Tag Archives: August

50.09 August 24, 2017

Cagerattler, larapuna Community Weekend 2017, FVNH news, Letters to the Editor, Out of the Woodwork, BODC recycling, AMIC and GET newsletters, Regional Business / Services Guide, Over the Years – 2011, Wagyu sales, Farming Legend of the Year, Nepal, The Beetoota Advocate, crosswords and puzzles, SMCHC news, North East Animal Sanctuary, Tasmania Way Back When and more …

50.08 August 10, 2017

Recycle bin sticker comp, Hub4Health Walking Group report, Cagerattler, Out of the Woodwork, SMCHC news, St Marys Sports Centre Inc. update, Christmas in July at FVNH, ‘Over the Years – 2010’, Mt Elephant and Beyond Book Club review, Humans of Launceston – Betty, TasWater updates, Community Groups / Services Guide, crossword and puzzles, Hippies part 2, Beetoota Advocate, North East Animal Sanctuary news, Tasmania Way Back When and more …

49.09 August 25, 2016

‘Oakdene’, Sporting History of Avoca exhibition, Skate Park fundraiser committee wanted, Flood Recovery Taskforce update, FVNH events, The Farm Shed gets under way in Bicheno, The Olympic Spirit, Haircuts and Barbers, St Marys Sports Centre news, Cagerattler, Humans of Launceston – Slyvia, Hub4Health events, AMIC and GET news, ‘A Bush Education’, Purple carrots aren’t just for eating!, crosswords and puzzles, The Castle faces demolition, SMCHC news, Tobruk …

49.08 August 11, 2016

Fingal Community Hub renovations, Ian Bradbury wins Volunteer Award, Letter to the Editor, Out of the Woodwork, Cagerattler, History, Her Story at Gone Rustic, St Marys Sports Centre update, Mt Elephant and Beyond Book Club review, Hub4Health news, Community Groups / Services guide, crosswords and puzzles, ‘A Bush Education’, ‘South Hobart, the altering streetscape’ part 2, SMCHC news, Louis from Baltimore …

48.09 August 27, 2015

BODC restores Fingal Valley services, crisis for lawn bowls in St Marys, Cagerattler, Out of the Woodwork, Break O’Day Multi-purpose Indoor Stadium update, Abundant Soul Cafe opening, BOD Stitchers news, St Marys District School news, Lions Club of St Helens update, how dogs and cats see colours, Healthy House Walking Group, SMCHC news, St Marys Sports and Social Club update…

47.09 August 28th, 2014

Cave art and science, CWA backs legalised marijuana for the terminally ill, The Falling of the Mighty Ones, Will welfare changes drag $78m from Tasmanian economy?,  Jam and Joy Combo coming up, ‘Peril in Prague’, Candidates for BODC , St Helens Neighbourhood House Junior Winter Ball, Cagerattler goes off, The worst children’s book ever?,  An introduction to the St Marys Sports and Social Club…

47.08 August 14th, 2014

Wrapped in St Marys and Cosiest Mug winners, wind damage in St Marys, BODC dog policy review, Textile Art workshop photos, Refugee welcome zone, Tim’s story, Cagerattler, ‘A Piece of Paper’, Book review, Out of the Woodwork, St Marys Sports and Social Club news, St Marys Child Care Centre update, BOD Stitchers news, Suncoast Gallery news, St Helens Walking Group news…

Robespierre

Look out! ..politicians are on the rise… ‘tis the season to be Pollie … tra la la la la.. la la la laaa!.  Do we care? I mean, there really hasn’t been any kind of political track record to engender “care” in any of us for the past forty years. Why is that, we sometimes wonder? We all know the extraordinary promises at pre-election time, only to see policies and promises revised, reversed or deleted after, or even before, the election. Why is it that politicians seem so increasingly blatant at lies and deceit. Has political  morality declined along with that of society? I’m sure it has. Societal degradation is due to the lack of meaningful leadership, and although the cause is connected, political morality is due to another reason entirely. The bible text “Mammon is the root of all evil” well encapsulates the problem. Christ wasn’t talking about money per se, he meant the love of money and materialism. The wanting of more when you already have a lot.  (We won’t even talk about the love of Control). And here is the nub of our political, and consequently, our societal decline. We, as individuals, are in there somewhere, too.

Local and state government politicians, business and corporate members are often involved in complicity but most people have no understanding as to the depth of evil at the Federal level.  International Banksters (banking gangsters) and the big movers and shakers in the business world virtually run our Federal government, holding sway on not only the heavier items of legislation and direction, but on micro matters that affect our daily lives. The Banksters operate through their “Think Tanks” (named) that have unlimited funding, are well entrenched throughout the world and pass directives onto our Federal parliamentary executive. I’ve heard them referred to as the P.I.G. (Permanent Invisible  Government) and these shadowy people control our lives beyond our imagination. Politicians are there now to do their bidding – and mostly to our detriment.

From mainly the Keating days, politicians have signed away our country’s future in thousands of international trade agreements without our permission and, in some cases, our knowledge. Globalism and Free Trade have changed our country’s political and social landscape as it has done all over the world. We’ve lost most of our rural and manufacturing capability as a result. The resultant shocking unemployment situation has been bandaged over to some extent with fill-in useless jobs conjured up by the Think Tanks and emplaced by parliamentary minions. Thousands of small family-owned businesses and rural holdings have gone. Real capability to continue apprenticeships in every field of endeavour has   disappeared.

For many years now, the problem for current politicians and new cadre coming in, is conform, or go! And they all, generally, stay and do what they are told in well-paid careers. So instead of genuine representation for the people, we get puppets controlled by Big Money puppeteers. And the parliaments and elections become Punch and Judy shows for the people. They are meaningless, because the reality is from decisions made from the minders behind the scenes. The depth of machinations by the Think Tanks is frightening. From monopolised media, to emplacing socialist professors into our universities to assist in the smooth running of public brainwashing, to the manipulation of education curriculum from the kindergarten up, they mould, control and direct public thinking to suit their own agenda. There is much more on the subject.

The foregoing is but a rough, and very limited summary of why all parties, and Independents, are coloured the same.  Nobody is game to table demands to put things back in place that were hard won over the years by real politicians (some puppets were around then but the control was not like it is now!) Off you go now and vote, because it’s the law!  “Democratically” enacted, of course!

Don Pike, Four Mile Creek.