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In 49 BC Caesar crossed the Rubicon. He hadn't hesitated, he had temporised, before crossing. In Rome, those who opposed Caesar were dreading what he was going to choose to do. They were willing to let him have everything he had if he left Rome. But Caesar wanted Rome. By waiting, Caesar's enemies were able to think about what would happen. They lost their nerve. And the rest is history. The world faces a similar moment today. A weak and self doubting West have looked at jihadism, and just like impotent Islamic leaders, have panicked. Some are saying that migration needs to be closed. Some are saying that laws must be passed limiting Islam and worship. Ninety years ago, Ataturk hoodwinked Islamic scholars and got Turkish women to give up their head coverings. It was a rear guard action and made a long term change, but that has sadly failed recently. For the West, the issue is easier to face, although it has not been widely recognised yet. The key is law and order.
The meekness of modern police is astonishing to those who knew the world before the sixties. The Soviet Union exploited the peace movement as a way to secure reach within the West. And political correctness has been the brainchild of the peace movement, corroding institutions and emasculating police forces around the world. So that a celebrity who is the wrong colour can kill a woman the wrong colour and get away with it. So that a pedophile celebrity can become fabulously wealthy and highly lauded. So that a thief can resist arrest and be compensated. So that a President can openly demean the US public and be re elected. Note, names don't have to be used here because there are numerous examples of each. But part of the cure of the fear of terrorism, the way to address it, is to give police and the courts the latitude to do their jobs. To not have killers walking the streets because "they can't kill their victims again." It means border security like that Mr Abbott desires. It means security laws like that Mr Abbott is trying to pass. It means freedom of speech like Mr Abbott has promised.
Nothing need change for the West to be free of jihadism. Jail criminals. Police effectively. Have free and fair press. Strong border protection. Effective intelligence agencies. Strengthen cultural assets.
One footnote, a free and fair press does not mean a partisan press. Partisan left wing media have been complicit in promoting a narrative that has corroded cultural assets and prompted hysterical jihadism. People have died from lies spread by the media regarding so called insults to Islam. Or military activity that hasn't occurred. Case in point being the jailing of Peter Greste who, while adhering to international standards, is still guilty of promoting jihadism. Journalist standards have to rise for press to be free and fair. We must cross the river.
2014
Extreme left wingers seem to feel it is ok to drown people if one feels compassion while doing it. That would not be the position of a reasonable person. It is icing on the cake that illegal immigration also undermines systems that benefit people, such as refugee camps, foreign aid and migration. Because the extreme left have adopted that position, the moderate left have embraced it too. After all, the moderate left see themselves as being compassionate. And they dislike unfettered capitalism. It has to have fetters, like those employed monetarily to refugee seekers willing to pay to risk drowning. Because all lefties think the same, moderate leftists must embrace what extreme leftists espouse. That has not always been the case. Moderate leftists like Hawke and Keating were able to pull the extremists to back them on their compromises. They still managed to convey to extremists they would not behave sensibly. The kind of moderate left leadership provided by Hawke and Keating was surrendered by Beazley who was not capable of filling the vacuum left when Keating retired. Which is sad for boat people, who rely on people like Sarah Hanson Young to keep the drain unplugged as they circle the drain of Keating's vision of Australia.
The conservative position espoused by Mr Abbott and of long standing public policy of conservative administrations is opposed by the radical left. And so it is also despised by moderates. And so Channel 10's morning show, after interviewing Mr Abbott, discussed the issue and no member of the four person panel spoke in favour of the conservative position. Not even Joe Hildebrand who is a vocal supporter of good government at other times. Such a jaundiced view is unwatchable and not entertaining, but irritating. Channel Ten's program was celebrating fifty episodes. It won't grow if it fails to be different to other channels.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 49 BC, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 9, the Western Han Dynasty ended when Wang Mang claimed that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty. 69, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. 236, Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072, Robert Guiscard conquered Palermo. 1475, Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1645, Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. 1791, the Siege of Dunlap's Station began near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
In 1806, Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrendered to the British. 1810, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced his first wife Joséphine. 1861, American Civil War: Florida seceded from the Union. 1863, the London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opened between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
In 1901, the first great Texas oil gusher was discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 1916, World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. 1920, the Treaty of Versailles took effect, officially ending World War I. 1922, Arthur Griffith was elected President of the Dáil Éireann. 1923, Lithuania seized and annexed Memel. 1927, Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis was released in Germany. 1929, The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, was first published in Belgium. 1941, World War II: The Greek army captured Kleisoura. 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations opened in London. Fifty-one nations were represented. Also 1946, the United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducted Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
In 1954, BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, exploded and fell into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people. 1962, Apollo program: NASA announced plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission. 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. 1981, Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launched its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments 1984, Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-established full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. 1985, Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, which became a notorious commercial failure and later a cult collector's item. Also 1985, Sandinista Daniel Ortega became president of Nicaragua and vowed to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continued to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
In 1990, Time Warner was formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. 1999, Sanjeev Nanda killed three policemen in New Delhi, India with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system. 2005, a mudslide occurred in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco for 10 days. 2007, a general strike began in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign. 2011, 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia caused severe flash flooding, killing 9 people. 2012, a bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killed at least 30 people with 78 others injured. 2013, more than 100 people were killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
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This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
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Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
The meekness of modern police is astonishing to those who knew the world before the sixties. The Soviet Union exploited the peace movement as a way to secure reach within the West. And political correctness has been the brainchild of the peace movement, corroding institutions and emasculating police forces around the world. So that a celebrity who is the wrong colour can kill a woman the wrong colour and get away with it. So that a pedophile celebrity can become fabulously wealthy and highly lauded. So that a thief can resist arrest and be compensated. So that a President can openly demean the US public and be re elected. Note, names don't have to be used here because there are numerous examples of each. But part of the cure of the fear of terrorism, the way to address it, is to give police and the courts the latitude to do their jobs. To not have killers walking the streets because "they can't kill their victims again." It means border security like that Mr Abbott desires. It means security laws like that Mr Abbott is trying to pass. It means freedom of speech like Mr Abbott has promised.
