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Venting Here in the land of Oz we are going through those shudder shudder terrible times... political campaigning for our new Prime Minister, house of representatives as well as new senators. The problem is I do not like or trust either of the candidates. Both in my opinion are small petty men. In a recent debate supposedly to show they are the better man both candidates were lack lustre, one made a really bad but funny gaff and the other cheated taking notes in with him and then saying no one told him you couldn't do that... really.... it was a off the cuff debate...sighs. The gaff using the word suppository instead of repository.. and as one cleaver commentator said.. well I always thought he was more arse than class...chuckling. Both candidates are taking a hard line on boat people, subjecting them to living in places that are truly harsh and spirit destroying. What I do not understand is that we have twice as many fly-in illegal immigrants but no-one talks about them nor does either side have any plans tory and stop this entry...many of them having signed almost slave like work contracts that keep them locked away in sweat houses working for wages that see them getting deeper and deeper into debt r into forced usually ending in drug addiction, diseased bodies or death. We have been asked what is important to us (the silent majority), but as usual they pa lip service and then push it into the background. Yes we do have to cut some jobs from our public sector...BUT you do not cut out firemen; paramedics; ambulance drivers; teachers; nurses; doctors and care givers in the community helping the frail elderly and invalid pensioners. In my opinion the people to go are the upper and middle management people who are far to many in number getting ridiculously high salaries and golden handshakes when they should I fact be prosecuted for corruption, and blatant misuse of their power. I m in a quandary...who the hell do I vote for, if I vote for either of the major parties I am going against my principles.... How can I cote for a party when I do not respect the leader of that party and many of the people he surrounds himself with. If I vote for an independent or a member of the green party their vote with the way our system works will go to help one of the major parties. I*t also goes against my principles to do a donkey vote, we live in a so called democracy where we have earned the privilege to vote and have a say in who rules us. Unfortunately at present there are only half a dozen men and women on both sides of politics I have any respect for but they do not have a chance to rule us or bring their style of honesty and heartfelt care for our country and its people to the government that coms to power in September as the faceless men in the back room will keep them down or make sure they are not given the nod to stand again. I am changing tac now.... my heart and prayers go out to the people of Egypt, I cannot say which side is right or wrong, I do not know enough about the internal struggle, I can only sit here in my living room and watch as people on both sides are butchered and the chance of democracy and hope that was felt in Egypt earlier this year is dragged through the mud and brutally stomped out. The losers as always are the people, the farmers being wiped out by government corruption (both sides), denied the chance of a good education that would have enabled them to hep bring their families out of poverty, and bring their country into the 21st century and make it a safe place for tourists to once more come =, visit and look in awe at their magnificent past... But what of their future...Egypt needs to be seen as a democratic Islamic .... Christian country that delivers a good and safe life to her people, where no one goes hungry, where you get paid a decent wage for a days work, can go home and feel safe or in fact have a home to go home to, not be afraid to have their say about how their government is run without the fear of disappearing into the many prisons or be killed. Having gone to Egypt quite a few times and making good friends both Islamic and Christian I hate seeing this mass murder and worry for my friends safety. I love the country, it is beautiful as are the people, I have so many happy memories of drinking coffee visiting friends in their homes and breaking bread with them. Whew....... when I vent I really do...lol Maybe next time I will talk about sex grins...laughing  
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The sad thing is that while both major parties are playing political football with the refugees, this issue means little to the majority of voters. However in the first place I would say that when the decision was made to invade Afghanistan, didn't nobody ever take into consideration the refugee problem it would create? And why is Australia the only safe haven on the planet? Human migration has been happening since we first climbed down from the trees and learn to walk on 2 pegs. Up until about 100 years ago there was no such thing as a passport. And there is the rub. This 2 party system is not my idea of democracy. I have always believed in voting with my feet. Sir Teezalot WAR IS ABSURD
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