We are only 5 days away from the 2010 Federal elections and there are still many voters who are undecided which way they will vote. Naturally there are many voters who no matter what they will stick with the same party they have always voted for, whether that be the Labor Party or the Liberal Party. There are also those that don’t like either of the major parties and these are the voters that the Greens are aiming their campaigns at. You could almost say their using the old Democrats idea of ‘Keeping The Bastards Honest’ without actually saying that.

The main reason I won’t vote for the Greens is because I know they’re giving their preferences to Labor. I was disgusted to hear Bob Brown denying this when asked by a listener of the Leon Byner show. I mean what a load of bullshit that was. Almost every news bulletin you listen to you hear that Labor will scrape in on Green preferences and yet he denied it.

As far as I’m concerned Labor has sent Australia backward this term and no matter how often Julia says voting for her will move Australia forward I can’t see it on their past performances. She quoted today that she had 50 or so economists sign off on what a great job they’ve done and how it was their policy that kept us out of a recession. Man, I reckon you could also find 50 to say that it was all crap.

I’m not an economist but I reckon it’s safe to say that we were never in the same trouble as those overseas and while a stimulus was probably needed it could have been done without wasting the billions of dollars that the Labor squandered. Bob Brown says in his commercial that he voted for the stimulus package so he is also to blame for us having to pay $100 million a day in interest. Imagine all the good that could be done with that money.

I also remember him being pissed off because of Labors back-flip on the miners super tax. What a bloody wanker! That was the wrong move and should have been opposed not supported. I’m pretty sure I also heard him say after hearing that the banks made a record profit that they should also be hit with a super tax. Sure Bob, why not hit every company who manages to do well with a super tax.  As to the banks I would rather that make a profit than suffer the financial difficulties of the overseas banks that caused the financial crisis in the first place.

Speaking of banking I noticed the following on the Green’s blog;

The Greens introduced their Banking Amendment (Delivering Essential Financial Services for the Community) Bill 2010 in the last period of sittings. The Bill provides legislative protection for banking customers in a number of basic banking services:

• Minimising or removing fees from basic services;
• Ban $2 ATM fees;
• Introducing a variable rate mortgage product that will only permit genuine changes to the lender’s cost of funds to be passed on to customers;
• Capping the level of mortgage exit fees.

Yeah, let’s remove fees from basic services. That’s like asking someone to go to work and not get paid a proper hourly rate. Ban $2 ATM fees. Man they wouldn’t even have to pay that if they took the time to use the right ATM’s. The other two sound fair though.

He also quoted Fujitsu Consulting who estimated that, “on average, Australian households pay about $1000 per year on bank fees – roughly 22% more than UK householders and 10% more than the US.” Reckon I must be doing something wrong then because I only paid $286 in bank fees last year and if I took the overdraft service fees off that it would only have been $118. Shit, I’m happy with that. Perhaps all that’s needed is for people to shop around for the best deal. As for the last two, well I don’t see anything wrong with them.

While the Greens say that the Liberal policies will end up costing Australian more it seems that they’re really no better, miners super tax just one thing that springs to mind. It seems that the Greens are intent on Australia taking the lead in regards to climate change, the only problem with that is there doesn’t seem to be any point if we’re the only one doing it. Seems to me that it will only make us more uncompetitive costing us money and jobs.

I was really interested in their nuclear policy, as I see that as a step in the right direction as far as green energy is concerned, but they seem to be a bit antiquated as far as nuclear energy is concerned stating it is “not a safe, clean, timely, economic or practical solution to reducing global greenhouse gas emission.” I think they are wrong and that Australia is in the best position for nuclear energy and are lagging behind other countries by not taking it on.

Here’s one to watch out for. It definitely falls into the phishing category as it asks for certain personal contact information. While they’re not asking for any banking details this is obviously the next step for the unwary. The obvious thing they will want to know is where to deposit the money, right?

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I traced the discuz.org part of their email address ‘facebookclaimsdepartment@discuz.org’ and it lead to some totally unrelated site. If you get this email, you must not respond!

I couldn’t believe it when I heard that Rudd would get a $600,000 pension for the rest of his life. How can that be? When any other Australian retires they’re lucky to get a pension. Imagine working all your life, busting your balls to make a buck all the while the Government is taking their cut to run the country. That’s cool you say because everyone has to contribute their bit right? And if you earn a little too much the Government will kindly tell you. “Sorry, you don’t deserve a pension because you’ve got too much in the kitty”.

