Up In Arms

I have just finished listening to Robert Manne give his "Climate Change Denial" lecture and outline all the ugly things that the right wing think tanks and their hangers-on have done and are doing - to stop any real action on Climate Change.

As we already know, the US Republican Party, the Murdoch press and our very own Liberal party are up to their ears in the Climate Change *denial* industry.  They helped create it and they own it.  And I for one don't plan to let them forget it.

But why aren't we all "Up In Arms" about it?

The scariest thing for me is that nobody seems to be brave enough to take them on.  I suspect that few of us will even bother to listen to Robert's story - no doubt we all have much better things to do - probably chasing about after *celebrity* and *sport*.

If we aren't sheep then we are doing a pretty good impersonation, because;

* We allow the US military to trample about the place and install their troops wherever they like.

* We let Murdoch ride roughshod over truth and facts whilst campaigning to remove our elected government.

* We let Abbott lie about the carbon price - and then we promise to elect him so he and his mates can continue with the rape and pillage.

There is a serious price to be paid for not being properly engaged with politics - and we are going to pay it *big time* over the next several years.

I hope you are prepared.