Wonko apologizes for the break in transmission. He has been dealing with a family death which had to take priority.
But the voice is back. Wonko, the voice of sanity in an insane world.
All the world now knows Polar bear Knut found dead at Berlin Zoo. The world mourns for Knut. This animal captured the hearts of millions.
Unfortunately though, while the world mourns for one polar bear, twenty-two THOUSAND children are dying every single day but the world does not mourn for them. That's one DEAD little girl or boy every four seconds... and their DEATHS are PREVENTABLE. Why not spend the time it takes for 15 children to die looking at the UNICEF website and see what you can do?
On a lighter note, it appears that some councils in Australia run hard-rubbish collections. These are where people can put unwanted items on the nature-strip for collection by authorized collectors. Note the word 'authorized'! Trevor Flood discovered to his horror that some councils actually claim to own goods left on the nature-strip and he was arrested for taking away an unwanted vacuum cleaner! Fortunately the location in this case actually don't have this stupid and unreasonable by-law and he was freed.
Quite apart from the service that people such as Trevor do in re-using rather than recycling or even discarding rubbish, there is a bigger issue at stake. I won't tell you what it is, but you might like to take care the next time you park your car on the nature-strip!
And finally, for this time, there is a long-term concern of Wonko with respect to Australia. It is the foreign ownership of what used to be Australian resources. For years Wonko has been warning fellow Australians of the buy-out of primary industries. We have lost most of our manufacturing; we have lost much of our intellectual services (call centres, I.T. support & development) - even tourism is gradually falling into the hands of foreign ownership. But the biggest most dangerous risk was and still is - primary industries.
Finally someone is recognising the problem of our Foreign land buys go(ing) unchecked in Australia. As the article says (if you click the link) .... "NO ONE knows how much of Australia's farmland is owned by foreigners".
Is that really a problem?
There are three reasons why it is a significant problem.
1. The Australian economy cannot survive with no service industries, no manufacturing industries and no primary industries. Where do you think the money will come from?
2. With foreign ownership will come more automation and (where labour is required) foreign labour. Anything that can be done outside Australia will leave our shores. Where do we expect employment to exist?
3. Access to produce will be restricted. Because of the foreign ownership, the best quality produce will be exported at low cost - we will get what's left and then be forced to pay through the nose for it.
Think about it Australia!
This is the opinion of Wonko the Sane.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Sick Australia
I am sorry to say that I am rapidly become disenchanted with Australia.
But it's not the people, per say, and definitely not the country. It's the government - which includes the bureaucratic thieves and other criminals who treat Australians with contempt.
Consider then, the case of Rebecca Doig and her family.
She has early onset dementia. I am not going to go into the details - read the above link.
What I will say is that Australia is failing these people as I personally know it has failed many others. Pensioners live in their own faeces because those with the power to change it sit back on their fat behinds picking their noses with one hundred dollar bills that they have 'earnt' in their so-called social security jobs.
People are run into the ground caring for others - and receive nothing for it. I saw a wonderful t-shirt the other day. It summed the situation up beautifully.
No Overtime
No Public Holidays
No Annual Leave
No Long Service Leave
No Superannuation
Hours - 24x7
$1.73 per hour
The biggest rub of these is the 'No Superannuation'. Not only do carers lose their present - they lose their future as well. And our government doesn't give a damn.
And Rebecca Doig doesn't even get a pension.
I curse them all for lining their own pockets while letting those in need suffer.
It is the Sick Australia.
And if you don't like it - then start lobbying Centrelink, as a starting point, for change.
But it's not the people, per say, and definitely not the country. It's the government - which includes the bureaucratic thieves and other criminals who treat Australians with contempt.
Consider then, the case of Rebecca Doig and her family.
She has early onset dementia. I am not going to go into the details - read the above link.
What I will say is that Australia is failing these people as I personally know it has failed many others. Pensioners live in their own faeces because those with the power to change it sit back on their fat behinds picking their noses with one hundred dollar bills that they have 'earnt' in their so-called social security jobs.
People are run into the ground caring for others - and receive nothing for it. I saw a wonderful t-shirt the other day. It summed the situation up beautifully.
The biggest rub of these is the 'No Superannuation'. Not only do carers lose their present - they lose their future as well. And our government doesn't give a damn.