Not so the politicians, those guys over at Parliament House live by a different set of rules. Look at Rudd, he couldn’t even finish his full term as PM, actually getting kicked out by his own party, and he’s guaranteed a huge pension for life, even if he was to leave politics tomorrow at the ripe old age of 52! Shit we can’t get a pension until 65, and only if we don’t put too much away. Not Rudd and his political cronies, which includes the Liberal and other parties. Shit, does he even deserve a pension when his wife is worth somewhere around the $56 million mark?

OK, maybe that’s a little harsh. Perhaps all politicians are not the same. It seems Senator Steve Fielding wants to shit down Fat Pollie Payouts, but I can’t see anything coming of this unless Aussies make a stand.

From what I can see most politicians think they are doing it tough and are looking for a higher salary and more allowances, as if they haven’t got enough perks. Yep, why shouldn’t they get more money and fringe benefits while the rest of the Australian public is doing it tough?

If you’re wondering what some of the perks politicians are getting you may find this expose of some interest. So, you see in this world of ours there seems to be two sets of rules, one for the politicians and one for the rest of Australians, and you know what, that’s a whole load of bullshit!

It seems the the Kevin Rudd’s political career has ended as dramatically as it started exactly 2 years 6 months and 21 days after becoming he Prime Minister of Australia. He would have had to have been the most popular PM we’ve had for a long time and his Labor colleagues couldn’t praise him highly enough.

Yet those same colleagues, especially the power brokers from the right faction, planned his demise. Almost Judas style they delivered the coupe in 24 hours not seven days after Kevin said, after asked about rumors of dissent from within the party, that he would lead the party to the next election. To say he was shocked about the whole thing would be an understatement.

And so we have two historical moments in Australia history. The first being that Kevin Rudd was kicked out by his own party before completing his first term and while still holding the lead. The second being that Julia Gillard is Australia’s first ever female Prime Minister. After listening to Mr Rudd’s very emotional final speech I must say it is Rudd at his best, probably because it was from the heart and not something put together for him.

Those of you who have been following this blog know that I haven’t been all that positive about the way Labor has lead this country over the last couple of years and most of that blame has fallen on Rudd, but that’s only because he’s the leader.

The real culprit is the Labor Party itself, and the only reason they ousted Rudd is because they’re hoping the Australian people will be fooled into thinking that having a female PM will make everything OK. It won’t because it’s still the same party, and let’s not forget that Miss Gillard didn’t handle her portfolio all that well, pretty dismally in fact, and a lot of the mistakes must be shared by her and the rest of her cohorts.

There is no doubt that Julia Gillard will have a honeymoon period, especially being the first ever female Prime Minister, but whether this is enough to win the next election remains to be seen.

What I find really amusing is how the Labor party in the last election said a vote for Howard would be a vote for Costello and here we are not three years later having a PM we didn’t vote for. Considering how the right faction has put someone from the left faction into power one has to wonder what it would take for them to knife her in the back, just as they did to Kevin Rudd, if she doesn’t act according to their wishes. And here I was thinking that as an Australian citizen I could choose who I want as a leader only to find out that I really have no saying the matter at all.

For those of you who played last night’s Oz Lotto don’t be all that worried if you didn’t win because no-one else did either, if your not sure I will post the results at the end of this post. Naturally because no-one won the major prize that means the jackpot has increased once again, this time to a cool $50,000,000!

If you’re not yet a member of Oz Lotteries, a verified Australian online lotteries agent, here are some of the reasons why you should join.

1. No more waiting in line for a ticket
2. No more missing out because you forgot to buy the ticket on the way home from work and you couldn’t be stuffed going out again. Now it’s as simple as going online and buying a ticket
3. Oz Lotteries operates under strict government supervision and is an accredited sales agent of the following Australia lottery operators:
   - NSW Lotteries
   - Tattersalls
   Oz Lotteries is owned by leading Australian technology company Manaccom Corporation Limited (ASX: MNL) and as a subsidiary of a publicly listed company is regularly audited.
4. Gone are the days where you can’t find your ticket as it’s kept online.
5. Emails sent out telling you of your results. You can also go-online to view your ticket and when you do you will notice that all the winning numbers are highlighted making it extremely easy to verify the results.

