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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 17 Jul 05 - 02:41 AM WE'RE BOUND TO WIN THE DAY –OH by Jenny Fitzgibbon (to the tune of "South Australia" ) 1. A new park for Maleny town All the day, Here we'll stay The platypus will stick around We're bound to win the day-oh CHORUS : The Bunya in the breeze will sway All the day, Here we'll stay And children in this park will play We're bound to win the day-oh 2. In peace we will defend these banks All … Here ... The good police may join our ranks We're bound ... 3. A Woolies in this town would fold All … Here ... The people here are real gold! We're bound ... 4. A park for parents, walking prams All … Here ... There will be no traffic jams We're bound ... "The Power of Song" has been used to good effect by the Maleny Protestors (aka "Protectors") in their peaceful resistance campaign to keep their town clean of Woolworths' corporate greed. Not only do they sing to keep their own spirits up, over the long, cold nights and days, but they sing to the Police and the Security Guards, who have been visibly affected by the gentle outpouring of emotion. Cait Devlin (who also writes many of the pieces) and Ariah, lead the varying Community members with songs, peace chants and circle dances and even Construction Company employees have been witnessed singing along from inside the fence to : "We are one heart, We are one song" You can bet too, that the Police find themselves singing it, on their way back to their barracks!!! And then there's the Obi anthem, the chorus of which goes : "So cry me a river of rainbows Laugh me a river of dreams When Sacred Bunya speaks on the Obi-Obi Creek We'll all come together as one." Maleny's newly-formed "Obi Choir" meets every Sunday afternoon at the site, to sing their support and encouragement for Peaceful People Power. Why not form your own Community's People Power Choir and Sing Out Proud and Sing Out Loud! Cheers! R-J LATE NEWS : despite The Friends of Maleny INCREDIBLY raising the required A$2million dollars in 24 hours, "Woolwords" and their company goons renigged on their offer to sell and laughed in our face. Also despite the Media GROSSLY manipulating public perception about the Maleny Community Carers - WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 15 Jul 05 - 12:42 AM No understanding forthcoming from Our Clint :~) so I'll add this special Michael Leunig poem which sums up the issue we are confronting. (Leunig is a famous Australian cartoonist / philosopher / social commentator) : " THE AWFULISERS Every night and every day The awfulisers work away, Awfulising public places, Favourite things and little graces; Awfulising lovely treasures, Common joys and simple pleasures; Awfulising far and near The parts of life we held so dear: Democratic, clean and lawful, Awful, afwul, awful, awful. " ... and this excerpt from an excellent commentary by Steve Swayne, at our Community's website at : http://www.malenyvoice.com/ : " ... Perhaps we should consider calling upon like minded people in other areas to join us in our campaign here in Maleny. The issues are not just local: • Protection of waterways • The rights of native animals to have viable habitats • The rights of local communities to determine their own destiny • The vastly inappropriate and dangerous power wielded by large corporate entities • The lack of resolve, will, and backbone of elected representitives at all levels of government • The decimation of local econonies by large corporate shopping chains • The complete lack of respect for right livelihood shown by national chains such as Coles and Woolworths to our primary producers. So, when do we make a stand on these issues, when do we say 'enough is enough'? Why not right here in Maleny? ... " Thoreau's "When Injustice is Law, Resistance is a Duty" has become a catchcry for our campaign. And a cautionary quote from J.F. Kennedy, regarding Clinton's preference for "water cannon and rubber bullets" : "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable". Sad but true ... Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 14 Jul 05 - 05:37 AM Well Clinton, whilst not TOTALLY disagreeing with your first few statements - well, except for the "overun with Rabbits" bit, maybe!! - I fail to see why you, in your great wisdom, would advocate using water cannon and rubber bullets against local people standing up for their own Community and its values and its wildlife! Does residing in Canada give you some unique perspective on us here in Australia? Please, enlighten me! