tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161793472026-02-13T17:15:13.656+10:003 Word Slogan“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” Joseph GoebbelsCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger1300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-26756887616754226062015-06-19T12:20:00.003+10:002015-06-19T12:23:32.599+10:00Battling Moral, ethical constructs<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-40150255254512427572014-12-01T10:15:00.000+10:002014-12-01T10:15:40.155+10:00WHY THE BUDGET WON’T FLY<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-24264146852672427982014-11-20T16:29:00.000+10:002014-11-20T16:29:40.775+10:00Warped Voting systems<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-80658485511211812092014-10-30T08:37:00.001+10:002014-10-30T08:37:31.971+10:00Our Intellectually Challenged Leaders<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-40163111664322828512014-10-22T08:38:00.000+10:002014-10-22T08:38:01.791+10:00Giving Meaning to Grief<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-29741693611120802472014-10-20T15:40:00.002+10:002014-10-21T06:28:26.550+10:00Time for a Wake-Up Call<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-43706781325125358912014-10-11T06:17:00.000+10:002014-10-11T10:42:47.057+10:00Those harmless, moderate christians<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-2243592119366163162014-09-21T12:43:00.001+10:002014-09-21T12:43:20.351+10:00Abbott's Bullcrap This is Tony Abbott's Australia, but when it comes to sleight of hand our fearless leader is a fail. Perhaps he needs coaching... From 3 Word Slogans FacebookCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-14600197680747380812014-09-19T14:51:00.002+10:002014-09-19T15:09:15.273+10:00 From Australians Against the Liberal Party&nbsp; Facebook <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-43201016955225405672014-09-19T11:40:00.002+10:002014-09-19T12:20:34.251+10:00Updating the Name<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-64457868445360162082013-10-15T11:42:00.001+10:002013-10-15T11:42:28.028+10:00The End Is NighThe end is nigh, or so we are assured by US lawmaker, Michelle Bachman. Perhaps she is more on the money than we might first think.Not in anyway she might conceive, I should add. The end will not be one great bang and it is religion heading for the wall, not humanity.Evidence should be our primary guide, and the evidence shows a slow crumbling of religious adherence, in the western world at leastCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-26397276792264406782013-10-10T11:03:00.001+10:002013-10-10T11:03:26.995+10:00Forget the church and state debateForget the church and state debate. There is a related and far more insidious problem, politics and religion.&nbsp;Most western countries have constitutional provisions separating church and state, provisions difficult to overturn.&nbsp;Those very same provisions allow religious influences to dominate through the democratic process, while equally allowing for its expulsion by voters. That same Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-30301411216993866712013-10-08T10:07:00.001+10:002013-10-08T10:07:23.600+10:00Back on the saddleI am feeling the time has come to rebirth Grub Street Journal. The effort which was involved in fighting against insanity of conservatism tok its toll. The election, first of Obama then or Labor in Australia signalled the time for a break.Not to say those progressive governments have been all sweetness and light, but there is a certain reticence when it comes to attacking their fragile existence.Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-24599475324524793212013-05-22T11:03:00.001+10:002013-05-22T13:11:38.130+10:00The Devil You SayA short storyThe Devil You SayThe clubhouse was rapidly filling, and perhaps becoming noisy. For the old greybeard at a corner table it was simply part of the great continuum.He existed in a secure bubble, fairly impervious to the vagaries of his rowdy surroundings. He kept glancing at the door as he sipped slowly on his tall glass of ambrosia.Suddenly the activity stopped as his voice boomed Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-76239739820194154092013-02-11T08:14:00.000+10:002013-02-11T08:14:15.156+10:00Falling Between two Stools<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-68778341387901697542012-09-18T13:58:00.001+10:002012-09-18T15:06:34.425+10:00Questioning the dominant paradigmWhere is that thin line between considered and gratuitous commentary? Is it appropriate to question the veracity of Islamic, Jewish or Christian belief? Recent violent protest in Sydney, while lamentable, occur more often than we like to recognise. In recent times we have seen confrontations between unions and authorities in Melbourne and earlier in the year the 'occupy' confrontations in both Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-55334406123355344592012-01-29T16:59:00.000+10:002012-01-29T16:59:21.078+10:00Take your partners for the next dance <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-24382251493233421242012-01-21T12:50:00.000+10:002012-01-21T12:50:10.522+10:00Experiencing a wilderness<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-48339850495974110132010-05-03T11:30:00.000+10:002010-05-03T11:31:03.286+10:00Bigger profits make everyone happy? Pigs might flyAustralia’s Fairfax Media have been running a story over the weekend - Capitalism is ruining the planet, and pigs might fly – by Chris Berg is a research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs and editor of the IPA Review. I suspect Mr Berg might take issue with the hype created by headline, subhead and outtakes, but his own argument reeks of poorly target information to prove a dubious Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-4951854328721960142010-04-17T13:33:00.000+10:002010-04-17T13:36:12.046+10:00Democratic conventionsAustralia is well into election season, with two states down and more to come, including a federal election. Predictably we are also flooded with nonsense statements as the jockeying for power heats up. Out here in my rural retreat, with limited power and access, I manage a great deal of time to muse on the political dynamics. One of the issues which both amuses and annoys is claims of breaches Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-27172298298775412952010-03-18T12:35:00.000+10:002010-03-18T12:37:38.705+10:00Online from the bushLiving back of beyond has it’s issues, like power supplies and internet access. Both are now sort of sorted and I can post from a fly spot called Mia Mia in northern Victoria. Being on a wireless modem is great, albeit subject to the power sources I am using. Not being on the grid is fine, but balancing a solar/generator mix is difficult. It becomes frustrating listening to the ‘news’, and Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-24337625501237263242010-02-01T16:24:00.005+10:002010-02-02T22:00:00.974+10:00History hazards of the countrysideI’m reminded of the old Punch cartoon with two city gentlemen in a coach on the way to a country weekend. One fop is saying: “The countryside is truly rural hereabouts.” And so it is in my Mia Mia retreat, and there is something about country people I really connect with; not well mind you, but I enjoy it. Part of the secret is not to be a city smartarse, don’t be telling the locals how they Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-11105448411414275082010-02-01T13:26:00.001+10:002012-01-21T13:51:33.451+10:00Can’t escape bureaucratic bunglingWith only a cell (mobile) phone and small radio to keep me in touch I thought I might become less of a carping critic of issues concerning poor governance. No so when you live in a sparsely populated region still in trauma from the bushfires of last February. I thought heading into the wilderness, beyond the communications systems we now take for granted, would at least shield me from the Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-89522755822120437152010-01-09T10:23:00.000+10:002010-01-09T10:24:56.645+10:00Perspectives on racismThe issue of racism has come to the fore again in Australia after another senseless murder of an India student in Melbourne, scene of an increasing number of such incidents. The issue has been exacerbated by State and Federal governments going into denial about the race aspects; rather they claim that it really is just senseless violence. Indians are 2½ times more at risk of attack than Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-30761096343977059422010-01-07T14:02:00.002+10:002010-01-07T14:05:12.457+10:00A rural reflectionIf that sounds boring, life in rural isolation has been anything but. The area of north central Victoria suffered in last February’s bushfires, so we are all nervous now as the bushfire season is back with us. I don’t have naming rights to the four acre block, but am tempted to go with the Fishbowl, as the surrounding community is watching for each improvement made. A close second is Stone Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.com4