Up to you

Empower your self yourself.

Seeking validation

If you continually ask for permission people will keep saying no.

War’s aftertaste

Cleansing the palette with a sorbet of self righteousness doesn't wash away the taint left by a banquet of violence. 

Follow the mooney

Feed your fattest cow the most grass.

Canine shakes

Restless dogs don't guarantee an earthquake but it's the wrong time to hide in a hole.

Laying around

Beauty is made from what's available. 

Sour purge

When politics sour worms turn and those in line cheer the purges of those ahead.

Crafty consequences

The population of foxes tends to triple when bounties are paid for tails.

Bitten by the past

Sometimes sheepdogs act like they're descended from wolves.

Not odd

The house is never made to shelter the punter.

The balloon of justice

The citizenry used to have a powerful pin but pages of legislation papier-mâchéd with political spittle onto the justice balloon have made it almost impervious to our will.

The bountiful cherry tree

When you find a slightly rotten cherry in your basket don't chop down the whole tree in anger.

Loony Democracy

Democracy - your "common sense" candidates are someone else's loonies and vice versa. You're both right and you're both wrong. 

When to leave

When the "illuminated" crowd is exhorting you to get in ... get out.

Political clergy

Power and control is agnostic about the Mass that makes them high priests. 

The price of doing

Words are easily spent but it's actions that cost.

Inside the walls

Regicide works best when courtiers offer to deliver the poison.

Elite socialism

The "means of production" have nothing to do with average values.

Being put there

You don't ride on shoulders unless the crowd lifts you.

On the canvas

You have to make a statement otherwise all you've painted is a buttock.

Corroding regulators

The problem with regulators is they can become biased and corrupt over time while free markets are always impartial.

Soul call

I don't like all bird calls but it's good for my soul that all birds call.

We are all choosers

Judging another human's freedom to choose how they use a common commodity, money, comes across as dehumanising superiority.

We are

Humans gonna human.

Painful words

When actions and pain are required we find out the real truth behind grandly spoken words.

Between their ears

If we don't listen to other people's thoughts we will only think what is trapped between the palms either side of our shaking head.

Rising rewards

Sometimes the reward for going up a hill is that you get to come back down again.

Shadows of lightl

History has a dark corner reserved for people who abdicate personal responsibility for embracing truth. 

Cracking down

Powers to punish and censor "dissent" always look good when your team is cracking the whip.

Boi that’s accurate

Furry mirrors often let us see more than a reflection can. 

Government waste

If you keep the septic tank stirred you can't see what's in the bottom.

Outward, not back and forth

You can't explore beyond the bounds of the park until you get off the see-saw.

Detecting movement

The risk with waiting to see which way the wind blows is by the time your finger is in the air your arse is the only thing pointing in the right direction. 

Ageless laughter

You're never too old to laugh like a child. 

The maturation of socialism

The difference between socialism and authoritarianism is about one to four generations. 

The free State

When The State is a prison then everyone can be told they are free.

Being wrong well

What a rubbish life it would be if I could never be wrong or learn from someone better than me. 

The price of principle

When you have to pay deeply for your principles only the true of heart take out loans against their integrity.

Root causes

You can throw a freshly unwrapped urinal cake into the trough but the same bastards will still piss all over it.

Stand on your own ground

People can't look down on you if you don't kneel where they tell you to.

Let things run their race

If yelling at horses made them run faster then auctioneers would be jockeys.

Ceremoniously equal

It's interesting how much pomp and ceremony the self appointed leaders of egalitarian societies demand. 

Navigating propaganda

It's hard to plot a true course when what we are told drifts in the winds of political opportunism.

Flushing FUD

Fear, uncertainty and doubt makes the political world go round and that vortex of distraction powers the constant flushing of our money into the murky sewers of government and their slimy mates.

The birth of foulness

Deadly parasites lay eggs long before you see the worms.

The taste of other’s misery

Schadenfreude is spice not sustenance. 

Action watching

To understand where people's interests truly lie look past what they say and carefully watch what they do.

Thinking talks

‪Controlling language controls thought.‬

‪Constraining language constrains thought.‬

‪If you can't speak freely you can't think freely. ‬

Proud men

Christ almighty save us from proud, proud men.

Weedy paddocks

Every paddock has weeds. Some people see lots of them and some people see a few. 

Cherish your optimism

Never give your optimism away to petty naysayers. It is more valuable than you can ever imagine.

Material actions

You can't mine words. 

Pre think

Look it up before you talk it up. 

Socialist seeds

The Corpse flower is not its seed but the seed is its roots.

A bowl of life

Sometimes you just have to pick the fly out of your soup and enjoy what's on the table.

Time’s passage

As slow as a rising sun. As fast as a setting sun.

Supported direction

The angels of heaven serv the man with clear goals. 

We are food

Be it flora or fauna, nature gifts all of her creations their own unique link in the food chain.

The crowd and one

For every person in the crowd that pokes out their tongue and cries "I told you so!" there six companions biting theirs. 

Sheepdogs, wolves, sheep and shepherds

Not every sheepdog serves the shepherds.

Root causes

If jackals keep pissing in your wells the solution is not to keep digging new wells.

Sniffing cons

When rivers turn to gold the sharks begin to swim upstream.

Dark forgiveness

Even absolution from Satan is salve for a guilty soul.

Their "it"

There's always an "it" person.

There's always an "it" opinion. 

There's always an "it" direction. 

We're always being manipulated. 

Futures past

Tomorrow is over the horizon but sometimes we realise the sun set on it yesterday.

Still motion

Sometimes the best way to move out of somebody's way is to stand still.

The self serving vagaries of government legislation

No point restricting yourself to a straw when you can slurp and lap at a growing wound.

Self interested directives

Directives delivered with passion or pathos are not always serving the interests of those being directed.

Misdirecting the gullible

Gently whisper a narrative into the ears of those who suffer and their mind will bow down to you.

Feel your ears

When someone reveals how capably they deceive others then listen intently to your instincts.

Government passing laws

The problem with passing a law where government judges what is and isn't right is that you have a law in place where government judges what is and isn't right according to their interests and not yours.

Rewards of high office

It's no coincidence that those who hold high office are, by their own definition, performing the greatest service and are therefore deserving of the greatest rewards.