Paternalism Continues

I know there would come a point when I would want to take back a vote of confidence in the power of the Senate to block legislation. This is it.


I'm actually rather impressed that Rudd would allow for the permits to be reinstated. It;s ridiculous that the government previous even forced these open-door policies upon them. It's almost as if Aboriginal People are still being treated as inferior, childlike and non-human. Without any autonomy, how can anyone expect that Aboriginal peoples to regain their livelihoods after being restricted, humiliated, dehumanised and massacred? It is a sense of powerlessness in a society that does not even attempt to comprehend them, and in return, they cannot be accepted as a part of. When you've got a bunch of (childish) white men (you've never seen) discussing your life, it's not that shocking that you're on a path of self-destruction.

Unrest, Protests and Terrorism: all where I'm heading

Mumbai unstable and not related to Indian Mujahideen as the Guardian claims but the Deccan Mujahedeen. I am concerned for family and people who generally reside there as well as the future tourism potential for the nation.

And what is wrong with all the news interviewing only the 'foreigners' who were attacked and not the locals. No wonder that terrorists attack international tourism locations: the media doesn't care about the locals and nor does the bloody government.

Also: Eric Jacobson is a twat. It's Thai politics, and their country and nothing he understands anyway. If he needed to go home to celebrate the massacre of American Indians Thanksgiving, then he should have booked his flights earlier. No sympathy, spoilt brat.

Awake now.

I feel like I'm taking part in a marathon which I was just suddenly made aware of. I'm lagging behind, miles behind. Everyone seems more accomplished, more content, more self-assured. They all just carry on running, heading in a particular direction, whereas I am still behind.

Why didn't I know of this world before? Everyone travels, has independence to do anything, knows so much about books, authors, comedians, films, film directors, etc. I didn't even know that directors were praised and important until recently. Where have I been? Why can't I catch up? What's wrong with me?

It's cold and alone and I don't like it here anymore. No-one seems to understand or even notice what's going on. I can't carry on like this anymore. I want to give up but I can't. I'm so tired of feeling empty. I'm so tired of hating myself. I'm tired of talking about myself. I want to be me, but it seems nothing will help.

And no-one knows what to tell me. Everything I try doesn't help. I feel so alienated and hated. What have I always done wrong to end up like this? I'm so tired of being tired.

Hope can fall

A sigh of relief covers the world, but political hope always ends in tears. The key point is Obama is not McCain, and Biden can actually think. Another matter is that he is 'black'. But what does Obama stand for? Change. I'm still not sure, what does change mean?

Obama is in all words a clever orator and a brilliant populist. His beliefs on other matters remain vague. What we know of him is relative to the extremes of McCain and Palin, not actual matter. While we know that Obama is generall going to place more regulations on the banking industry, we remain uncertain as to what that actually means. He has not set out a plan, or clearly stated his plans. As such, we are uncertain. Yet, all this remains insignificant in America. Obama is hope, his youth, inspiration (and the fact that he is black) are drawing factors. He shows care, consideration and love, mitigating any possible necessity to establish political grounds.

Obama is Charisma; the way he has managed to bring Republican supporters to his side is interesting and even frightening. With so many people trusting him to bring them out of the grey shadow of recession and dodgy foreign policy, what will happen should he fail?

Could this be Blair and 1997 all over again? Or Whitlam? I hope the latter, but that's the problem with being a leftie.