

Athletes are usually finished by their forties. Blue collar workers look to management positions as they slow down in their fifties. White collar workers go to 67 or, in the case of judges, 75 or so. Writers don't tend to peak until they are in their thirties and they tend to keep their gift until the end. Barry Spurr still has much to offer. But Spurr's career, stellar, has been curtailed by an ancient curse. Not that he is conservative, but that he is seen as being one. And it highlights something that needs to be addressed. Australia is blessed with a tradition of free speech, but her institutions are being nobbled because the reality is Australia does not have free speech.
As Spurr pointed out recently at the Sydney Institute (Oct 6th), with an introduction by Miranda Devine, the issue of the denunciations of him based on the criminal publishing of personal emails, and their misrepresentation by the extreme left wing publisher, are not a new phenomena. One example Spurr gave was T S Eliot's denunciation as being an anti semitic bigot based on a few words in the 1920's. But Eliot's life and work doesn't suggest that. Others who were better candidates for the slur escape the label apparently because they were of the left wing tribe. It is not the fierce contest of ideas that is being debated at the moment, but tribal warfare. Only conservatives are still trying to fight with ideas. Because that battle is the only place where the war can be 'won.' The great debate, or Western Dialectic is some 2500 years old, and not going away soon. But we are being side tracked by a corruption of leftist idealism which seems successful, but leaves a wasteland in its' wake.
Australia does not have free speech, or a justice system, equal rights or much else because those are illusory ideals. Laws don't create them, but can impede them. One major impediment to free speech is the racial vilification code, section 18c. It is a badly written piece of legislation that undermines free speech. Rachel Ball, VP of Human Rights Law Commission asked who was more free: Andrew Bolt after his trial over 18c; or children in detention? Rachel clearly feels that any injustice Bolt feels is vastly outweighed by detainees. But Rachel's argument was misplaced. In fact, the trial of Bolt was an injustice. And the truth is, the elimination of 18c won't restore free speech. The appalling treatment of Spurr was not an 18c issue. But the appalling, cowardly, reaction of Sydney University administration was a symptom of how 18c has eroded the cultural asset of free speech imbued by Australia's majestic progress. Spurr has retired from being Australia's only professor of poetry. But we are blessed he isn't finished.
I suggest Red Gum ward vote for David Daniel Ball. And, after asking your local councillor about their views on Trump, Same Sex Marriage and Greyhounds, try and find out what it is they will do to make garbage collection cheaper and more efficient. Ask how they will make business more profitable. Ask what they will do to help address crime. Ask what they will do to improve public transport issues locally.
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Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle...
David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.
I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. ...
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(Verse 1)
I was born in the heartland, where the prairies meet the sky,
With a fire in my soul, and a truth that won’t die.
Loved my God up above, with a faith strong and true,
My wife and my children, they’re my anchor, my crew.
(Chorus)
Oh, Charlie Kirk, singin’ the blues,
Fightin’ for freedom, with nothin’ to lose.
In the halls of the angry, where the shouts never end,
I stood with my facts, and I’d do it again.
(Verse 2)
I walked them college roads, where the crowds would scream and yell,
Debatin’ in the fire, where the strident censors dwell.
With a table and a sign, I’d call ‘em out to fight,
Used facts and steady reason, to cut through the dark of night.
(Chorus)
Oh, Charlie Kirk, singin’ the blues,
Fightin’ for freedom, with nothin’ to lose.
Against the mob’s ...
(Verse 1 - Spoken intro like an old field holler, then into 12-bar blues)
Oh Lord, in these hard times, dust blowin' 'cross the plain,
I hear the Master's voice callin' through the pourin' rain.
He say, "All authority in heaven and earth is mine,"
Yeah, all that power given to me, gonna ease your troubled mind.
(Chorus - AAB pattern)
Go and make disciples, from the city to the shore,
Go and make disciples, from the city to the shore,
Baptize 'em in the name of Father, Son, and Spirit evermore.
(Verse 2)
Brother lost his job, sister cryin' in the night,
Ain't no bread on the table, future out of sight.
But Jesus say, "Teach 'em all I ...
Do you agree with France, UK and, Australia that the Iranian planned invasion of Israel by Hamas, siezing hostages and killing and raping innocent civilians, is worthy of statehood? Israel has for over seventy years offered peace, even offering land for security. But, now, Israel is resolved to provide security, and police, Gaza, ensuring Hamas has no role.
Make a song in ancient Jewish tradition of their Gaza objective. Include how they repeatedly offered peace to Hamas, but were spurned. Trump warned Hamas of what would happen if they failed to return the hostages. They refused. Include how UN and Europe have emboldened Hamas to not return the hostages. Include how Hamas has deliberately starved her own people to blame Israel.
Ode to Resolve: A Lament in the Style of Ancient Psalms
(In the tradition of biblical Hebrew poetry, such as the Psalms of David or the Song of Moses, this song employs parallelism, rhythmic repetition, and themes of divine justice, oppressed people, and unyielding foes. It is structured with verses (stanzas) and a...