2013年6月25日 星期二

Cheap credit fails economic acid test

The research has already informed law reform in Queensland, NSW and the ACT, as well as the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012 introduced by independent MP Andrew Wilkie in October – an important step in ensuring that the government brought on its own bill.Wilkie showed clearly that it did not have to be as hard as the government was making out. Previous private members bills were also introduced by the Greens and the Democrats, but all lapsed.The test is now on. Can this historic step finally be taken?After bringing back a DVD of The Goodies from the UK many years ago I thought that I struck on a golden rule of TV. silk road culture tour Never look back.The Goodies was a childhood fave, it was like nothing else on TV at the time. It was a weird hybrid of the Three Stooges and Monty Python and most importantly, the three dudes rode around on a triple, a bike with three seats.But settling down to relive the magic wasn't what I had anticipated. After a few minutes a wave of solid disappointment crashed over me. The magic I remembered looked different now. Something had shifted. Was it me? Was it the world? Was it all the TV I'd seen in meantime? Maybe I was stoned when I first saw it, but no,china tour operators I was just a kid and was still years away from that Gary Numan concert with my big brother when the guy next to me passed over what I assumed to be a clove cigarette.The Goodies were perhaps a moment in time, and my fond memories of them remain undiminished, but they haven't travelled well I also don't drink nearly as much Fanta these days either.Foolishly I took this example and applied it wholesale to many shows in the years since, and haven't bothered to give them a second look. But rules, like menus, are merely guidelines. Sometimes you can relive the magic. Sometimes it's better the second time.A case in point is the never-ending smorgasbord of joy known as The Sopranos, which I have been reliving thanks to Soho's replay of the entire masterwork. This possibly made the news of the shock passing of James Gandolfini actually shocking.It's hard to think that Gandolfini and Tony Soprano are really two different people. A heart attack, in Italy? It's almost an alternative ending to the series. I didn't bat an eyelid when Lady Di departed but this was different. I felt like I knew Tony. He has afforded me so many hours of captivating entertainment.

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