First 2007 update January 11, 2007
Posted by Lachlan Connor in 2007 election.3 comments
Hi, everyone. Time for a bit of an update on my campaign for election to the Senate in the 2007 election. Christmas and new year have come and gone and so has the launch party for my election campaign. The launch didn’t go quite to plan and the first of three documentary episodes charting the party’s progress has been broadcast.
On the policy front there I have done a lot of foundational work putting down a solid ideological base from which to build sensible and progressive policy. Keep your eyes on this blog, the documentary, and on my policy page for policy detail as it is released.
In my last post Christine asked, “What is your position on the increasing commercialisation of the birth of Santa Claus?”
Well, Christine, my first point is that Santa Claus is immortal and, thus, was never born — he has always existed. I think you may be referring to Jesus Christ who some believe was born on December 25. However, many scholars have determined that Jesus was actually born in September or August and so the increasing commercialisation of December 25 is actually a commercialisation of the summer solstice. As I am not a Wiccan I do not have a view on this.
On the GrodsCorp site Chewbucka asked, “I heard yesterday that the new Greens member in the Vic Parliament, Greg Barber, paid tribute to Federal Greens member, Bob Brown, who he described as ‘the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi in my head’. I would like to know whose voices you hear inside your head Lachlan? Bob the Builder ‘we can do it’? and what about Jacob? Grease II ‘I am a cool rider’?”
Thanks for your question, Chewbucka. When it comes to politics I hear the voice of Mark Latham in my head. He might have been a nutcase but the government of Australia sure is a “conga line of suckholes” today. I also have the same philosophy about politics that Lath-Daddy had: to blur the line between “insiders” and “outsiders”. Of course, I also have the voice of Nelson Mandella in my head. What an inspiring man.
I hope 2007 is a great year for all of my readers. Keep those questions coming in.
Lachlan Connor.