So, there you go, the top 5 reason why you should be a member. Now for last night’s results.

If you’re not yet a member now is a great time to join as they’re giving away a free game to all new members, just click on the banner below. Oh, don’t worry if you’re not an Australian because you don’t have to be an Australian to play. This right from their site.

No, you don’t have to be an Australian resident to play lotto in Ozlotteries.com. All games are held in Australia by Ozlotteries.com who can purchase games and make claims on behalf of its members. Every game purchased through Ozlotteries.com is automatically registered in your name so any prize you win is fully guaranteed.

Apart from warning people of the scams that I come across, which I think is a service in itself, I also like to inform them when I come across things that can actually make them some cash. One way you can make money, especially if you’re lucky, is by buying a lottery ticket. Now although these are sold on a weekly basis I don’t normally post about it unless there’s a jackpot to be won, and this is one of those posts.

OZ Lotto is played every Tuesday and while there have been winners it seems that no-one has won first prize which means it’s now jack potted to a whopping $40 million, and that is nothing to sneeze at. Man, if I won me a cool $40,000,000 I would make blogging my full time career meaning I could do a lot more research thereby keeping you guys more informed of what’s going on.

These days more and more people are buying their tickets online because of the convenience. No more waiting in long lines, which are always there when the jackpots are on, and no more going without a ticket because they forgot to buy it on the way home from work. Now all they do is go online and purchase a ticket via a secure server.I’m pretty sure that you can now use your PayPal account to buy your ticket.

If you your not a member of OZ lotteries now is a good time to join as they’re giving away a free game to all new members. Once a member you also have the added advantage of not having to worry about forgetting to check or lose your ticket as you’ll get email notification as to how lucky you were. It’s also a breeze checking it online as all the winning numbers are highlighted for you. It’s great, so if you have yet become a member now could be a great time to join the gang and have a shot at the $40 million prize pool.

I remember well not so long ago when Kevin Rudd won the election how he was the flavor of the month. The guy could do no wrong because the Australian public was so forgiving. But there is only so much even a tolerant Aussie can stand and it seems that good old Kevin has broken one promise too many. Come to think of it I can’t think of any promise that he has kept.

Probably the only good thing he did was when he said sorry for the stolen generation, but that’s about as far as that went because as far as I can tell he hasn’t done anything to put the plight of Aborigines to right. It seems that even though he promised to do a yearly report on the progress in closing the quality-of-life gap between Aborigines and other Australians he as failed to do so.

The fact is that Kevin and the Labor party have really turned out to be a dud. He’s so unpopular at the moment that there’s rumors his party want to replace him. Funny thing is that without Rudd they never would have won the election in the first place. That’s gratitude for you.

In case your wondering how long the list of broken promises is it’s huge. There’s even a site devoted to keeping track of their broken promises. Don’t be surprised if it’s offline when you go to check because he’s breaking them so fast they may be in the process of updating the site.

I found this cartoon that highlights some of the more popular promises, one that I hope you will enjoy.

The thing that one has to remember coming up to the next election is not just the broken promises but the fact that a lot of their policies, like the latest super tax on the mining companies, is doing the country more harm than good.

I’m sorry, but this email I got today is just too much, I couldn’t help but laugh while I was reading it. To think that the moron who wrote it would actually think that there would be a bigger moron out there who would fall for it. Don’t let it be you.

This is obviously one of those phishing emails and it’s also obvious that it’s using what they feel to be an authoritative source  to elicit this information from the recipient.  The thing is you can’t help but laugh at the complete idiocy of it all.

Unfortunately I reckon there will be those thinking of the easy money factor who will fall for this, DON”T YOU BE ONE OF THEM. Oh as for the threats contained within this email they are nothing if not idle.

Now, sit back and enjoy the utter nonsense of it all.

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION

FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

J.. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING

935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

You are to contact the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) Lagos, Nigeria

to obtain the Clearance Documents, find below their contact information’s:

Contact Person: Rev. Tom Williams

PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICER ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

Rev Williams Email: revtomwilliams@ymail.com

Lagos Office Address 15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria

Ensure you contact them (EFCC) with your Full Name, Address and phone number/cell number. Contact the EFCC via Email with the information above immediately, once you contact them i will get back to you or else i will have an agent come visit you at home for questioning. Furthermore, be adviced that according to the United State Law together with the FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the EFCC OF Lagos Nigeria  where the

fund was transfered from. Also Note that you are to take care of the cost of the Document, which will be issued in your name.

