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How our political system fails us : Comments

By Peter McMahon, published 24/3/2009

Politics is replete with careerists who lack education, training, and political character to deal with substantial issues.

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Would you ask Penny of Peter to design a car , build an aeroplane ?

Don't be stupid you would say .

Tech endeavours require private gain and born in focus .

Asking Pollies or Professors to achieve Global Cooling is like asking a Cooks Convention to turn a boiled chook into icecream .

Recoup Rudds fling money put it up as a prize to the Person / People / organisation who can invent a way to sequest Carbon in quantities that will reverse global warming within 10 years .

Let the inventers loose !

Those Great Men and Woman who got us to where we are today .

Once the Product is invented and working , a doggard individual is then required to with incredible precision figure out any mysteries happening within the system , this person will talk to him/her self , possibly have a personal relationship with a grass hopper and during sleep or relaxation frantically dream up schemes to screw the Gov for grants etc . These people are different or alternates or Aspergers like People , they are very valuable people , would you pore over a microscopic Bacteria for years eventually getting it to make Vaccines or Glue or Cheese these wonderfull people are called Professors . Inventers are brash and impatient take Rolls Royce for example "Flog it until it Busts then rebuild it until it will not" (referring to aero engines I think).

Post the Prize , Victory is on the Wing !
Posted by ShazBaz001, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 9:23:19 PM
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THis is the same old argument of letting elitist run things. A global government would be a disaster for human rights and human inventivness point of view. One thing the article did highlight is the need for our parliments and institutions to be more responsive to concerns of the electorate. This would be a good opprtunity to introduce Citizen Initiated Referenda as this would allow for issues of concern to be debated and voted on to force change.
Posted by foxydude, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 9:57:46 PM
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Commercial Bank CEO's appear to be the most qualified ever if their expertise can be judged by their renumeration .

Yet their high paid endeaviours have resulted in the common people being dispossed of their homes and jobs .

These people are like Rats , they have no morals and Rudd gave them money , Millions to pay each other out ...........what !

What about the Dads & Mums and Kids out on the Street with a handbag full of CenterLink forms ?

How do they Lease / Rent accomodation with no job , would you lease them your house ?

Why should a contract be able to King Hit and Crusify a family when the Bankers performed with such care free abandon ? Are our leaders morally inept are they as bad as the Bankers ?

Might I suggest America's war with the Moslems might have something to do with this , Bush needed cash , jobs and finaly tax to satisfy his lust for revenge , he did'nt care how he got it eg; from Oz Families we now learn via Vile Rats on commission in our Banks .

If we can't win a Morality war how can we possibly win a Religious war. Even Rudd who fights many wars is bereft of any Victories .

A super Power , England faught a religious war for 450 (?) years.
We should know better .
Rudd and Gillard froth at the mouth about WorkChoices , it's the same workers who are loseing their Homes , Pride and probably Health , do they care , do we care ?.........well I certainly do .

PS sorry about the spelling , I'm old you see and my darn spell checkers died . Any suggestions appreciated .
Posted by ShazBaz001, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:54:42 PM
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From Bushbred.

Been having trouble getting in.

Is it okay now?
Posted by bushbred, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 8:56:23 AM
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Leigh,

"governments can do nothing about climate change" Why can't they?

If climate change is caused by humans it can, in principle, be prevented by humans. As to the depletion of natural resources, the "so far so good argument" is not very intelligent is it? The reason that the private sector doesn't spend money on the problem, is that for most of our "industrialists" (who are,more usually, paper-entrepreneurs) next month's general meeting is the distant future. I'd rather listen to scientists' opinions than economists or lawyers. If economics were a science the opinions of economists would be worth considering, but it isn't,so they aren't. The reason neo-liberalism was so eagerly adopted by politicians is that they found it a ready excuse to opt out of the business of government, not for any intrinsic utility it might have possessed. It's far too early to make any judgments on the EU.
Posted by mac, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 9:05:10 AM
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Mac, you say, "If climate change is caused by humans it can, in principle, be prevented by humans". Now take out the "IF" word and tell us which "scientists" you would rather listen to.

Don't know why I wasted a good post on this. When the question is asked we never get an answer.
Posted by spindoc, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 11:18:51 AM
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