Penny Wong reveals why she betrayed Julia Gillard

Posted to Herald Sun (29/6/2013) on 29/6/2013 at 12:40 PM (not published by Newspaper)
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It is interesting to note that Penny Wong, former Finance Minister under the Gillard's government, has switched camp and landed in the position as the Leader of Senate. Penny Wong's survival is a very smart and strategic move by Kevin Rudd. Penny Wong is an Asian-born (Sabahian), lesbian female. She is the best tool for killing three birds (race, gay, gender) with one penny.

Recycled Rudd: Will he be better the second time around?

Posted to CNN (27/6/2013) on 27/6/2013 at 11:10 PM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/27/world/asia/australia-rudd/index.html

Liberal will win the next election, but Labor will put up a good contest under Kevin Rudd. The damage caused by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard will take time to heal.

There are several unfilled key positions, but under Kevin Rudd's wing is a team of inexperienced Gen Y MP's, due to resignations of the Julia Gillard's supporters and those sacked by Julia Gillard who supported Kevin Rudd in the previous showdown.

For Australia's sake, Labor must not win the election, or else Australia will enter an era of financial crisis. Not unlike Julia Gillard, both spent money like no tomorrow.

Kevin Rudd is the 26th and 28th Prime Minister. In his previous PM life, he demonstrated that he was a workaholic which earned him the title Kevin 24/7 with a management style dreaded by his staff. In fact, the PM office had extremely high staff turnover.

Kevin Rudd is a good communicator, but then talk is cheap. He has many Twitter followers, and speaks Mandarin very fluently. His smiling baby face is likeable especially adored by seniors, but this is a facade of "hiding a knife behind the smiling face" (36 Stratagems).

Fixed carbon pricing may be the first item thrown out of Julia Gillard's window and replaced by emission trading scheme (ETS), a more unethical way to reduce carbon emission. This is one of the tactic known in the 36 stratagems as "kill with a borrowed knife".

Gonski funding model for schools seems like a fair system, but it will not fix the real problems. Billions of dollars will be misused by schools and principals, not dissimilar to some of the Labor government funded projects. The core problem must be tackled, and the education system must undergo a complete revamping from early childhood learning to tertiary education.

It is interesting to note that Penny Wong, former Finance Minister under the Gillard's government, has switched camp and landed in the position as the Leader of Senate. Penny Wong's survival is a very smart and strategic move by Kevin Rudd. Penny Wong is an Asian-born (Sabahian), lesbian female. She is the best tool for killing three birds (race, gay, gender) with one penny.

After historic court rulings, what's next for gay rights movement?

Posted to CNN (26/6/2013) on 26/6/2013 at 11:33 PM
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I believe same gender marriage is NOT about equality or the right of individuals. Change of definition of the word marriage is not just a political matter, or legal matter. It affects the moral fibre, cultural, societal and family structures, which can be damaged beyond repair.

The argument to the nth degree will be marriage between siblings from the same biological parents, father with daughter or mother with son. To continue further with the argument, father with son, and mother with daughter. If a parent marries a child and the female bears a child, is the child the grandchild or the child of the senior partner?

Rules are human-made (just for political correctness) and morality is human-defined. Obviously, these can all be changed if so desire. The questions need to be asked are "should this be changed", "what can this lead to", and "where is the boundary".

Explicit emails a reminder some in army still don't get reform

Posted to The Age (14/6/2013) on 14/6/2013 at 12:17PM
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What is lacking in today's society is RESPECT. Many young children are not shown or taught to respect their own body, people including parents, properties, nature, etc. Use of foul language and unacceptable behaviour at home, in public or workplace, and over cyberspace are tolerated in the name of rights and free speech and expression.

There are many whingers who talk but do not take action. Some turn a deaf ear, and pretend not to hear the evil of human animalistic hooliganism. There remains the people who wear blinkers and refuse to open their eyes to face the reality of moral deterioration.

In the real natural world, from the lowest form of organisms to human beings, survival of the fittest rules. We cannot hide behind something or someone to protect us all the time. We need to defend ourselves. How did any one race become more superior than the others? Since when did male become exploiters and female being exploited, and why did these start?

Discrimination by race, gender, beliefs, etc, cannot be eradicated no matter how hard we try, because every individual is different and has own value. Collective protection is far from ideal when immediate action is needed to stop advancement from scums of the society.

Learn to defend and standup for yourself before things happen. If defeated, speak out or report to internal or external authorities.