John Linton ......and it is so easy to not only lose touch with reality but to live in complete fantasy.
The year continues to speed by and 'it's almost Christmas' as Annette said in passing this morning. When your life is constrained by being heavily involved in playing a part in operating a business of Exetel's size it seems you never get a chance to do much else and there is so much to do that the year is almost over before it barely gets started. Annette's comment was because she had just booked the next review trip to Sri Lanka and having been caught up in the various activities for the family wedding last weekend having only recently returned from our annual holiday the last three months have disappeared without trace and by the time we get back from Sri Lanka in mid October the year, literally will almost be at an end.
As any historian knows/proclaims, events can only be understood after enough time has elapsed after they have occurred for the context and results to be properly seen. The events precipitated by Krudd's attempt at Presidential Government in Australia where he (an individual of very little knowledge and no experience attempted to make all decisions about Australia's future himself) and their effects on the lives of all Australians will only become clear as time passes. One 'presidential decision's' effects are already becoming clear - his silly cover up of his ridiculous 'NBN1' - you remember? - fibre broadband for 98% of all Australians within 18 months of being elected for a cost to the tax payer of $4.8 billion Aussie?
Well the 'back of the proverbial bus ticket' cover up for that major political nonsense has resulted in the destruction of the current Australian communications industry with no, current, sign that there will be any sensible replacement. I actually don't give a 'XXXX' about the morons who, with very little more knowledge than Krudd had, make comments about how feasible and beneficial such a ludicrous scheme would be - they also have less than no idea what they are talking about. Governmental decisions about major expenditures of tax payers money are meant to be based on need/affordability/deliverability and a detailed assessment of whether, even if the first three criteria are met, whether the expenditure of money is in fact the first priority above everything else that is needed to be done. Which of these four criteria do you believe was met? The answer of course is none.
In the event that there was $A40 billion (or whatever the real amount actually is - it's a total joke that no-one actually knows what the cost will be) to be spent on major government funded infrastructure then can anyone think of what Australia's most pressing need is? Let me give you a hint:
It certainly isn't immigration, climate change, new military toys, more taxation, or any of the other nonsenses trotted out by Sussex Street.
The major threat to the future of Australia is.........water. I don't know how to get the over supply of water in Australia's North to the under supplied South but I think $A40 billion would at least make a start.
Pissing away $A40 billion trying to build a network that no-one wants or needs DEFINITELY isn't going to make the top 100 investments Australia needs either now or in the future. Yet there is now the unedifying scenario where one or two people, who are even stupider and less knowledgeable than Krudd 'in charge' of making this decision - I refer of course to the Hayseed Mafia masquerading as the 'voice of Australia'. Has the whole world gone totally insane? Three country bumpkins whose claim to fame is they know how to pork barrel are now going to make a decision on Australia's available 'spending money'?
I didn't think it would ever be possible to have a more stupid and vain glorious idiot than Krudd make key decisions about Australia's future. I was wrong. Much as I loathe and despise Krudd for his vapid proclamations and fourth rate mind I think Katter, Oakshott and Windsor and co make Krudd look like Einstein. I love country Australia but those three cynical wide boys are a disgrace to their origins.
And what's worse - that apology for a woman - the screech owl - is so desperate not to become the shortest serving prime minister in the history of Federation she is agreeing to every crazy demand they make in exchange for their Judas support.
It's time I called it quits.
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