Nothing need change for the West to be free of jihadism. Jail criminals. Police effectively. Have free and fair press. Strong border protection. Effective intelligence agencies. Strengthen cultural assets.
One footnote, a free and fair press does not mean a partisan press. Partisan left wing media have been complicit in promoting a narrative that has corroded cultural assets and prompted hysterical jihadism. People have died from lies spread by the media regarding so called insults to Islam. Or military activity that hasn't occurred. Case in point being the jailing of Peter Greste who, while adhering to international standards, is still guilty of promoting jihadism. Journalist standards have to rise for press to be free and fair. We must cross the river.
2014
Extreme left wingers seem to feel it is ok to drown people if one feels compassion while doing it. That would not be the position of a reasonable person. It is icing on the cake that illegal immigration also undermines systems that benefit people, such as refugee camps, foreign aid and migration. Because the extreme left have adopted that position, the moderate left have embraced it too. After all, the moderate left see themselves as being compassionate. And they dislike unfettered capitalism. It has to have fetters, like those employed monetarily to refugee seekers willing to pay to risk drowning. Because all lefties think the same, moderate leftists must embrace what extreme leftists espouse. That has not always been the case. Moderate leftists like Hawke and Keating were able to pull the extremists to back them on their compromises. They still managed to convey to extremists they would not behave sensibly. The kind of moderate left leadership provided by Hawke and Keating was surrendered by Beazley who was not capable of filling the vacuum left when Keating retired. Which is sad for boat people, who rely on people like Sarah Hanson Young to keep the drain unplugged as they circle the drain of Keating's vision of Australia.
The conservative position espoused by Mr Abbott and of long standing public policy of conservative administrations is opposed by the radical left. And so it is also despised by moderates. And so Channel 10's morning show, after interviewing Mr Abbott, discussed the issue and no member of the four person panel spoke in favour of the conservative position. Not even Joe Hildebrand who is a vocal supporter of good government at other times. Such a jaundiced view is unwatchable and not entertaining, but irritating. Channel Ten's program was celebrating fifty episodes. It won't grow if it fails to be different to other channels.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 49 BC, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. 9, the Western Han Dynasty ended when Wang Mang claimed that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty. 69, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor. 236, Pope Fabian succeeded Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome. 1072, Robert Guiscard conquered Palermo. 1475, Stephen III of Moldavia defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui. 1645, Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London. 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. 1791, the Siege of Dunlap's Station began near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
In 1806, Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrendered to the British. 1810, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced his first wife Joséphine. 1861, American Civil War: Florida seceded from the Union. 1863, the London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opened between London Paddington station and Farringdon station. 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
In 1901, the first great Texas oil gusher was discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. 1916, World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire. 1920, the Treaty of Versailles took effect, officially ending World War I. 1922, Arthur Griffith was elected President of the Dáil Éireann. 1923, Lithuania seized and annexed Memel. 1927, Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis was released in Germany. 1929, The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, was first published in Belgium. 1941, World War II: The Greek army captured Kleisoura. 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations opened in London. Fifty-one nations were represented. Also 1946, the United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducted Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
In 1954, BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, exploded and fell into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people. 1962, Apollo program: NASA announced plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission. 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. 1981, Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launched its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments 1984, Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-established full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. 1985, Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, which became a notorious commercial failure and later a cult collector's item. Also 1985, Sandinista Daniel Ortega became president of Nicaragua and vowed to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continued to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
In 1990, Time Warner was formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. 1999, Sanjeev Nanda killed three policemen in New Delhi, India with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system. 2005, a mudslide occurred in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco for 10 days. 2007, a general strike began in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign. 2011, 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia caused severe flash flooding, killing 9 people. 2012, a bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killed at least 30 people with 78 others injured. 2013, more than 100 people were killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4
===
For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.