It is noteworthy that when Rudd and his cohorts analyse the current economic crisis they very quickly, and very loudly, pinpoint lack of regulation as the culprit, and more regulation as the panacea.

However, if the truth be known-and is allowed an airing - govt regulation was one of the prime causes of the current crisis- see below:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm?page=0

More regulation will not necessary solve this crisis, or prevent it re-occurring; living within ones means may be a better formula.

Regulated capitalism is hardly a new world order. The unfettered variety was the new world order and has failed miserably.

Even Turnbull has labelled Rudd's comments as a "tinge" of socialism which is what is needed to curb the excesses of the current system. Do we really want more Enrons floating around in the fog of the free market system. A tinge of socialism is not socialism when it exists within the capitalist system. Last I heard it was called a Social Democracy.

One line from the movie made about Enron which resonates for many is that the Enron fiasco was the example of the "globalisation of stupidity".

America is leading the way with a strongly focussed Buy American campaign particularly for the machines used in manufacturing.

whistler I am not sure if you are kidding about the separate men's and women's legislatures but this won't work. We are all humans living in the same society and should be subject to the same laws regardless of gender, race and religion (in my view anyway).

Separate laws/customs to suit every group in society will be divisive rather than inclusive.

WOAH! "New World Order" ?

Hmmmmm.. "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. (Rev13:16)

AAah.. "REGULATION".... what a refreshing word.....

DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING!

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

11 Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.' 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you BACK to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, (From Ezekiel 37)

BD clicks on GOOGLE EARTH and types in "Israel"

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zooms in......hmmmmmmmm "Oh look...LOTS of houses and people".....

If you want to read the views of a very clear thinker,log onto Ron Paul a US congressman. http://www.ronpaul.com/-95k-

Ron argues that the free market was not allowed to function.It was Clinton who relaxed the regulation on the banks for the sake of cheap housing for the poor.It was not cheap and now the middle classes are also paying a high price.We should not be propping up a failed system.Let the free market under fairer rules sort this mess out.Govt intervention will be a disaster.The new world order will just enslave us all and only the elites at the top of the foodchain will prosper.Penny Wong apparently see herself as an elite.

pelican, race and religion are contingent upon gender.

Without women and men there is no race or religion.

Achieve equity between women and men and race and religion follow.

Moreover, women and men have different life experiences.

The judgement of one on the other is guesswork, an unsound basis for law, thus the lawlessness hitherto of capitalism.

One law, enacted by agreement between women's and men's legislatures, interpreted in women's and men's jurisdictions, presided over by elders, furnishes the certainty from which capitalism proceeds sustainably.

Effective regulation, not more regulation, is what is required, through the efficient utilisation of existing resources.