13th February 2010
I was quite impressed by the recent letter from new Nationals leader, Jacky Abbott.
It is indeed heartening to see the Nationals grab a policy and running with it in the hope that a more equitable distribution of our states' wealth will come to regional Australia.
Royalties for Regions sounds promising, but how much will regional SA get following downturns in revenue from mining operations in our state in future? Do the Nationals intend to lock regional funding to the fluctuations of an unpredictable mining sector attracting ever more foreign control?
Given the leadership of the National Party's track record of ignoring, even betraying the interests of those of us working in regional areas (as we have witnessed following their silence on the Iraqi debt forgiveness, the Howard Government's attempts to change quarantine standards to allow imported foods and the belated defence of primary producers on the issue of property rights), I can understand why they are leaping at a program which appears to have brought benefits to our counterparts in WA.
However, the devil could well be in the detail for such schemes and I look forward to assurances from Nationals' leadership regional SA will not in fact be worse off should the bottom fall out of our very poor excuse for a mining boom in this state!
Should this eventuate, what is their fall back plan to ensure adequate funding continues to regional development, hospitals and our schools?
13 February, 2010
20 January, 2010
Protect local producers to ensure a decent national standard of living
20th January 2010
I listened with interest as our PM urged Australians to work “harder and smarter” to ensure our standard of living.
As a former manufacturing worker, I recall hearing the same exhortations from our previous Labor leaders-Hawke and Keating. The catchword back then under a new style of government was “corporatization” and while our leaders were being wined and dined by the high flyers in business, those of us in what was left of our nation’s manufacturing sector did indeed work harder and smarter.
Reforms to the workplace led to us accepting changes in conditions ensuring “flexibility” and rewarded for our efforts with payrises between 1.25 and 3%. The changes, we were assured, would ensure job stability and the ability to compete on the world stage.
Regardless of our efforts, department after department were packed up and sent off to China.;
Perhaps if Australians wish to ensure their standard of living, we could begin by electing governments interested in protecting Australian industry and primary producers. Protecting Australian jobs is defending our standard of living.
I listened with interest as our PM urged Australians to work “harder and smarter” to ensure our standard of living.
As a former manufacturing worker, I recall hearing the same exhortations from our previous Labor leaders-Hawke and Keating. The catchword back then under a new style of government was “corporatization” and while our leaders were being wined and dined by the high flyers in business, those of us in what was left of our nation’s manufacturing sector did indeed work harder and smarter.
Reforms to the workplace led to us accepting changes in conditions ensuring “flexibility” and rewarded for our efforts with payrises between 1.25 and 3%. The changes, we were assured, would ensure job stability and the ability to compete on the world stage.
Regardless of our efforts, department after department were packed up and sent off to China.;
Perhaps if Australians wish to ensure their standard of living, we could begin by electing governments interested in protecting Australian industry and primary producers. Protecting Australian jobs is defending our standard of living.
06 January, 2010
Multiculturalism Advocates' Campaign of Contempt
6th January 2010
All is not well in the Ivory Tower. When the arrogant elite begin to have concerns about changes in society's attitudes and it becomes evident that the general population are once again thinking for themselves, the poor hacks in some sections of our media cartel swing into action and begin the campaign of contempt.
Lashings of guilt inducing self loathing vitriol splash across our screens and the pages of our papers, the very same papers we are told reflect the attitudes of the nation and supply us with the truth. Time to herd the sheeple back into the pens and make them accept the condition determined for them and their grandchildren.
Judging by the columns served up for consumption by the Adelaide Advertiser the last two days, it would appear our "intellectual keepers" have suddenly realised the brumbies are bolting and are frantically falling over themselves to shut the gate before too much damage is done to their cozy situation. The tactics used were obvious and printed to coincide with the concern by authorities regarding the recent stabbing of a young Indian in the Yarraville area.
