What a year 09 has been; deaths left right and center including MJ, (Bud) Tingwell, Farrah Fawcett, Molly Sugden and Myspace,
Now, this was a brazen attempt at satire, and had I been in a serious mood I would have of course brought up the current conflicts in Afghanistan, Darfur, Israel, Iraq (?), El Salvador and so on and so forth. In doing that, I would be seriously doing the men and women dying for a right to a fair vote, basic living needs, clean water, a job that pays well enough to support their families and so many other things we as Western people forget, thus I would be unable to continue doing anything. Besides, I like Charles (Bud) Tingwell, I like Molly Sugden and Farrah Fawcett was a fairly respectable person. And like him loathe him or otherwise Michael Jackson will never go away. Like background radiation. I know deaths happen all the time. I'm just highlighting some media ones that I know will have mattered to someone. I forgot Don Lane. I liked his stuff a lot too. But please don't treat this as dismissive, satirical I tried to be but the end result is one of nostalgia.
And Myspace and Facebook though starting out at a similar time had their futures predestined. Seeing as Murdoch's media company bought Myspace just before it's general release in 2006, it is inevitable that the system would become as Murdoch's other big media venture Fox News; showy, over burdened, superficial and completely free of facts after a time. Now it is a stalking ground for sexual predators, underage
high school students and very poor bands. The main reason I left that site is because a combination of these three would not stop adding me. Twitter is not helping it's own cause either.
the global economy becoming more like a giant hole for money,
The main argument I've heard here is that Australia's economy is better than four months ago. It is. But an economic structure is dependent on the money earned by it's industries and it's people that it can only take. Our economy will never be fixed. It will always need money. You put money in, everything else comes out the other side. It's how our civilization is geared. Oh, apart from the bankers globally who took billions of dollars and froze over assets superannuation and pensions just for their own needs. Fuck them.
more dying,
Satire again. I apologise.
'Hey Hey' proves how stuck in the past it is,
http://thescrivenersfancy.
Above is the article I believe best sums up a rational view of what happened on the second Hey Hey special. And I want to remind those who dismiss Connick for what he said, at no point did he refer to the skit he disapproved of as racist.
This in no way detracts from previous statements I have made regarding taste and standards of decency in entertainment. The Chaser were crucified unjustly. Kyle was reprimanded justly, but real genuine outrage was placed on him and a stupid and disgraceful woman was let off because of it. Home and Away is still on the air. But all these things, as any sensible person will tell you, must be judged on their own terms. I do not see why people get such pleasure out of being offended and furthermore believe society is being weakened by them. Why not get outraged at the fact that the Catholic church's policy on contraceptives is helping spread AIDS in Africa? Or the fact that genocides occur daily? That's the real issue with media outrage, it dulls us to things that we should be pissed off about.
Rove quits,
I liked Rove. He may have been daggy, plucky, overconfident whatever but the fact remains that he was our only Tonight Show. So now we have none except Richard Wilkins who nobody truly believes actually exists.
Up, Glee, Florence and the Machine
Up is my movie of this year, Glee is a great show for my tastes and Florence and the Machine make me happy and blow my mind. When I like something I preach about it. YOU KNOW ME.
and it looks like the Abbot will win next election unless our current leader kicks some arse.
This one is the most tongue-in-cheek statement I have yet to write ever. In 2007 I voted not to get someone in, but to make DAMN SURE I never had consider Tony Abbot a federal minister ever again. A singularly evil and petulant individual who enrages me so much I just want him away from the media. But people think he'd do a better job than the current Prime Minister. And the sick thing is they may be fucking right.
The Government's ETS will rage on for months more. And like the U.S public health care bill, by the time it passes through our political system, it will be so watered down that no person could ever credit it as a any form of worthwhile goal. And now the Liberal party are all badasses now, it seems like that terrible gap between the rich and poor will be increased again.
And yet.
There is still hope. As long as people still see things differently, as long as we can offer humility and hope to those who need it, as long as one person still questions every single thing they're told, things can get better.
HAPPY 09 FOLKS!
That was a typo. Happy 2010 everybody!
Originally posted Dec 6th 2009
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