Aussie, Aussie, Aussie ... let's get the priorities right!

Views in Verse

on Priorities

Let's celebrate our economy ...but let's get the priorities right!



Australia's fresh new Liberal Coalition government this week produced its first budget and, despite our lowest government debt standing in the western world & firm AAA rating, went straight to work on a budget deficit ...gutsy stuff featuring:

- getting more young unemployed people trained to work
- creating a massive plan for infrastructure building to offset our peaking mining boom
- opening a firm funding discussion for what can be afforded over time in health & education spend
- hitting 3% highest income earners to address immediate fiscal debt (3 years only)
- involving middle class to share in longer term budget savings
- opening a new medical research global centre of excellence as a centrepiece for new markets

All sounds good despite some frenzied discussions about broken election promises here or there but...

The buck stops at pensioners. Mr Abbott's insistence that ALL Australians share the weight of this recovery is commendable but amending the indexation base for pensioners and removing standing bonuses is just not fair. These people have paid their taxes ...leave them alone.

And despite the firm view of the Government that they have really considered lower income earners; let's keep a close eye on this end of the spectrum ...many of these people have NO tolerance for adjustments to their income AT ALL. Let's not presume anything!!!



SOLSTICE

Enter the darkest of seasons

As a draft cuts cold

 'neath the door

Winter

brings a need for reflection

...just like others gone before

But how does one 

fathom the years?

Let alone 

make sense of it?

The lethargy builds

as the months go by...

not helping one little bit

Beyond ....to the window 

my meanderings drift

People rush along through sleet

Covering their heads 

as best they can

A spray fizzing up from their feet

I see a weathered gent

with much slower steps

His greatcoat hides his all

He stops to sit 

for reasons all his own

beside an unwelcoming wall

Below me the leaves have all fallen

They await a day in the yard

There they will stay 

till spring comes again

Right now 

it seems far too hard
 

Forwarded from my I phone - Grahame J Flynn

It's good news week?

Views in verse -

What's happening with the taper?

Not again!!!

Give me some real news please!







Not that tapir! - the Fed's taper - will they won't they? What's the impact?

What about China ...is it good or bad?

Why not show another square mile of the Southern Indian Ocean?

Give us a break ...where's the real news?

The tapir may have something to offer. Perhaps not!


I've been lacking a little inspiration lately guys ...iterative loop.

nothing creative sorry...

however I did note lately that the High Court has advised me that if I choose I can now live my life as neither a man or woman but as anything I choose in between ...well that was news ...?

but look,

when in doubt let's sink into a little memorabilia shall we:


Good News Week

It's good news week
Someone dropped a bomb somewhere
contaminating atmosphere
and blackening the skies
Someone's found a way
to give the rotting dead a will to live
go on and never die

Who's won that race?
whats' the weather like today?
Doctor's finding many ways
of wrapping brains
in metal trays
to keep them from the heat...

Perhaps not

Grahame J Flynn

Verse by - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

Views in Verse on perdition road

 













     The artful rogue...   "So see me not ...yet know I'm here ...I'll take your pride then go"


There has been an alarming trend in Australian public life these past few decades where noticeably unsavory characters have been surfacing among us who seem to carry undue influence compared to their peers. Their perceived power being not in keeping with their own lesser roles in government. Pride of place in the news over many years appears to be a recurring theme.

The common factor - active interests in the commercial world and also in the political world. One foot in either camp. Their common driver - greed!

The most disturbing factor going forward ...how hard it must be to use 'the law' (as we know it) to stop 'seeming' criminal activity as it crosses back and forth over private/ public life and through the chasm that's between. Which government bodies really police this ...?????? Do we need a new one? Can legislation alone do it?


For folk from other parts of the world, I now sense that you may be wondering: why this concern may be the least bit surprising ...?

Well, I might say that we have always had somewhat higher expectations of our politicians, perhaps not with morality, but at least in relation to perceived criminal activity. Perhaps naive ...but a real expectation just the same.