Of concern is the fact that once again the "wannabe intelligentsia" work themselves into a frenzy even before the facts are known. As soon as someone of non European heritage is assaulted or robbed, the perpetrators are naturally assumed to be White-and none are worse than those nasty Anglo Saxons, after all, as former SA Premier Don Dunstan once proudly declared, Anglo Saxons are the biggest race of mongrels to walk the Earth.....
The Advertiser sent their star Queen of Cultural Self Loathing, Tory Shepherd "Straying From the Flock" (as she trumpets in a most self satisfied way) in to soften up those readers who might just be thinking of seeing things in a different way.
It took almost ten paragraphs of inane drivel about car stickers for Ms. Shepherd to warm to her subject- being what a bunch of narrow minded, insensitive, moronic yobs we Australians are.
Lamenting about the growing number of "Australia. If you don't love it-leave" stickers on the back of cars (obviously sported by morons who don't understand the whole benefit of being part of the Global Village. Pack rapes by gangs of Moslem youths, stabbings and car jackings by gangs of "alienated" African youths, heroin deaths brought to your neighbourhood by your friendly local Triad members, unemployment as factory workers watch their jobs go overseas, farms quarantined due to the importation of produce from developing nations with poor production standards-just to name a few-but of course these don't affect you if you live on the leafy side of town), Ms. Shepherd proceeded to attack her fellow Australians who air their views on the internet.
Internet sites, including a Facebook group which at one point had 65,000 members but "now only has around 500 after some sort of intervention" (well, we guess you could call hacking by rabid far left activists opposed to freedom of speech "some sort of intervention" Tory) were criticised by Ms. Shepherd as having a "mishmash of claims" and advocating a "Monolithic Australian culture, as though it is something enshrined in law". Well no, Tory, but perhaps it might be advantageous if it were supported by both the government and the education system rather than undermined.
Then again, we shouldn't be too harsh in our criticism of Ms. Shepherd's rambling thoughts. This is, after all, the same woman who seems to revel in an endless campaign to denigrate Western society's contribution to the world in general, belittle our culture's Christian heritage at every opportunity and hop on any controversial bandwagon that might pass her cluttered cubicle in the hallowed building that is occupied by the Advertiser. Right to die, right to kill, right to same sex marriages, where she'll draw the line is anybody's guess, but those of us wanting to protect the country we love know there is one right she won't defend- the right to free speech and freedom of expression. She just can't help herself.
Having done her job at convincing the reader that they belong to an odious group of moronic narrow minded human beings who have contributed nothing to the world and can lay claim to nothing, at least to the best of her ability, the Advertiser served up an opinion piece from one Verma Vinay, a Sydney resident whose contributions to our sterile and unproductive culture include being a "poet, author and freelance journalist".
Makes one feel quite inadequate.
Mr. Vinay began his column with a list of mildly imaginative, albeit dated, racist chants as proof of our nation's sinister racist underbelly. Mr. Vinay condemned our apparently "stringent but ineffective" anti discrimination laws for not deterring opponents to multiculturalism (clearly the likes of Mr. Vinay won't be happy until we see those nasty rednecks turned out of their homes as their assets are seized and the breadwinner is gaoled for a decade or more to silence him or her, leaving the family without a parent to instruct innocent children in the evils of outmoded ideals such as traditional values and national pride?).
Of course Mr. Vinay's self righteous rant didn't put him off the need to tell us the racial heritage of one "strapping Anglo Saxon rugby player" who was fined for supposed racial taunts on the field. This was followed by an awful indulgence in racial stereotyping with the claim "Indian doctors are the only ones open on a weekend". Oh really? I must tell my narrow minded, culturally sterile and unproductive European doctor to shut up her operations on the weekend-stupid girl.
