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Friday September 3, 2010

What we're talking about

  • Wendy-Anne Sinclair on Hayden Sargent Hi I'd like to ask Hayden Sargent if he remembers my Aunt who is Carol Levy. At least I think that was her name. In the ... more
  • Meg on John De Groot Hi,Can you please tell me what is happening in NSW regarding estates in NSW being left to cousins in QLD? and what do you ... more
  • cathy marr on Daniel O'Donnell thank you for a great interview with daniel.i have followed daniel since he frist came out to aust.back in 1992 more
  • Let it hang on A bit of a mess Or is it a mess?The country continues to function with no government.Italy had a hung parliament for 18 months with no ... more
  • robert goodchild on Federer trick-shot Anna Bligh and her cronies Are screwing up Queensland.Is there any way at all to sack them.NOW more
  • Jennifer Nash on A bit of a mess Australia is a democracy once every three years, the rest of the time it is a parliamentary dictatorship (Robert Menzies). ... more
  • Ann Laidlaw on Daniel O'Donnell Great interview much appreciated.Many thanks for sharing.Take care God bless Ann Laidlaw (Producer & Presenter of the Daniel ... more
  • Gill on Organ Donation Who are you trying to kid Selfish? Have you personally had anything to do with the Organ Donation process? I doubt it. My ... more
  • R.Wallace on Richardson report Well, I like the idea proposed by one of the independents in a hung parliament- lets have a joint prime-ministership, with a ... more
  • Independence Day on Richardson report I hear that the 3 Independents are looking for an honest politician to support.LOL.I think that they may have to lower their ... more
  • Colene on Joe Hockey What a great interview. No wonder there has been no incessent rattle of how a vote for Abbott is a vote for Hockey. I ... more
  • Richard on Which way to sway? Balance of power should never be in the hands of minority groups...but this IS Australia. If you have been scewed over by a ... more
  • Jack on Connect with Greg Cary Did you know that the GREENS have a policy to bring back Death Duties. more
  • No thanks on Organ Donation I am convinced there is a strong link between political corruption and low organ donation. When you cannot trust government ... more
  • kaylene on Kitten torture case It is distgusting the soft penalites dished out to these cowardly people who commit these horrible crimes. It sickens me. ... more
  • Richard on Explaining the NBN Think about it please.I love high speed connection and smooth data flow as much as the next guy but just think about it.43 ... more
  • Jennifer Nash on The big question In 2008 Robert McClelland told us how great Kevin Rudd was and how he would introduce long overdue 21st century human rights ... more
  • Bella on The big question According to Richo then... Ms Gillard was only interested in a 2nd debate because she was behind in the polls and knows it. more
  • Norma Leatham on Explaining the NBN It seems to me there must be an alternative to becoming the worlds most up-to-date in internet technology. Why do we really ... more
  • Randall Wallace on Abbott in studio with Greg Cary For many years, elections have been decided by up to 10% swinging voters-and there is nothing the 90% strong voters who vote ... more

Churchill Quote

Posted by: 4bc.com.au | 1 September, 2009 - 1:53 PM
Winston Churchill.

"Government of the people by the people for the people has in many states proved a mere illusion. Democracy seems ready to yield up the tangible rights hard won in rugged centuries to party organisations, to leagues and societies or to dictatorships in various forms." Quote from a paper titled “Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem” delivered by Winston Churchill at the Romanes Lecture in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, June 19, 1930" _ Winston Churchill

Blog comments Your Say

  • I believe our Constitution makes no mention of political parties, but only of representatives for the people by the people. So why do we have political parties anyway, when they only represent the party interest and not the will of the people? “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty”
    Thomas Jefferson. We have three different governments, none of which represent the will of the people, and all of which deny us our right to political self determination under the ICCPR (1976) signed by Australia http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm Article 1 of the ICCPR states: 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.

    It is high time Australia starts abiding by the legally binding treaties it has signed decades ago. And it is high time we have the right to citizen initiated referenda like 1st world countries, because without the right to political self determination and CIR, we are definitely not free citizens and not living in a progressive democracy, where human rights and the rule of law is truly respected. Eventhough government spin always talks about "our great and vibrant democracy" - the reality of course is very different! The following article has more information on how Australia compares to the US, UK, Canada and N.Z. http://www.mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=616222 Australia`s lone stance against civil rights bill: how juristocracy enables this and blocks debate

    minime Friday 11 September, 2009 - 12:45 PM

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