~ Pondering the Queensland State Elections 2012 ~ In Retrospect

 

 Pondering the Queensland Election 2012 in retrospect.

Or should that read;

'Idealistically 

one would be more realistic 

being pragmatically cynical'

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Ecuador grants asylum and diplomatic rights to Julian Assange

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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman touts Magnetic Island to host Australia's next Olympic Games!

Oops! That should read, "Queensland Premier Campbell Newman touts Brisbane as Australia's next Olympic Games host city, but not yet" Not Magnetic Island. Forgive us here at farcebook.

So the truth is out! the News Limited site (14 Aug 2012) exposes the focus of LNP Premier Campbell Newman push to rob us blind. He wants our gold to get Olympic gold - for Brisbane.

Premier Campbell Newman wants Olympic Gold

It seems that Premier Campbell Newman, Queensland's version of the wicked evil Sheriff of Nottingham, is intent on frittering away, in 2012 dollars, A$3 billion of public consumption resources, your money, that  have to be redirected from elsewhere. Just to give the south east corner of Queensland a bit of PR with a momentary cash flow for Brisbane & the Gold Coast. Goodness knows how much inflation, CPI and the continuing mismanagement of  Queensland's economic basis will add to the costs between now and then.

The income from the Sydney games was US$1.765 Billion around A$2 billion.

Well what's in it for us, the true Queenslanders? Let's look at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the impact on the NSW economy.

In 2002, the Auditor-General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost A$6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between A$1.7 and A$2.4 billion.

It has been estimated that the economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that A$2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit and in the years after 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development is not realised as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture is that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere: the building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games: "Equestrian centres, softball compounds and man-made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function."In the years after the games, infrastructure issues have been of growing concern to citizens, especially those in the western suburbs of Sydney. Proposed rail links to Sydney's west have been estimated to cost in the same order of magnitude as the public expenditure on the games. Sources Auditor-General’s Report to Parliament 2002 Volume Two , Wikipedia

"Ok", you say, we really didn't need all those thousands of public servants and others. Fine, perhaps we didn't need them. (consider this; Are the majority of the sacked people workers or management?) But as far as the evil sheriff Campbell Newman is concerned the federal government will have to bear the brunt of the cost of supporting 10s thousands of unemployed. Not Queensland. Hullo!

Whose taxes, fees charges pay for Social Security? One could bet it won't be a 'sheriff' politician or some incompetent bureaucracies management.

And why should your natural resources, government owned corporations and  infrastructure be sold off? To fix the blackhole from the previous government! you say. Rubbish.

Using cost of the Sydney games as basis allowing for inflation and CPI projections the estimated bill just for hosting the games may well be in excess of A$9 billion.

Of this estimated A$9 billion the allocation of funds from the public purse, your money, with inflation and CPI could well be A$4 - $6 billion. for the future South East Queensland Olympics.


How much will the SE corner of Queensland expect to make from the games? It had better be better than the  income from the Sydney games of US$1.765 Billion around A$2 billion for Sydney's investment of A$6.6billion.

So we ask the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (really Brisbane) 

Why fill one financial black hole to create another?

Why should we pay for you and your LNP whimsies?

Go for gold Premier but don't use ours to get it!

You and your LNP government are no better that those who went before.

When you finish the 'have nots', the battler will be worse off.

Magnetic Island Shows Support for Julian Assange - Picnic Bay 4pm Sunday 12 August 2012

Join us this Sunday, 12th August from 4pm, on Magnetic Island 

show your support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with a Picnic at Picnic Bay.   

Image courtesy Magnetic Times

The farcebook-team proudly supports the Magnetic Times initiative to show our support for one of our own.

"It’s a fun and, we think, a very Magnetic Island way to support a former Islander who is risking his life to make a more open, transparent and accountable world. We are talking about the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who lived on Magnetic as a boy and spent much of his time, with his mum, Christine, on beautiful Picnic Bay beach.

This Sunday, 12 August 2012 from 4pm, Magnetic Times will be devouring a little cake and a cup of tea with friends at the Surf Lifesaving Club end of the beach to celebrate the achievements of Julian Assange and have a group photo taken to show our support. Of course, as an open public place, all who may wish to join us will be very welcome." (Magnetic Times August 8th 2012)

          Find out more at Magnetic Times and.. 

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Campbell Newman. You're Sacked! It's the 'Golden Rule'

Campbell Newman. You're Sacked! It's the 'Golden Rule'. 

Wishful thinking.

Whether Newman and his cohorts believe in the Golden Rule is debatable. There is no way we can sack them. The actions of the 'Can Do' Team clearly states that they know as voters we have to wait 3years or so to have our say - at the ballot box. Meanwhile, one could be forgiven for assuming that, in regard to democratic government in Queensland, the LNP ethos is this;

"Let us just say, We believe that we, the LNP as a democratic government 

should always Bite the hand that feeds us!

And that if the battler, the voters who put us in power,don't like it?

Tough! They don't realise how hard it is to ensure that,

 "-the iron ungodly hand of
class distinction has settled surely down upon Australian
society--Australia's democracy is only a tradition of the past."

Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career

They should feel sorry for us. We, the Qld LNP MPs are Queenslanders too, battlers like them, who share the same burdens they have to bear. Burdens like, job insecurity, low wages, and salaries, skyrocketing prices, a bureaucracy gone mad, having our resources and infrastructure sold or ripped off, our natural environment raped and pillaged and diminishing help for the sick and disabled. It's not our fault. We are the good guys!

The voters just have to accept that we know what is best for Queensland - class distinction - Us and them. It is the only way to make our form of democracy viable for the top end of town and thereby get our economy back on it's feet and keep us, the LNP, in power."

Name and details provided but withheld from publication at the request of the contributor

Megalomania - The Quintessential Characteristic of a Democratic Premier

What is the Quintessential Characteristic of a 'Democratic' Premier as currently demonstrated in Queensland?

Premier Campbell Newman

 

Premier Campbell Newman

A truly ethical politician exemplifying his and his party's commitment to democratic government

The South African publication Business Day suggests that,

'Megalomaniacs abound in politics/medicine/finance- experts say disproportionate numbers of pathological narcissists are at work in the most influential reaches of society such as medicine, finance and politics'

'Megalomania is a psycho-pathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence. 'Megalomania is characterized by an inflated sense of self-esteem and overestimation by persons of their powers and beliefs''.
 I. B. Weiner/W. E. Craighead, The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology: Vol III (2010) p. 977


'The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the *great men of history.'
Bertrand Russell

Based on performance so far one could be forgiven for thinking that Queensland's latest megalomaniac is a diabolical reincarnation of the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Brisvegas).

* GREAT (adjective)  relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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London Olympic Highlights ~ Flying Great White rips arm off diver

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WTF! A flying great white rips arm off diver.