Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2015 10:03:10 GMT
Mr Abbott spoke well and strongly to the Canberra Press Gallery at their luncheon, today. But tellingly, what he said is no different to what he has said. Media had presented the speech as do or die, but the reality is that Mr Abbott is not under threat, has not done poorly, has been responsible, but has been cut by partisan media knives over .. nothing. One of the 'nothing' issues has been the knighthood of Prince Phillip which no one disputes is due to Prince Philip on just one of his philanthropic projects, "The Duke of Edinburgh Awards" which has been developing Australian Youth for some sixty years. Another 'nothing' issue is the family leave payments Mr Abbott has shelved. Such an award as maternity leave is a conservative issue, and naturally the ALP don't want it. Under Howard the great nation of Australia could give money to people to buy houses and to have babies .. and still there were budget surpluses. ALP grossly mis spent the budget in government and made record deficits even after dropping both the housing and the baby bonus. People should be mad at the ALP for dumping something that provides for strong families and a healthy Australia. But that would mess with the partisan media narrative. Mr Abbott, having survived this shadow boxing match will be much stronger as a result of this encounter.
Queensland election is not yet certain. It is possible for the LNP to form a minority government, and possible for the ALP to form a minority government. ALP will find it easier as they have more seats. Tellingly it will be minor parties who make the decision. One might be Pauline Hanson. Another is the Katter Australia Party. While both will have responsibility, neither can be said to be responsible. Poor Queensland will have to suffer because of bad media journalism. Today it was announced Greste would be freed from Egypt. Many kudos are due to Mr Abbott. It is doubtful the media will acknowledge that.
2014
Nguyen Van Lem and Daniel Pearl both died on February 1st on different years. Lem died in 1968, shortly after the Tet offensive failure of the Viet Cong. Pearl died in 2002. Both were different to the other. In each case the issue was terrorism. And in each case elements of mainstream press legitimised the terrorist point of view.
The Tet offensive was a desperate coordinated attack on South Vietnam by North Vietnamese forces with Chinese expertise. Chinese generals advocated large strikes with land armies, Mao Zedong had advocated guerrilla warfare. A two day cease fire had been agreed to. As part of the guerrilla war, Lem was to find South Vietnamese police officers and their families and kill them. It is alleged he was successful. He was captured and interrogated before the famous scene with General Loan.
The picture and video was used by the peace movement to justify their anti war stance, without compassion for the victims of those they supported.
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for the Wall Street Journal. He was tracking leads from shoe bomber Richard Reid to Pakistan. He had Jewish ancestry and was Jewish. In Pakistan, he was captured by terrorists who made him read a card before beheading him and showing the film to the press. The card Daniel read had to do with his Jewish heritage, but the threat given by the terrorists was to all foreign journalists entering Pakistan. Pearl was not a spy. He was not a 'target.' He was a victim of terror. Much has been made of his heritage, but if he had been an Islamic rapist in Sydney, nothing would be made of his heritage.
There are myriad ways that the international press legitimise terror by not labelling it correctly. Daniel Pearl was an innocent victim of terror. Lem was a terrorist who was summarily executed. Same day, across the years, and the press collectively fail to report the facts.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 506, Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgated the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianumor Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law". 962, Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowned Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor became King of Burgundy. 1141, the Battle of Lincoln, at which King Stephen was defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda, presented her with the unfulfilled opportunity to become the first queen of medieval England. 1207, Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, was established. 1461, Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought in Herefordshire, England.
In 1536, Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542, Portuguese forces under Cristovão da Gama captured a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente. 1653, New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated. 1709, Alexander Selkirk was rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. 1848, Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. Also 1848, California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrived in San Francisco. 1868, Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground. 1876, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball was formed. 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day was observed. 1899, the Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decided to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
In 1901, funeral of Queen Victoria. 1913, Grand Central Terminal was opened in New York City. 1914, Charlie Chaplin's first film appearance, Making a Living premiered. 1920, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed between Estonia and Russia. Also 1920, France occupied Memel. 1922, Ulysses by James Joyce was published. 1925, Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reached Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1933, working as maids, the sisters Christine and Léa Papin murdered their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case was the subject of a number of French films and plays. 1934, the Export-Import Bank of the United States was incorporated. 1935, Leonarde Keeler tested the first polygraph machine. 1943, World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad came to conclusion as Soviet troops accepted the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. 1957, Iskander Mirza of Pakistan laid the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. 1959, Dyatlov Pass incident 1966, Pakistan suggested a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
In 1971, Idi Amin replaced President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. Also 1971, the international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. 1972, the British embassy in Dublin was destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. 1976, the Groundhog Day gale hit the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. 1980, reports surface that the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982, 1982 Hama Massacre: the government of Syria attacked the town of Hama. 1987, after the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacted a new constitution. 1988, Auntie Anne's was founded by Anne F. Beiler in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1989, Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column left Kabul. 1990, Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announced the unbanning of the African National Congress and promised to release Nelson Mandela. 2000, first digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realised by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments. 2004, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he would hold for a record 237 weeks. 2007, the worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.
