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Monday, August 19, 2013

Australian Visions And Nana Mouskouri

dverse, haiku heights, poetry jam, 3ww










There is a Federal election coming up soon on the 7th of September. We hear a lot about visions for Australia's future.

Hi Bun






Oz needs a fresh start
different way of doing things
vote Rall to change things

try to remember 
the seventh of september
a day of mourning

What has Nana Mouskouri
got to do with oz elections?
Nothing.

She used to sing a
one hit wonder song
about September
in the olden days of the1970s

Some of you with sadistic Mums
might remember them singing
the September song to you
when you were babes in arms

That is the only connection
apart from the fact
there
are
a lot
of Greeks
living
in Melbourne

                                                                                The Greens Party
second highest population outside of Greece
and one of the reasons our Melbournian Cosmo
is occasionally mistaken for a Greek Adonis
unlike South Australian oldegg
who is often mistaken for a benign lettuce












Nana Mouskouri
now lives in a showcase
in the British Museum
along side Dodos
and other extinct animals




























Smirks!


Just because I dress up as a pirate,it  does not mean I am irrational or have lost my marbles.











VISIONS FOR AUSTRALIA







snorkers and beer
moet and oysters
pureau and ruskis
lamingtons and linguini
concerto grossi meets indie
vision no. 1

George Fred scats with fat  boy slim
violins and akubras
orchestras and boy bands
counterpoint meets counter culture
utes and porsches
bidets and long drops
vision no. 2

cockatoos squawking poetry
'if music be the food of love                  
play on dickhead'
off jokes and literary pearls
with 2 part inventions
opals  and orchids thrown into the mix
vision no. 3
 
roses and cabbages
redbacks in gum boots
rednecks and redheads
billabongs and basho
chamber music becomes you
along with budgie smugglers
and thongs
vision no.4



Kevin is the present born again if only briefly  Prime Minister. Julia Gillard former Prime Minister lost her footing on the prow and went down with the ship. TSK RED HEADS and HYPERBOWL! Some say he pushed her. Understandably ...she cannot pronounce hyperbole .

 
















Kev is also a Tin Tin look alike, a Queenslander and a practising Anglican.      








                                                      





roots                                                     
cultural roots
aussies must acknowledge
cherished  roots
suicide blondes
dark roots
boots and scoots


vision no 5

rip curls ritornello
flannel and lace
thongs and gucci
shark nets with holes
in shades of true blue
eclectic, diverse
embellish our souls
vision no 6

each dish in life's rich smorgasbord
rissoled , sausage rolled, meat pied
and melded creates the official
Oz Identity Stamp
 in  RALLs  vision for
an even more surreal Australia.



A testament to Dave Dada , Ernie Dingo
Barry Baroque,Hi Wanka Art, Lynn Guistics
Roy Ratbag,  Bruce Bludger, Gary Galah and Bob GFY Katter





 Tony
Abbot is the leader of the Liberal Party and a conservative Roman Catholic.He wears budgie smugglers.He also claims to be a suppository. It is the only election statement he has made that the Labor Party agrees with.








budgie smugglers




Bob looks distinctly sullen for most of the time, He secretly would like to be James Bond.



The name is Bob
Bob Katter

                                                                         


Bob Katter of the Aussie Bloke's Huntin' and Fishin'
No Poofs Party  hails from the DEEP NORTH (Northern Queensland!) 

YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING AUSTRALIAN POLITICS .

CIRCUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE 

Followed by Crime Capers with Inspecteur Hercule Cosmopolitano Poireau

 

52 comments:

  1. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

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  2. This land called Australia seems a very strange and confusing place. Has it always been thus?

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  3. Yes...we are all strange.Look at Cosmo!:)

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  4. well you politics doesnt seem any different from ours.....

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  5. Oh I disagree...No future leader in the history of politics has ever described himself as a suppository ( not even George Bush:)

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    1. so you are saying yours are more honest about what they are?

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    2. Ha ha...no need to be so competetive Brian . Australia has the most stupid politicians in the world and you Americans cannot beat us at this ...although George Bush came very very close:)

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  6. Rall - that is simply awesome. I was spitting up coffee. And the self-described suppository - oy! ~ M

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    1. I know... it's alarming isn't it to think that our next Prime Minister spends his time inserted in fundamentally what could only be classified as a very unsavoury part of the anatomy.

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    2. .... and remember too that suppositories can be inserted in other orifices not so "unsavoury".

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    3. Oh...thank you for reminding me about your future King who wanted to be a tampon in his mistress at the time. Tony Abbott was probably just being a copy cat fancying himself as King of Australia:)

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    4. These things called "tampons" are very strange. I have discovered the latest craze among American teenage girls is soaking them in vodka before use! People are very, very weird!

      Is this too much information for sensitive poets who contemplate the meaning of life? ;o)

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  7. you've been very creative today. It's hard when it comes to election there is never any leader we can truly like.