And Rebecca Doig doesn't even get a pension.
I curse them all for lining their own pockets while letting those in need suffer.
It is the Sick Australia.
And if you don't like it - then start lobbying Centrelink, as a starting point, for change.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Victims of Child Abuse
The trouble that pedophiles cause is almost incalculable. The harm they cause to children is ungovernable.
Yet the world does little to stop them.
It is true that some are caught and jailed, but that rarely solves the problem.
For a start, jail does not rehabilitate them. More often than not, they get to indulge their perversions socially with others of a similar ilk. They emerge better trained and more able to carry out their abuses with even less chance of detection.
Then, of course, pedophilia is a crime but one highly related to a mental sickness. The sexual desire of children is a mental health issue - so punishment is not going to change it.
Perhaps most importantly, no real effort seems to go into understanding why people turn out to be sexual predators of children. The 10 year old angel turns into Mr Baldy or Mr Nasty - but why? What causes this degradation in their moral, ethical and/or sexual nature? Find out and maybe we can stop it.
We need to understand and so prevent rather than trying to apply band-aid after-the-event solutions.
But not all victims of child abuse are children.
Consider the case of Sarah Monahan who claims abuse on the set of the TV show 'Hey Dad'.
Read the above link and you'll see the key points are:
* Man "fondled and exposed himself"
* Won't say if man was cast or crew
* Didn't talk for fear of job loss
Because (for various reasons and probably most of them quite justifiable) she will not identify the perpetrator, the other members of the show are now suspects.
Without being arrested, without a court hearing and without a sentence being handed down, all other males in that show - on camera or off - are now suspected pedophiles.
In fact, they are all (except one) VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. Because their characters and their careers and their private lives are now on the burner, fingers are pointing, relationships are at risk.
The pedophile (I am assuming the assertion to be true for the moment) has not only impact that poor child but also all those around her.
The Victims of Child Abuse are more than just the children.
Parents accused of abuse but found innocent (or worse, unproven) are victims. Family friends are now suspects - even when no abuse is reported. The man who bends to a child crying in the street is now at risk.
We must do something about these perverts who are pedophiles.
We must find out WHY they are and then implement safeguards so that we do not create more. It is not sufficient to just lock people up.
We need to spend the money. For our kids, for ourselves, for our future.
Yet the world does little to stop them.
It is true that some are caught and jailed, but that rarely solves the problem.
For a start, jail does not rehabilitate them. More often than not, they get to indulge their perversions socially with others of a similar ilk. They emerge better trained and more able to carry out their abuses with even less chance of detection.
Then, of course, pedophilia is a crime but one highly related to a mental sickness. The sexual desire of children is a mental health issue - so punishment is not going to change it.
Perhaps most importantly, no real effort seems to go into understanding why people turn out to be sexual predators of children. The 10 year old angel turns into Mr Baldy or Mr Nasty - but why? What causes this degradation in their moral, ethical and/or sexual nature? Find out and maybe we can stop it.
We need to understand and so prevent rather than trying to apply band-aid after-the-event solutions.
But not all victims of child abuse are children.
Consider the case of Sarah Monahan who claims abuse on the set of the TV show 'Hey Dad'.
Read the above link and you'll see the key points are:
* Man "fondled and exposed himself"
* Won't say if man was cast or crew
* Didn't talk for fear of job loss
Because (for various reasons and probably most of them quite justifiable) she will not identify the perpetrator, the other members of the show are now suspects.
Without being arrested, without a court hearing and without a sentence being handed down, all other males in that show - on camera or off - are now suspected pedophiles.
In fact, they are all (except one) VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE. Because their characters and their careers and their private lives are now on the burner, fingers are pointing, relationships are at risk.
The pedophile (I am assuming the assertion to be true for the moment) has not only impact that poor child but also all those around her.
The Victims of Child Abuse are more than just the children.
Parents accused of abuse but found innocent (or worse, unproven) are victims. Family friends are now suspects - even when no abuse is reported. The man who bends to a child crying in the street is now at risk.
We must do something about these perverts who are pedophiles.
We must find out WHY they are and then implement safeguards so that we do not create more. It is not sufficient to just lock people up.
We need to spend the money. For our kids, for ourselves, for our future.
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