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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.
Queensland election is not yet certain. It is possible for the LNP to form a minority government, and possible for the ALP to form a minority government. ALP will find it easier as they have more seats. Tellingly it will be minor parties who make the decision. One might be Pauline Hanson. Another is the Katter Australia Party. While both will have responsibility, neither can be said to be responsible. Poor Queensland will have to suffer because of bad media journalism. Today it was announced Greste would be freed from Egypt. Many kudos are due to Mr Abbott. It is doubtful the media will acknowledge that.
2014
Nguyen Van Lem and Daniel Pearl both died on February 1st on different years. Lem died in 1968, shortly after the Tet offensive failure of the Viet Cong. Pearl died in 2002. Both were different to the other. In each case the issue was terrorism. And in each case elements of mainstream press legitimised the terrorist point of view.
The Tet offensive was a desperate coordinated attack on South Vietnam by North Vietnamese forces with Chinese expertise. Chinese generals advocated large strikes with land armies, Mao Zedong had advocated guerrilla warfare. A two day cease fire had been agreed to. As part of the guerrilla war, Lem was to find South Vietnamese police officers and their families and kill them. It is alleged he was successful. He was captured and interrogated before the famous scene with General Loan.
The picture and video was used by the peace movement to justify their anti war stance, without compassion for the victims of those they supported.
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for the Wall Street Journal. He was tracking leads from shoe bomber Richard Reid to Pakistan. He had Jewish ancestry and was Jewish. In Pakistan, he was captured by terrorists who made him read a card before beheading him and showing the film to the press. The card Daniel read had to do with his Jewish heritage, but the threat given by the terrorists was to all foreign journalists entering Pakistan. Pearl was not a spy. He was not a 'target.' He was a victim of terror. Much has been made of his heritage, but if he had been an Islamic rapist in Sydney, nothing would be made of his heritage.
There are myriad ways that the international press legitimise terror by not labelling it correctly. Daniel Pearl was an innocent victim of terror. Lem was a terrorist who was summarily executed. Same day, across the years, and the press collectively fail to report the facts.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 506, Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgated the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianumor Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law". 962, Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowned Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years. 1032, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor became King of Burgundy. 1141, the Battle of Lincoln, at which King Stephen was defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda, presented her with the unfulfilled opportunity to become the first queen of medieval England. 1207, Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, was established. 1461, Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought in Herefordshire, England.
In 1536, Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1542, Portuguese forces under Cristovão da Gama captured a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente. 1653, New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) was incorporated. 1709, Alexander Selkirk was rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. 1848, Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. Also 1848, California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrived in San Francisco. 1868, Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground. 1876, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball was formed. 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day was observed. 1899, the Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decided to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
In 1901, funeral of Queen Victoria. 1913, Grand Central Terminal was opened in New York City. 1914, Charlie Chaplin's first film appearance, Making a Living premiered. 1920, the Tartu Peace Treaty was signed between Estonia and Russia. Also 1920, France occupied Memel. 1922, Ulysses by James Joyce was published. 1925, Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reached Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. 1933, working as maids, the sisters Christine and Léa Papin murdered their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case was the subject of a number of French films and plays. 1934, the Export-Import Bank of the United States was incorporated. 1935, Leonarde Keeler tested the first polygraph machine. 1943, World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad came to conclusion as Soviet troops accepted the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces. 1957, Iskander Mirza of Pakistan laid the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage. 1959, Dyatlov Pass incident 1966, Pakistan suggested a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
In 1971, Idi Amin replaced President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. Also 1971, the international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. 1972, the British embassy in Dublin was destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday. 1976, the Groundhog Day gale hit the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. 1980, reports surface that the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. 1982, 1982 Hama Massacre: the government of Syria attacked the town of Hama. 1987, after the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacted a new constitution. 1988, Auntie Anne's was founded by Anne F. Beiler in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1989, Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column left Kabul. 1990, Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announced the unbanning of the African National Congress and promised to release Nelson Mandela. 2000, first digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realised by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments. 2004, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he would hold for a record 237 weeks. 2007, the worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.
===
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.