Election Reporting (Greens and Schools), Livejournal, East Timor, Memage, the usual news.. and a ne

Could we have some more truthful reporting in this election, please? Apart from the utter nonsense that the Murdoch press came out about the Green Party's policies, now we have the bombastic treatment of Labor's excellent education package. Sixty-seven of Australia's most well funded schools have a funding cut. Nine and a half-thousand government and smaller independent schools get their funding improved. Yet how does that supposedly liberal paper, the Sydney Morning Herald conduct their online poll? "Do you support Latham's school funding cuts?"

Personally, I think there is a just question on why private schools should receive any government funding whatsoever.

Well, apparently both having a diary and using computers makes you sick. That about wraps it up for livejournal, right?

I suspect not.

Here's something to jot in your diary. "Revisiting September 1999: East Timor and Australian Foreign Policy" a presentation by Clinton Fernandes on Tuesday September 28 at the Globalism Institute, Building 37, Floor 5, Room 32 of RMIT from 12.30 to 2 pm. For queries or to RSVP please email damian.grenfell@rmit.edu.au

Clinton Fernandes is, quite simply, the smartest person I've ever met. He'll be discussing Australia's late intervention as part of an analysis that also addresses the role of the 'Jakarta Lobby', the construction of Australian national interest, and Australian relations with the Indonesian government. Oh, and he's just about to be published: Reluctant Saviour (Scribe, 2004), a study of the Australia-Indonesia relationship in the lead-up to the East Timor crisis.

A meme! I think I picked it up from unsworn. I want anyone and EVERYONE who reads this to post (whether you have an LJ or not) to write a comment telling me something that you'd like to do with me one day.

And yes, I will accept "going crazy broadway style".

Back in the real world, all goes well with my CCNA studies, my Cert in Business, work and my PhD - even if I barely have enough time to scratch myself. I'm feeling pretty certain about the CCNA and am up to the point where I'm picking over a couple of specific issues rather than having weak/strong chapters. With regards to work/cert prospecting for clients is proving quite successful. I find myself pitching at least 2 serious proposals per week, although a recent debate over a motor vehicle website has unearthed how deceptive some in the IT industry can be - and I'm not impressed! I do have a new business website - comments are appreciated... OK, late for class, got to go!