What a thought...
x. Love him or hate him...Eddie Perfect at least made some pretty damn good points on consumerism. And in the spirit of this, after my belated perusal of Crikey, I stumbed onto this blogspot http://%20www.thezeromovementsucks.blogspot.com/
Apparently Coke was trying to create a grass roots movement using "our technology" of blogs, podcasts etc, except it horriby backfired. For which I'm infinitey grateful, mainly because I think their ads are chauvinist, shallow and a little lame.
x. South Australian State election seems to continue to exist in its "nobody gives a damn" and to be honest, I don't. Really, I have to choose between Nigel Smart and vini ciccarello (I can't spell her name), both of which seem to represent the absolute mediocrity of state politics. And Rann is a soulless media-manipulating politician, whilst Rob Kerin is just inept. I feel horrible that I just seem to have an absolute lack of faith in what our state government can achieve. But I know that I still have to be infomred and vote, a kind of resigned faith in the democratic process.
That's the thing though? Regardless of whether its state or federal poitics, it just seems to be the same power politics, the same male egos clashing and shouting, without regard for the country they are meant to be representing. This week has been a celebration of Howard's 10 years in government, and it's hideous to look back on it, and then to think whether there is a capacity for us to move forwrad, and realise, that for a long while, there isn't. It's just the same tired politics either side, no fresh ideas, no concern for anything other than pragmatic popularity policies even if they divide and marginalise. Or in the case of wheatgate, just seem to demonstrate an absolute lack of respect for the accountability which should come with public office. I hate this continual disastisfaction and the fact that there doesn't seem to be anything pointing us in a better direction. Not to mention seeing it repeated in a smaller scale at university.
Apparently Coke was trying to create a grass roots movement using "our technology" of blogs, podcasts etc, except it horriby backfired. For which I'm infinitey grateful, mainly because I think their ads are chauvinist, shallow and a little lame.
x. South Australian State election seems to continue to exist in its "nobody gives a damn" and to be honest, I don't. Really, I have to choose between Nigel Smart and vini ciccarello (I can't spell her name), both of which seem to represent the absolute mediocrity of state politics. And Rann is a soulless media-manipulating politician, whilst Rob Kerin is just inept. I feel horrible that I just seem to have an absolute lack of faith in what our state government can achieve. But I know that I still have to be infomred and vote, a kind of resigned faith in the democratic process.
That's the thing though? Regardless of whether its state or federal poitics, it just seems to be the same power politics, the same male egos clashing and shouting, without regard for the country they are meant to be representing. This week has been a celebration of Howard's 10 years in government, and it's hideous to look back on it, and then to think whether there is a capacity for us to move forwrad, and realise, that for a long while, there isn't. It's just the same tired politics either side, no fresh ideas, no concern for anything other than pragmatic popularity policies even if they divide and marginalise. Or in the case of wheatgate, just seem to demonstrate an absolute lack of respect for the accountability which should come with public office. I hate this continual disastisfaction and the fact that there doesn't seem to be anything pointing us in a better direction. Not to mention seeing it repeated in a smaller scale at university.