Of course, Indian society is always welcoming of foreign culture and beliefs. We'll just ignore the barbaric activities in the past by followers of a Hindu Goddess which involved ritual strangulation, and more recently, the burning of Christian missionaries and their families in cars and homes by devout Hindus. Still, as Mr. Vinay assures us, ignorance breeds fear. Perhaps it was fear that motivated someone to send a letter to our Party P.O Box several years ago, urging us to continue our stand against Moslem immigration. The man claimed he was a Sikh residing in Adelaide.
Mr. Vinay then turned his attention on the media for supposedly giving "cursory coverage" of recent attacks on Indians here in Australia. Well, I am not sure exactly what Mr. Vinay was expecting (perhaps loop coverage as one witnessed following the 9/11 attack?), but it certainly seemed mention was made on every news bulletin on every station. The only criticism I have of the reports were lack of detail. The reports lacked detail because no one knows who the perpetrators were, their motives or their racial heritage. In fact, when the attacks began I remember hearing one report make the mistake of mentioning hostilities between the Indian and African communities.
Never let the entire story get in the way of a good campaign of self hatred.
Unfortunately for the likes of Ms. Shepherd and Mr. Vinay, Australians have begun to awaken as a people. We are tired of the endless campaign by elitist, self righteous, dictatorial advocates of the borderless world to instill in us a sense of undeserved guilt and self loathing. The endless campaign to make us think we have contributed nothing to the world, have no value and would be nothing without the contribution of those who have no cultural, ethical or physical similarity to us.
It has nothing to do with racial superiority and everything to do with rights, the same rights that belong to all people in the world, the right to territory, self determination , sovereignty and identity.
I would like to close with a few words regarding Ms. Shepherd's final paragraph. "Australia is now-and will always be, despite the best efforts of the racists (presumably any Aussie who doesn't fall into line with her perverted cultural vision) and the politicians who pander to them-multicultural. That's Australia- if you don't love it, leave".
What Ms. Shepherd fails to realise is this process of undermining the identity and values we seek to preserve is underway throughout the Western world. To where would she have us go? When the West "invaded" non Caucasian nations, it was declared imperialism and the inhabitants of those lands eventually expelled Westerners and declared self sovereignty (with all the benefits). We'll gloss over the tactics used by the likes of Kenya's Mau Mau and other such groups which were encouraged in their campaign for self determination by people such as Ms. Shepherd, but when Westerners seek to protect their identity, their values and desire a territory in which to develop these cultural traits, they're supposedly "racist".
Ms. Shepherd and her ilk need to realise that we indeed do love Australia, in the same way as all people love their lands, as is right and entirely natural. What she also needs to realise is, we won't be leaving.
All is not well in the Ivory Tower. When the arrogant elite begin to have concerns about changes in society's attitudes and it becomes evident that the general population are once again thinking for themselves, the poor hacks in some sections of our media cartel swing into action and begin the campaign of contempt.
Lashings of guilt inducing self loathing vitriol splash across our screens and the pages of our papers, the very same papers we are told reflect the attitudes of the nation and supply us with the truth. Time to herd the sheeple back into the pens and make them accept the condition determined for them and their grandchildren.
Judging by the columns served up for consumption by the Adelaide Advertiser the last two days, it would appear our "intellectual keepers" have suddenly realised the brumbies are bolting and are frantically falling over themselves to shut the gate before too much damage is done to their cozy situation. The tactics used were obvious and printed to coincide with the concern by authorities regarding the recent stabbing of a young Indian in the Yarraville area.
Of concern is the fact that once again the "wannabe intelligentsia" work themselves into a frenzy even before the facts are known. As soon as someone of non European heritage is assaulted or robbed, the perpetrators are naturally assumed to be White-and none are worse than those nasty Anglo Saxons, after all, as former SA Premier Don Dunstan once proudly declared, Anglo Saxons are the biggest race of mongrels to walk the Earth.....
The Advertiser sent their star Queen of Cultural Self Loathing, Tory Shepherd "Straying From the Flock" (as she trumpets in a most self satisfied way) in to soften up those readers who might just be thinking of seeing things in a different way.
