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Success has many fathers, they say. Whereas failure is lonely. Mr Abbott is being pilloried for the loss of conservative government to Queensland. Although it wasn't his failure, neither was it Campbell Newman's failure. The reason for the Queensland election result is related to many different things that fed off each other. Electoral fraud favouring the ALP, very low journalistic standards, corruption of the judiciary and a hostile Palmer United Party. The biggest factor being the partisan media narrative.
The Newman government turned Queensland around from being a murderous wreck where people died from state incompetence. The floods and the failure to insure against disaster is unforgivable, but only part of the story. A bloated bureaucracy which did not serve Queensland but parasitically sucked funds and obstructed transparency of process was something the ALP were proud of. A corrupted judiciary that could not see anything wrong with the gang rape of an aboriginal girl in detention, or the destruction of related evidence implicating the ALP at the highest levels. An industry driven Queensland became debt driven, when it normally would be capital creative, under the ALP. Empty symbolism of minority over promotion befouled cultural assets. Newman turned Queensland around, presenting a leaner, more efficient bureaucracy, making it easier for small business to grow. Newman brought down debt, making Queensland live within her means. Newman fought the culture wars against the judiciary, but failed regarding the Heiner issue. The Australian Federal Government could have investigated Heiner when the Senate almost had the numbers under Gillard of non ALP members willing, but a Family First senator prevented it, calling it a stunt in 2011. Newman failed over Heiner, but it was not his fault. Also both the ALP and LNP had asset sales, but Newman's sales were to be responsible. The sole policy difference broadcast by ALP in opposition is that they would not sell assets but use them as a form of taxation to pay for services and prevent industry making it more efficient. The ALP policy is bad, and for Queensland's sake, one hopes the ALP adopts the Newman policy there too.
There was a lot of smoke about ALP and LNP policy. ALP promised to save a barrier reef which is not endangered. LNP were going to sack more, according to ALP. The hatred of Palmer for Newman appears to have co-opted Alan Jones to attack Newman. Mr Abbott's award of a knighthood to Prince Philip was a good thing, but one would not have known it for the partisan reporting. Mr Abbott did not campaign in Queensland, but that did not stop laying the result on Mr Abbott by Laurie Oakes, who unprofessionally failed to relate a single campaign issue. Electoral fraud is not possible to scale because the processes are not followed to ensure it is fair. Former ALP treasurer Swan has criticised others for wanting a fair electoral process.
2GB radio host Glenn Wheeler has been badly hurt in a vehicle accident involving his motor scooter. The Islamic Death cult has beheaded another Japanese hostage who had been captured after flying to help another hostage killed last week. The scientist most responsible for "The Pill" has died. His research was done in the early fifties.
On this day in 484, King Huneric of the Vandals organised a meeting between Aryans and Catholics. He changed his mind a few weeks later and martyred a few Catholic bishops. Towards the end of his rule his nation fractured, and he died unmourned by all. In 1327, a teenaged Edward III was crowned king of England, but his mother Isabella and her lover, Roger, ruled for a time. In 1662, Chinese general Koxinga seized Taiwan after 9 months. In 1814, the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing about 1200. In 1835, Slavery was abandoned in Mauritius. In 1865, Lincoln signed the 13th amendment ending slavery. In 1876, a murder conviction forced the anti coal mining Molly Maguires to disband in Pennsylvania. In 1957, Felix Wankel's rotary engine first ran in Germany. In 1968, the filming of the execution of a terrorist brought world wide support to the terrorists in Vietnam. In 1978, Roman Polanski skipped bail after pleading guilty to rape of a 13 yo girl. Whoopie Goldberg, on The View, would later defend him, saying it wasn't 'rape rape.' In 1992, Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide was declared a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the court case from the 1984 disaster. In 2002, Daniel Pearl was beheaded by his captors. In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry killing all seven aboard. In 2004, Super Bowl, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed, completing MJ's work on children.
2014
Mike Carlton is willing to stand up for the Navy and defend it's serving men and women from the awful charges levelled against it by the ABC. But not this time. When he did so, there was a different government. An Islamic UK politician tweets what he believes is a humorous picture. Terrorists disagree. UK's Channel 4 performs a baffling service while 'covering' the issue. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young displays similar idiocy of another Hanson, confusing the rank of a Lieutenant-General and Lieutenant as well as suggesting a tv show was real. In her defence, Lisa McCune was totally believable as a naval officer.
