In the past few weeks I have posted two pieces on what could loosely be called social engineering. The first was titled: You’re Being Manipulated – Believe Me http://theaimn.com/2013/11/15/youre-being-manipulated-believe-me/ The second was titled: Political Lies and Who Tells Them. http://theaimn.com/2013/11/30/political-lies-and-who-tells-them/… Read More ›
Christopher Pyne is the second youngest MP ever elected to the House of Representatives. He is also arguably the most disliked. No one has been expelled from the Chamber for unruly behaviour more times than Pyne. Offense comes as naturally… Read More ›
“In response to growing demands on the state’s prison system, the Victorian Coalition Government will bring forward the expansion of Victoria’s newest prison, Premier Denis Napthine announced today. Dr Napthine said the new medium security male prison, to be built… Read More ›
“We are going to keep the promise that we made, not the promise that some people thought we made or the promise that some people would like us to make, we are going to keep the promise that we actually… Read More ›
The issue of truth featured largely in the recent election. We the voters were often left to decide who was and who wasn’t telling the truth. Or who was telling more or less of it. So what is a lie?… Read More ›
Editor’s note. Last week, with my permission John Lord published a letter from Morrie Moneyworthy. It is fair to say that it drew a number of derogatory remarks. Again in the interest of balance I thought we should give Morrie… Read More ›
We’re Liberal – With The Truth! Ok, it’s time for some balance on The AIMN. There have been far too many anti-Government posts and I’m taking it upon myself to defend the actions of Abbott and company. Let’s start with… Read More ›
text of image: Sam Seaborn: Education is everything. We don’t need little changes, we need gigantic, monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. Schools should be… Read More ›
AND ANOTHER THOUGHT Every day on my Facebook page I post (usually in the form of a quotation) a “THOUGHT FOR TODAY” and more often than not I follow up with “AND ANOTHER THOUGHT” which is usually political. Here is… Read More ›
I received a letter from a Facebook acquaintance. His name is Morrie and he lives in the exclusive Melbourne suburb of Malvern. He doesn’t have a very high opinion of me or this blog. He dared me to publish his… Read More ›
“Purposeful manipulative social change without a common good caveat is a form of social evil” It seems to me that in my lifetime a lot of things have changed. But then change is one of the constant certainties of life…. Read More ›
“We dislike and resist change in the foolish assumption that we can make permanent that which makes us feel secure. Yet change is in fact part of the very fabric of our existence” The ACT yesterday passed legalisation to allow… Read More ›
In the aftermath of the 2013 Australian election, I spoke to a variety of my friends and colleagues about the core issues that motivated my voting intention. Chief amongst these was the issue of climate change, and the various parties’… Read More ›
Education in Australia, emulating principles established in Mother England has always been class based, and at times deliberately advanced as a method of social control; to keep the lower classes in their place while providing confirmation of the status of… Read More ›
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