Folks,
I'm sure that we're all living through the nightmare of higher costs of living these days. It doesn't matter where you happen to be on the income scale - everyone's hurting somewhere.
I saw how business people and ordinary folks in Thailand and Malaysia were being pushed to extreme actions to get their governments to do someting, anything, to address their concerns.
Most surprising was some direct feedback from a Malaysian chap who told me that Australians won't really hurt because our salaries were higher, hence we'd absorb the higher costs easily. Pig's arse! I set him straight right there and then. I think the notion of stagflation hasn't quite reached the man on our streets yet.
That's just my point; it doesn't matter if you're in the First or Third World... we're all suffering.
And this debate we're having in Australia about a carbon trading scheme - literally a sin tax which we all have to pay for just the mere act of consuming - is probably one of the hardest things to sell to an already-jaded/cynical/taxed out population.
I've got no answers, but heck, I'd like a crystal ball to see what people will do if we're going to cop petrol prices that are possibly going to be $3-4/litre.
Ninja
For I am taken and please leave both of us alone in peace. Wonder no more, question no more. Private message and e-mail regarding to this post addressed to both of us are not welcomed. ➨ [underlined, bold, italic]
Thanks.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/06/2295634.htm
Folks,
I'm 100% behind the PM on this. It's one thing to protest about freedom of expression. It's quite another issue to use the image of a naked child to make a point. Why is there such a huge rush to display naked kids as "art"?
Are we seeing the beginnings of a push by certain groups to prmote an agenda out there?
Leave the children alone, ya slimeballs!
Ninja
How and when do you reward yourself?
Submitted by Rainbird.
When I haven't bought new clothes for months,
I get one I really like when I see it.
When I have had simple home food for a long time,
I treat myself some nice different meal outside.
When I have forgotten how to have fun,
I go outside and meet my friends.
When I think my life is bad,
I look around and I find there are people who are less fortunate than I am.
When I can't forgive myself,
I beg my soul to forgive me.
When I was about to give up on love,
I tried to believe in it again.
And I do believe in it again now.
And I'm glad I did those things.
I rewarded myself for every single tear I drop,
both happy and sad tears.
And these are the best rewards I can give to myself:
Being grateful,
having faith in love,
believing,
trusting,
forgiving, and
loving unconditionally...
According to the Denver Art Museum, it's Cheyenne for "We always return back home again."
Cuz nothing says class like sloppy joes and wine.
Cuz I'm vain.
This guy was playing his guitar, and the woman next to him just sat down and started singing along.