Perdition Road

Neither black nor white am I
just a slip in-between
you'll not see me coming
nor know where I've been
You'll think of me as one of you
but won't know what you've seen
I'll live there about you
familiar and serene

I'm moving, you're not watching
my hands move expertly
the light shines not upon me
the shadows cover me
Your own unwilling scent
may indeed hold the key
for I carry something with me
a fragrant stench indeed

I slid into the darkest well
A place few others know
I saw no reason to abstain
t'was tempting me so low
So see me not...yet know I'm here
I'll take your pride then go...
there's others waiting for me there
along perdition road


from my desktop Grahame J Flynn

Views in verse on the 'metro male'

Is changing 'how we look' making us better at 'how we act'?

Will a 'new look' bring a lasting change 'for the better'?

And/or does a bloke in the main just really...'struggle to keep up'?



Well, Shane Warne has certainly given most of us a few questions to ask ourselves during his time with super-glam model Liz Hurley. What lessons can we all draw from it though?

My view? ...of the three questions above, I expect that the answer to each is probably 'true'. Given a few qualifications - 'for how long?' would be the first - as in Shane's case it seems. But I think that the first two questions have a precursor; that a strong woman will 'keep raising the bar' and thereby the significance of the third question really does come into play. Thereby 'survival of the fittest'. Sorry, Shane.

But all in all, it doesn't seem to have done Warnie any harm at all. On the recent South African cricket tour where he put in a cameo appearance with the Australian team. He appeared in high spirits and yes "still the same old Warnie" (although indeed looking a lot sharper!).




The answers for the rest of us are there to follow: Simple...



...listen up!, shape up! and hang on! ...and most of us happily do!

The Tadpole song

 (Ode to Elle)

I was watching the late news
alone one night
When a tanned vision spits white light
From out of my set she pouts at me
Calling from a beach longingly
A white bikini paper thin
Came alive on soft brown skin

She sure got all the moves
She sure got all the grooves
Nothin' she got that you can't see
Everything she got does it all for me
In no time at all
A mindful stroke
And I nearly dropped my tadpoles folks!!!

But I wasn't the only one put to the test
The network bounced back to the anchor desk
To a dude in a suit look'n flustered as me
Clearly feasting on what he'd see'd
Splutterin' forth with mindless glee...
he says to the world untidily:

She sure got all the moves
She's sure got all the grooves
Nothin that she got that you can't see
 ...What she's got ...does it all for me...well , well...
..splutter ...choke ..."there's my career up in smoke
'cos I've just dropped my tadpoles folks"

The facts are plain for us to see
A man has his needs that he must feed
It's on our minds a lot they say
Far too much in a given day
Our thoughts turn to it every ninety seconds
A little too often I think
...don't you reckon?

Wait on a buzz is coming to me now
That ain't good
as I'm telling you how...
With too much time
These thoughts come along
Need to cut down
this very long song
To a shorter one
that would do just fine
Gotta get it down to
a minute twenty nine!!!

But 'look here girls' this is just a ruse
In fact ...amongst this lot ...there ain't much truth
We do love you true with all our parts
Even our dusty lusty old hearts

So take us home, forget the alarm
Go on muster that sultry charm
No need for makeup, pearls or beads
A simple man has simple needs

Summoning that rush begs little chance
Really It takes just a sideways glance
To fire up your man and you will see...
And go and set those tadpoles free

You've sure got all the moves
You've sure got all the grooves
Everything you got is what I see
All you got ...is all I need

You do it, you do it ...just for me

That's all folks !



Sent from my iPad - Grahame J Flynn

Views in verse on trust - do you know what you are eating?

I am passing on this privately initiated health message (as below). It seems that our Government is loath to do anything about this clandestine situation despite the public health risks and strangely despite the obvious loss of benefits to our own agriculture and manufacturing. Please read all of this - it is very important!

Furthurmore, the companies who are involved in such duplicity should be well and truly aware that the most important asset they have in their business is their brand - trusting a brand is fundamental before buying it. People in the western world eating packaged fish from favorite brands when indeed that food is coming from a place where their are no control regulations is a ticking time bomb. Companies & sponsoring countries such as New Zealand and Canada who are adding their trusted 'source' to this practice are breaching a basic confidence in their markets by all consumers - Grahame.

