This morning I was listening to the radio as I pretended to myself that I wsa studying. Apparently now there are two different versions of how Doug Wood was rescued:
1. The Australian version
There was a tip-off! We rushed in to rescue him, action movie style. Aren't we heroes? Isn't the government wonderful? Oh sing our praises!!!!!
2. The Rest of the World Version
We were doing some routine checks and accidently stumbled across this dude in some shed in Baghdad. Turned out to be some Aussie guy who'd been kidnapped. Who'da thunk it?
Of course, being the cynic that I am, especially when it comes to government, I immediately assumed that the Aussie story is some clumsy propaganda, of the kind you usually find in countries where the population is more-or-less downtrodden and uneducated. From this assumption, it is obvious that the government (referred to from now as "John Howard", "JH", or just "fuckwit") thinks we are a country of fucking retards. And perhaps he's right.
The Liberal party is working on creating an educated oligarchy of those whose parents can afford to send them to uni full-fee and support them until they're 30. Their political strategies rely on a stupid, racist, uneducated, ignorant and selfish population of voters. And so, with their higher education reforms, they are creating one.
Anyway, while I was in my happy place of Liberal hating-ness, I paused. I asked myself the question: If I was in power what would I do?
And first off, I figured that I would implement policies that would make everyone else so inferior to me that they COULD NOT challenge my mighty power.
In line with this, I'd cripple education, both higher and secondary.
I'd discriminate against other groups of people who strongly identify with each other (and might form a voting bloc for a member of their group), such that no member of that group could challenge me. Then I'd make sure I was their next best choice.
I'd lie to the people as much as I could get away with, so that anyone who ran against me couldn't keep up with my version of reality and so would look like an idiot.
And so on. Reading this list, you'll notice that this is very similar to JH's tactics recently. So how can I hate a man who is doing just what I would do? Well, for those of you who managed to stay awake during/not make out throughout the entirety of Star Wars 3, remember the strange relationship between Sith Lord and apprentices? How only one of them can have complete power? Well, I want to murder JH and take his place. Politically speaking, that is. ie Vote in the Greens as a caretaker party until I am of an age and position to take over completely. The Greens are harmless, and as such will lull the populous into a false sense of security then I will descend upon them in my fury!!! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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