I do NOT hate Muslims! My comments are not directed towards those who *can* live peacefully in a society of people of many religions. My disdain is intended for the DICKHEADS who want to make themselves feel special by demanding special conditions and dictating that the world change to suit them and their part-time beliefs (which only seem to come to the fore when it suits them).

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Apologies

Apologies to all who have come past looking for new stuff. Not on strike or anything - just been flat out like a shit in a sandshoe.

Got some new blogs in the works - just need to finish them off.

Got a bit to say about:

- stringing up drug-runners (especially DUMB ones who do it to bail out a STUPID brother!)

- arrogant & inept Health Ministers in Queensland who get caught out doing what every other MP in Queensland does every damn day of their worthless lives.

- how I still don't give a rat's arse about the spawn of a tennis player and some bimbette actress (oh gee, damn - too late!)

- and some other stuff that I forget about at this point in time.

Stay tuned (if you're still awake! :)