If I was to say what part communications will play in our future it would be no easy task.
I think it will be positive, in time, humanity will in my view come together.
Standing in the way is mans, self interest our need to see our wants and needs not others.
But as single family's holding whole nations slaves weary of the wests ignorance to their pain, via world wide communication have their springs,we will see a better world.
On the fall of horrible people in North Korea it will be mass communications that plays the biggest role in setting people free.
Here in OLO IF YOU LOOK, you will see views of every type from folk of every type.
And we handle them differently.
I wounder why we come, why we return time after time to have our say.
And after seeing thoughts in print expressed by others repeated I see some come to post not read others thoughts.

We all remember a few who seemed to need help.
And in truth,true held view folks, few of us truly understand politics, the impacts of every issue or the reasons for them.
I have seen views from folk here that are the very opposite of those the party they vote for hold.
I however note the increasing devisions , bordering on open war because of different views.
Once it played no part in our politics.
What will communications, the ability to put views right wrong or deliberately made up lies out in Milli seconds do.
My generation ,the next three ,are not PC literate, you will see little of their views here.
But those views exist, are strongly held and who are we to say wrong.
I have this to say,Belly you see/saw here is me in real life.
It was always my job as unionist to say, to bosses, the things my workmates/members wanted to but feared to.
I say it as it is always.
Now it brings trouble, only the depth varied, and SOMETIMES I AM WRONG.
But Sometime those opposed to my views are wrong.
I

Today Gillard hands down the carbon tax/ETS policy's, behind the scenes, not yet but soon to be made public, force had to be used.
To remind Bob Brown he, alone, is the reason we do not already have one.
He bent and now thanks to him, and that force we have or are getting a Carbon tax.
Just minutes after,in my view,the worst leader of the Liberal party In my life will address us.
He will spin lie and neglect to tell us the costs and the impacts of his carbon scheme.
His followers,even here in OLO will not really understand, due to his it is crap/it is real/it may be /may not be statements not fully understand Tony Abbott is committed, yes he is to the very same cuts as Labor.
But taxpayers pay the costs.
Bob Brown will mount his stage, no need exists for me to say this, OH YES THERE IS!he will push his greens barrow show the separatism between him and me Australia and him.
The Crows council will form around me, backs turned lips pursed my education intelligence reasons will be questioned.
I speak on behalf of those who clean the streets of middle class greens who cannot afford to send their kids to private schools .
Condemn me burn those books on the extremists fires, but know.
I see Bob Brown as my mates do as big a danger to middle Australia as Abbott.
I think with passion 12% is your peak that such numbers should not rule.

Belly

Your posts flowed like liquid prose, an enjoyable and passionate read until CLANG!, Bob Brown, there we must part ways. That you even place Bob Brown into the intellectual vicinity of Tony Abbott is disturbing. Bob Brown is not bound by an anachronistic religion, he is passionate about maintaining the environment which sustains us, he is truly liberal by his acceptance of others different to him. In short he is everything that Abbott is not and the Greens is all that our federal government has as a conscience, since Labor sold its soul to economics and power.

He is certainly not perfect, but as a nation we have no hope if only Labor and Liberals are our choices.

Belly,

What Ammonite said.

@ Belly:

I've already said my bit, but I'll just add that the door's always open, if and when you come to your senses. You're a good bloke, and I feel sure you'll eventually man up and admit you're wrong.

Cheers :)

I offer this link, and make the claim it is the single most important Link/post I ever put here in OLO.
It may inform some, unaware of how truly DISGUSTING my party had become, my thoughts and demands for better are shared, from within the heart of my party.
It too points to our position on that March day,we sank to the very bottom of a septic tank we hand made for our selves.
To ignore that, say it is not true,is to betray my party.
Delivered by our new good determined leader.
To the once driver of the ALP nationwide it took courage.
It marks our lowest point it reminds me not again will we sink that low.
Not straying away from Labors roots not following the voters, but criminals, thieves and self interested slugs did this to my party.
Trapped by fear another change will kill us,the dream Gillard can turn this around, understand Abbott will implode soon, every thing but acting.
Labor is forcing us to look to rebuilding after a defeat not doing it now.
But my party is up for the challenge we rise from our slumber on the bottom in 30 minutes.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/alp-deserved-flogging/story-fn7q4q9f-1226091470348