Where is Bill Shorten? Holidaying in Paris and London, or working for Australia in Jakarta, Beijing or Tokyo? The tax payer's money is on the holiday .. ABC says it isn't biased. But, protestations aside, it is, as is evidenced by numerous documented activities. Oakes is frothing at the mouth, and not reporting. David Marr has a problem, with many people he declared dead never having existed. An ABC torture story dies, unmourned. European Union remembers the holocaust without referring to Jews. An Anglican Bishop shows breathtaking hypocrisy in criticising conservatives. All stories listed below.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 484, Vandal king Huneric organised a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage. 1327, Teenaged Edward III was crowned King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1329, king John of Bohemia captured Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptised 6,000 of its defenders 1411, the First Peace of Thorn was signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). 1662, the Chinese general Koxinga seized the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1713, the Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery resulted from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. 1793, French Revolutionary Wars: France declared war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 1796, the capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark to York.
In 1814, Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. 1835, Slavery was abolished in Mauritius. 1861, American Civil War: Texas seceded from the United States. 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1876, a murder conviction effectively forced the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. 1884, the first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. 1893, Thomas A. Edison finished construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. 1895, Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, was proclaimed by President Paul Kruger. 1897, Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opened in Seoul.
In 1908, King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, were killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. 1918, Russia adopted the Gregorian Calendar. 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operations. 1924, the United Kingdom recognised the USSR. 1942, World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appointed Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. Also 1942, World War II: U.S. Navy conducted Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. Also 1942, Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, began broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. 1946, Trygve Lie of Norway was picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. Also 1946, the Parliament of Hungary abolished the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaimed the Hungarian Republic. 1953, North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch, Watersnoodramp, literally "flood disaster") was a major flood caused by a heavy storm, that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland. 1957, Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine ran at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
In 1960, four black students staged the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. 1964, The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." 1965, the Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada was renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. 1968, Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. Also 1968, Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, were unified into the Canadian Forces. Also 1968, the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad were merged to form Penn Central Transportation. 1972, Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. 1974, a fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil killed 189 and injured 293. Also 1974, Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. 1978, director Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. 1979, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
In 1982, Senegal and the Gambia formed a loose confederation known as Senegambia. 1989, the Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamated to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. 1990, Humanitas publishing house was founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu. 1991, a runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport resulted in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others. 1992, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declared Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case. 1993, Gary Bettman became the NHL's first commissioner 1994, Punk rock band Green Day released their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. 1996, the Communications Decency Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. 1998, rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
In 2001, Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, was declared a Federal Territory. 2002, Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, was beheaded and mutilated by his captors. 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. 2004, 251 people were trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Also 2004, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. 2005, King Gyanendra of Nepal carried out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. 2013, The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, was opened to the public.
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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, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
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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.
===
Success has many fathers, they say. Whereas failure is lonely. Mr Abbott is being pilloried for the loss of conservative government to Queensland. Although it wasn't his failure, neither was it Campbell Newman's failure. The reason for the Queensland election result is related to many different things that fed off each other. Electoral fraud favouring the ALP, very low journalistic standards, corruption of the judiciary and a hostile Palmer United Party. The biggest factor being the partisan media narrative.
The Newman government turned Queensland around from being a murderous wreck where people died from state incompetence. The floods and the failure to insure against disaster is unforgivable, but only part of the story. A bloated bureaucracy which did not serve Queensland but parasitically sucked funds and obstructed transparency of process was something the ALP were proud of. A corrupted judiciary that could not see anything wrong with the gang rape of an aboriginal girl in detention, or the destruction of related evidence implicating the ALP at the highest levels. An industry driven Queensland became debt driven, when it normally would be capital creative, under the ALP. Empty symbolism of minority over promotion befouled cultural assets. Newman turned Queensland around, presenting a leaner, more efficient bureaucracy, making it easier for small business to grow. Newman brought down debt, making Queensland live within her means. Newman fought the culture wars against the judiciary, but failed regarding the Heiner issue. The Australian Federal Government could have investigated Heiner when the Senate almost had the numbers under Gillard of non ALP members willing, but a Family First senator prevented it, calling it a stunt in 2011. Newman failed over Heiner, but it was not his fault. Also both the ALP and LNP had asset sales, but Newman's sales were to be responsible. The sole policy difference broadcast by ALP in opposition is that they would not sell assets but use them as a form of taxation to pay for services and prevent industry making it more efficient. The ALP policy is bad, and for Queensland's sake, one hopes the ALP adopts the Newman policy there too.
There was a lot of smoke about ALP and LNP policy. ALP promised to save a barrier reef which is not endangered. LNP were going to sack more, according to ALP. The hatred of Palmer for Newman appears to have co-opted Alan Jones to attack Newman. Mr Abbott's award of a knighthood to Prince Philip was a good thing, but one would not have known it for the partisan reporting. Mr Abbott did not campaign in Queensland, but that did not stop laying the result on Mr Abbott by Laurie Oakes, who unprofessionally failed to relate a single campaign issue. Electoral fraud is not possible to scale because the processes are not followed to ensure it is fair. Former ALP treasurer Swan has criticised others for wanting a fair electoral process.
