I have noticed of the course of running this blog that when Do gooders and Conspiracy nuts comment my blog with their banter about how terrible I am for speaking my mind because how dare I tell things as they stand, or that governments are really trying to control us they don't seem to actually put their name, even a first name in the name field. They make up some silly little descriptive text instead. Where as people who actually have something constructive to add, or dare I say it comment in agreement with me actually put their name in the name field.

I find that very telling of these peoples state of mind. They're happy to make these; lets face it dumb; comments which show they didn't quite grasp the concepts of my posts or in the case of some conspiracy nuts; grasp reality at all, but only on the condition that they think they're completely anonymous. Oh yes, the wondrous thrill of being anonymous! You can finally say what is on your mind without fear of reprisal, and of course the internet is anonymous right? I mean you can call yourself whatever you like and no one can see your face unless you want them to.

Unfortunately the internet isn't really a haven for being anonymous, everything you do online leaves a trail. One which leads straight back to your front door. See, when you sign up, perhaps all excitedly, for your internet connection you give them you name, address, phone number, blah blah blah all your personal details. Now while you're connected to the internet you have this brilliant little thing called an IP Address. Now your IP address is how the server say this website is on, knows to send this page to your computer. Think of it like a physical mailing address, if you wanted me to send you a picture I'd need to know where to send it right? Same goes for computers.

Now the brilliantly wonderful thing about IP Addresses is that they're exclusive to a single person at a time. That is to say, when you're online your IP Address is unique. And what do we know about things that are unique boys and girls? They're traceable!! As certain IP addresses belong to different countries and even different ISPs inside of those countries, it's easy to figure out where in the world you live, and what ISP your internet is going through. Now here's the fun part! It's easy as heck, with just an IP Address to find out someone's Name, Address and Phone number, from their ISP.

Guess what, this site as well as most popular sites on the web; such as facebook, myspace, Anything google (including YouTube), Anything Microsoft, etc. automatically collect IP Addresses from their visitors. This is a security measure so undesirable persons can be excluded and criminal charges can be brought if so is required. And so boys and girls, thus ends another lesson on how you are never anonymous. And from this lesson I hope people stop sending me Do gooder comments, the conspiracy theories can stay though, they make me laugh.

A Doomadgee girl has died after allegedly being refused medical attention on 4 separate occasions in the week leading up to her death. Doomadgee Hospital has allegedly been turning away patients and choosing to treat people outside, amidst fears of Swine Flu. The girl was finally admitted to Doomadgee Hospital Wednesday, but died Thursday while awaiting transfer to Mount Isa Base hospital.

The understandably upset grandparents are choosing to play the race card, stating that her treatment, (or lack thereof) was because she was Aboriginal. I on the other hand disagree completely. Far to often issues are turned into a racially orientated thing, when they aren't even close. Instead I put it to you that this incident demonstrates quite clearly the inadequate medical staff and training in Queensland hospitals.

Far from living out in the sticks, I a white man living in South East Queensland, have experienced the constant lack of regard for life Queensland Hospitals have become known for. Even so far as our current experience with Queensland Hospitals as a result of our son being born. The level of incompetence is unequivocally off the scale, to the point up until my intervention today they had no clue how to switch Dee from bottle feeding to breast, because they had failed to offer him a breast feed within the first 12 hours of life.

Far from being a race issue, the true problem here is that Queensland Hospitals simply aren't up to scratch. We have staff who are allegedly turning people away from medical care; disgraceful. But it isn't anything new! Ipswich Hospital's Emergency department adopted a new strategy in dealing with their overload of patients; simply turn some of them away. In fact, if after a 2 minute glance by a nurse if you're deemed "non-urgent" you're told to see your GP instead.

We have an underfunded, overstretched health system in Queensland, staffed by underpaid workers. This is hardly a recipe for attracting the great minds in medicine; yes come work 72 hour shifts with equipment that doesn't work properly and is older than you are, for next to minimum wage. They'll truly have them lining up out the door won't it. Wake up Anna Bligh, it's time to do your job properly and fund out health care system adequately. The blood if this little girl, and all others who have died as a result of the incompentency of staff and inadequate funding from the government is firmly on the hands of the Queensland Government and those whom administer Queensland Public Hospitals.

As we head ever closer to the Digital TV switch, consumer demand for lower cost LCD televisions has born a reduction in prices and I predict it's only going to get better. This week Big-W announced a price drop of $200AUD on their Sanyo 40" LCD 1080p televisions, now retailing for $996AUD it's capable of receiving and viewing True HD Digital TV all for under a grand.

Previously to get a TV of that size, for that price you had to buy Plasma, but as we all know Plasma is a poor investment as the gas runs out within 6 years and you're just left with a rather expensive paper weight. We are finally seeing the beginnings of a reduction in LCD prices such that the average Joe Blow can enjoy the technology previously only available to the wealthy or debt inclined.