It took almost ten paragraphs of inane drivel about car stickers for Ms. Shepherd to warm to her subject- being what a bunch of narrow minded, insensitive, moronic yobs we Australians are.
Lamenting about the growing number of "Australia. If you don't love it-leave" stickers on the back of cars (obviously sported by morons who don't understand the whole benefit of being part of the Global Village. Pack rapes by gangs of Moslem youths, stabbings and car jackings by gangs of "alienated" African youths, heroin deaths brought to your neighbourhood by your friendly local Triad members, unemployment as factory workers watch their jobs go overseas, farms quarantined due to the importation of produce from developing nations with poor production standards-just to name a few-but of course these don't affect you if you live on the leafy side of town), Ms. Shepherd proceeded to attack her fellow Australians who air their views on the internet.
Internet sites, including a Facebook group which at one point had 65,000 members but "now only has around 500 after some sort of intervention" (well, we guess you could call hacking by rabid far left activists opposed to freedom of speech "some sort of intervention" Tory) were criticised by Ms. Shepherd as having a "mishmash of claims" and advocating a "Monolithic Australian culture, as though it is something enshrined in law". Well no, Tory, but perhaps it might be advantageous if it were supported by both the government and the education system rather than undermined.
Then again, we shouldn't be too harsh in our criticism of Ms. Shepherd's rambling thoughts. This is, after all, the same woman who seems to revel in an endless campaign to denigrate Western society's contribution to the world in general, belittle our culture's Christian heritage at every opportunity and hop on any controversial bandwagon that might pass her cluttered cubicle in the hallowed building that is occupied by the Advertiser. Right to die, right to kill, right to same sex marriages, where she'll draw the line is anybody's guess, but those of us wanting to protect the country we love know there is one right she won't defend- the right to free speech and freedom of expression. She just can't help herself.
Having done her job at convincing the reader that they belong to an odious group of moronic narrow minded human beings who have contributed nothing to the world and can lay claim to nothing, at least to the best of her ability, the Advertiser served up an opinion piece from one Verma Vinay, a Sydney resident whose contributions to our sterile and unproductive culture include being a "poet, author and freelance journalist".
Makes one feel quite inadequate.
Mr. Vinay began his column with a list of mildly imaginative, albeit dated, racist chants as proof of our nation's sinister racist underbelly. Mr. Vinay condemned our apparently "stringent but ineffective" anti discrimination laws for not deterring opponents to multiculturalism (clearly the likes of Mr. Vinay won't be happy until we see those nasty rednecks turned out of their homes as their assets are seized and the breadwinner is gaoled for a decade or more to silence him or her, leaving the family without a parent to instruct innocent children in the evils of outmoded ideals such as traditional values and national pride?).
Of course Mr. Vinay's self righteous rant didn't put him off the need to tell us the racial heritage of one "strapping Anglo Saxon rugby player" who was fined for supposed racial taunts on the field. This was followed by an awful indulgence in racial stereotyping with the claim "Indian doctors are the only ones open on a weekend". Oh really? I must tell my narrow minded, culturally sterile and unproductive European doctor to shut up her operations on the weekend-stupid girl.
Of course, Indian society is always welcoming of foreign culture and beliefs. We'll just ignore the barbaric activities in the past by followers of a Hindu Goddess which involved ritual strangulation, and more recently, the burning of Christian missionaries and their families in cars and homes by devout Hindus. Still, as Mr. Vinay assures us, ignorance breeds fear. Perhaps it was fear that motivated someone to send a letter to our Party P.O Box several years ago, urging us to continue our stand against Moslem immigration. The man claimed he was a Sikh residing in Adelaide.
