Dear Plantagenat,

Sure, I can even give an example. ATSIC never buggered up our parliamentary democracy so there is absolutely no reason to think the Voice would either.

That was easy. Now your turn.

And this old bastard... don't know who he thinks he is ... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUcRTvdcbM

SR,

So ..... another ATSIC instead ?

I do recall similar bodies going back to 1973 - the NACC, the NAC, the ADC. I remember the ADC giving out loans, mostly to its own directors, all of which seemed to turn bad. Frankly, all useless organisations.

So why bother doing all that again ? Just for the benefit of the same old elite-family crowds, or at least for their elite kids and grandkids ?

I remember, back in 1973, someone (I think from Darwin, maybe from the NAWU) suggesting that what was needed first were local organisations, handling local issues; then regional/state/territory bodies, and THEN a national body. But nobody twigged then and nobody is twigging yet, in the scramble for the trough.

Joe

SR,

So ..... another ATSIC instead ?

I do recall similar bodies going back to 1973 - the NACC, the NAC, the ADC. Frankly, all useless.

So why bother doing all that again ? Just for the benefit of the same old elite-family crowd ?

I remember, back in 1973, someone (I think from Darwin) suggesting that what was needed first were local organisations, handling local issues; then regional/state/territory bodies, and THEN a national body. But nobody twigged then and nobody is twigging yet, in the scramble for the trough.

Joe

Byron is such a Byronic figure ;)

Thou art more beautiful than a summers day....

I'll check out "Darkness"... should be interesting... thanks for the recommendation Foxy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness_(poem)

Generally I'm not sure what I think about Byron as a person but he was certainly prolific and influenced some great writers- he did some great work- I liked his evening with Percy and Mary Shelley and the doctor that wrote The Vampyre- just shows what great minds can do in a short space of time.

Sorry that was meant to be "She walks in beauty like the night..."