A blog post about not being able to write a blog post

by Cameron Blewett on 13 May 2012 · 0 comments

Lately I have been feeling a little bit uninspired with regards to writing new blog posts.

And it has been a bit of a weird funk that I am in too. Usually I can sit down with paper in front of me and  THE pen in my hand and write something worth publishing on here, except that has been a bit of a struggle to do. I’d start writing something get about halfway through and either lose interest in it or reread it and not like how it reads, and stop writing.
Instead of getting frustrated looking at the half written blog posts that I have, today I decided to write a blog post about my frustration at not being able to write a blog post. And yes, I am aware of how ironic that is.

With it being a wonderful day here in Brisbane, I decided to aim for a change of scenery and see if that helped at all. I am writing this while sitting in my jeep about halfway up Mt Coot-tha, looking out at Brisbane’s CBD, I have the roof off and the sun is setting behind me.

I originally came up here to get the inspiration to finish off the half written posts that I have, when the idea for this post came to me.

What do I think caused this period of lack of inspiration?

I cannot say for sure, though what I do think is that this writers block is a result of me putting unrealistic pressure on myself. After I decided to run for a Senate seat at the next election I realized that everything that I write and publish online will be focused on a lot more. This lead me to wanting everything to be perfect. Being my own harshest critic, I believe that this extra pressure has resulted in me over thinking what am writing, rather than just letting it flow.

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Let’s Bash The Banks

by Cameron Blewett on 3 May 2012 · 0 comments

With the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cut to their official lending rate, and the failure of the ‘Big Banks’ to pass on the full rate cut, it seems that everyone  from the Federal Treasurer down to the man on the street are all jumping on the bank bashing band wagon and crying foul.

Though can the banks really be blamed for not passing on the full amount?

Before we all jump up and down in chorus with Wayne Swan, let’s not forget that it was the ALP’s last World’s Greatest Treasurer, Paul Keating who originally deregulated then banking industry. All under the promise of greater competition and the consumer being the one who will be the big winner.

How wrong that promise was.

Since deregulation, the banks no longer have any legislated social responsibility, and their primary function now is to return a profit on their shareholder’s investment.

Unfortunately, this can only be done by increasing fees for the services they provide, and by not passing on the full RBA rate reductions.

With the government virtually powerless to put any pressure on the banks to reduce rates, and not being willing to reintroduce government regulation, what else can they do to ease the ever increasing cost of banking on families with already stretched budgets?

Instead of wasting $36 Billion dollars on the National Broadband Network, the money could have been invested in creating an Australian Bank.

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Memoirs Of The Man Flu

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Last week I was unfortunate enough to be struck down with the debilitating Man Flu. Thankfully, it isn’t fatal, and I did survive, though I can tell you it was touch and go there for a few days. If it wasn’t for the primal masculine desire to soldier on despite the overwhelming odds, it would [...]

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Is It The System That Is Broken Or Only Those Within It?

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It’s Time To Take Our Health Back

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Time To Get Serious About Our Health

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Is A Political Party It’s Leader Or The People Within It

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Last week saw the resignation from Australian politics by the Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown. Since the announcement, there has been all sort of speculation as to the future of the party without him at the helm. Whilst the reasons behind his departure have been wide and varied, ranging from saying that it was due [...]

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We All Have Baggage

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Being the hopeless romantic that I am, watching last night’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, The Wedding Bride, got me thinking a bit more about the whole relationship thing and poor Ted Mosby‘s quest to find true love. What was interesting about this episode was that it was talking about ‘the baggage’ that [...]

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Be Wary Of A Pleading Politician

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With recent opinion polls suggesting that Federal Labor is in dire straits, and the Queensland State election following through with it, banishing Labor to the political wilderness for at least the next decade, things are looking pretty grim for the ALP’s candidate for Brisbane Lord Mayor, Ray Smith. Things appear to be that dire in [...]

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Lessons To Learn From The Queensland Election

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With the dust slowly settling on the 2012 Queensland election, all the media commentators and so called political experts have got their voroscopes out looking at the ALP’s campaign and adding their $0.10 worth of opinion as to what happened at this election. They are all singing the same tune saying that Labor lost for [...]

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