Ideology V Reality V Actuality

Those who follow a religious creed like to believe in an ideology.

Those who follow the ALP are like a religious creed, they too like to believe in an ideology.

Those who follow the Liberals/Nationals coalition are not ideologues, but realists.

Take for example Ms Gillard's latest musings on education, disability and cost of electricity.

Education wise, a wish list has been placed on the agenda by the ALP, with no costings and no real way of changing things because education is not a Federal issue but a State responsibility. Ideology not reality.

Disability is another area that has not been costed properly, but is a wish of the ALP to "look after everyone". Again, no costings, ideology not reality.

Electricity, prices are rising, a reason is because States, under years of ALP governments, had money stripped away from power companies as special dividends to boost ALP state coffers. This money should have gone into infrastructure, but did not, so poles and wires are wearing and now need to be replaced. Ideology obviously went into this diversion of funds, ALP acolytes decided to spend the money elsewhere.Further to this, the Carbon Dioxide tax is causing prices to rise, ideology causing spiking in power costs.

Australians have a Federal election coming in the new year, I hope that actuality and reality outshine ideology, this is our only hope of not becoming a failed state, like Greece, Spain etc, and now possibly the USA.

Schoolies

Schoolies has come and gone, my daughter, 18, has returned from the Gold Coast unscathed, tired, but happy.

She went to Schoolies with a bunch of friends, had a great time and was safe at all times. This is because the law and order issues that are used in safe Australia are uncommon in other places. like Bali, Byron Bay. You get my drift.

Law and order, taken seriously in certain areas of Australia, keep people safe and happy. Go to Bali and expect to be victimised, picked on, hunted by others that are allowed to trawl the streets looking for victims. Drug sales are common in uncontrolled areas, unlike Surfers, where my daughter said no one tried to sell her drugs. Obviously the night clubs and bars sell alcohol, a drug, but do so under lawful terms.

Bali is a place out of control, anything goes as long as you part with your dollars, the secret as to why those out of control areas are popular with those that want to go outside legal mores. I am not a wowser, but do understand the issues with legal and illegal drugs, Surfers also understands this and encourages this as control is the issue.

The press has been full of stories about Bali, Byron, out of control toolies and drug usage.

My congratulations to Queensland for a safe controlled environment.