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 14 Jul 05 - 04:31 AM "Australia prides itself immensely on it's beauty, culture and it's unique wildlife..." That's why the aboriginal are, at best, 2nd class citizens and rabbits over-run all but the most inhospitable areas... Bullshit! "things that make Australia Australia..." Have NOTHING to do with white people... "150 police were mobilised to remove our Community protesters" Good... I woulda sent more... with water cannons and rubber bullets... |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: Amergin Date: 14 Jul 05 - 03:17 AM Rich, I have been seeing that on the news...and I am just flabbergasted...Australia prides itself immensely on it's beauty, culture and it's unique wildlife...and yet it strives to tear down the very things that make Australia Australia...I was just disgusted....all I can say is I hope the protesters continue their "disobedience". |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: CarolC Date: 14 Jul 05 - 02:10 AM Bobert, that's actually not quite true. In the past, eminent domain was used to allow private development, but only in the inner cities where all of the poor people lived (remember "urban renewal"?). The only thing that has changed is that what was already being done only to the poor, can now be done to anyone. I have to say that I really can't fault that decision. Maybe it will now inspire the middle and upper income people to get off their collective arses and finally fix the legislation that allows this to be done to the poor people. Sometimes you have to appeal to people's sense of enlightened self-interest in order to get them to do what's right. Someone in another thread reported that back in the 1970s a whole lot of elderly and poor people lost their homes (through the use of eminent domain) so that a Safeway (grocery) store could be built in their place. Having said all of that, rich-joy, you have my sympathy. I lost a really good ramping ground (ramps = wild leek) to loggers once. The area was filled with a whole lot of beautiful and hard to find wildflowers, and a crystal clear, clean enough to drink out of stream as well. It was completely ruined. |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 14 Jul 05 - 01:43 AM that Pink Floyd parody I mentioned : To the tune of Pink Floyd's Brick in the Wall.... by Henrietta,in Maleny 'Big trucks travelling through the night They have caused us to stand and fight We don't need your 'fresh food' adverts We don't want you near our home. Hey! Woolies : leave our town alone! All in all you're just a corp'rate Al Capone. An Aussie icon lives below He can't save himself from you Your money is your only focus Platypus isn't in your view. Hey! Woolies : leave our wildlife there! All in all you've shown again you can't share. Your supermarket is an eyesore Your nasty carpark we deplore Your traffic jam will be a danger To the people in this town. Hey! Woolies : remove yourself from there! All in all you've shown again you don't care. Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 14 Jul 05 - 12:43 AM THANK YOU, one and all. Another parody from my sister, Alex : THE UN-MIGHTY QUINN by Alex Bridge (thanks to Manfred Mann) " Go on : Get Out! We don't want you in! You're not welcome in Ma-leny, QUINN! " (Quinn is the lie-through-his-teeth Boss Hog of Hutchinson's, the platypus destroying "Construction" company who are working on behalf of the Community destroyers, Woolworths.) Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: khandu Date: 13 Jul 05 - 11:05 PM Here is the link, since no Mud Elf has jumped in yet! k |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community losing to Corporation? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 13 Jul 05 - 10:44 PM Money Talks! The Golden Rule: Those who have the Gold make the Rules... |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: Bobert Date: 13 Jul 05 - 09:45 PM Don't feel like yer the Lone Stranger there.... The US Supreme Court just ruled that if a community wants a Woolworths in it it can takle away a property owners land and build a gol danged Woolworth's, 'er Walmart, 'er whatever Boss Hog wants to build... Use to be that we had somethin' called emminent domaine that allowed the governemnt to force you to sell yer property to build a road 'er somethin' like that but not friggin' grocery stores... No more... Welcome to corportization and privatization... Welcome to Boss Hog's vision of the way the world should look.... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 13 Jul 05 - 08:08 PM SONGS TO SUPRESS SUPERMARKETS : (e.g. Woolworths, WalMart, Tescos et al) Message from Jenny Fitzgibbon : feel free to add to or improve these parodies - and remember when Woolies tell you how great it's gonna be, they are just "wool words". (There is also a parody of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" which I haven't located yet ... Cheers! R-J) WE WON'T SHOP THERE by Simon Wells, Paul Lawler, and others (thanks to Freddie Mercury for "We Will, We Will Rock You") Big developers comin' into town Puttin' up a cash cow they'll tear the place down They've got egg on their face, they're in disgrace For the sake of a quid they're destroyin' the place. Singin' We Won't, We Won't Shop There ( x2 …. of course) Obi Obi Creek will be ripped to shreds Platypus livin' there soon will be dead They'll carve up the park, don't give a …. Greedy corporations just out to make a buck. Singin' We Won't, We Won't Shop There ( x2 …. of course) Woolies are the big boys, we gotta make a noise Show 'em we're not impressed by their boys toys Challenge their might, we gotta fight the good fight Let 'em know we're not just fly-by-night. Singin' We Won't, We Won't Shop There ( x2 …. of course) and We Will, We Will STOP YOU !!!! WILD SHOPPER by Jenny Fitzgibbon (with thanks to "The Wild Rover") I've shopped in at Woolworths for many's a year I spent all my money on whiskey and beer But now I'm withholding my gold from their stores No I never will shop at a Woolies no more. and it's NO, NAY, NEVER! (Show what you think!) No nay never no more Will I shop at a Woolworths No never, no more On the Obi there are platypi who like to frequent The mud banks by the bridge where the cars came and went But Woolworths are making it noisier still Driving wildlife away with jack hammer and drill. If I went to a farmer and gave a mere half Of the veg price at Woolworths I'm sure he would laugh "Why, that's five times the price that I prise from their fists!" and that's why I won't shop from those capitalists. WE WON'T SHOP THERE by Howard Buckley (thanks to Queen and Freddie Mercury for "We Will, We Will Rock You") Woolies, you're a bully Make a big noise eating towns 'Gonna be a big store someday You've got mud on your face you big disgrace Throwing your weight all over the place. But, We won't, we won't Shop there! We won't, we won't Shop there! Woolies you're a bully Playing hard ball shouting to the world That its all fair You've got blood on your face you big disgrace Tellin' fresh food lies all over the place. But, We won't, we won't Shop there! We won't, we won't Shop there! Woolies you're a bully, Try to come in to Maleny Killing creeks and trees You've got egg on your face, you big disgrace We're gonna put you back into your place. Cause, We won't, we won't Shop there! We won't, we won't Shop there! |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 13 Jul 05 - 06:31 PM What, between Mudcat being down, and me having new ADSL connection teething problems, AND Woolworths taking over our town, Life is a tad frustrating at present!!! Can a kind Mud Elf please link this thread and the "Supermarkets Destroying our Communities" one??? Please see http://www.malenyvoice.com/ for the story of our Maleny Community's (on-going) fight against the greedy grocery giant, Woolworths. Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 11 Jul 05 - 10:40 PM No, this is the very "UN-Australian" corporation in Australia, who places The Almighty Dollar above EVERY other factor in our lives. Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: SINSULL Date: 11 Jul 05 - 10:28 PM Woolworth's went bankrupt a few years back. Or is this not the Five & Dime chain? SINS |
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Subject: BS: is our Community loosing to Corporation? From: rich-joy Date: 11 Jul 05 - 09:35 PM Well, some time ago, I started a thread about the fight our Community here in Maleny (SE Queensland, Australia) was putting up against the giant greedy grocery retailer, Woolworths. (perhaps some kind LINK Pixie will do me one, here?!) Whilst it was heartening to see another thread here recently, reporting Vancouver saying NO to yet another Walmart, I am sad to say that this morning, 150 police were mobilised to remove our Community protesters (of all ages), so that the Hutchinson's construction equipment could move in. It is a very sad, dark day for us. It has been PROVEN that the site (on a lovely creek bank at the entrance to our town) is a PLATYPUS breeding ground. Woolworths plans to excavate the site to a depth of maybe 2 metres to build an underground carpark, with around 50 x 1 metre pylons to hold up its ugly Big Box building. They had already bulldozed many huge trees (including native species), some 18 months ago. Strangely, the rare and ancient Duck-Billed PLATYPUS is being used as an Aussie Icon at the World Expo in Aichi, Japan and our Prime Minister has been photographed with an 11-metre long "mascot" Platypus (or, "paying lip service to the duckbill" as my partner, Poor Misery, describes this act). The Expo's theme is Nature's Wisdom - about how we are looking after our world. Over in Japan the platypus is being revered as a beautiful animal whilst in its homeland, Australia, it is being destroyed. Here is what some of the Expo website has to say : " ..........visitors meet the star of the Australian pavilion, an 11-metre-long model of a platypus on a riverbank. The platypus was chosen because it existed 65,000 years ago and has remained largely unchanged since that time. It is a small, sensitive creature that requires a clean environment in order to survive. With the cleanup of our riverways, its numbers are starting to grow again. The message here is that by caring about all of our creatures we provide the environment for safe and sustainable development in the future...." You can visit this site at http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/ and learn more. . . . . . . a very saddened "Rich-Joy" ... |
