26-12-2008, 02:07 AM
Amen Brother Peter and Sister Myra!
Our esteemed new leader here (Australia) thought the best solution to our economic crisis was to play Santa and give AU$1,400 to each poor person (registered official poor that is) This was doled out two week before Christmas. It certainly wasn't to bail out the poor but to bail out the retail businesses who were looking to have a bleak Christmas. People were told to spend it at the shops. No, don't save it in their off shore Swiss bank accounts. It certainly goes nowhere near making up for the years of real reductions in pensions and benefits.
I was speaking to a friend at a wake the other day and he was disappointed with his wife who despite growing up secular has been seduced to the Christmas consumer orgy for their children (so they don't miss out she said) He calls consumer Christmas a capitalistic black mass which I though most appropriate.
Our esteemed new leader here (Australia) thought the best solution to our economic crisis was to play Santa and give AU$1,400 to each poor person (registered official poor that is) This was doled out two week before Christmas. It certainly wasn't to bail out the poor but to bail out the retail businesses who were looking to have a bleak Christmas. People were told to spend it at the shops. No, don't save it in their off shore Swiss bank accounts. It certainly goes nowhere near making up for the years of real reductions in pensions and benefits.
I was speaking to a friend at a wake the other day and he was disappointed with his wife who despite growing up secular has been seduced to the Christmas consumer orgy for their children (so they don't miss out she said) He calls consumer Christmas a capitalistic black mass which I though most appropriate.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.