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Criticism of Mr Abbott is overstated. The federal government has performed admirably under difficult circumstances with notable successes the ALP could never achieve. These include successes like turning back people smuggler boats and saving lives of refugees and preventing their exploitation by pirates. Ending the Carbon Tax and Mineral Rents tax which were serious imposts to business and consumers. Not only would the ALP never have removed them despite promising to do so, they promise to reinstate them if they are elected. Also the conservatives have not wasted throwing tax payer dollars on supporting failing businesses as the ALP have done. The nightmare for the Conservative government is in not being able to pass important budget measures. Also, they cannot pass important legal reform like modifications to 18C. Also, they cannot impose measures like removing the climate fraudsters, or paid parental leave they have campaigned on. The failures are not Mr Abbott's fault, neither has he given up on getting the measures passed. The juggernaut that is Palmer United Party has fractured and become as dysfunctional as Palmer. With the damage done to the LNP in Queensland, Palmer has lost an important friend to industry and an effective government.
Mr Abbott has made good choices, like Knighting the Duke of Edinburgh for his life long philanthropy. Gillard did not like the policy, saying she firmly believed that such awards should only ever go to Australians. Yet Gillard had awarded India's Sachin Tendulkar an OAM in 2012. Tendulkar was also deserving of the award. It is Gillard who is a partisan liar. The criticism of Mr Abbott by many, conservative or not, is unwarranted on the issue of the Knighthood. Mr Abbott had the right to bestow it. The Duke is worthy of the honour. The criticism of it not being to an Australian Citizen is absurd. In terms of cultural assets, nothing has been lost, No Australian has missed out. No money has been spent on the undeserving. The outrage is confected to take peoples eyes off Bill Shorten, who is a waste of tax payer dollars and detracts from parliament through a mixture of corruption and hedonism unbecoming of a parliamentarian. Mr Abbott has been given no alternative than admitting it was a mistake. But that is not true, it was not a mistake. It was a sound call. And the outrage of the left is evidence of their lack of balance and fairness. As with the granting of a literary award, the criticism is from over indulged leftists wishing they had their way and that a conservative government had not been elected. But opportunists masquerading as Libertarians are also overstating things, claiming erroneously that Knighthoods have no place in the modern world. But such stupidity is pernicious. There needs to be cultural assets which are protected and grown. A Knighthood does that. It is cheap and builds the community. One outraged conservative has claimed the Knighthood cost Campbell Newman government in Queensland. That is not true either. Lies from the media cost Queensland effective government. And those cowards attacking the cultural asset now endorsed the fake narrative.
The fake narrative marches on. Channel 9 journalists interview each other and suggest two paths which favour the ALP and offer nothing in support of QLD's LNP. One says that the ALP offered more, but noted it wouldn't be able to deliver on it. The other suggested that LNP had not effectively communicated, ignoring the fact media gatekeepers had lied to mute any message. It is a culture war, and the voter deserves better than the media are offering. So it is risible when Liberal Dr Dennis Jensen makes vapid statements of loyalty and support when he is offering neither. Jensen is not alone, but exactly who or what remains hidden at the moment. Dr Jensen has lost my support. The obvious reality has hit home in Victoria with Dan Andrews choosing to throw away many hundreds of millions of dollars rather than build a needed road. Andrews promised what he could not deliver, just as the ALP in Queensland. Meanwhile the ABC decry the loss of trust people have for politicians and the suggest the future model should be Clive Palmer? There is infighting among conservative ranks in the Northern Territory.
UTS builds ugly buildings at tax payer cost.
ISIL death cult burns alive Jordanian pilot but demands that a suicide bomber be released. In retaliation, Jordan executed the female and another. Imagine a world where law and order were respected, and it wouldn't be ISIL.
2014
Frustration today as a partnership I suggested was smoked by a nice guy without a clue. It is really important that people are able to say 'no' when putting across a business concept. There are hurdles to anything and they need to be crossed the right way. I wanted to involve Woolworths with an email subscription service. I want to create a local film production studio. So I wanted local Woolworths to partner me. I have the right material and target audience, what I want from Woolworths is for them to sign up my email from their subscription service which they run .. giving me very quick exposure and giving them targeted advertising to people that read articles, not the prepubescent kids who watch tv today who aren't yet allowed on the 'net .. noting modern kids don't watch much tv these days. The issues are my production standards .. can I produce material which doesn't harm the Woolworths name by association? Can I be independent and be seen to be independent of Woolworths? Part of my answer to those questions is to do with my name and history. But the Woolworths guy I spoke with today wasn't willing to allow me to extend to answering those doubts. He wasn't the right person to approach, although he was in the right position had he been the right person.