Mr. Vinay then turned his attention on the media for supposedly giving "cursory coverage" of recent attacks on Indians here in Australia. Well, I am not sure exactly what Mr. Vinay was expecting (perhaps loop coverage as one witnessed following the 9/11 attack?), but it certainly seemed mention was made on every news bulletin on every station. The only criticism I have of the reports were lack of detail. The reports lacked detail because no one knows who the perpetrators were, their motives or their racial heritage. In fact, when the attacks began I remember hearing one report make the mistake of mentioning hostilities between the Indian and African communities.
Never let the entire story get in the way of a good campaign of self hatred.
Unfortunately for the likes of Ms. Shepherd and Mr. Vinay, Australians have begun to awaken as a people. We are tired of the endless campaign by elitist, self righteous, dictatorial advocates of the borderless world to instill in us a sense of undeserved guilt and self loathing. The endless campaign to make us think we have contributed nothing to the world, have no value and would be nothing without the contribution of those who have no cultural, ethical or physical similarity to us.
It has nothing to do with racial superiority and everything to do with rights, the same rights that belong to all people in the world, the right to territory, self determination , sovereignty and identity.
I would like to close with a few words regarding Ms. Shepherd's final paragraph. "Australia is now-and will always be, despite the best efforts of the racists (presumably any Aussie who doesn't fall into line with her perverted cultural vision) and the politicians who pander to them-multicultural. That's Australia- if you don't love it, leave".
What Ms. Shepherd fails to realise is this process of undermining the identity and values we seek to preserve is underway throughout the Western world. To where would she have us go? When the West "invaded" non Caucasian nations, it was declared imperialism and the inhabitants of those lands eventually expelled Westerners and declared self sovereignty (with all the benefits). We'll gloss over the tactics used by the likes of Kenya's Mau Mau and other such groups which were encouraged in their campaign for self determination by people such as Ms. Shepherd, but when Westerners seek to protect their identity, their values and desire a territory in which to develop these cultural traits, they're supposedly "racist".
Ms. Shepherd and her ilk need to realise that we indeed do love Australia, in the same way as all people love their lands, as is right and entirely natural. What she also needs to realise is, we won't be leaving.
27 December, 2009
Beef industry protection needed
27th December 2009
I read with some concern the letter by Richard Charmen (SJ 24/12) of the NSW Farmers Assoc regarding the possible changes to food policy which would allow importation of beef from BSE infected countries.
I can well understand the relief, albeit limited, that comes from Senator Heffernan's call for an inquiry into the proposed changes.
Unfortunately for Australian primary producers, successive governments have for decades continue to erode the security of our farmers and the Coalition's record,in general, is less than glowing in regards to speaking up for farmers.
Who can forget Australian wheatgrowers bearing the loss of millions following Howard's altruistic move to wipe out Iraq's debt for wheat shipments, or Downer's reticence to speak out against Biosecurity Australia's plan to allow in NZ apples possibly carrying fireblight, not to mention stone fruit from Chile?
Furthermore, did any Party listen to concerns voiced by Australian pig farmers in regards to planned pork imports and possible changes to import regulations and their concerns about the introduction of Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome, or care about the millions lost to Queensland producers due to the importation of diseased fruit carrying Black Sigatoka and Moko diseases?
Indeed, the risk of such changes to the livelihood of our producers is great and the damage to our nation's reputation is unthinkable. However, Mr. Charmen should not be putting forward the question of compensation for producers should the government pursue this course of action, on behalf of his members he should be demanding that the government abandon the whole idea entirely.
I read with some concern the letter by Richard Charmen (SJ 24/12) of the NSW Farmers Assoc regarding the possible changes to food policy which would allow importation of beef from BSE infected countries.
I can well understand the relief, albeit limited, that comes from Senator Heffernan's call for an inquiry into the proposed changes.
Unfortunately for Australian primary producers, successive governments have for decades continue to erode the security of our farmers and the Coalition's record,in general, is less than glowing in regards to speaking up for farmers.
Who can forget Australian wheatgrowers bearing the loss of millions following Howard's altruistic move to wipe out Iraq's debt for wheat shipments, or Downer's reticence to speak out against Biosecurity Australia's plan to allow in NZ apples possibly carrying fireblight, not to mention stone fruit from Chile?
