tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post85492815286307828..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the Caterists deplore welfare but how about two cheers for a grants-based culture ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-18360626503072872602016-09-28T08:33:39.641+10:002016-09-28T08:33:39.641+10:00Yeah, whenever I go for my 'free read' of ...Yeah, whenever I go for my 'free read' of the reptile press with my morning coffee, hardly any of the cafes have an Australian - just one, in fact. Lots of Hairoiled Scums - so I never miss out on my Bolter and the appalling H-S cartoons and my regular dose of Rite the Panhandler - and even a Fairfax Age or two. But only 1 has an Australian (and it's the furthest away and least visited that I frequent).<br /><br />So I have to rely on DP completely for all those lovely reptiles. And I guess she provides an "elegant sufficiency" ... or more.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62872288308759203102016-09-27T18:15:50.591+10:002016-09-27T18:15:50.591+10:00I do a tad of consultancy here and there, and one ...I do a tad of consultancy here and there, and one of the big coprorates I call on has the usual panoply of papers arrayed on the reception coffee table. I like a bit of a sit and a read while waiting for my client, however recently, no Oz! The Oz was my favourite, I liked that day of the month where I could read an actual copy, then capmpre notes with DP that afternoon. I asked the sweet young thing behind the alter what the deal was - she said, "no one reads it" But I do!mattoxicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12496027492185815652016-09-27T15:31:04.253+10:002016-09-27T15:31:04.253+10:00There is exactly the same slogan above the gate at...There is exactly the same slogan above the gate at the Dachau Concentration Camp, I understand.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15380630629286843402016-09-27T15:05:20.258+10:002016-09-27T15:05:20.258+10:00Isn't there a similar slogan above an old conc...Isn't there a similar slogan above an old concentration camp in Germany? Flyingdale Flyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271374090750981518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-13884520709701650662016-09-27T15:05:05.870+10:002016-09-27T15:05:05.870+10:00Isn't there a similar slogan above an old conc...Isn't there a similar slogan above an old concentration camp in Germany? Flyingdale Flyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271374090750981518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-31962989631931737762016-09-27T14:34:01.664+10:002016-09-27T14:34:01.664+10:00The "dignity of work?
Tell that to the 50 mil...The "dignity of work?<br />Tell that to the 50 million or more slave workers in the world, or all of those who work (slave) in the sweatshops of China and South East Asia. Or to those who work on time-managed production lines in the more prosperous parts of the world.<br />Never mind too that the majority of workers in the Western world essentially loathe their soul and health destroying jobs.<br />Tell that to the millions of slaves who were literally worked and/or flogged to death in the America's especially in the "freedom"-loving USA.<br /><br />Never mind too that it was because of the then power of the unions that many blue collared workers in the Western world were able to find any dignity in their work. This was especially the case in the USA. But all of that was systematically abolished beginning with "saint" Ronny Reagan - the great con-man<br /><br />And of course the sign on the gate of Auschwitz - "work makes one free"<br /><br />The smug little saint Nick obviously belongs to or is a preacher for the mindset described by Sharon Beder in her books Selling the Work Ethic - From Puritan Pulpit To Corporate PR and Suiting Themselves How Corporations Drive The Global Agenda<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com