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About this Blog:A CYNICAL APPROACH – June 2007 I am a senior citizen of Australia. I am too old and cynical to be patient with our governments being manipulated by the ‘Power Brokers’ and with the apathy towards them by so many of my fellow citizens. Every time I have been witness to a media story, it has been reported with a spin. It has never been reported for what it is. My cynicism tells me that ALL media reports are corrupted in some way. They only tell us what they want us to believe. We must look for the reality. My generation is your conventional wisdom. Our wisdom comes from having a different set of reference points to younger generations. As our parents had experienced the Great Depression and World War II, we were raised in an age of co-operation and good will. As young men, we experienced the ballot of conscription that sent many of our friends to their death or permanent injury in the Vietnam War. We understand the futility of modern warfare. You may think September 11 was the most profound event that ever happened. To my generation, the assassination of President Kennedy was more important. Since that time, the concept of statesmanship has ended. In my youth men did not swear in front of women. If a man said “fuck” in public, another man would cross the road to deck him. The concept of public decency has now been eroded away. My generation’s time has passed. The world is now in the hands of people who have a different set of reference points and who will make the same mistakes that previous leaders made. The advice of your elders can help prevent history repeating itself. I react to my life’s experiences. I have no loyalties to political parties. My loyalties lay with decency. This blog records my thoughts as I read news items that affect me and my grandchildren. Update – July 2008 Back around Easter, I was diagnosed with a highly aggressive, final stage prostate cancer with secondary bone cancers throughout the pelvic area. On a good day, I have about two years of productive life ahead of me and I have been sharing the ups and downs of my greatest journey here on this Blog. Through this, I have made some new friends who have come along for the ride. I appreciate them all being there for me. I have to modify a statement above about journalists putting spin on news stories. Recently, the Border Mail regional newspaper from Albury published an article about my fight with cancer (see Front Page Story above). The night before publishing that story, the editor phoned and read the article to me to seek my approval. I have never heard of such journalistic professionalism before and I thank them all for writing such an honest piece about my predicament Before Blogs:  Back in 1999, I published a site called Y2K Victoria which became the most authorative commentary website in Australia dealing with the potential problems of the Y2K bug.
This led to appearances on ‘A Current Affair’ (recently replayed on a program called “The Greatest Fizzers”), a Sunday Age supplement article and an ABC radio broadcast titled, “TEOTWAWKI…or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Y2K“ For the record, I was not a ‘doomsayer’ – simply an observer recording the preparations being made at a national, state and local level in Australia. Although incomplete (some files have been lost), the remnants of the original site Y2K VICTORIA can be found here. It is unfortunate that history will probably see the Y2K challenga as a fizzer … but that is wrong. The worldwide campaign to prevent disaster lasted two years and cost billions of dollars. the fact that there were no disastrous consequences is testament to man’s ability to overcome world wide chaos. Now for climate change, our food supply, Peak oil and the root cause of it all … population explosion. |
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