tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post3193703203705652167..comments2024-03-28T18:00:30.747-07:00Comments on Where the Wild Things Were: Where have all the good guys gone?Lydia C. Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-82758075589960737072014-05-18T23:31:45.337-07:002014-05-18T23:31:45.337-07:00Great post...I would love to know where they have ...Great post...I would love to know where they have gone too. Our political situation has been a joke to the world for years. I will be affected by the budget but its the retirement age that gets my goat the most...maybe those who get age pensions should only be those who have paid tax...you get out what you put in, fair system I reckon :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839024984118135715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-50205331479597473042014-05-18T18:33:48.536-07:002014-05-18T18:33:48.536-07:00I would think having doctors more accessible to th...I would think having doctors more accessible to those in need is more important than sending chaplains to schools. Like you said if you want your kids to go to a religious school you send them to one. Im just hoping some of the changes put forward are blocked in the senate.Finding Myself Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214517047937382835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-60188789096016447742014-05-18T18:30:51.334-07:002014-05-18T18:30:51.334-07:00It is a very sad day when Australia has lost its v...It is a very sad day when Australia has lost its values over a budget emergency we are not actually having. I am holding out hope that none of these crazy ideas make it through the Senate and that order can be restored.<br />One of the saddest things I ever saw was a homeless man of around 30 in San Francisco. He was begging to afford his chemotherapy. He was grey, terribly thin and looked like he was on his death bed in the street - surrounded by wealth in a first world country. The memory has always haunted me. (It was one of the last sights I saw before I taxied to the airport to come home.) A man forgotten by his government.<br />These budget changes affect me in many ways and my children even more so. I am feeling a sense of panic at the thought of the future my children are inheriting from these proposals.<br />I may just have witnessed Australia's future at the time. Six Little Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387889788389322969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-4328425674637009012014-05-18T17:45:27.744-07:002014-05-18T17:45:27.744-07:00We will be effected by this budget, but in all hon...We will be effected by this budget, but in all honesty, I am sticking my head in the sand. It scares me to think of how much worst off we could become.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638559657208851106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-80472454727226645552014-05-18T14:37:34.186-07:002014-05-18T14:37:34.186-07:00I am saddened too at how the budget hits vulnerabl...I am saddened too at how the budget hits vulnerable people. What a kick in the guts for the elderly, who have paid their dues to the government already. I'd like to question the chaplain policy too. Maybe mental health/social workers would be a better option. One Mother Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928028285580684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-8169149084078621272014-05-17T22:07:13.305-07:002014-05-17T22:07:13.305-07:00But that's only 16,666 beers....But that's only 16,666 beers....Lydia C. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-7166576287127763082014-05-17T21:54:15.619-07:002014-05-17T21:54:15.619-07:00I'm quite disgusted at just how completely thi...I'm quite disgusted at just how completely this budget is ditching the people who can least look after themselves. <br />Lovely to see that Mr. Hockey has just spent $50,000 on one single dinner to impress a group of foreign diplomats!Lisa @ Random Acts Of Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12184086300616623784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-10174960341884843092014-05-16T14:27:15.200-07:002014-05-16T14:27:15.200-07:00I am personally scared ...I am personally scared ...Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886017636780724635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-42470739705739372232014-05-16T03:24:29.022-07:002014-05-16T03:24:29.022-07:00Very well handled post.
I count myself lucky tha...Very well handled post. <br />I count myself lucky that as I am only a permenant resident I do not have to vote. I couldn't bring myself to vote for any of them, except perhaps the pirate party. <br />So the government funds chaplains but the parents have to supply tissues and paper towels?? <br />On a lighter note I really hope my video shop has veep, that is one show I would love to see!!annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771839779749239686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-42459261349006979782014-05-15T23:13:15.378-07:002014-05-15T23:13:15.378-07:00Those were very similar reactions to the ones I ha...Those were very similar reactions to the ones I had. We seem to be losing the plot a bit. Just so you know though... I work at a Catholic school with a chaplain and (speaking from what I've seen) chaplains would never counsel a student who'd become pregnant. As far as I know they don't do any official 'counselling'. That's really up to a qualified psychologist or guidance counsellor. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174682655234764319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-49803435691604696112014-05-15T20:02:46.515-07:002014-05-15T20:02:46.515-07:00Gee, now he's mucking around our religious bel...Gee, now he's mucking around our religious beliefs. The choices for parents in religious education and schools for children is hard and expensive enough as it is. Now we get a chaplain whether we like it or not. Gah. <br />Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191888392393911765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-75221513587259476472014-05-15T18:48:32.817-07:002014-05-15T18:48:32.817-07:00Totally agree with you. Its like the government is...Totally agree with you. Its like the government is forcing the public to be counselled with a religion chosen by the PM! As you say, parents have chosen to NOT send their children to a religious school for a reason. Here's a scenario they might have not thought of (or maybe the PM has...). What if a student has become pregnant, the chaplain HAS TO counsel according to Catholic guidelines, all without any regard to the families' beliefs. It befuddles me.Becci Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318081753954844803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-63941906948812489212014-05-15T16:17:07.975-07:002014-05-15T16:17:07.975-07:00I did ask Mr Abbott is he believed one faith fits ...I did ask Mr Abbott is he believed one faith fits all but he didn't reply...look forward to reading your post!!Lydia C. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-90564562701022597552014-05-15T14:40:38.143-07:002014-05-15T14:40:38.143-07:00If I wrote my true feelings about the school chapl...If I wrote my true feelings about the school chaplains you would have to delete it. I think I should write my own post about these issues. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119733539095505639.post-69279074757668898432014-05-14T17:16:28.171-07:002014-05-14T17:16:28.171-07:00I totally agree with this post. Things have certa...I totally agree with this post. Things have certainly changed since we arrived here in January 2000 - and not in a good way.<br />Have the best day !<br />Me xoxMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520543769631877571noreply@blogger.com