video

anyone heard of the new carbon tax?

well this is a video mainly of Penny Wong (I think) saying she doesn't think the carbon tax is the best thing and it also has Julia Gillard saying that there would be no carbon tax while she was in government.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KVBwKU7B8&feature=watch_response

aaaand I'm going to bed.  cause I am fully dropping of my chair :)

hope everyone has an AMAZING weekend!!!

love Rachael 

I feel smart!!

maybe I should have known this but I only got it figured it out today. soo... *takes deep breath*

Paul Green isn't standing for the senate at all. he's standing for the legislative counsil and Bethany Camac isn't standing as his local representative thingy she's standing as a local candidate for the legislative assembly!!!


what all that means is, the legislative assembly proposes the bills and the legislative counsil passes or rejects the bill. 

AREN'T I CLEVER??? :D   ok so I'm not really but that's pretty cool right???

so here's a bit about Beth and umm..... just forget about what I said about the picture.  I hate my computer sometime.

A few policies:
If elected, Bethany will fight to:- 
1) Support the interests of small business and industry.
2) Tackle the challenge of youth unemployment.
3) Resist damming or diversion of the Clarence River.
4) Fast-track the building of a second bridge over the Clarence River.
5) Get a full-time community legal centre in Grafton.

basic bio:
"Bethany was born and raised in the Northern Rivers before moving to Sydney for further studies and work. She returned to “home turf” in 2005, and since 2009 has been Human Resources Manager for one of the Clarence Valley’s largest employers. Every day, she experiences the issues facing local businesses and primary industry in this region.

As a founding member of the recently formed Grafton Branch of the CDP, Bethany believes that integrity in politics is something that is still possible and must be pursued."

 

short one tonight.  hope it wasn't too boring :P   Hopefully after the election I will be writing about national politics more again. 

hope y'all have a wonderful weekend. 

Love Rachael :)

Election

ok so I really should be doing homework but I just looked at this blog for the first time and they posted about my blog (!!!!!!!)  and its things like that and friends that say really encouraging things to me, that keep me wanting to go to uni to study political science and journalism so I can become a politician (and have political journalism to fall back on if I want to) and stand up for Christ.  And hopefully become known as one of the few politicians that actually keep their promises.

So I'm going to do a real quick post about my favorite topic of conversation right now.  THE STATE ELECTION!!!!   this is a really importnat election for the Christian Democratic party because (basically) if this guy called Paul Green doesn't get elected to the senate.  the Greens will hold the balance of power in the senate.  does everybody know what that means? good, I didn't think so.  (my apologies to all those other homeschooling, politics-loving weird people out there)  it means that in Australia - the Land of the Holy Spirit - gay marriage will be legalized.  abortion will be legalized (in the states where it isn't already)  euthanasia will be legalized.  this party is NOT all about the environment.  they are communist.  there's a text in the Bible that says, KJV "righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is the reproach of any people"   Labor already owe the Greens for giving Labor their Preferences at the last election. 

aaand I need to stop typing cause my mum's home from a farmers meeting with our candidate. 

Candidate:  there's this really amazing woman called Bethany Camac who is standing as the local candidate for Clarence.  she needs lots of prayer and if you are in the Clarence electorate she needs your vote (or your family's if your not old enough to vote)  because she belongs to the ONLY party in parliament that upholds Christian values.  so please pray for Bethany, pray for Paul Green that he gets elected, and pray for the Coffs Harbour candidate Debra Lions because she has worked really hard and she's had to push through so many walls and stupid people and lack of support and opposition from Satan BUT SHE'S STILL GOING!!  and next post in which i shall extoll the virtues of Debra Lions more fully I shall have pictures of both candidates and Paul Green :)

in much tiredness. from the heart,

Rachael :)

thank you to anybody who reads my blog.  and I really do mean it.

