On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:09:07 GMT,
in article <DksZg.16696$Cq3.7658@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Diana" <newlifespromise@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Don't worry about it Mark. You have to consider the source. Randy is all
too
>good at twisting what people say and adding unto what they say. He is
....
As you wish, but trying to find sup****t for yourself in a political
alliance with Mark T, rather than sup****t from God's word, is surely
folly.
>"Mark T" <moi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:4535c7b5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Diana" <newlifespromise@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Randy" <pulpitfire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> ...
>>>> I read an article, which I believe was written by Mark, in which he
>>>> complained and whined to his government about the fact that he was
>>>> unable to get a job as a teacher. I think he's just ticked off that
>>>> people are home schooling, and that this is putting him out of
>>>> business. But then again, with the way he's behaved towards home
>>>> schoolers, he is probably the best advocate for home schooling.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You don't know Mark and have no right to judge him this way. When did
God
>>> die and leave you the world to judge?
>>
>>
>> He's also wrong about what he writes. I wrote a submission to a
>> government
>> inquiry on mature age workers ... many years ago.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> " Inquiry Into Older Workers: VIEW FROM AN UNPERSON- A FACE IN THE
STREET"
>>
>> ......
>> Summary of main points:
>>
>> I tell of my personal experiences as a mature aged unemployed unperson
and
>> my views on unemployment including:
>>
>> . depersonalisation
>>
>> . social isolation and disruption
>>
>> . suicide and divorce amongst mature aged unemployed
>>
>> . lack of resources
>>
>> . lack of real jobs available
>>
>> . discrimination of various kinds
>>
>> . the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer
>>
>> . government prolefeed
>>
>> . Bosses from Hell
>>
>> . Mutual Obligation for the Australian Federal Government as described
in
>> Article 23 of The Universal
>>
>> Declaration of Human Rights
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> I also included the following poem segment by a famous Aussie - Henry
>> Lawson.
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> "Faces In The Street" - Henry Lawson, 1888)
>>
>> They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone
>>
>> That want is here a stranger, and that misery's unknown;
>>
>> ... I sorrow for the owners of those faces in the street. ...
>>
>> I wonder would the apathy of wealthy men endure
>>
>> Were all their windows level with the faces of the Poor?
>>
>> Ah! Mammon's slaves, your knees shall knock, your hearts in terror
beat,
>>
>> When God demands a reason for the sorrows of the street,
>>
>> The wrong things and the bad things
>>
>> And the sad things that we meet
>>
>> In the filthy lane and alley, and the cruel, heartless street. ...
>>
>> (Lawson, 1984:48)
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> My Bibliography used foir the submission included ............
>>
>>
>>
>> Allard, T., Agencies take fee and then desert jobless, in Sydney
Morning
>> Herald, Tuesday March
>>
>> 30, 1999. p. 7
>>
>> Apple, M. (1996). Cultural Politics and Education. New York: Teachers
>> College Press.
>>
>> Bolles, R. (1998) What Colour Is Your Parachute? (Berkeley:Ten Speed
>> Press)
>>
>> Borowski, A, Encel S & E Ozanne E (eds) (1997), Ageing and Social
Policy
>> in Australia
>>
>> (Cambridge University Press:Cambridge.)
>>
>> Brennan, K. (1996),The Unemployment Minefield: A Shattering Experience.
>> Presented at the
>>
>> National Conference on Unemployment, Brisbane, June 13-15, 1996 at
>> Queensland
>>
>> University of Technology, Carseldine Campus
>>
>> Carroll, B. (1977) Earning A Crust. (Sydney:Reed)
>>
>> Dattner, F. (1996) ****d truth: an open letter to the Australian
working
>> community
>>
>> (Sydney:Woodslane)
>>
>> Donnison, D. (1982) The Politics of Poverty (Oxford: Martin Robertson)
>>
>> Freire, P. (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. (New York: Herder &
Herder)
>>
>> Heller, J. (1964) Catch-22 (London: Corgi)
>>
>> Holligworth, P. (1979) Australians in Poverty (Melbourne: Nelson)
>>
>> Kennedy, R. (1982) Australian Welfare History: Critical Essays (Sydney:
>> MacMillan)
>>
>> Lawson, H. (1984) Faces in the Street (1888) in A Campfire Yarn:
Complete
>> Works 1885
>>
>> - 1900 (Sydney:Lansdowne)
>>
>> Marginson, S. (1993). Education and public policy in Australia.
>> (Melbourne: Cambridge
>>
>> University Press.)
>>
>> Marginson, S. (1992). Education as a branch of economics: The universal
>> claims of economic
>>
>> rationalism. Melbourne Studies in Education.
>>
>> NSW Committee on Ageing. (1998). Never Too Late To Learn: A re****t on
>> older people and
>>
>> lifelong learning. Sydney: NSW Govt.
>>
>> ²
>>
>> 21
>>
>> Orwell, G. (1989) Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter,
>> Nineteen
>>
>> Eighty-Four. (London:Octopus)
>>
>> Pilger, J. (1998). Hidden Agendas. (London:Vintage)
>>
>> Thomson, D (1989), The welfare state and generation conflict: winners
and
>> losers in P Johnson,
>>
>> C Conrad & D Thomson (eds), Workers versus pensioners:
intergenerational
>> justice in an
>>
>> ageing world, Centre for Economic Policy Research, (Manchester:
Manchester
>> University
>>
>> Press)
>>
>> Tindall, M. (1997) Original Copy (Maitland: Birubi)
>>
>> Walker, A (ed.) 1996, The new generational contract: intergenerational
>> relations, old age and
>>
>> welfare (London:UCL Press)
>>
>> Wansbrough, A.(1992), Unemployment: a re****t with proposals for policy
>> principles and action
>>
>> by parishes and synod, Sydney: Uniting Church Board for Social
>> Responsibility.
>>
>> Additional sources of material:
>>
>> . Employment Studies Centre, University of Newcastle
>>
>> . The Brotherhood of St Laurence
>>
>> . Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission
>>
>> . Australian Council of Social Service
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Of course, nothing above means anything to the ignorant uneducated
>> fundamentalist, "Randy" <pulpitfire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "We're Christians! We're not supposed to think!" Fanny Wype (****ist
Colony
>> Of The Dead)
>>
>> "All things are probable. Try to believe." - Mark 17:1
>> "Really! Try to believe even if it's bloody stupid and irrational." -
>> Mark 17:2
>> "Why? Because I said so, that's why! Don't ask questions. Just
>> believe." - Mark 17:3
>>
>>
>>
>
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