TV remote control and Kevin Rudd

Answer: A pretty muted Prime Minister, that's for sure.

Look, I'm being unfair - he does have a few good qualities. He's got a great work ethic, and he drives the people around him to work hard for the public. That's great, but working hard on policies the public DO NOT agree with is another matter all together.

Ok, I'm venting because I'm still getting over the fact that ETS has been delayed by a year. Why? Well, due to the current economic crisis, it is just not feasible to go down that path... "for the sake of the economy". Funny thing is, the Liberal party (opposition) is sitting on the same side of the fence. "Wait for other nations to take initiative, hopefully during the talks in Copenhagen".

And not just that:
1) Health rebate amended - cuts, cuts and more cuts. Is it good? Well, the good thing is that the rich is no longer getting benefits us working-class citizens deserve. But what percentage do they make up? Not a hell of a lot, and yet the impact is also felt by middle-income earning families. Fair? Hardly - the outcome, although simplistic, can happen: Come '09/'10 financial year, there will be a drop in private health, putting an additional strain on the public healthcare system. We all know that the public health care system is already overloaded as it is... which leads to...

2) Hospitals upgraded, but health care practitioners see NOTHING: Former AMA president was asking this question right after the budget was announced. Great, the hospitals are getting an upgrade. But its a federal budget, which will be managed by states (and each state gets a cut). And from there, the upgrades might take years to implement. What's wrong with this picture? Well, simply put, IT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM NOW! All health care practitioners do not realise any benefits in this budget at all. If anything, their workload has just increased. What with the swine flu paranoia, and the unpaid overtime, health care practitioners are going to find it tougher than it is now. Its not an easy fix, but you would assume that the government would focus on the PEOPLE rather than the buildings.

3) Super salary sacrifice cap halved: Oh great, this sends out a great message to the people. You want to save for your retirement? Well, sorry, you can't. Oh, and you've now got to wait longer before you can see your hard earned cash. Sure, although our health care system is overloaded, we have been blessed by great service and our health and longetivity has improved. But with the financial stress, the current economy, the pressures of work - I wasn't entirely surprised to see grey hairs on my head, and I'm only 26! People will get sick more often, and by the time you can take out your super, you can't even remember where you parked your car and arthritis is your best friend.

Its hard when a country is governed by a two preferred party system, and both of them are lead by grown men that act like kids fighting in the playground after missing their sugar fix.

I mean, have you seen the amount of bickering that goes on in the Senate? Wait, sorry, I'll use a more politically correct term - intellectual banter. No wait, that wasn't any better, in fact its a downright lie. Oh, what the heck, lets settle with bickering. How did it get to this state? I mean, we all have at some point in time, been forced to watch adaptations of Jane Austen or Bronte during high school or with our partners, and noticed that the language used is extremely sophisticated and well grounded. Even words exchanged during a heated argument carry a G classification on our TV's nowadays.

There must've been one polly that broke the protocol:
Polly 1: Mr Speaker and fellow party affiliates, it is within my humble opinion that the policy raised by the leader of the opposition warrants further review, with the utmost respect for any due processes outlined by the opposition on how the review would be conducted, and...
Polly 2: Or pull that stick out of your ass and shut the...

Ok, getting back to the cross - why the remote and Kevin Rudd? Well, I can easily rewind back to all the empty promises made, try to capture his body language and his facial expression, and see if he repeats any of them in his promises in the future. That way, I SHOULD have a good chance of picking what's real and what's not.

Problem is, this requires me to capture the facial features and body language he projects (well, all politicians really) when he's telling the truth. Makes the comparison much easier, of course...

That's why its probably best to just be able to mute him and any politician before anything comes out from their mouths. Saves us a whole heap of sleepless nights realising our hopes have been stacked on empty promises.

Last note:
Check out this website for an understanding of the budget:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/specials/0,,5017014,00.html