My own SEQ Regional Plan Submission

The petition at Stop the Government from populating the life out of South East Queensland! is a horrible and misguided attempt by what must be a bunch of selfish yuppies or lunatic pseudo-greenies who have no real interest in the environment beyond their own rat hole.

My version, a quick rewrite of the original, follows:

South East Queensland is already under severe stress due to overpopulation. All our major problems are due to having more people in the Region than man-made resources can support. Infrastructure needs to be developed in a timely fashion to support the expected increase in population. I make my submission under the following headings of the Draft SEQ Regional Plan 2009-31:

PART D section 1: Sustainability and Climate Change
1. Overpopulation and overconsumption of the world’s resources are the root cause of Climate Change. This however has nothing to do with people's wish to move to SEQ.

PART D Section 2: Natural Environment
2. SEQ’s biodiversity is among the highest in Australia; population growth is threatening koalas and other wildlife with extinction ; protect our remaining open space for wildlife and public recreation. Plan and develop limited areas, eg Southport and others with medium and high density residential and commercial buildings, to keep population sprawl from designated recreation andopen spaces.

PART D Section 3: Regional Landscape and Section 5: Rural Futures
3. Almost all SEQ’s remaining open space, farms and bushlands must be protected for future generations. There must be a plan to permanently protect these areas.

PART D Section 4: Natural Resources
4. Overpopulation / overfishing is causing the collapse of the Moreton Bay fishery; the commercial and recreational fishery will collapse entirely if it is allowed to continue.Fishing needs to be more tightly regulated, and banned completely in many areas.

PART D Section 6: Strong Communities
5. Overpopulation is changing the identity of some towns, villages and communities; community spirit and traditional bonds are being lost. Community services cannot keep pace with the demand need to be strengthened.

PART D Section 8 & 9: Smart Growth / Economic Development
6. Basing the region’s economic wellbeing on building houses does not equate to offering the people of SEQ full employment aboard the Titanic. However we also need new jobs in green 21st Century industries.

PART D Section 10: Infrastructure
7. We must provide hospitals, schools, transport, water and energy to any growing population. We who are here now need to plan for and welcome new inhabitants, and never adopt any self-centred selfish 'I was here first, so you can go away.' attitude.

PART D Section 11: Water Management
8. Don’t ask us to reduce water consumption, but rather plan and develop appropriate water supply.

PART D Section 12: Integrated Transport
9. Our roads, trains and buses are overloaded and failing now; transport systems will collapse under another 1.3 million people; the government must act now to plan and develop the infrastructure for this many people.

PART F
10. Regulatory provisions must be rewritten to protect the environment.

Linux: Best-Value Solution for School Laptops Programme Launched

Cybersource: Press Release: "Linux: Best-Value Solution for School Laptops Programme Launched (10th of DECEMBER, 2008)

The Australian Federal and State governments have announced programmes to give school kids laptops. However, there are ongoing cost and deployment issues, which are causing these programmes to be delayed or stopped. In response to this, Cybersource has prepared a free, Linux-based solution, for use by Australian Schools, which makes it possible to bring one million new laptops to Australian school children.

'It's a simple proposition; we've prepared an open solution which delivers the best-possible value to education for netbook or laptop roll-outs,'"

This is an excellent article that clearly explains why there is NO EXCUSE for educational institutions throughout Australia to continue to push Microsoft Windows, when they should be getting smart, saving a considerable amount of money, and switching to a Linux/open source solution.

Fool and clowns

The older I tell you that I get, the more I understand,
the more I want to speak out loud that its getting out of hand,
the less I am inclined to speak, as few people want to know,
unless it fits in nicely with where they already have to go.
So leave them standing where they're at, happy in the snow,
slipping towards the precipice, no will to turn around,
glazed with smile on happy face, as happy as a clown.

But I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it, And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it, Then I'll stand on the ocean until i start sinkin', But I'll know my song well before i start singin',
(Thanks Bob)

Automation was the answer and it should have served us well,
but most got shifted to the back, they mostly fought and fell.
The internet should be helping the message of the fool
but the noise ratio is far to great and bluntening the tool.

Who is driving the horses, who's ringing the bell,
its still the Rasputin the preacher, with the same stale deathly smell.
See where he's led you, open your eyes and you can tell,
Its not where you will like it, you ain't doing so well.

And the fool on the hill sees the sun going down,
and the eyes in his head see the world spinning round.
(Thanks Paul)

The Luddites were always close to right, and so was Isaac Newton,
Every action has an opposite and equally bad reaction.
"The West is the best" Jim said as he went out that way,
Leave to the diplomats, don't stop them in their play.
I'm waiting for the fix to this poverty; it know it can't be bitter,
the minutes of the meeting will be posted up on Twitter.
As heads is tails you call on Lucifer, but its Murphy that really rules
and what you need in this chicken new world now is a lot more fools.

Try to get it while its hot, this offer will not last
The storm is finally rushing in, I can hear its blast.
Look to your future, the answers are in the past,
Better start to wizen up, your ice is melting fast.