Modern story telling/writing is vastly improved on twenty years ago. Babylon 5 introduced story arcs in a very sophisticated way. They covered all five seasons, as well as some which were peculiar to a single episode. Often, an episode has two separate threads which are likely opposites (thesis, antithesis leads to synthesis). Blue Bloods Episode 65 "Devil's Breath" has one thread which caused me to laugh. A prostitute and lap dancer was targeting out of town (NYC is the setting) visitors with scopolamine (aka "Devil's Breath") which caused her victims to forget things after following her suggestions to give her their money and credit cards. It was stressed victims lost their short term memory. What made me laugh a lot, was that she worked at a venue called 'Scores.' Kevin Rudd may forget things, but he will never be forgotten.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 211, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He left the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons. 634, Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeated the Christian Arabs around Gaza (Palestine). 960, the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiated the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. 1169, a strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
In 1454, in the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sent a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. 1703, in Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. 1758, Macapá, Brazil was founded. 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. 1794, the French legislature abolished slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. 1797, the Riobamba earthquake struck Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. 1810, the Royal Navy seized Guadeloupe. 1820, the Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completed the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships. 1825, the Ohio Legislature authorised the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1846, the first Mormon pioneers made their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley. 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt. 1861, American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states met and formed the Confederate States of America. 1899, the Philippine–American War began with the Battle of Manila.
In 1932, Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, fell to Japan. 1936, Radium became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. 1941, the United Service Organisation (USO) was created to entertain American troops. 1945, World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp was liberated from Japanese authority. Also 1945, World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opened at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea. Also 1945, World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army began a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations. 1948, Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) became independent within the British Commonwealth.
In 1966, All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunged into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. 1967, Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. 1969, Yasser Arafat took over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. Also 1974, M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians were killed. 1975, Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. 1976, in Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. 1977, a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another and derailed, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. 1980, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
In 1992, a coup d'état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. 1996, major snowstorm paralysed Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and tied all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C) 1997, En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. Also 1997, after at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognised opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. 1998, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan killed more than 5,000. 1999, unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. 2003, the Bengali Hindus declared the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh. Also 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopted a new constitution. 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. 2006, a stampede occurred in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
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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.
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Criticism of Mr Abbott is overstated. The federal government has performed admirably under difficult circumstances with notable successes the ALP could never achieve. These include successes like turning back people smuggler boats and saving lives of refugees and preventing their exploitation by pirates. Ending the Carbon Tax and Mineral Rents tax which were serious imposts to business and consumers. Not only would the ALP never have removed them despite promising to do so, they promise to reinstate them if they are elected. Also the conservatives have not wasted throwing tax payer dollars on supporting failing businesses as the ALP have done. The nightmare for the Conservative government is in not being able to pass important budget measures. Also, they cannot pass important legal reform like modifications to 18C. Also, they cannot impose measures like removing the climate fraudsters, or paid parental leave they have campaigned on. The failures are not Mr Abbott's fault, neither has he given up on getting the measures passed. The juggernaut that is Palmer United Party has fractured and become as dysfunctional as Palmer. With the damage done to the LNP in Queensland, Palmer has lost an important friend to industry and an effective government.
Mr Abbott has made good choices, like Knighting the Duke of Edinburgh for his life long philanthropy. Gillard did not like the policy, saying she firmly believed that such awards should only ever go to Australians. Yet Gillard had awarded India's Sachin Tendulkar an OAM in 2012. Tendulkar was also deserving of the award. It is Gillard who is a partisan liar. The criticism of Mr Abbott by many, conservative or not, is unwarranted on the issue of the Knighthood. Mr Abbott had the right to bestow it. The Duke is worthy of the honour. The criticism of it not being to an Australian Citizen is absurd. In terms of cultural assets, nothing has been lost, No Australian has missed out. No money has been spent on the undeserving. The outrage is confected to take peoples eyes off Bill Shorten, who is a waste of tax payer dollars and detracts from parliament through a mixture of corruption and hedonism unbecoming of a parliamentarian. Mr Abbott has been given no alternative than admitting it was a mistake. But that is not true, it was not a mistake. It was a sound call. And the outrage of the left is evidence of their lack of balance and fairness. As with the granting of a literary award, the criticism is from over indulged leftists wishing they had their way and that a conservative government had not been elected. But opportunists masquerading as Libertarians are also overstating things, claiming erroneously that Knighthoods have no place in the modern world. But such stupidity is pernicious. There needs to be cultural assets which are protected and grown. A Knighthood does that. It is cheap and builds the community. One outraged conservative has claimed the Knighthood cost Campbell Newman government in Queensland. That is not true either. Lies from the media cost Queensland effective government. And those cowards attacking the cultural asset now endorsed the fake narrative.