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  8. Oh my Australian politics sounds so familiar! Enjoyed you romp through all these political visions. Good luck on the elections.

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    1. Not quite the same...elections are compulsory here...if you do not vote the fine is expensive...if you do not pay the fine, your drivers license is cancelled and if you continue not to vote and not pay the fines your property can be confiscated.

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  9. Your words and photos are very entertaining. Love the scene from "Titanic". ...King of the world... ; )

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  10. Loved the music from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra!! However, I was hoping when I read your post that they would be accompanying Nana Mouskouri. I love(d) Nana Mouskouri and have some of her wonderful music. Actually I went to TWO concerts of hers, and at one I waited around for an autograph. That woman could sing. I wonder if she is still alive. Sigh. Admittedly I don't know anything about Australian politics. It is hard enough to keep track of our own, where elections never seem to end.......

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  11. I had not thought about Nana Mouskouri for years)

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  12. And they wonder what killer vaudeville!

    (Critics are divided over
    1. the Australian political scene and
    2. your amazing growing blog!)

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    1. Yes my post is a work in progress,forever growing...that is for sure:)

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  13. Oh yeah...I laughed so loud my king parrot was worried, you've nailed this one... I mean isn't it sad...that this mob is what we've got to choose from... Sept 7 will be a day of mourning, I'm so glad they changed it, now I have a week to get over it before my birthday... terrific poem and thank you for the laugh I needed it!

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    1. Glad you popped in Di and this gave you huge guffaws...thought you would like this one.This post will make most sense to you, Cosmo and oldegg.It will be a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea!

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  14. This is crazy good inspired writing! I fell in love with Australia during a long visit in 1987 .. no matter the politics, the morons ... I would live there in a minute!

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    1. Oh ..please Helen don't try anything crazy like swimming or sailing on a raft to our shores. Stop the Boats is a policy of both parties...you will be shipped off to a Pacific island where you will be eaten by cannibals:)

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  15. I am sorry you didn't mention our need for preferential voting in Australia. This is where you have to vote in order of your preference for the candidates on the ballot paper. It doesn't matter how much you do not want a candidate to win your vote will eventually land in the lap of one the last two not eliminated while they smile smugly at you even though you hate them. Preferential voting should be optional in case the candidate you vote for is eliminated, if you want your vote to carry on to your second choice fine but currently it may benefit a candidate you did not want to win. I am quite happy for my vote to be lost rather than the current system. The alternative is to spoil your ballot paper as there is no penalty in that; unlike not turning up at the poll booth as then you will be fined!

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    1. This is not really meant to be a serious expose of Australian politics old egg...it's supposed to be fun!

      I am an opponent of compulsory voting..it is an infringement of civil liberties.The 2 party system we have is very unsatisfactory.I also think that the Labor caucus should not decide who the leader of the Party should be.The Labor members should decide.A lot of people would prefer not to vote rather than to be forced to vote for someone they do not want which is the current law.

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    2. Anyway oldegg..why not listen to this great rendition of Handels's Concerto Grosso and give thanks that we can produce this as well as ugg boots, rip curl and billabong.

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    3. It was fun and I laughed a lot. Yes, I did get a handle on to Handel as well. It is just that I feel like crying over the ineptness of all our political parties and their blindness to what is really important for the country. It is not compulsory to vote only to have your name crossed off the roll then you can put your blank voting slip into the ballot box or even take it home with you.

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    4. I see you've taken 'U' out of Labour. Maybe that's why they are unrepresentative. Mind you, in Britain they are populist morons too.

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  16. Oh that is good...for a moment I though you were peeved because of my portrayal of you as a benign lettuce...incidentally I don't think you are that benign at all:)

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  17. I find it interesting...

    http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/08/a-cup-of-hot-tea.html

    RS:)

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  18. OMG how old must I be if I was an adult in the 70's? Cackle. I enjoyed all of this......wry, humorous and witty.

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  19. Wow, what a collection! Sometimes I suppose politics needs a good suppository...

    Maybe they should put the surfers or the musicians in charge. Lovely bit of music there. Made me want to listen to a Brandenburg concerto like:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUFfNK9oOy0
    Especially around 5:44.

    Cheers!

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  20. Could not find it.Best just give the name and orchestra.

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    1. strange - it's under:
      Bach: Brandenburgs Concert no.3 - Ton Koopman - Live Concert

      Ton Koopman is a fabulous harpsichord player from Amsterdam. He directed the Portland Baroque Orchestra several years ago when I lived in Portland, Oregon.

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  21. Found it..thanks! I like Brandenburg no 3 1 allegro moderato Freiburg Baroque Orchestra 3:29 (descending sequence in the cellos) woohoo!

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    1. Ooohhh, yes! Very nice. It appeals to my more bass instincts. Thanks!

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