Post by Admin on Jan 12, 2015 10:19:17 GMT
Irritated the Australia Post left a card in my mail box advising me that a parcel I had not expected was not delivered although I was at home, and I needed to go to the post office to collect it. I had been home and isolated for a week, so they had no excuse for failing to deliver it. I have contacted Australia Post and made complaint regarding previous deliveries not being delivered. I have been assured that my issue is being looked at. So I went to the post office and lined up in the queue marked "For parcels" not the general queue. One other with child was waiting in the general queue. She had letters for collection. When she reached the customer service officer, after a long wait as parcels queue was faster, she was rudely informed that she had been in the wrong queue and would not be served. I offered my space, but she refused. The service at Cabramatta Post office is abysmal.
Community Channel (Natalie Tran) is under siege for a throw away comment of hers regarding religion, which she doesn't have anything to do with. Several followers got upset. We live in a culturally diverse land. It is fine for someone to say they want nothing to do with any religion. I don't feel that way about it, and I have reasons for my stance, but Natalie is welcome to her view. I'll still support her.
2014
We need to have a discussion. A New York Time article on a Father’s Day address delivered by President Obama said: “We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioural problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundation of our community is weaker because of it.” But we haven't been able to discuss it because of the preciousness of the left who don't argue, but abuse those who wish to bring their thoughts to the discussion table that are different from the left's. Bernardi has made many reasonable statements on this issue and on the issue of abortion, but instead of arguing them, the left have lied, making extravagant claims. A mother, father and their children are the basic family unit. It is a desirable model. A natural model. There is such thing as diversity, there are also cultural assets that need to be strong and maintained.
Because celebration of cultural assets is not welcomed by the press, the passing of Ariel Sharon may not be well understood by many in its' significance. He had been in a persistent vegetative state for eight years, and his last work was unfinished. He had split the conservative party, Likud, in forming a unity type party of Kadima. He had the luxury of working with a conservative White House offering a 'peace' opportunity which respected Israeli security. Arafat refused. Later, Fatah and Hamas were engaged in civil war and so there was no partner for peace. Sacrifices were made and the opportunity passed. Sharon had been one of Israel's finest soldiers and generals. The sacrifice without gain will not be forgotten by the victims. Sharon's service should not be forgotten either. He found eternal rest on a Saturday.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1528, Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. 1554, Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned King of Burma. 1616, the city of Belém was founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. 1777, Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. 1808, the organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Also 1808, John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. 1848, the Palermo rising took place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 1866, the Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London. 1872, Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. 1895, The National Trust was founded in the United Kingdom. 1898, Itō Hirobumi began his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. 1899, thirteen crew members and five apprentices were rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former foundered off the coast of Devon.
In 1906, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarked on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. 1908, a long-distance radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 1911, the University of the Philippines College of Law was formally established; three future Philippine presidents were among the first enrolees. 1915, the Rocky Mountain National Park was formed by an act of U.S. Congress. Also 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1918, Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. 1921, acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. 1926, original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. 1942, World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
In 1959, the Caves of Nerja were rediscovered in Spain. 1962, Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, took place. 1964, rebels in Zanzibar began a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaimed a republic. 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. 1967, Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1969, the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 1970, Biafra capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 1971, the Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others were indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Also 1971, All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS 1976, the United Nations Security Council voted 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
In 1986, Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. 1991, Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorised the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998, nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning. 2001, Downtown Disney opened to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. 2004, the world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage. 2005, Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. 2006, A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. Also 2006, the French warship Clemenceau reached Egypt and was barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists boarded the ship. 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reached perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. 2010, the 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
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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.
Community Channel (Natalie Tran) is under siege for a throw away comment of hers regarding religion, which she doesn't have anything to do with. Several followers got upset. We live in a culturally diverse land. It is fine for someone to say they want nothing to do with any religion. I don't feel that way about it, and I have reasons for my stance, but Natalie is welcome to her view. I'll still support her.
2014
We need to have a discussion. A New York Time article on a Father’s Day address delivered by President Obama said: “We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioural problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundation of our community is weaker because of it.” But we haven't been able to discuss it because of the preciousness of the left who don't argue, but abuse those who wish to bring their thoughts to the discussion table that are different from the left's. Bernardi has made many reasonable statements on this issue and on the issue of abortion, but instead of arguing them, the left have lied, making extravagant claims. A mother, father and their children are the basic family unit. It is a desirable model. A natural model. There is such thing as diversity, there are also cultural assets that need to be strong and maintained.
Because celebration of cultural assets is not welcomed by the press, the passing of Ariel Sharon may not be well understood by many in its' significance. He had been in a persistent vegetative state for eight years, and his last work was unfinished. He had split the conservative party, Likud, in forming a unity type party of Kadima. He had the luxury of working with a conservative White House offering a 'peace' opportunity which respected Israeli security. Arafat refused. Later, Fatah and Hamas were engaged in civil war and so there was no partner for peace. Sacrifices were made and the opportunity passed. Sharon had been one of Israel's finest soldiers and generals. The sacrifice without gain will not be forgotten by the victims. Sharon's service should not be forgotten either. He found eternal rest on a Saturday.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1528, Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. 1554, Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned King of Burma. 1616, the city of Belém was founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. 1777, Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. 1808, the organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Also 1808, John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. 1848, the Palermo rising took place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 1866, the Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London. 1872, Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. 1895, The National Trust was founded in the United Kingdom. 1898, Itō Hirobumi began his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. 1899, thirteen crew members and five apprentices were rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former foundered off the coast of Devon.
In 1906, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarked on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. 1908, a long-distance radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 1911, the University of the Philippines College of Law was formally established; three future Philippine presidents were among the first enrolees. 1915, the Rocky Mountain National Park was formed by an act of U.S. Congress. Also 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1918, Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. 1921, acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. 1926, original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. 1942, World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
In 1959, the Caves of Nerja were rediscovered in Spain. 1962, Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, took place. 1964, rebels in Zanzibar began a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaimed a republic. 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. 1967, Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1969, the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 1970, Biafra capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 1971, the Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others were indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Also 1971, All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS 1976, the United Nations Security Council voted 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
In 1986, Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. 1991, Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorised the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998, nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning. 2001, Downtown Disney opened to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. 2004, the world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage. 2005, Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. 2006, A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. Also 2006, the French warship Clemenceau reached Egypt and was barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists boarded the ship. 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reached perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. 2010, the 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
===
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.