Bring The Salt
Government
I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government.
A national government is the leading body of a nation.
In our country the government is made up of representatives elected by the eligible voting members of the citizenry.
Via legislation this body sets the policy and strategy of how the nation is to attain its goals.
The responsibility of a national government is to preserve, protect, defend and enhance the
life,
liberty,
freedom,
health,
individual and collective assets,
quality of life and
prosperity
of its citizens and the
flora,
fauna and
environment (air, above and below ground water, land and sea quality)
from threats both external and internal.
To ensure this it must also promote the stability and security of its neighbouring governments.
If a government is not doing the above it is not doing its job. It is betraying the trust of its people. It is in treason. And needs to be replaced.
Everywhere you turn you can see instances of and the results of our present government not doing its job.
It is well past time for a change from the status quo.
How far removed from that ideal purpose are the actions of the Greens, Labor, Liberals and Nationals?
Here is something you can do towards that. Support the establishment of a federal anti-corruption watchdog.
Establish A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog Now
Australia
Please read and understand that this post is not some demented crazy, or a business owner wordsmithing for a Public Relation boost to their business. This is a hertfelt plea from a decent citizen, desiring and deserving better then what we, they, you and me, are getting.
If you agree we deserve better, put aside any fear of ridicule from those who do not see the big picture and contribute to the motin. Share the hell out of this and other posts, sign petitions calling the government to do the right thing, and vote out of office the miscreants until we again have a country of which we can be proud!
I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government.
Angela Dekovic-Krautman wrote:
We used to be a wonderful caring country.
I was proud to be Australian.
I always strived to be kind and help people.
I felt I was a good ambassador for our country when travelling overseas.
This last year, I have watched this country go down the gurgler. ( It’s actually been happening for a while but I have been too complacent to see it.)
We the public have always felt safe in the knowledge that our government was looking after us.
This has created a kind of apathy in us.
We took our eye off the ball and now we are paying for it.
I hate what self righteous and self serving politicians are doing to this country!
They’re not thinking of the Australian people.
They’re only interested in lining their own and their mates pockets (American style).
They are creating division between us.
Pitting different cultures, religions and socioeconomic groups against each other instead of working as one.
Belittling our First nations people, farmers, working people, men, women and children in untenable domestic violence situations, the sick, the disabled and those that are struggling and can’t cope within our society.
Treating scared and desperate people so appallingly that they’ve started killing themselves.
Trying to gag public servants, doctors, members of the public and the media from exposing the government’s illegal and immoral activities and behaviour.
Giving police the power to strip search young people behind a screen on railway platforms and other public places.
This government are using the police force to keep us inline as a kind of army.
They a slowly stripping us of our human rights like some Orwellian novel.
Wake up people and fight for what is right!
This public announcement was brought to you by one pissed off hard working and caring Australian who has had enough!
Breast Milk
Not nearly enough people know about this mind-blowing characteristic of breast milk: It changes daily based on signals from the baby.
To produce breast milk, mothers melt their own body fat. Are you with me? We literally dissolve parts of ourselves, starting with gluteal-femoral fat, aka our butts, and turn it into liquid to feed our babies.
Before and after giving birth to my daughter 10 months ago, I was inundated with urgent directives from well-meaning, very insistent health practitioners, parenting book authors, mommy bloggers, journalists, and opinionated strangers that “breast is best.” The message was clear: In order to be a good mom, I had to breast-feed.
But breast-feeding is more than being a good mom. And breast milk is much more than food: It’s potent medicine and, simultaneously, a powerful medium of communication between mothers and their babies. It’s astonishing. And it should be—the recipe for mother’s milk is one that female bodies have been developing for 300 million years.
Breast-feeding leads to better overall health outcomes for children, which is why the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that babies be exclusively breast-fed for a minimum of six months.
Those outcomes, though, are relative: A premature infant in the neonatal intensive-care unit or a baby growing up in a rural African village with a high rate of infectious disease and no access to clean water will benefit significantly more from breast milk over artificial milk, called formula, than a healthy, full-term baby born in a modern Seattle hospital.
We’re also told that breast-feeding leads to babies with higher IQs and lower rates of childhood obesity than their formula-fed counterparts. I understand why people find this appealing, but I don’t plan to raise my daughter to understand intelligence in terms of a single test score, or to measure health and beauty by body mass index.
More compelling to me are the straightforward facts about breast milk: It contains all the vitamins and nutrients a baby needs in the first six months of life (breast-fed babies don’t even need to drink water, milk provides all the necessary hydration), and it has many germ- and disease-fighting substances that help protect a baby from illness. Oh, also: The nutritional and immunological components of breast milk change every day, according to the specific, individual needs of a baby. Yes, that’s right, and I will explain how it works in a minute. Not nearly enough information is provided by doctors, lactation counselors, or the internet about this mind-blowing characteristic of milk.
Citizens’ Biggest Mistake
Fortunately my mum taught me this lesson 53 years ago. Just because someone is in authority does not mean they know best.
Always Be Kind
The easiest principle. Not as easy to apply but the easiest principle to remember.
Caring For The Planet
Be True To What You Observe
Pharmaceutical industry donates millions to both Australian political parties
Here’s the problem. A bought and paid for government! This is why vaccines are mandated despite their lack of efficacy and the harm they do. We need to ban corporate donations to political parties.
US Budget Deal – More Fiscal Insanity!
