As you all know I’ve been following the climate change and emissions trading scheme debate very closely. Earlier this year I travelled to the USA to consult widely with the Heartland Institute and they gave me a nifty graph to show to all my friends at Parliament. Nick Xzennophone asked if I made it myself in crayon but he shut his mouth quick smart after I showed him the quality of the laminate and the superb laser printing.
I like to make sure that I look at both sides of the story, and the ETS debate is no different. I’ve looked at the government’s side (anthropomorphic climate change is definitely real and we need an EMS right now) and the opposition’s side (anthrophomorphic climate change is possibly real and we might need an LMS some time in the short or medium term), but Family First’s side of the story is quite different again: anhtro antro antrhop man-made climate change is a myth and the PMS is completely unnecessary and will destroy man’s way of life.
But you wouldn’t believe the trouble I’ve had in getting my view heard! Penny Wong and Ian Macfarlane meet regularly to thrash out a version of the government Bill that the coalition might support, but the way they’ve dismissed Family First’s role in these crucial negotiations is a disgrace to Australian democracy. Imagine a democratically elected Senator being manhandled and ejected from meetings inside Parliament House! It’s not like they didn’t know I was coming; each time I’ve told Xzennophone to tell Barnaby to tell Macfarlane, and Xzennophone to tell Conroy to tell Wong.
Some nights I’ve been in tears at home, burning up with the indignity of the way the other MPs treat me. I tried telling David Hawker about the teasing and bullying but he didn’t seem to care. Even my son, when he got home from school the other day and found me on the lounge with Blanky, told me to “harden the fuck up”. I told him that’s not very Christian language but he just mumbled something about wishing he was adopted.
So when I heard some people this week start talking about a One World Government that might be formed in Copenhagen soon, I got very excited. Maybe I could run for election to a government that is kinder and more accepting. A government that is inclusive and considerate. A government that looks at all of my sides of the story. I mentioned to Susan that this new government will add significantly to the Pope’s workload given that he’s the head of the world, but Susan told me he’s only the head of the Catholic Church. And you could’ve blown me right there and then when Susan dropped the bombshell that the Pentecostal Church is not part of the Catholic Church so the Pope isn’t even the head of me! A lifetime of delusion, it seems.
Anyway, I’ve started doing some research into how one would go about running a campaign for the One World Government, and I’m trying to book a flight to the Hungarian capital to be at the centre of the action at its inception. Given that Australia is part of the world, and the One World Government will be the world’s boss, I will be able to have much more influence over Australia’s PMT policy from the OWG Parliament than from the chamber of Australia’s Senate.
Until next time.
does one have to berated at every turn to question the ETS or CPRS or whatever label it is?
If the government were seriouse about this issue
Wouldn’t they have a straight c02 tax
Wouldn’t they lay off of Turnbull whilst he tries to get his party behind negotiations.
Wouldn’t they supply uranium to India.
The ETS would seem to just give the finance industry a new toy to trade.
The auditors seem to be a dodgy lot….
according to a recent lowry poll climate change has fallen to a 7th order of priority for Australians. Couldn’t Rudd now for once take a tough decision and say carbon tax is a better and more honest answer than the proposed ETS….
More FSF!!!
peter hatch: if its the same poll I remember hearing so much about, it was a poll of foreign policy concerns. So looking at climate change through the filter of Australian’s foreign policy concerns does not mean it is 7th in our order of priorities, its 7th in our order of foreign policy priorities, which I think is a major difference.
It annoyed me greatly that most media coverage of the poll that I encountered fudged what it was about.
sexual lobster you are correct but if you look at the higher ranking priorities such as saving jobs,
and controlling illegal immigrants, and strenghtening the economy i wonder how many made this fine distinction…