Victorian Public Transport
Public transport is in a state of disarray in Victoria. We have seen three different companies tackle the management of our trains over the last decade. The current punter being Metro, a company 60% owned by a Hong Kong based MTR. They have done what others have done before them, changed the train livery, swapped out uniforms and punched out some tv and radio ads. But they have also continued the late arrival times and overcrowded carriages that we have been seeing day in day out for years. MTR run an extremely tight system in HK, but they overestimated the poor system we have in place. Firstly it's above ground, second our tracks are built to withstand opposite extreme temperatures. Which like all things made to a diverse range of operating difference, they don't work.
Our previous state government also buried us into a $1Billion+ mess that is Myki. A ticketing system created from scratch when systems elsewhere in Australia and even more successful ones overseas were already operating and cost a mere couple of hundred million.
I refuse to use public transport were possible. I'd rather drive into the city and pay for parking than to catch a train.
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Spin Doctors
When you need to put a spin on a story, it's best to never have told the story before applying the spin. Therefore people can't reference the truth from the spin as easy as they can if they have heard the original. That is why I find the recent Carbon Tax talk so humourous. Not only did our pathetic excuse for a Prime Minister say she was not going to introduce a carbon tax at the last election, but she has also changed its advertising to make it seem more friendly. First it was a tax now it is a price. Does that mean we don't pay GST (General Services Tax)? Instead we pay a GSP (General Services Price). Then they call the 100 companies involved 'our countries biggest polluters', who on earth measured that? Did they follow them around for a year with a carbon capture device to analyse the output or was it simply a guess? It's also being peddled as the Clean Energy Future initiative, because it is intended to create a push for 'cleaner' energy ideas. The same ideas that often cost a horrible amount of money, like our Desalination plant to provide the water we don't need and consume the power we don't have spare. Then there is the age-old rule of thumb, if a company is taxed more, then they pass it on to the consumer. So the government has also looked at that too, claiming they have calculated the cost increases we will face and pumping the money back to us. But they forget that if I am taxed $10 and this affects my business, then I will make sure I charge enough to get my $10 back, so I can maintain the same income. So how does the government expect that industry wont do the same? They think they can pay the people some money to assist in the living cost increase and still have some tax money left over for green power ideas. It will become another massive fuck up on the account of a Labor government. The Greens are causing this, once again showing how little they know about money. Pathetic bunch of vegetarian, homosexual, PBR radio listening morons they are.
A world without the Greens is a better one. We want to advance the human race, not dwindle as prehistoric tree hugging pacifists.
The Greens Party
I can live with our diversified community most of the time. There are groups that give me reason to feel ashamed that I share common dirt. One of those groups is people who vote for the greens (with sincerest apologies to a dear friend whom has lost his voting ways). Green voters are amongst the global list of mistakes, such as any preparation for the Y2K bug, Ab sculptors and Tamagochi's.
The thing that causes me the most pain is why did they vote for the greens? Is it because it was a protest vote and you didn't like the other parties? Would you eat dog shit if it meant not having to cut an arm off or would you simply walk away? Because voting is mandatory but you only need to show up and cross your name off the list.
You must understand that even know the Greens are an alternative party that strive to keep important agendas on track, they are not out there for the greater good of the country. They have such wayward values that are not in line with current importance such as gay marriage and euthanasia. Will these two issues fix petrol prices, mortgage rate stabilization or public transport shambles? No they will not. They have some views that could benefit our population like the abolishment of ATM fees, but instead of jumping on that policy they push for their left field choices.
I really think that marriage is not a vital policy in need of chewing up processes. At the end of the year when our trains are still late, your bank account is empty and your smart meter is smarter than your kids because they have no school books, will you then think "hey! Voting for the Greens was an invested choice!". I would sure hope not.
Bob Brown the all mighty wayward leader of the aforementioned boffins, is now an arrogant imbecile with an agenda far from what Australians want or need. The Greens have always protested against fuel reduction burning in our state and look what happened on Black Saturday? The undergrowth and mis-managed forests went up in flames killing more than 170 people. The Greens went awfully quiet around this time, there was a party hush-hush period. Bob Brown is one of those Greens who is partly responsible for the destruction of homes and lives on that day. Their heavy-handed policies are weighing down on the lives of Victorians.
Now this party of degenerates has control of the senate, which spells a very ugly time for Australians as we wait to see what power struggles they win. Will be have to replant our CBD's with native fauna and pull down our skyscrapers? Will their gay marriage law get passed? Euthanasia become legal? All the pointless exercises that we don't need right now, how about pushing through some decent normal everyday policies? Ones that will help the everyday Australian, rather than letting some fringe activists get their way.
The Greens got a bigger vote because people wanted to teach the two major parties a 'lesson'. What a stupid idea that was. It doesn't teach them a lesson, it simply screws the country to the wall. We are now at the mercy of their power in the senate. Well done 'protest voters' you have set Australia back a few years, at a time when progress is our only means of getting out of debt.
The Greens have read the newspapers portraying the English media giant Murdoch as a man who must be driven out of England due to the scandal around the phone tapping from News of the World. So what is their latest idea? Have an investigation into the Australian media for similar illegal practices. With what proof does Bob Brown have to establish another task force to tackle yet another white unicorn? We don't have the time nor the money to waste on pissing in the wind ideas like this right now. We should be focusing on other important national interests. One of Mr. Browns fears lies in the pages of The Australian newspaper, which is owned by the Murdoch group. He claims they are pushing for an early election. So am I! So shut me down too Mr. Brown. Australians everywhere are looking forward to the next election because we don't want The Greens nor Julia Gillard as leaders of this country.
The Senate is awash with single-minded, gay loving, tree hugging morons who were voted in by the blind mis-judgement of the people who voted last year. Shame on Australian voters for letting the Greens gain this kind of power. And an even bigger shame on the Greens for using the power like a school yard bully who witnessed the Principal screwing the secretary.