http://www.waddayano.org/blog/ In the progenitor's honour. en Copyright 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:53:19 +1000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss in today’s Oz]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/in_the_spirit_of_godwin.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/in_the_spirit_of_godwin.php Earth Sciences ABC Climate Change Newman Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:53:19 +1000 Freebie advice today for Tony "judge me on what I say now & not what I've said before" Abbott from Peter Costello's former political advisor, Niki Savva. She's right too. Abbott is not a good speaker, despite how convicted his tone of voice. He gives the impression of someone who's always caught on the hop, not done his research, announcing new initiatives because they just came to him in a flash of inspiration. Not a good look for a pollie. Not good at all. This is a flaw in a great many of our current crop of politicians. The inability to at least appear lucid and confident about what they have to say, and then say it effectively. There wouldn't be one Jim Killen or Fred Daly in either federal Parliament, and certainly no Whitlams or Menzies. The closest I've seen to a really cogent speaker would be Lindsay Tanner. I've not yet seen him on his feet without something pointed and authoritative to say, and deliver it without stumbling, uhm-ing and ahh-ing. Not a statesman by any means, but at least not painful to listen to. The bulk of our elected representatives are what they appear to be. Former solicitors, bankers, union officials, doctors and indian chiefs. Mostly, the latter.]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/stumbling_clowns.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/stumbling_clowns.php General Issues Australian Politics politicians Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:40 +1000 International Womens Day, otherwise known as IWD. Sounds eerily like a birth control device, doesn't it? I digress...]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/another_wtf_moment.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/another_wtf_moment.php BlogWorld Societal Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:12:57 +1000 electric vehicle for consumers. ]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/wiifm.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/wiifm.php Business Economy Science Societal electric car Tesla Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:47 +1000 The cocks are crowing, and gathering around at the far end of the barnyard, plotting the celebrations to be had when the farmer comes along with his axe to lop off the head of the prime rooster. http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/realities_of_spin.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/03/realities_of_spin.php Political Abbott Garrett Murdoch Media Rudd The Australian Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:22:37 +1000 Climate Change denial in the media. A damn good read it is too, but nothing new to those of us who follow these quasi-cultural wars between Climate Change realists and Climate Change deniers. ]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/bashing_the_bolts.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/bashing_the_bolts.php Societal ABC Bolt climate change Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:22:16 +1000 soon to see the light of day. Justice might finally be able to unwrap herself from the bureaucratic bindings she's endured since the dark days of the Howardian era.]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/so_it_begins.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/so_it_begins.php Political Societal Habib Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:50:49 +1000 7:30 Report website. I missed last nights edition, which is on the site now as I type, but from what I saw tonight, it would appear that Malcolm Fraser has as low an opinion of the man we all love to hate as the majority of Australians who voted him out in 2007. Maybe it's the maturity which comes with age, maybe in the period 1975 to 1983 I was too young or even disinterested to pay a whole lot of attention. I recall being incensed by the dismissal of Whitlam, and remain to this day a carrier of the flame lit on that day. Fraser seemed, to me then, and to some degree even now, a political conniver, an opportunist and just another of the long, seemingly unending line of politicians seeking power and glory. Watching and listening to him over the decades since his retreat from political life, his role with Care Australia and the times when his opinion makes good media copy in response to social issues of import, I can't help but draw the conclusion that this man IS a genuine liberal. Something from the machine begun by Robert Menzies which isn't conservative in the far-right, big 'C' sense of the word fostered by Howard. I even find myself admiring the man, at least for his openness and honesty in a post Parliamentary life. Form your own opinions, as any rational thinker will, but I don't believe I'm wrong in my assessment of John Malcolm Fraser. It's just a shame the current incarnation of so-called liberals aren't just a little more like him.]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/malcolm_fraser.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/malcolm_fraser.php Political Australian Politics Fraser history Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:56:06 +1000 a little too precious?]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/say_it_think_it_but_dont_put_i.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/say_it_think_it_but_dont_put_i.php Bizarre bizarre Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:40:22 +1000 The witchhunt of Peter Garrett is really becoming rather tiresome. http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/burn_the_witch.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/burn_the_witch.php Political Abbott Australian Politics Garrett insulation Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:37:05 +1000 this small piece in today's Oz, of a much longer article apparently sourced from AFP. ]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/no_smoke_and_no_gun.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/no_smoke_and_no_gun.php Political Amano IAEA Iran Sheridan Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:44:51 +1000 Lindsay Tanner's blog on the National Times for a succinct but informative version of what Lindsay had to say in response to Bananaby's bumbling accusations.]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/qanda_redux.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/qanda_redux.php Political Australian Politics Tanner Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:16 +1000 Ameri-centric Australian pundit, Greg Sheridan, yet again touting the line promoted almost exclusively by some in America, that Iran having nuclear energy is tantamount to the next global military conflict. These fear and loathing spruikers, like Sheridan, conveniently ignore the fact that the right to explore nuclear energy is sovereign to every nation on the face of the planet, as decreed by the Nuclear Arms Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a signatory. Any nation is free to explore nuclear energy, as long as that exploration does not evolve into weapons development, which to date, Iran's program has not. We know this because the International Atomic Energy Agency - the watchdog - tells us so. The IAEA inspects such program developments, and providing there is deemed to be no weapons development going on, there is no issue. Frankly, I believe Sheridan and his ilk merely flap their virtual jaws to the American tune because they're sycophants unable to think logically about such issues. That, and the fact that deep down inside, it's the done thing to be anti-Islamic in every aspect of criticism of any nation-state which isn't the US of A. ]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/more_wailing_and_keening.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/more_wailing_and_keening.php Political Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:47:00 +1000 this article by a blogger friend on another medium. The stats quoted are factual. Yet another set of obvious facts which confirm the decline of the American Empire.]]> http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/the_state_of_things_1.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/the_state_of_things_1.php Political Societal Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:55:02 +1000 It's an election year. We all know this because in the far-too-short Parliamentary cycle, this year of 2010 is year three of the current government. http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/of_spotty_cats_and_historical.php http://www.waddayano.org/blog/2010/02/of_spotty_cats_and_historical.php Political Abbott Brandis Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:40:35 +1000