Most of Australia is probably unaware that a peaceful battle against a mining giant is taking place in rural NSW as we speak. -And I mean an active battle. A Verse for the Bentley Blockade, from Uncle Dougie’s continuing Nonsensical Song of Protest: Metgasco wants mining at Bentley, But the people united do not, Sing… Continue reading For the Bentley Blockade: A Nonsensical Verse
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Agitate in August: (Was March in March, then Agitate in April), Verse of the Day
A pay rise for health-care workers, (naaah!) Coz we know you all love your jobs, And child-care for the rich, it costs more than a titch, So the workers are still being robbed, And it’s nonsense, nonsense, it all sounds like nonsense to me, to me, And child-care for the rich, it costs more than… Continue reading Agitate in August: (Was March in March, then Agitate in April), Verse of the Day
Agitate in April; “Nonsense Song”; Verse of the day:
Australia is getting much hotter, (It’s hot!) But the government reckons it’s not, (It is!) There’ll be no carbon tax, so our future’s been axed, And it sounds like a whole lot of rot! Well, it’s nonsense, nonsense, it sounds like A WHOLE LOT OF ROT to me, Nonsense, nonsense, it sounds like A WHOLE… Continue reading Agitate in April; “Nonsense Song”; Verse of the day:
Dougie is Not Happy! But Still Loves to Sing
Well, in general terms I am blessed with a goodly amount of happiness and contentment, joy and love, but in terms of the “state of the nation”, the nation being Australia, I am aghast at what is going on. The values being espoused and the actions perpetrated by our governments seem short-sighted, inequitable and inhumane.… Continue reading Dougie is Not Happy! But Still Loves to Sing