Archive for November 20th, 2009
A league table for politicians?
Posted by John, November 20th, 2009 - under Politicians.
Tags: Australian politics
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I am thinking about developing a league table for politicians. I would use unemployment rates, average incomes, education levels, that sort of thing in the electorate, to judge their worth. Such rankings would be invaluable. I think it only fair there be transparency so a person can choose which electorate to live in and hence […]
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Stephen Jones: another Labor lapdog to join the Parliamentary gravy train?
Posted by John, November 20th, 2009 - under Labor Left, Labor Party.
Tags: ALP, CPSU
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I have just been reading in the Illawarra Mercury in Maccas at Fairy Meadow – they do great soy chai lattes, seriously – about Jennie George retiring from Parliament at the 2010 election. My esteemed union leader, Stephen Jones from the Community and Public Sector Union, is the hot tip for the position. The national executive will parachute […]
Playing politics with women’s lives: The Stupak Amendment and US health care ‘reform’
Posted by John, November 20th, 2009 - under US politics.
Tags: Abortion, America, Health care, Health reform
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The Stupak Amendment passed during the House debate on health care in the US is a blow to women’s abortion rights–poor women in particular.
Workers, refugees and cogs in their inhuman machine
Posted by John, November 20th, 2009 - under Internally displaced persons, Refugees, Workers, Workforce planning.
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Why not increase our refugee intake to match our skilled migrant intake? Open our borders; let humanity finds its true home.