Knock off the insults dude. Did someone copy my style…or have it before me? Who gives a toss? The issues are far more important. I’ve been using the capitals for years. You should know that Adrien. It works for me…I’m comfortable w/ it. I won’t stop…not gonna be CAGED by any f*cker. Get it!

As for working for Murdoch & such. I’d chop my right arm off before I took money for my comments.

I MEAN what I say. And have no NEED to SELL OUT.

As one highly animated character once said:
“I yam what i yam?”…take it…or leave it.

N’

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Well said Paul Walter.

When I watched war criminals like Gen. William Westmoreland walk away scot-free, and die an honored man, the inner-rage I felt was deep and burning.

Furthermore, the acts committed by corporate executives & their political puppets…whether it be in the area of smoking, asbestos products (as you mentioned), oil (think of the conflicts, environmental degredation), the use of trans-fats & such in food, particularly fast foods (think obesity & heart problems, diabetes…even in children…good onya Anna Bligh, Premiere of QLD), carconigens in food & drink, the promotion of diets that kill &/or cause hospitalisation…the list goes on…these are the oft HIDDEN criminals that do damage on a widespread level…reaping in profits & distorting media messages by way of money & shareholdings…and they lie and smile at the camera every chance they get…lie to courts…lie to their consumers…and reward themselves continually for damaging peoples lives.

And they work hard w/ their allies to ensure the people fight each other, get agro w/ each other, accuse each other, argue each other, vote against their own interests…in order to DIVERT attention from their own actions. They set-up “strawman arguments” continually…send the TV viewers & radio listeners on long journeys of fear & hate & division…on trips down “Red Herring Road”…to ensure that they are not EXPOSED.

Marx & Engels knew it. The propaganda methods & technology THE FEW, the CORPORATE ARISTOCRACY use to HIDE & DISTRACT might be different. But their greed & insatiable appetite to CONTROL remains the same.

Is any wonder that the insidious knowledge of their greedy, controlling existence causes fires in each of us?…that which burrows into each individual’s life, every person who has that memory &/or story of their labour power being exploited…or that of their family member’s, past and present…their land ripped out from under them, their health destroyed, their businesses crushed by uncompetitive practices & monopolies, rigged games, uneven playing fields…their families divided by unjust court decisions, tax systems that benefit the few, companies that callously allow raiders & equity groups to cut staff, reduce pensions, cut conditions…yet continually reward the thieves, executioners & con-artists…& those who FAIL to bring about secure & healthy & satisfying conditions for those workers who keep the wheels of that company turning.

Is it any wonder that as we fight amongst each other…whilst the FEW pull the strings…move the chess pieces that determine how much more WE WILL BE RIPPED OFF…KEPT DOWN…CONTROLLED…that the fires in each of us burns brighter…?

Is it any wonder that those who LOST the MOST here in Australia…remembered acutely, whether it be by GENETIC MEMORY…or by way of EXPERIENCE…or KNOWLEDGE LEARNT OF THEFT AND EXPLOITATION AS STORIES ARE TOLD…and those who gained the least in this period of so called “prosperity”…should feel those fires burn in an all-consuming way?

Is it any wonder that when the media FOCUSED on the ABORIGINES unrelentingly, for over a decade, in negative, finger-pointing fashion that that RAGE should increase. As politicians filled w/ HATE & jealousy spoke of their inability to govern themselves, protect their children, handle a drink…is it any wonder that some could no longer quell the RAGE fires?

Imagine the humiliation…the sense of ongoing injustice, lies & deceit…the knowledge of “intentional negligence” by authorities…the sense of being CONNED & FRAMED & SET-UP…AGAIN…the fear of losing their children…again…the barrage of media accusations…combined w/ the supply of rivers of grog & petrol & porn & agro music & blood sports by greedy opportunists…some working for the MORAL CAMPAIGNERS…those pointing fingers…it would have bent the back, destroyed the will, screwed w/ the rationality of any person.

But for this to be done to the group most generally disadvantaged…those w/ the most HURTING…those w/ the least avenues to SPEAK OUT & defend themselves…it was…is…CRIMINAL!!!

The RAGE in Aboriginal men must be put out. But those who helped CONSTRUCT those fires must also be exposed…& some brought to JUSTICE.

The APOLOGY is merely the beginning. But it will be used to create distrust & hate in those they want to manipulate to gain power. Unless the government, media & people WAKE UP to this politics of DIVISION for GAIN.

That’s not to say these RAGERS & ABUSERS should not be stopped…some brought to justice themselves…for in the long run INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY must play an important role. But if the CONSTRUCTORS of MAYHEM are seen to get away…w/ their profits & lies…& the system they CONSTRUCTED is not altered…then we will see more EMOTIONALLY DISTANCED & ENRAGED Aboriginal…& other working poor children walking this LAND acting out the vengeance they feel against the parents they perceive as weak & humiliated…and the society they suspect, feel

DOESN’T WORK FOR THEM.

Good on Anna Bligh for listening…& respecting. Providing opportunities.
N’