Furthermore, did any Party listen to concerns voiced by Australian pig farmers in regards to planned pork imports and possible changes to import regulations and their concerns about the introduction of Post Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome, or care about the millions lost to Queensland producers due to the importation of diseased fruit carrying Black Sigatoka and Moko diseases?
Indeed, the risk of such changes to the livelihood of our producers is great and the damage to our nation's reputation is unthinkable. However, Mr. Charmen should not be putting forward the question of compensation for producers should the government pursue this course of action, on behalf of his members he should be demanding that the government abandon the whole idea entirely.
16 December, 2009
Copenhagen hypocrisy
16th December 2009
It is interesting to note in the sideshow that is the Copenhagen conference that a relatively small nation like Australia has one of the largest delegations in Denmark.
PM Rudd, in his desperation to appear an important world figure has surrounded himself with such a large entourage that the international community should find it hard to ignore his hypocrisy.
Ever the jetsetter, Kev 747's hangers on have reportedly contributed the equivalent of over 1800 tonnes of greenhouse emmissions, the same amount produced by over 2000 Malawi citizens in a week.
Certainly there is a need to have delegates at an international conference, but surely the burden on the taxpayer and the embarrassing hypocrisy could have been avoided by a video conference link in this day and age?
It is interesting to note in the sideshow that is the Copenhagen conference that a relatively small nation like Australia has one of the largest delegations in Denmark.
PM Rudd, in his desperation to appear an important world figure has surrounded himself with such a large entourage that the international community should find it hard to ignore his hypocrisy.
Ever the jetsetter, Kev 747's hangers on have reportedly contributed the equivalent of over 1800 tonnes of greenhouse emmissions, the same amount produced by over 2000 Malawi citizens in a week.
Certainly there is a need to have delegates at an international conference, but surely the burden on the taxpayer and the embarrassing hypocrisy could have been avoided by a video conference link in this day and age?
07 December, 2009
Swiss Referendum Exposes Hypocrisy of Official Multiculturalism.
7th December 2009
Many readers have probably heard the results of Switzerland's recent referendum proposing the banning of future construction of minarets on mosques in the country.
The referendum proposal, pushed by the Swiss People's Party was passed through a vote of 57.5% in favour of the proposal over 42.5 against and supported by 22 out of 26 cantons (states).
As one could expect from internationalist media outlets, the campaign of vitriol and hysteria following the results was swift and relied upon the tried and proven emotional slogans and mealy mouthed platitudes (hell, if you repeat the same lie often enough it becomes truth in the minds of an unthinking populace).
Reports of small numbers of liberal Swiss protesting outside parliament with placards "This is not my Switzerland" and "Swiss passport for sale" and interviews with Moslem community representatives declaring it to be "a sad day for religious freedom" with claims "Muslims indeed will not feel safe anymore" are examples of the petulance displayed by the liberal left when things do not go their way.
When one considers the reality of the proposal, it really covers little more than the area of planning regulations. The four mosques currently in existence with minarets will remain. There is no restriction on the moslems in Swiss territory opening new mosques, no restriction on them educating their offspring in the ways of their culture or their faith. We will not see bulldozers ripping through mosques nor mass repatriation of moslems living in Switzerland.
Pretty tame really....
However, supporters of the global village never let the facts get in the way of a healthy dose of propaganda. Labelling Switzerland's reportedly largest party (Advertiser, 1st Dec 2009) "the far right" Swiss People's Party one can see the panic entering into the minds of these people. Across the world, people are awakening to the reality of globalisation and showing their reticence to accept the mindless, self destructive swill often served up for consumption by a media with little concern for the issues of national interest, freedom of speech or sovereignty.
Amnesty International has labeled the vote "a violation of freedom of religion" and declared the decision of the Swiss people in their own territory would "probably be overturned by the Swiss Supreme Court or the European Court of Human Rights".