Due to the content of the document and how important and secured the document is, you as the beneficiary will send to the EFCC OF NIGERIA the sum of USD 250 Dollars only for the issuing of the document right away and your USD 1.8 million will be released to you, That is the lay down rules for EFCC OF NIGERIA to release such sensitive document, EFCC will issue you the authentic and original copy of the documents with seal on it for verification and approval. You are hereby adviced to Contact them through the email address above to make an enquiry concerning how you will send the official fee to them. Note that you are to observe this immediately, if you really want your funds to be credited to your personal bank account and to avoid any legal battle with the security operatives over this matter.

We have already informed the EFCC OF NIGERIA about the present situation, go ahead and contact them immediately. Your fund is under our custody and will not be release to you unless the required document is confirmed, after that the fund will be release to you

immediately without any delay.

NOTE: We have asked for the above document to make available the most complete and up-to date records possible for no criminal justice purposes. The documents will clarify the intensity of this fund; exonerate it from money laundry, scam and terrorism.

WARNING: failure to provide the above requirement in the next 24 hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you as soon as international court of justice issues a warrant of arrest, if you are found guilty, you will be jailed……..

As terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today and the world at large. The F.B.I will not stop at any length in tracking down and prosecuting any criminal who indulges in this criminal act. FORWARD THE DOCUMENT TO US VIA EMAIL ATTACHEMENT AS SOON AS YOU OBTAIN IT. Nobody is above the law and the law is not a respecter of anybody. We presumed you are a law abiding citizen whom would not

want to have scuffles with the authority, in and outside The United States Of America.

We are charged with the responsibility of implementing legal norms and our authority is irrevocable so dont dare dispute our instruction, just act as instructed. The person you know will not help you in this matter rather abide by this instruction. The funds in question was deposited by those people that contacted you. Note: You are to contact the (EFCC) with your full names, phone number/cell number and  full address including your full Bank account details via their email which i stated above immediately for the processing of your Clearance Documents within the next 48 hours.

Faithfully Your’s,

Robert S.Mueller 111.

FBI Director.

Note contact the EFCC office: revtomwilliams@ymail.com You have less than 24 hours to

contact them.

CC. TO:Supreme Court of the United States

U. S. Courts of Appeals

U. S. District Courts

U. S. Circuit Courts

Courts of Special Jurisdiction:

Bankruptcy Courts

Court of Claims, 1855 – 1982

U. S. Court of Federal Claims, 1982 -

Customs Court, 1890 – 1980

U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1910 – 1982

U. S. Court of International Trade, 1980 -

Commerce Court, 1910 – 1913

Territorial Courts

Courts of the District of Columbia

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals

Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Federal Courts Outside the Judiciary ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION

FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

J.. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING

935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

Although the facts that most Governments have know idea how to spend money wisely the Labor Government seems to be worse at it than most. Just today I got a lovely glossy nicely folded colour brochure with the bold words “Someone who’s working for us” printed on the front.

Upon opening it I found it was from the Labor candidate, Nick Champion but for the life of me I couldn’t work out why this unnecessary expense when we’ve just had the State elections not that long ago. Upon reading it I noticed Rudd’s name all over it and so it all became clear, they’ve started early, leading up to the Federal elections.

Sure it could be because I lean towards the Liberals, but I found a lot of it to be full of crap.  There was one section where it proclaimed; “Working with Kevin Rudd to build a better future for families.” It then goes on to say, “Here are just some of the achievements of the Rudd Government in the last two years.” OK, let’s have a look at those shall we?

Acting decisively to support jobs, tradespeople and small business during the Global recessiom.

Yeah, they did that really well didn’t they? This no doubt includes Rudd’s massive insulation roll out which was done without the proper planning causing the death of several people and many house fires. Now it’s going to cost the tax payer billions.

Record infrastructure investment including the largest schools building program ever.

Yeah this is probably referring to his bullshit Education Revolution. This was so poorly planned that not only did we over pay hundreds of thousands of dollars per school many of them didn’t even get the buildings they needed, instead they received buildings that were of no use to them.

Funding 1000 new nurse training places and a 35% increase in GP training to address a shortage of GPs

This was a good policy on there part so I’ll give them that.

