Grumpy Old Chook

Archive for the ‘Soap Box’ Category

“Occupy” The “Occupy” movement has been gaining quite a bit of the headlines around the world recently – Wall Street, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne – pretty much anywhere in the world where there is the freedom to demonstrate, these people are causing chaos. I am sure read more

Part of my work as leader of a Christian ministry organisation is to do Appeal Days. This means that I spend a day sitting in a shopping centre with information about our current project, and ask for donations. Whilst some people might find this either daunting or boring (maybe even both), it is a p read more

It was Dickens’ character, Mr Bumble, in Oliver Twist, who first declared the law to be “a ass.” In his case, his diatribe against the law was a response to its supposition that a man had control over his wife’s actions. The law, mercifully, no longer makes such suppositions read more

On Tuesday a Libyan student, 28-year-old Almahde Ahmad Atagore was jailed for a string of sexual assaults on Aussie women and girls, the youngest aged just 13, as they walked past him at Flinders St Station in Melbourne. His excuse was that he was suffering culture shock, and was upset and sexually read more

We didn’t know how good we had it when we were kids. The worst thing we had to worry about was The Boogeyman. These days, it seems, kids and their parents – especially their parents – have to worry about something far worse: the dreaded Germs! At least The Boogeyman kept his place, read more

Below is a repost from my now-defunct Christian Aussie blog. Whilst the original was a comment on the budget before last, the issue is still highly relevant. In fact, the disparity is now even greater. The aged pension (including pension suppliment) now stands at $716.10 per fortnight, whilst Widow read more