So much for democracy and national sovereignty in the eyes of narrow minded globalists.
The issue of the European Court should be a lesson to those of us whose nations have not yet been absorbed into "regional bodies". The European Court and Euro Parliament in Brussels has interfered with the internal affairs of European nations, violating their sovereignty since it's inception. Considering PM Rudd has made his desire for an Asia Pacific Union quite plain for all to see, the developments in Europe and the destruction of freedom should be a lesson to all of us.
It is interesting to note how interested Moslems become in the idea of religious freedom when Europe tries to curb their naturally expansionist instincts. Omar Al-Rawi of the Islamic Denomination of Austria declared the vote as indicating "the Swiss have failed to give a clear signal for diversity, freedom of religion and human rights" while Mohammed Sharfiq of Britain's Ramadhan Foundation youth organisation lamented that "It's a sad day for freedom of religion" and "A constitutional amendment that's targeted towards one religious community is discriminatory and abhorrent".
No doubt Sharfiq will soon be campaigning to have the exclusion zone around Mecca denying entry into the region by non moslems removed. Likewise, he will also be condemning the burning of churches in moslem nations, fighting for the rights of non moslems to worship and educate freely in moslem nations? Of course, he will obviously leave the relative comfort and safety of Britain to lead this campaign at the coal face in Saudi Arabia.......
Sharfiq has conveniently overlooked the Islamic protests in his host nation. Protests showing participants holding placards calling for those who defy Islam to be beheaded and declaring that Europe's "9/11 is on the way".
Taner Hatipoglu of the Federation of Islamic Organisations has expressed concern that the construction and planning decision will make moslems feel "no longer safe".
Indeed, I always make sure I have armed security when my council refuses permission to build another shed on my property-dark days indeed.....
Perhaps if these representatives really wish to know what it is to lack feelings of security, they should talk to the many victims of pack rape by moslem youths around Europe, the women raped by African immigrants, the families who have had to move from their streets due to intimidation by the very people to whom their governments gave sanctuary and freedom.
Many readers have probably heard the results of Switzerland's recent referendum proposing the banning of future construction of minarets on mosques in the country.
The referendum proposal, pushed by the Swiss People's Party was passed through a vote of 57.5% in favour of the proposal over 42.5 against and supported by 22 out of 26 cantons (states).
As one could expect from internationalist media outlets, the campaign of vitriol and hysteria following the results was swift and relied upon the tried and proven emotional slogans and mealy mouthed platitudes (hell, if you repeat the same lie often enough it becomes truth in the minds of an unthinking populace).
Reports of small numbers of liberal Swiss protesting outside parliament with placards "This is not my Switzerland" and "Swiss passport for sale" and interviews with Moslem community representatives declaring it to be "a sad day for religious freedom" with claims "Muslims indeed will not feel safe anymore" are examples of the petulance displayed by the liberal left when things do not go their way.
When one considers the reality of the proposal, it really covers little more than the area of planning regulations. The four mosques currently in existence with minarets will remain. There is no restriction on the moslems in Swiss territory opening new mosques, no restriction on them educating their offspring in the ways of their culture or their faith. We will not see bulldozers ripping through mosques nor mass repatriation of moslems living in Switzerland.
Pretty tame really....
However, supporters of the global village never let the facts get in the way of a healthy dose of propaganda. Labelling Switzerland's reportedly largest party (Advertiser, 1st Dec 2009) "the far right" Swiss People's Party one can see the panic entering into the minds of these people. Across the world, people are awakening to the reality of globalisation and showing their reticence to accept the mindless, self destructive swill often served up for consumption by a media with little concern for the issues of national interest, freedom of speech or sovereignty.
Amnesty International has labeled the vote "a violation of freedom of religion" and declared the decision of the Swiss people in their own territory would "probably be overturned by the Swiss Supreme Court or the European Court of Human Rights".
