THE ADRENALIN IN THE CHASE

Far too often we read in the newspapers and more likely watch on television events before during and after high speed Police pursuits around our region. But in the words of ‘Sumner-Miller’ Why is this so?

Some pursuits are indeed highly necessary but I believe many may also be as a result of the adrenalin rush involved in the chase by everyone involved police and perpetrators alike. Not one to say I told you so but in the past I have had experience with young people who thought it a great idea to steal other peoples’ property, especially cars.

In one particular case there was an enterprising teenager who was stealing cars, hiding them away and then placing notices on the police citizens and community notice boards that he knew where the vehicle had been dumped. He never damaged a car but always encourage the grateful owners to provide a $50 reward for his efforts.

In another case two young offenders openly admitted that it was not financial gain but the adrenalin rush of the police chase that they were after. In there last chase the two boys ran straight into a hefty power pole, neither wearing seat belts, the passenger was catapulted through the windscreen and now has an acquired brain injury, the driver crushed his chest on the steering wheel breaking half his ribs, breaking his spine and the steering column almost piecing his heart, they both now have lifeling disablities. life.

In this case where the vehicle was stolen the police had all reasonable cause to enter into a pursuit however there is technology available today where police vehicles almost have the ability to see what you had for breakfast, and they can do it either driving towards you or behind you. They know whether your car is legal and registered and they know if it has been stolen.

My suggestion to the powers that be would entail, where possible recognition of the cars plates and an identification of the registered owner. If it is registered and not reported stolen would it not be better to call off any pursuit and just tail them safely. In the meantime another unit could be dispatched to the owners address and stake it out until they return.

In the case where the registered owner was not directly involved, maybe their child or a friend had the vehicle, then a charge should be laid against the owner similar to aide and abet unless they can prove the vehicle was taken without their knowledge.

We believe that at least a third of dangerous pursuits could be avoided and the subsequent risk to innocent bystanders and other drivers reduced accordingly. With cars getting more sophisticated and computerised maybe some time in the future there will be a way that pursuing police will be able to remotely disable the vehicle. Does anybody else have an idea how these pursuits could be lessened or made safer with the subsequent saving of innocent lives?

SMOKE AND MIRRORS NO LONGER CONFINED TO MAGICIANS

Duty, Levy, Toll, Tariff, Excise, Charge, Fine and Rates are all the variations used to circumvent the use of the word Tax. The only upfront use of it is when it is combined with Goods, Services, Income and Payroll. I’m not sure what they call the motza derived from the dozens of forms of legal gambling that they pretend to rail against.

I believe that it is time that all levels of government fully disclose before every election how they intend to raise government funds, in what amounts and where they intend to spend it and how many people they will need to spend it. No longer should we have to put up with the smoke and mirrors of what they will spend over the next four years. Like the banks it screens the real income and expenditures from scrutiny.

Each year they announce a four-year spending plan which is the same money they announced three years ago. Four years is also the distance between elections which gives them the chance to announce another expense over four years which will never be spent because it doesn’t exist, it was called something else the year before.

The Stimulus Package was the same. A Billion Dollars promised by the Federal Government to build Public Facilities just happened to be the same Billion Dollars that the State Governments promise to build Public Facilities and the same Billion Dollars that the Local Councils claimed they were going to spend on Public Facilities. Nobody knows whose money they are spending and that’s just how they like it.

To put in a Carbon Tax as an excuse for us to cut the country's carbon emissions while at the same time scrap subsidies which allow ordinary people to cut their own carbon emissions is just another way we are being hood-winked out of our money by rapacious politicians and public servants bent on moving public money into corpoarte supporters pockets.

It's about time we got off our fat behinds, me included, and started to take back control of our own country. Now where did I put that bloody speed camera ticket?

LINTON GOES MENTAL

An idea promptly stamped out by Frazer following the demise of Whitlam in the 70’s was the concept of decentralising some statutory authorities and government departments to regional areas of the country to stem the greed induced unfettered growth of our capitol cities. Despite the fact it’s choking on its own vomit but still supposedly one of the worlds most unloveable cities Melbourne is growing faster than any other city. This may be due to the fact, like Stanley Kramer’s movie ‘On The Beach’ that it would be the last major city on the planet to survive a nuclear winter or nowadays a warming planet.

NSW did it moving the State Planning Authority to Orange, and the State Emergency Services to Wollongong and now Victoria is talking about moving VicRoads to Ballarat. These days with information technology booming and the NBN supposedly sending things around faster it matters little where anyone is provided there are enough trained people to do the work required.

It is now possible for Linton to invite semi-autonomous organisationss or quasi-authorities to relocate to Linton, after all we have the expertise here. This is why we are suggesting that ‘The Centre For The Criminally Insane’ be relocated to our village. With lots of tender loving medication and new modern padded wards and private rooms it would be an asset for the future as our world becomes more insane by the year. We would never have to fear running out of customers thus assuring permanent employment for many local residents.

One only has to think of the supply of occupants coming from within the workforce of Golden Pains Shire Council alone. One drawback may be that we will need many more qualified Psychiatrists with multiple personalities to understand all those of Linton who suffer from the same malady.

Where there is a will there is a relative who would also need to be accommodated near their loved ones. The flow on effect would be most beneficial as medicinal needs would also extend to a need for the Take-away to be able to stock more anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medicines.

An Outfitter specialising in white coats and nurses uniforms, a Farrier to make leg irons, a Milliner to make the many different hats that the inmates would want to wear, Quilters for security blankets, Fancy Dress suppliers to make happy those residents who think they’re Jesus, Napoleon or the Count of Monte Cristo. There are endless possibilities.

Lets start a petition now for the ‘Linton Centre for the Criminally Insane’ I’ll happily sign it if I can also have the opportunity to be the first to go there.  

GOVERNMENTS DON’T MAKE MISTAKES

It is impossible for Governments to make mistakes. That is an awful truth that even they will admit. I would be a strong supporter of any political party that stands up and admits their mistakes. I would be an even stronger supporter of any politician or party that includes in any Act of Parliament a clause which allows anyone damaged by a law (thereby admitting fault).

The Government cannot be sued. Therefore the Stolen Generation, the woefully abused Children in State Care (which still occurs), the Children denied an adequate education because of some smart-arsed theorists who think they know what’s best for children but only manage to succeed in stuffing up the system. The children denied adequate and accessible medical attention in remote rural areas (both black and white).

Where are the pedophiles now that used to be employed at the Old Children’s Homes (Mittagong as an example) when they were closed down. The excuse was a matter of economics the truth was more like they were so riddled with child-abusers at every level that they were closed and the abusers shuffled off to some other department away from children. All in the name of ‘the government does not make mistakes’.

What is happening now with the great and infallible Bishop Pell should not only reverberate throughout Australia's Catholic Church but be rooted out of every government institution, every religious school, every church and particularly every juvenile detention centre. 

Of course it could be worse. We could live in America.