Investing in new cancer research and treatment centres

Another good move on their part.

Supporting investment in solar and wind power to protect our environment for future generations.

Sorry, this type of electricity does nothing for the base load and only works when wind or sun exists, not to mention that wind power is very costly. I would suggest we take the bold move of going nuclear.

Abolishing WorkChoices and restoring fairness to the workplace

Not sure how accurate this is. While it seems that the workers may get a fairer deal it would only be at the cost of the employer and may actually speed up the rate of employers moving their operations overseas. Once that happens where’s the jobs coming from then?

Honestly Nick, rather than wasting tax payers money perhaps it would be better to get off your ass and mingle with the community. Find out what they need and work toward it even if it means going against your cronies.

I would like you to read an email that I’ve just received.  Although it’s obvious that this email is an attempt at gaining the recipients private details and therefore falls in the phishing category it does have a few differences. The main one would have to be the fact that it refers to a natural disaster, supplying links to several newsworthy sites as if that alone would substantiate the credibility of the email, which caused the demise of some wealthy businessman who left $25.5 deposited in their bank.

Naturally this guy is willing to send you the money once you send him your details. Of course it’s bullshit, so if you’ve received the following email do yourself a favor and delete it.

Greetings!

It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because
you do not know me, Please forgive this unusual manner to contact you, but
this particular letter/email is of exceptional and very private nature,as by
virtue of my vantage position in Hang Seng Bank Ltd -Hong Kong i have a
lucrative business proposal of mutual interest to share with you.There is no
way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my duty
to write and reach out to you,TRUSTING that you will give this proposal a
positive consideration.

I am Mr.J. Chan a South Korean and one of the Director of Hang Seng Bank
Limited here in Hong-Kong.I will need you to assist me in executing a
business project from our bank worth US$25.5 Million.These funds were
deposited with our bank by a customer of our bank who is a national{citizen}
of your country/region,who unfortunately died in the December 2004 Asia
Tsunami disaster .

For more on this natural disaster click on these links:-

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_4537600/4537601.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4381395.stm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/international/worldspecial4/30quake.html?
_r=1&scp=10&sq=2004%20tsunami&st=cse&oref=slogin

http://www.globalsecurity.org/eye/andaman-us.htm

The deceased account has been declared dormants since 2006 and these funds
will be confiscated/declared unserviceable and turned over to the Hong Kong
government if the deceased relations or business associates  did not claim
this money;since all efforts to trace any living relative of the deceased
proved abortive,i have decided that i will have you claim this money as the
deceased business associate/or next-of-kin,since you are from the same
country/region and perhaps have some similarities in certain
areas.Everything concerning this transaction shall be LEGALLY  done without
hitch,as i was the deceased account Officer and all the relevant documents
of this deposit were kept under my care.

I will in the course of this transaction sends to you all of my legal and
valid Identities{I.D},and also our bank web site,where you can see my
pictures and resumes for your reference.Please endeavour to observe utmost
discretion in all matters concerning this issue,as i hope that you are a
sincere,honest,matured person and above all TRUSTWORTHY.Once the funds have
been successfully transferred into your account,we shall share it in a ratio
of 30% for you,65% for me and my assocaites in the bank and the reminder 5%
to take care of contingencies.

I will prefer you reach me on my private email address
below:{jonchanhk2010@aim.com) and finally after that I shall furnish you
with more information about this operation.I am counting on your anticipated
co-operation for a successful and hitch free business transaction between
us,that will be mutually beneficial,for a start oblige me these
information:-

1.Your Full name{s}:-

2.Current contact address:-

3.Your present Occupation:-

4.Your age:-

5.Contact phone numbers{Office and Mobile{cell}:-

6.Your PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL e-mail address,if it is different.

Please if you are not interested delete this email and do not hurt me
because I am putting my career and the life of my  family at stake with this
venture.Although nothing ventured is nothing gained,as it is said,the taste
of the pudding is in the eating,do give this proposal SERIOUS AND POSITIVE
CONSIDERATION.

Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Mr.J.Chan
Hang Seng Bank Limited
Hong Kong.{Asia}
www.hangseng.com
Email:-jonchanhk2010@aim.com  //// jonchanhk2010@aim.com

PS:–PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO US STRICTLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY/PRIVACY REASONS:-jonchanhk2010@aim.com

See, what did I tell you, it’s total bullshit.