Below : EXTRACT FROM RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA:     Check this out at the Freezer before purchasing !!!!!!A week or so ago, Current Affair did a Report on frozen vegetables imported from New Zealand.  As it turns out if it is a Coles or Woollies home brand there is a more than good chance that the product has come from China.  Products made by McCain’s, Birdseye and other supposed reputable companies from New Zealand are now purchasing vegie products from China and selling that product under their name.

Basically check where it is produced by the comments on the back of the pack and if it says produced from New Zealand and Imported product it has Chinese vegies in it, put it back on the shelf.  I would even go as far as to say, even if it has product of New Zealand on it, I would be suspicious about where those vegies in that pack come from.  I suppose to play it safe unless it has been grown and packed in Australia stay away from it unless you don’t mind digesting poisons. Pretty scary stuff!!   Learn from BARCODES This will cheer you up, hope you're not having chicken for dinner Please remember.......the Australian barcode prefix is 93 PLEASE NOTE - if you love Australian produce and the thought of keeping jobs here, AND you like to eat healthy foods and buy quality products, then please read on.  Please also note the Australian barcode prefix is 93.     DANGEROUS IMPORTED FOODS There are no food inspection regulations of foods grown or processed in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong or Thailand.   Other world countries are scared of China making 'black hearted goods’, but can you differentiate which one is made in Australia, the USA, The Philippines, Taiwan or China?  For your Information ... the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code where-in the product was made.  Example: all barcodes that start with 690; 691 through to 699 are all MADE IN CHINA.   4 71 is Made in Taiwan . This is our right to know, but our governments and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE OURSELVES.  Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products 'made in China, so they don't show from which country it is made.  However, you may now refer to the barcode.  Remember, if the first 3 digits are 690 through to 695, then it is Made in China.  Don't forget, Hong Kong is now China, too. 00 ~ 13 USA and CANADA 30 ~ 37 FRANCE 40 ~ 44 GERMANY 49 ~ JAPAN 50 ~ UK 57 ~ DENMARK 64 ~ FINLAND 76 ~ SWITZERLAND and LIECHTENSTEIN 93 ~ AUSTRALIA

628 ~ SAUDI ARABIA 629 ~ UNITED ARAB EMIRATESs 740-745 ~ CENTRAL AMERICAa All 480 Codes are Made in THE PHILIPPINES..   DO NOT BUY FOOD PROCESSED IN CHINA, HONG KONG, VIETNAM or THAILAND!!! Remember, there are no food inspection regulations!!! WATCH WHAT YOU BUY.  ESPECIALLY 'HIGHLINER' FISH PRODUCTS; all come from China, even though the box says 'product of Canada', it is from China and 'processed' in Canada, that is, only the coating is added and packaged in Canada.  The fish are raised in pens using chemicals that are banned in Canada as cancer-causing but legal in China.  This was exposed on CBC TV's 'Marketplace'. Please think before buying anything from China. Avoid buying all processed food packaged in China.  Anything goes!  We just don't know what else is in those packages.  Unlike the United States and Canada (and Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britian et al). China does not have laws regulating food processing.Basically, do not buy any processed food from China.  This includes Hong Kong.  MANY companies are using a Hong Kong address to avoid this type of image reputation

Remember - to buy Australian - search for the 93 barcode. There is a poem on 'trust' to follow. No one offers second chances when it comes to trust.

Promises

Turn away from the window

Come back over here...
try to see hope and not fears
Tomorrow's a stranger
that we should embrace
Why revisit yesterday's tears?

Today's promises
Aren't tangible things
In the way that most things are real
But they carry a cost
if forgotten or lost...
the very heart of what you feel

Who knows why
A matter of trust
Can be broken so easily?
What to do...
When things don't turn out
The way that you
thought they would be?

Yesterday's promises
Aren't tangible things
In the way that most things are real
But they carry a cost
when forgotten or lost...
the very heart of what you feel


Sent from my iPhone - Grahame J Flynn