Beatles’ ode to John Howard 27 Nov 2007 This is kicking a man when he’s down, but the iPod popped this up to me last night, and I thought how appropriate it is to the election outcome: I’m looking through you Where did you go I thought I knew you What did I know You don’t look different But you have changed I’m looking through you You’re not the same Your lips are moving I cannot hear You voice is soothing But the words aren’t clear You don’t sound different I’ve learned the game I’m looking through you You’re not the same Why, tell me why Did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit Of disappearing overnight You’re thinking of me The same old way You were above me But not today The only difference Is you’re down there I’m looking though you And you’re nowhere Why, tell me why Did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit Of disappearing overnight I’m looking through you Where did you go I thought I knew you What did I know You don’t look different But you have changed I’m looking through you You’re not the same Yeah, Oh, baby you’ve changed Aah, I’m looking through you Yeah, I’m looking through you You’ve changed, you’ve changed You’ve changed, you’ve changed Politics
Politics What do Americans want from a leader? 27 Oct 200818 Sep 2017 Well, anyone, really, not just Americans. My question arises from the somewhat breathless attitude taken towards Obama. While I think he is an admirable guy, and I have done so for a time now, I wonder what people expect him to be able to achieve? What is the minimum a… Read More
Censorship Join the Pirate Party now! 17 Jun 2009 As Pastafarians know, global warming is inversely related to the number of pirates in the world. But slightly more seriously, the Pirate Party in Sweden has gained a seat in the EU Parliament. They stand against the encroachment on individual privacy by the increasingly draconian Intellectual Property activists of industry…. Read More
Philosophy Arendt and Heidegger – moral failures? 31 Oct 2009 Slate has an essay on Arendt and Heidegger by Ron Rosenbaum that suggests they never really disavowed or freed themselves from fascist ideology. Worth a read. Read More
You wanna hear something weird? Because of the Chasers, your post makes perfect sense to me even though I’m from Israel. I think by now I know more about aussie politics than most aussies. How freakish is that?
That election should have been Howard’s to lose. a decade and a half of steady economic growth but all I ever heard about was John Howard’s chain of dubious stupidities. I know more about Aussie politics than I do about Vermont politics, but probably only because my governor blunders less.