The fake narrative marches on. Channel 9 journalists interview each other and suggest two paths which favour the ALP and offer nothing in support of QLD's LNP. One says that the ALP offered more, but noted it wouldn't be able to deliver on it. The other suggested that LNP had not effectively communicated, ignoring the fact media gatekeepers had lied to mute any message. It is a culture war, and the voter deserves better than the media are offering. So it is risible when Liberal Dr Dennis Jensen makes vapid statements of loyalty and support when he is offering neither. Jensen is not alone, but exactly who or what remains hidden at the moment. Dr Jensen has lost my support. The obvious reality has hit home in Victoria with Dan Andrews choosing to throw away many hundreds of millions of dollars rather than build a needed road. Andrews promised what he could not deliver, just as the ALP in Queensland. Meanwhile the ABC decry the loss of trust people have for politicians and the suggest the future model should be Clive Palmer? There is infighting among conservative ranks in the Northern Territory.
UTS builds ugly buildings at tax payer cost.
ISIL death cult burns alive Jordanian pilot but demands that a suicide bomber be released. In retaliation, Jordan executed the female and another. Imagine a world where law and order were respected, and it wouldn't be ISIL.
2014
Frustration today as a partnership I suggested was smoked by a nice guy without a clue. It is really important that people are able to say 'no' when putting across a business concept. There are hurdles to anything and they need to be crossed the right way. I wanted to involve Woolworths with an email subscription service. I want to create a local film production studio. So I wanted local Woolworths to partner me. I have the right material and target audience, what I want from Woolworths is for them to sign up my email from their subscription service which they run .. giving me very quick exposure and giving them targeted advertising to people that read articles, not the prepubescent kids who watch tv today who aren't yet allowed on the 'net .. noting modern kids don't watch much tv these days. The issues are my production standards .. can I produce material which doesn't harm the Woolworths name by association? Can I be independent and be seen to be independent of Woolworths? Part of my answer to those questions is to do with my name and history. But the Woolworths guy I spoke with today wasn't willing to allow me to extend to answering those doubts. He wasn't the right person to approach, although he was in the right position had he been the right person.
Modern story telling/writing is vastly improved on twenty years ago. Babylon 5 introduced story arcs in a very sophisticated way. They covered all five seasons, as well as some which were peculiar to a single episode. Often, an episode has two separate threads which are likely opposites (thesis, antithesis leads to synthesis). Blue Bloods Episode 65 "Devil's Breath" has one thread which caused me to laugh. A prostitute and lap dancer was targeting out of town (NYC is the setting) visitors with scopolamine (aka "Devil's Breath") which caused her victims to forget things after following her suggestions to give her their money and credit cards. It was stressed victims lost their short term memory. What made me laugh a lot, was that she worked at a venue called 'Scores.' Kevin Rudd may forget things, but he will never be forgotten.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 211, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He left the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons. 634, Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeated the Christian Arabs around Gaza (Palestine). 960, the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiated the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. 1169, a strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
In 1454, in the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sent a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. 1703, in Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. 1758, Macapá, Brazil was founded. 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. 1794, the French legislature abolished slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. 1797, the Riobamba earthquake struck Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. 1810, the Royal Navy seized Guadeloupe. 1820, the Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completed the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships. 1825, the Ohio Legislature authorised the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1846, the first Mormon pioneers made their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley. 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt. 1861, American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states met and formed the Confederate States of America. 1899, the Philippine–American War began with the Battle of Manila.
In 1932, Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, fell to Japan. 1936, Radium became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. 1941, the United Service Organisation (USO) was created to entertain American troops. 1945, World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp was liberated from Japanese authority. Also 1945, World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opened at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea. Also 1945, World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army began a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations. 1948, Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) became independent within the British Commonwealth.
In 1966, All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunged into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. 1967, Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. 1969, Yasser Arafat took over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. Also 1974, M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians were killed. 1975, Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. 1976, in Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. 1977, a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another and derailed, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. 1980, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.
In 1992, a coup d'état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. 1996, major snowstorm paralysed Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and tied all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C) 1997, En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. Also 1997, after at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognised opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. 1998, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan killed more than 5,000. 1999, unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. 2003, the Bengali Hindus declared the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh. Also 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopted a new constitution. 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. 2006, a stampede occurred in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
===
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.