2GB radio host Glenn Wheeler has been badly hurt in a vehicle accident involving his motor scooter. The Islamic Death cult has beheaded another Japanese hostage who had been captured after flying to help another hostage killed last week. The scientist most responsible for "The Pill" has died. His research was done in the early fifties.
On this day in 484, King Huneric of the Vandals organised a meeting between Aryans and Catholics. He changed his mind a few weeks later and martyred a few Catholic bishops. Towards the end of his rule his nation fractured, and he died unmourned by all. In 1327, a teenaged Edward III was crowned king of England, but his mother Isabella and her lover, Roger, ruled for a time. In 1662, Chinese general Koxinga seized Taiwan after 9 months. In 1814, the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing about 1200. In 1835, Slavery was abandoned in Mauritius. In 1865, Lincoln signed the 13th amendment ending slavery. In 1876, a murder conviction forced the anti coal mining Molly Maguires to disband in Pennsylvania. In 1957, Felix Wankel's rotary engine first ran in Germany. In 1968, the filming of the execution of a terrorist brought world wide support to the terrorists in Vietnam. In 1978, Roman Polanski skipped bail after pleading guilty to rape of a 13 yo girl. Whoopie Goldberg, on The View, would later defend him, saying it wasn't 'rape rape.' In 1992, Warren Anderson, former CEO of Union Carbide was declared a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the court case from the 1984 disaster. In 2002, Daniel Pearl was beheaded by his captors. In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry killing all seven aboard. In 2004, Super Bowl, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed, completing MJ's work on children.
2014
Mike Carlton is willing to stand up for the Navy and defend it's serving men and women from the awful charges levelled against it by the ABC. But not this time. When he did so, there was a different government. An Islamic UK politician tweets what he believes is a humorous picture. Terrorists disagree. UK's Channel 4 performs a baffling service while 'covering' the issue. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young displays similar idiocy of another Hanson, confusing the rank of a Lieutenant-General and Lieutenant as well as suggesting a tv show was real. In her defence, Lisa McCune was totally believable as a naval officer.
Where is Bill Shorten? Holidaying in Paris and London, or working for Australia in Jakarta, Beijing or Tokyo? The tax payer's money is on the holiday .. ABC says it isn't biased. But, protestations aside, it is, as is evidenced by numerous documented activities. Oakes is frothing at the mouth, and not reporting. David Marr has a problem, with many people he declared dead never having existed. An ABC torture story dies, unmourned. European Union remembers the holocaust without referring to Jews. An Anglican Bishop shows breathtaking hypocrisy in criticising conservatives. All stories listed below.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 484, Vandal king Huneric organised a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage. 1327, Teenaged Edward III was crowned King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1329, king John of Bohemia captured Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptised 6,000 of its defenders 1411, the First Peace of Thorn was signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). 1662, the Chinese general Koxinga seized the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1713, the Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery resulted from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. 1793, French Revolutionary Wars: France declared war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 1796, the capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark to York.
In 1814, Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. 1835, Slavery was abolished in Mauritius. 1861, American Civil War: Texas seceded from the United States. 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1876, a murder conviction effectively forced the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. 1884, the first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. 1893, Thomas A. Edison finished construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. 1895, Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, was proclaimed by President Paul Kruger. 1897, Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opened in Seoul.
In 1908, King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, were killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. 1918, Russia adopted the Gregorian Calendar. 1920, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operations. 1924, the United Kingdom recognised the USSR. 1942, World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appointed Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. Also 1942, World War II: U.S. Navy conducted Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. Also 1942, Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, began broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. 1946, Trygve Lie of Norway was picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. Also 1946, the Parliament of Hungary abolished the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaimed the Hungarian Republic. 1953, North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch, Watersnoodramp, literally "flood disaster") was a major flood caused by a heavy storm, that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland. 1957, Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine ran at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
In 1960, four black students staged the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. 1964, The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." 1965, the Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada was renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. 1968, Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. Also 1968, Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, were unified into the Canadian Forces. Also 1968, the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad were merged to form Penn Central Transportation. 1972, Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. 1974, a fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil killed 189 and injured 293. Also 1974, Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. 1978, director Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. 1979, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
In 1982, Senegal and the Gambia formed a loose confederation known as Senegambia. 1989, the Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamated to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. 1990, Humanitas publishing house was founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu. 1991, a runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport resulted in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others. 1992, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declared Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case. 1993, Gary Bettman became the NHL's first commissioner 1994, Punk rock band Green Day released their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. 1996, the Communications Decency Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. 1998, rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
In 2001, Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, was declared a Federal Territory. 2002, Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, was beheaded and mutilated by his captors. 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. 2004, 251 people were trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Also 2004, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. 2005, King Gyanendra of Nepal carried out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. 2013, The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, was opened to the public.
===
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, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
===
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.