I have a passion for orange
Author: Robert
Police brutality in the land of the free
The first verse of the Australian national anthem at times does not reflect the state of being:
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
“Advance Australia fair!”
A recent spate of violent incidents at the Sydney Mardi Gras has highlighted the use of excessive force by police.
Sydney teen in Mardi Gras ‘brutality’ video speaks out
In recent months, we’ve seen numerous cases of New South Wales (NSW) police misusing violent force, stifling investigation, and colluding to cover up their actions.
Here’s a sampling of recent events:
“NSW coroner calls police thuggish over Taser death”
“Lawyer slams police who tasered 14yo boy”
“Closing Ranks” An episode of 4 Corners: “The story of Adam Salter raises many questions, including the issue of how lethal force is used by police. But perhaps the most profound question it raises is: can the police be trusted to investigate themselves?”
NSW coroner calls police thuggish over Taser death NSW Coroner compared the police who tasered a Brazilian student 14 times to the schoolboy savages in Lord of the Flies but found no grounds for action against them.
The Invisible War
We live in a civilised society?
A war is raging in every country on earth. The battles of this war spill out into our churches, our schools, and our homes. This war has been going on since the beginning of history as we know it. Although I was born onto the winning side and have enjoyed the spoils of this war, I have seen too much atrocity and injustice to sit idly on the sidelines. I can’t bear to watch my foes suffer death, defeat, mutilation, abuse, and injustice any longer. Like Braveheart, Dances with Wolves, and Luke Skywalker, I am ready to fight for the losing side to bring peace to our Universe–yet even these examples are tainted with the history written by the victors.
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March peace post – forgiveness
A simple effective message
Unseen images
When I close my eyes I see flashes of golden yellow, patches of clouding, plus, red and green against a background of the darkest shade of khaki. Part of this is due to afterimage, there is lots of retinal noise that appears as dots and dashes. Occasionally I see swirls, squiggles, zigzags and groups of lines. This usually occurs when I close my eyes, I’m ready to drift off to sleep and the bedroom lights are still on. The above is a representation of what I see.
Get Your Rain On
This is a great post on rain
Raining All Over The World (via www.jonathanhilton.com)
by Jonathan Hilton Rain is an inevitable part of your life, it doesn’t matter where you live. If you live in a tropical climate then you probably experience a rainy season and devise ways to deal with it. If you live in a desert then you probably dream about it. It doesn’t matter where you…
Acropolis, Athens
The day we went to see the Parthenon it was 35oC at 9:00 am and blowing a gale. Wondering what it would look like in the moon light I used a photograph from July 2012 and little jiggery-pokery in Art Studio for iPad to create the above.
No small thing
Stop and think………
The f word
When feeling wronged, hurt and in pain, keep faith
In the universal threefold rule, what’s
Given out, good or bad comes back to you
Thrice as strong, free yourself from the gnawing
Pangs of hatred and thoughts of vengeance hard,
Let those without sin cast the first stone, it’s
Time to forgive yourself, change foes to friends
Be the first to offer an olive branch
That’s bearing fruits of forgiveness,
Give yourself permission to move forward,
Feel anguish lift from shoulders heavy, dark
Clouds clear, inner shadows recede, open
Your heart, welcome in warmth of compassion,
Now drink from the fountain of forgiveness.
(c) Robert Jones 2013, All Rights Reserved
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Carnivale inspired by Cirque du Soleil
This picture was inspired by the Cirque du Soleil characters on the 2012 Christmas tree combined with the imagined moss greens of a northern European forest and the eerie light at dusk. For some reason the song Gypsys,Tramps and Thieves popped into my head:
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” was the first single from Cher’s 1971 eponymous album Cher. The album was subsequently renamed and re-released as Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves after the success of the single. The song was written by songwriter Bob Stone as a story-song called “Gypsys, Tramps and White Trash”. Producer Snuff Garrett advised that the title be changed and Stone then changed it to “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”
Songwriters: STONE, BOB
I was born in the wagon of a travellin’ show
My mama used to dance for the money they’d throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good
CHORUS
Gypsys, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
Rode with us to Memphis
And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he’d done
CHORUS
I never had schoolin’ but he taught me well
With his smooth southern style
Three months later I’m a gal in trouble
And I haven’t seen him for a while, uh-huh
I haven’t seen him for a while, uh-huh
She was born in the wagon of a travellin’ show
Her mama had to dance for the money they’d throw
Grandpa’d do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good
CHORUS CHORUS FADES
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