So much for democracy and national sovereignty in the eyes of narrow minded globalists.
The issue of the European Court should be a lesson to those of us whose nations have not yet been absorbed into "regional bodies". The European Court and Euro Parliament in Brussels has interfered with the internal affairs of European nations, violating their sovereignty since it's inception. Considering PM Rudd has made his desire for an Asia Pacific Union quite plain for all to see, the developments in Europe and the destruction of freedom should be a lesson to all of us.
It is interesting to note how interested Moslems become in the idea of religious freedom when Europe tries to curb their naturally expansionist instincts. Omar Al-Rawi of the Islamic Denomination of Austria declared the vote as indicating "the Swiss have failed to give a clear signal for diversity, freedom of religion and human rights" while Mohammed Sharfiq of Britain's Ramadhan Foundation youth organisation lamented that "It's a sad day for freedom of religion" and "A constitutional amendment that's targeted towards one religious community is discriminatory and abhorrent".
No doubt Sharfiq will soon be campaigning to have the exclusion zone around Mecca denying entry into the region by non moslems removed. Likewise, he will also be condemning the burning of churches in moslem nations, fighting for the rights of non moslems to worship and educate freely in moslem nations? Of course, he will obviously leave the relative comfort and safety of Britain to lead this campaign at the coal face in Saudi Arabia.......
Sharfiq has conveniently overlooked the Islamic protests in his host nation. Protests showing participants holding placards calling for those who defy Islam to be beheaded and declaring that Europe's "9/11 is on the way".
Taner Hatipoglu of the Federation of Islamic Organisations has expressed concern that the construction and planning decision will make moslems feel "no longer safe".
Indeed, I always make sure I have armed security when my council refuses permission to build another shed on my property-dark days indeed.....
Perhaps if these representatives really wish to know what it is to lack feelings of security, they should talk to the many victims of pack rape by moslem youths around Europe, the women raped by African immigrants, the families who have had to move from their streets due to intimidation by the very people to whom their governments gave sanctuary and freedom.
28 November, 2009
Climate change - an open, honest and reasoned debate is needed
28th November 2009
In response to George Poulos' letter lamenting the availability of a machine to which one can "hook up" members of the pseudo conservative Coalition to suitably indoctrinate reticent MPs as to the "reality" of man made climate change-has Mr. Poulos stopped to consider these MPs might just be doing their job?
The whole issue of climate change does appear to be fact. The climate is changing, as it always has.However, these "dissident" MPs are merely reflecting the concerns of a large number of their constituents (I hear it's called democracy)on the issue.
Given the one sided debate on climate change, the total disregard of the opinion of many in the scientific community who question the degree to which man's activity has actually contributed to the change in climate, it is little wonder many have become more than cautious over any scheme which appears to be little more than a blatant tax grab.
What we don't need is a mythical machine to indoctrinate people-what we do need is an open, honest and reasoned debate on the issue covering all the facts.
Only by this method can we hope to come to a unified and effective response to the challenges that await us in future.
In response to George Poulos' letter lamenting the availability of a machine to which one can "hook up" members of the pseudo conservative Coalition to suitably indoctrinate reticent MPs as to the "reality" of man made climate change-has Mr. Poulos stopped to consider these MPs might just be doing their job?
The whole issue of climate change does appear to be fact. The climate is changing, as it always has.However, these "dissident" MPs are merely reflecting the concerns of a large number of their constituents (I hear it's called democracy)on the issue.
Given the one sided debate on climate change, the total disregard of the opinion of many in the scientific community who question the degree to which man's activity has actually contributed to the change in climate, it is little wonder many have become more than cautious over any scheme which appears to be little more than a blatant tax grab.
What we don't need is a mythical machine to indoctrinate people-what we do need is an open, honest and reasoned debate on the issue covering all the facts.
Only by this method can we hope to come to a unified and effective response to the challenges that await us in future.
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