I have been watching with great interest the rise, then rise, then rise of petrol in Australia, with the current price of diesel is hovering around $1.87 per litre. Good thing I don’t own a truck or Turbo diesel 4WD.

I have abasic understanding of how the price of crude oil is set and I also understand that demand for oil is greater than supply. But what I dont understand is, why OPEC dosn’t increase production and release more oil?

Is it because the greedy oil barrons want even higher prices for their oil? Is it because they have shareholders that want even better Dividends? Or is it really, that the reserves of crude oil are low and OPEC has the ration it? I’m a bit sceptical and beleive that BIG BUSINESS is taking us all for a ride and shareholder dividends and Million Dollar CEO paydays are the reason I am paying $1.62 a litre for ULP.

I have no answers to the fuel price problem except to say, “Screw the rest of the World”! Lets find our own oil, refine it and sell it at a price we can all afford in our own country. If we have any left to trade with, then and only then we export it.

From what I can see, as the Corporations and BIG BUSINESS gets richer and richer in our growing economy, the poorer are getting screwed on fuel and food prices so that profits and enormous incomes are increasing. The price of fuel and food only effects the poor. The rich, earning $150,000 plus per year are not going to worry about fuel prices or that the price of prime steaks are going up in price.

I don’t know about you, but I am an avid watcher of Big Brother on Channel 10 and I recon this years group are the best so far.

Now I am expecting to cop and ear full from a lot of your, but look at the characters in the last 4. Four people with as a diverse lives you wouldn’t find anywere. Each with their unique personalities adding to the attraction of watching the show.

• Aliesha is a bubbly, busty country blonde with an infectious smile and a personality that would light up a city. No doubt she would like to pursue a longer relationship with Billy except for his aloofness and non committal attitude. If she was my daughter I would be so proud and if I was 30 years younger ………….mmmmmmmm.
• Billy is a born leader. He is respected in the house with a air of honour and adventure that allows him to make tough decisions but suffers later when he realises his manner of arogance has hurt someone. The Star task showed what this man is made of. Billy is avery loyal person and having him as afriend would be an honour.
• Zak is as camp as any poof can be, but don’t ya just love him. I am slightly homophobic, but this bloke is so happy with himself and out there, you have to think this bloke has what it takes to win Big Brother and he has worked his way into the hearts of everyone I know. He has done the poof movement a great service. Hail to Zak.
• Travis will win big brother! He is the picture of an aussie bloke with compassion, respect and loyalty all built into a tanned hulk of a man, not afraid to lay his feelings on the line. Even with his “bloody, “bloody, “bloody, “bloody, really starting to piss me off, I will still vote him as the Winner of the 2007 Big Brother.

All in all I have enjoyed this years show and have watched it since the Bum Dance and I suppose I will keep watching it. Mr Howard, keep ya hands of Big bros.

June 2008

Wow its hard to beleive its been 12 months since I wrote the above post. I havnt really got into it this year. Apart from Travis, Nobbi and Bianca it been pretty boring

Nothing gets me more pissed off than seeing people blatantly flaunt the laws relating to Water restrictions.

A Current Affair presented a story the other night, highlighting the downright arogance of some Australians during the current drought. Each State has imposed their own water restrictions, but some Australians are saying “stuff you! I’ll do exactly what I want and if I want to hose my house down, or wash my car in the driveway, I will”.

Tagged with the title Water Rats, these people just don’t give a dam and should be penalised and brought to justice. But as was highlighted on the Current Affair feature, nothing can be done, unless these people are caught red handed by the authorities. What The! Sydney Water had a home video of this bloke squirting his house down and still said they needed proof. A Current Affair repoter Simon Bouda offered Sydney Water their tape which would have been time coded for evidence, but still they said they needed to catch the Water Rat red handed. (more…)