Being asked to review a mate’s book is a tricky place to sit. The author knows my propensity to ‘dish up’ comments freely for and against issues close to my heart, so I am sure he did it with his own trepidation. For me there was the concern about how...
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When is a life worth taking?
02 May
When is anyone’s life worth taking in recompense for another? It’s a question that has much polarity in the answers. Given that some countries / states in the world allow capital punishment, I have to accept (but not like) that enough people find it acceptable, and in trying to understand...
Run a tweeterview with a major political figure in Australia and win a blog site for a year
20 Jul
Heck. It’s late and I figure it’s giveaway time. So if a journalist or blogger or professional interviewer of any description wants a free blog site (quality professionally built one) including a domain name and hosting and email all you have to do is: Conduct a tweeterview using www.tweeterview.com First...
Welcome to the Lucky Country
14 Jul
Warning this post has an extreme overuse of bad clichés It has dawned on me that we have turned our back on our entire culture. The radios and TV channels are full of it, the newspapers covered in it. Apparently we are overrun with a plague of asylum seekers that...
How much is enough?
13 Mar
Last night I went to see ‘The Blind Side’, a movie based on the true story of Michael Oher. In the story a family (The Tuhoys) take in Michael ( a poor African American uneducated boy) and add him to their existing rich white southern American family. He eventually becomes...
Peter Dutton MP are you for or against the filter?
03 Mar
It’s an election year. I am the consumer. My single vote is meant to count. I want to know where politicians vying for my vote stand. I want them to earn my vote, or accept the consequence. I want politicians the country over to step out from the shadows of...
A new mini blog for my gardening posts
18 Jan
I have decide to pull the gardening and self sufficiency section out of this blog. This week I set up www.goingabitgreen.com to run something a little more specific to the new adventures in self sufficiency for beginners. Will see how it goes. Only 1 post up but many more to...
Maunsell Haulage drivers should be shamed
21 Dec
Rant time. Name and shame time! On Saturday driving up the Bruce Highway, along with many other holiday-makers, I saw an absolute tragedy in the making. Keep in mind that when you are towing a big camping rig, you tend to be ever vigilant and a lot steadier in decision...
Why your lack of morals might be forcing us into a nanny state!
15 Dec
I have two bees, one bonnet. The first bee. The #nocleanfeed debate / rage is up and running full fury. Thanks to a government that appears to want to ruin some of the freedoms, which have been fought for so strongly over time. I hate the idea very much! I...
Cover you mean Printed, then that's a rule... 17 days ago