This ain't democracy folks

The most disturbing thing for me are the long term effects of a government that has been so comprehensively done over by vested interests, rentseekers and corporate pickpockets.

The miners had a big win with the resource rent tax last year and they are now being encouraged to start another fight over the carbon price. Will this become an annual event?

We rolled over to the Bush Administration and the US Military back in 2001 and apparently now we can't change our mind even if we wanted to. Which raises an interesting question about what little Johnny actually committed us to?

News Limited has become emboldened - they have moved on from subtle commentary to an overt campaign of serious lies about the Gillard government. And the government keeps shovelling millions at them in the form of advertising dollars - WTF is that about?

And the ABC was once travelling calmly down the middle of the road - but more recently has become as shrill and as partisan as its commercial cousins. Our government apparently has no opinion about this and nothing important to say? But it still keeps funding them and leaves the board entrenched at the trough?

And the Coalition - well far too many words have already been written about them - so I won't.

But my point is that it is not good for the nation or for its people - when we have a seriously one-sided situation like this and when our government is not so much of a government in any substantial sense.

Every half arsed rentseeker, vested interest and corporate pickpocket will attempt to get on the bandwagon - and get their share of the spoils. All of them aided and abetted by a feckless Coalition.

This ain't democracy folks - this is something else altogether.

So what are we going to do about it?