Random

ok I really want to blog just to let you all know I'm still alive.....  but I am too dead tired to blog about something really in depth and I can't think of anything political that can be blogged about quickly. 

having just said that, what does everyone think of Julia Gillard's flood levy?  for those of you who don't know what that is its basically Julia saying that even though a heap of Australians have already donated millions of dollars toward the flood clean up (all of that money going to the Government mind you.  Not the people with mud all through their homes) their donations aren't good enough so she's gonna slap 'em with a tax as well.  but that's a slightly biased view of it.  just to be fair here is a few bits and pieces from an email I received from her.  (don't ask me what I'm doing on her mailing list)

"I know Australians will understand some difficult decisions have to be made so I want you to hear about them directly from me. This is my plan for Australia to fight back after the floods and it will be presented to the Parliament this week.

First, we are giving money directly to people who have been hit by the floods. We’ve already helped out half a million Australians with this cash.  

Second, we will pay for up to three quarters of the work done by State Governments to rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure – like roads and railways. This is vital for long-term recovery.  

And third, I’ve also made some important decisions so we can do all this work and bring the Budget back to surplus on time."

she then craps goes, on a bit about how committed she is to returning the budget to surplus.... blah blah blah.....

"That's why, to fund rebuilding after the floods, I've cut back on many spending programs and also announced a one-off, one year levy starting on 1 July.

The levy is designed to be fair. Sixty per cent of taxpayers will contribute less than $1 extra per week.

Importantly, this levy is completely separate from donations. Donations are helping victims in their time of need. This levy will be helping to rebuild things like roads, bridges and ports.

My plan is in the national interest. It is the best way to fight back from the floods."

so I think the last sentence is saying something along the lines of, "I've wasted all you taxpayers money but I can't tell you that so I'm going to put a one year tax in place using the floods as an excuse so I can fix up a couple of roads round the place and look good for the media."  please pardon my sarcasm tonight, Its been a long week and I'm really tired. 

and what does everyone think of this website?  

do you agree, disagree, not care, think its partly right?

drop me a comment and I'll get back to you before next year :D

yes this blog is in all different fonts,  its just cause I'm clever.

and I promise my next post will be better organised.

Rudd vs Darcy

ok so this was written back in 2009 when good ol' Kev still had Jules as his faithful deputy Prime Minister. I just thought this was kinda funny.  And a pretty big insult to Mr Darcy too!! poor guy :P hope everyone has a good week :)

Article taken from Sydney Morning herald.

Imagine Prime Minister Kevin Rudd emerging dripping wet out of Lake Burley Griffin, channelling Colin Firth's sexy portrayal of Mr Darcy in the BBC series of Pride and Prejudice.

It might be hard to imagine, but in an interview with The Australian Women's Weekly, his wife Therese Rein has likened her courtship with Mr Rudd to Jane Austen's 1813 literary classic.

The pair met in 1976 while studying at the Australian National University in Canberra.

 

Ms Rein says that Mr Rudd played Mr Darcy to her Elizabeth Bennet.

"We disagreed on everything," Ms Rein told the magazine.

"It was in the best traditions of Jane Austen. Actually, it was very Pride and Prejudice."

The self-made millionaire and mother-of-three says the pair enjoyed much fiery and flirtatious banter before Mr Rudd eventually won her heart.

"We would get into these heated debates about politics, philosophy, films, the meaning of life," she says.

"And, eventually, he asked me out."

The couple were married in 1981.

Ms Rein says life imitated art.

"We came from very different backgrounds and yet we were so very similar," she says.

One wonders if Mr Rudd mentioned "detailed programmatic specificity" while whispering sweet nothings to his university sweetheart.

And no doubt the Mr Darcy reference will prove interesting fodder for parliamentary question time - much has been made by the Opposition about the Prime Minister's alleged arrogance.

sweet dreams, Love Rachel

first post :)

Welcome to my blog all those who aren't totally bored by politics from a teenage perspective!

not everything will be politics and anything I put down is my own personal view!!!  usually backed by facts.

just so you know what perspective I'll be blogging from, I am a Christian so I don't support the labour party, the greens or the Sex Party.  I do support Liberals, Nationals and Christian Democratic Party.

If anything I say on this blog is any ways offensive to you for any reason,,,, I am very sorry!!  I am not writing this blog to make enemies I'm just writing my personal opinions.  If you don't like them, then don't bother reading this blog!!  If you don't like what I'm saying feel free to drop me a comment or a line on twitter  and I'll be happy to talk.

Love Rachael