Australian Manifesto

I'd like to take the fossil fuel industry to court. I'd like to sue them for the claims they are making based on available evidence. Please quantify the damages done by the fossil fuel industry and sue them accordingly. Use that money to fund the renewable revolution. Is this even possible?  Can you have the planet as the plaintive? Is it a legal entity anywhere? If it is not a legal entity, then it has no rights. That's why it's consistently abused. Can anyone fix that? Has anyone even thought to address that issue? I've never heard of anyone doing so. The tobacco industry once claimed that smoking was good for people because it reduced nervous tension. Is it possible that the fossil fuel industry is lying about the health of the planet and the necessity of their products to keep the Earth functioning? Do industries lie or distort the truth for profit? Do we keep falling for those lies? 

This is going to sound ironical but if I am proud of Australia for anything it would be because we seemed to handle multiculturalism better than most countries. I know it's a juggle. But we seem to be handling it reasonably well.  It does make us vunerable to external players who wish us harm via the internet. Hopefully our authorities can answer that challenge without compromising freedom of speech.  There is going to be a brain drain in the USA because of Trump and the Heritage Foundation. This is a once in a 100 years opportunity to grab some of those people who will shape our next century. Please don't miss it. Please fund our higher education. Please don't think you are being fiscally responsible by cutting higher education back. It will hurt us in ways you cannot see now, but will be shown clearly in historical documents to come.  If you believe Australia could be a super power in the second half of the 21st century, then fund higher education well. I don't know i...

I had a somewhat frustrating conversation the other day. We were discussing how things are becoming increasingly difficult for everyday people. We agreed that wages had not increased in real terms for years. We agreed that the top 1% of people seemed to be getting richer. Then the person I was conversing with said, "If we had 'sound money,' that would not happen". I asked him why. He said that governments dilute the value of the money people hold when they print more money, causing inflation. He said, if we had 0% inflation, then people would be better off.  I guess I can see why he said that. I remember as a kid being able to buy a Paddle Pop at the shop for 5 cents. I also remember working at the chemist after school for a few bucks as well. Now that Paddle Pop would take all the wages I earned at the chemist if my wages didn't increase. He was thinking of gold. It has in the past been used as currency. It can't be printed. It has intrinsic worth. I guess hi...