In an economy which is springing back to life again after a government induced downturn, the timing for LCD prices to drop couldn't be better. And I predict it's only going to get better as we draw closer to the deadline. Over the next 12 or so months, as Digital TV take up increases and the Movie studio's push Blu-Ray expect the price of LCD TVs to drop in general another 2-3 hundred dollars if not more.

This will put the average 40" LCD TV at around $800AUD, which is a very reasonable price and inside the budgets of the average Australian (even if they do have to lay-by it). As the pushers of these new technologies get evermore desperate to upgrade everyone, expect some good things to come.

While I am aware I am going to get a lot of abuse over this post regardless of what I say here, I would like to make it clear the intention of this post is NOT to link Homosexuals and Pedophiles, or relate the two in ANY way at all. The use of Homosexuals in this post is merely to illustrate how the rights process historically works.

A mere 30 years ago coming "out of the closet" meant not only complete social suicide, but there was something dreadfully wrong with you. Up until the mid 1970's Homosexuality was considered a mental illness and was described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual which is published by the American Psychiatric Association and recognised in the western world as the document to use in Diagnosing mental disorders.

At some point in the mid 1970's our morals and values changed and while homosexuality was still a dirty word, it wasn't quite as bad. From here, there were slight reductions in how badly homosexuality was viewed right up until the mid to late 1990's where the Gay Rights campaign really took hold of societies collective heart, and the oppression of being "politically correct" set in.

Today, in 2009 not only is it socially acceptable to be Gay, but it's cheered. Gay pride echos through out society, it touches everywhere, from our schools to our grocery store. Now what once was considered a mortal sin, is now a celebrated part of culture. It took 25 years to happen, from the inception of the Gay Rights Movement.

Enter pedophilia, which is currently still considered a mental disorder and is socially morally reprehensible. The passion of hate conjured up in some people at the mere mention of the word is almost indescribable. But now, pedophiles are starting to demand rights under the law. You could say, historically speaking they're now at the same point Gay Rights way in the early 1970's.

The big thing that kept the progress of the Gay rights movement back was tolerance, and a society unwilling to tolerate new ideas. The problem today is the oppression of being "politically correct" has got society to a stage they'll almost tolerate anything. It is for this reason a properly organised, backed and pushed Pedophile Rights campaign wouldn't take anywhere near as long as 25 years.

The concern here is, will at some point being a pedophile be considered just another sexuality, just as homosexuality is today? Organisations such as NAMBLA certainly hope that one day they will be able to walk down the street with their child lovers, pride beaming on their faces. I on the other hand, want to gag at the thought.

But still the Pedophile rights movement is there, fostering in the background, readying itself to hit the mainstream and go live. There is little stopping it, our culture as programed us to tolerate everything. So the real question is, when pedophiles get their way, when they have legal rights. Will you still protect your children? And if so... how?

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So you're hooked on them. These shows like Biggest Loser, Master Chef and So you think you can dance, where you get to see real people go through life, uncensored and unscripted right? A fly on the wall of someones journey right? Wrong!

A distorted, planned version of events is what we are given. What we don't see between the cut scenes are the things which would dash all illusions of any reality taking place on film. The true reality is what we are denied. But the fact of the matter is reality wouldn't sell. Would you honestly chose to watch someone standing around doing nothing? Would you tune your TV into that nightly?

Reality TV shows have to be rigged, it's what gives them their energy, their spark, their interest factor. If it was left to be a random winner there would be great risks that the characters people identify with would be voted out; and that spells poor ratings. You have to understand that a TV show is all about ratings, the more people who watch it the more a TV station can charge advertisers to place ads during the show, which ultimately means the Station makes more money.

TV Stations aren't their for your entertainment so much as they are a business. The business model for a Free to air TV station is much the same as a modern day Social Networking site, in that their product is you. They give you something for free (in this case, entertainment through TV programs) and sell your viewing to advertisers. The cheaper the TV show, the more profit they then make.

Enter reality tv shows, where you don't have to fork out for a cast, or an overly large production crew. In fact, it all gets done pretty budget indeed. Channel 10 is living off the profits from Reality TV, that's why they pump them out, one after another. And to keep you interested, they have no choice but to rig it, to design the outcome and partially script it. It keeps the characters you love in the game, so you'll watch it for longer, hopefully to the very end.

It's a formula which seems to work for Channel 10 as well, with some 5 million people tuning in to see the Master Chef final, a record for a non-sporting program shown on Australian television. So sure, watch these shows, but please don't be under any delusions they are really real, they are just the same as any other show on TV. They are their for your entertainment, so your attention span can be sold off to the highest bidder.