http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress "condemned to be free" Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think maybee... Originally uploaded by Dave in Tejas From an outside perspective this "crisis" reads better than a good book. We are told that the US financial system (its banks) are on the brink of collapse as a direct result of ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/10/i-think-maybee/ Apparently the Bush administration has a secret agenda in Iraq and it appears that the agenda is merely to give as much taxpayers money away as it can, a theme they really embraced with the recently new welfare class on Wall Street. Naomi Klein wrote about it in The Shock ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/its-just-money/ In news today, little George has decided that Wall St needs another helping hand courtesy of the US taxpayer to the tune of $700 billion! In a most remarkable turn of events I even heard a professional money man on ABC radio describe this little event in terms of privatising ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/700-billion/ The US administration effectively nationalised AIG to the tune of $100 billion or thereabouts but this isn't the beginning of a socialist revolution. No, the Bush administration acted to prop up the rest of the stock market which might have collapsed if AIG had gone to the wall, which is ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/corporate-welfare/ Last week Garnaut predicted the destruction of significant environmental treasures in good ole Oz, iconic features like the Great Barrier Reef and the Murray Darling River system. Today, the once Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate turned Labor Party hack Peter Garrett extended the deadline for legislative assessment for the proposed Gunns ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/the-not-so-environmental-friendly-mr-garrett/ While today's news is letting us know about the latest failure of capitalism, over in WA we can see another failure in our political system, that thing that is supposed to represent the will of the people. The breakdown of the popular vote shows that the Greens polled over 11% ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/rorting-democracy/ All of the fans of so-called free markets take note, deregulation and unfettered greed spells big trouble. How blatant can the failure of capitalism be? The system is supposed to make money, hah! All that is happening is that public funds are now underwriting private profits so that the whole ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/market-failure/ A few days ago I took a small plunge and paid for a subscription to Crikey. That isn't too remarkable, people subscribe to all sorts of things. In my case it was a considered decision, after all I can get the squatter version of Crikey forever and there are plenty ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/paying-for-crikey/ In the coincidence stakes the following three stories (which popped up in my Slashdot feed) pose a disturbing question, are we seeing the rise and rise of a police state throughout the world? First story was the shooting death of a prominent anti-government webmaster in Russia whilst in police custody. Next ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/09/are-we-living-in-a-police-state/ In what is clearly a sign of what to expect from the Rudd Labor Government, Peter Garrett has just announced an expansion of uranium mining for South Australia's Beverly mine. Mr Garrett owes his fame to his extensive history as the lead singer for Midnight Oil, a band that was ... http://www.qednet.biz/wordpress/2008/08/garrett-is-gutless/