There seems to be an informal competition on the blogosphere as to who can expose the most lies told by the Gillard Government. Whilst the results are both amusing as well as frightening they should not be surprising given that both the Rudd and Gillard Governments only guiding principle has always appeared to be: 'The will to power'.
When power is your goal, principals are by definition flexible, malleable and open to interpretation.
What truly frustrates me is that the hardcore labor voter seems unable to sacrifice a lifetime of tradition to see that labor is no longer the Party it once was and that its original and admirable intentions are no longer strong enough to compete with its current Nietzschian pragmatism. Equally disturbing is the weak response from the opposition to some of the huge moral failings evident within current and pending legislation, it appears that the same pragmatism infects both sides of Parliament.
Oh for a will to leadership even if its immediate end appears to be failure, for often in defeat are sown the seeds of abundant success.
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” C. S. Lewis
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