Kevin Andrews the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has done it again. Kevin Andrews was responsible for the private members bill that shot down Northern Territory Euthanasia legislation. Now he has used his power to lock up a man before he has even gone to trial.

Doctor Haneef was given bail with very strict conditions. In this country we practice an idea called innocent until proven guilty. It is one of our highest ideals. But our minister for immigration does not understand this – he considers himself judge jury and executioner. He is able to look over the evidence make up his mind and lock up the assumed perpetrator

This whole thing makes me ashamed to be Australian the power of the entire country is used to fuck up the life of one doctor. I feel there has to be more to this. I think this may be politically motivated similar to the Tampa incident. The Howard government thinks there is political mileage in picking on foreigners – especially the dark ones. But I think this one will backfire. I just don’t think many Australians like the idea of the government fucking around with judicial proceedings – the rest don’t care enough for it to affect the way they vote.

Now even if Doctor Haneef is found innocent he will still be deported. He could find it very difficult to get a job overseas ever again. And why? For the sole reason that some of his colleagues thought it would be a good idea to blow something up. Soon we will be just like America completely ignoring civil rights of our own citizens. It seems our morals are being contracted out to an American idiot.

Polio one of the most severe easily preventable diseases has been detected in a passenger on a Thai airways flight. It is still incredibly important to get immunized and get your children immunized.

I am pissed off that I have Muscular Dystrophy, but can you imagine how pissed off I would be if my parents or doctor were stupid or lazy enough not to have me immunized against it. You too can be a cripple like me just catch polio! I knew one of the last people to catch polio in this country she is now confined to an electric wheel chair. I also know someone who caught polio in the last epidemic they have been paralyzed and on ventilation for 40 years.

Polio is transmitted through faecal contamination and it is surprisingly easy to get – we all have friends who regularly forget to wash their hands. It is amazing how far faeces can travel from hand to tap to door handle to lift button etc. In about 1% of cases the virus can enter the nervous system total paralysis can be a symptom if this occurs. In some cases the respiratory muscles can be affected and if the patient is not ventilator they may die.

Luckily very effective vaccines were developed and polio has been largely eradicated from the world with only 1000 – 2000 cases per year. We are so close to stopping this terrible disease for all time. All it will take is a few lazy parents and this disease will come back. For god sake get your kids immunized!

Name: Christopher Peter Fryer

Age: 29

D.O.B: 28th of April, 1978

Sex: Male

Nationality: Australian

Some visitors to my site may wish to know a bit about me. This is the third update to my profile since I started this blog. In here are details of my personal life, my beliefs, religion and politics.

I am one of those lucky few who share my life with an exact replica – I am an identical twin. I was born five minutes before my brother Nick. I also share a birthday with the now deceased Saddam Hussein and the anniversary of the Port Arthur Massacre. On a lighter note I like to be known as Chris, as my mother is the only one that calls me Christopher. At the Moment I am studying Professional Writing and editing at Box Hill Institute. On my days off, I try to write full time.

I suffer with a disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy DMD, or MD (this last one sometimes gets confused with other diseases). This is a muscle wasting disease, which only affects males, as it is carried on the X chromosome. My identical twin brother, Nick, also has the same disease, we share the same DNA that is why we both have DMD. I was diagnosed at 7 and I stopped walking when I was 10 years old. Consequently I drive an electric wheelchair, which can be fun but doesn’t go down stairs too well! I don’t feel sorry for myself as there are plenty of other people who are worse off than me.

My favorite past time is playing computer games. I am completely addicted to World of WarCraft.

I also love reading and I have one of the largest science fiction collections in Melbourne (not including Borders bookstore in Carlton).

I have a very open mind and I like to understand other people’s beliefs by using my imagination to take a walk in their shoes. I’m a skeptic; I believe extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I’m a scientific person I don’t like to believe anything unless its been scientifically proven. I believe that science should be used when setting policy by governments.

I am an atheist; I don’t believe there is a god. However, I try to base my moral values on the golden rule, treat others the way you wish to be treated. I have many friends who are Christian and I believe there should not be any conflict between science and religion. Religious fundamentalism is a very dangerous thing and should be fought at every opportunity.

I also have an interest in politics and I freak everybody out when I scream at the TV, usually at John Howard, Dubya or Mr Sheen. I try to stick to the center in my political beliefs; however, I tend to favor the left. Now with the advent of neo conservatives some people consider me a radical lefty, what a strange world we live in. I am also a proud swing voter and I piss my self laughing when people use it as an insult.

I have a very firm belief in the equality of all people. I am also dependent on the disability pension and the availability of public health care. Both these things mean that I am left leaning. I am also relatively conservative in that I believe Australia has achieved one of the best living standards in the world and it is the job of the Australian government to try and keep it that way.

I also believe that capitalism controlled by government combined with democracy is the best system so far developed.

There is a large number of things I believe the current government is not doing right. Howard let’s our foreign policy be dictated by a foreign power, the USA. They have still not said sorry to the aboriginals for the stolen generation. They are yet to sign the Kyoto protocol. There are some things more important than the economy. The government could do a hell of a lot more to protect the environment, things that won’t even hurt the economy.

The Howard government is also pursuing bilateral trade agreements rather than using the WTO system, free and fair trade is what is needed. I don’t like the current governments disdain for the UN, the UN is an organisation designed to prevent World War Three, weakening this organisation could be fatal mistake.

The treatment of asylum seekers is just appalling. If an asylum seeker is willing to work let them, if they have come here for no good reason send them back why do they have to rot for so many years. The conditions in detention also need to be improved as most prisons have better facilities. As Amanda Vanstone once said, “these people are not criminals.”

I have problems with the bush administration (who doesn’t).

Scrapping the anti ballistic missile treaty was a stupid mistake. The number one thing that prevented nuclear war with the USSR was mutually assured destruction or MAD. Scrapping this treaty puts the very survival of the human race in danger. The USSR no longer exists, the short sighted people in the Bush Administration are forgetting China, the next up and coming superpower. The danger to the United States was never from rogue states, what is the death of a few million when compared to 5 billion.

The bitter treatment people and countries receive for disagreeing with the Bush Administration. What ever happened to freedom of speech and the American way? Guantanamo Bay and the suspension of habeas corpus are both a slap in the face to the writers of the American constitution. They are also the best recruiting tools Al-Qaeda could hope for.

The Iraq war even some far right-wingers are starting to say that it was a bad idea.

Abandoning science as a way of setting policy and embracing policies that are popular.

The teaching of Intelligent Design in some schools is a big worry. Although some of the best comedy ever accidentally created has come from Intelligent Design advocates.

There are many more things I could tell you about myself, but why would you bother reading my blog then?

I hope after having read this you have a better understanding of Chris Fryer.

Collingwood Football club made the right decision when it chose not to punish Alan Didak. That’s right I said they made the right decision. On June 12 Alan met Christopher Wayne Hudson at the strip club Spearmint Rhino, after having a lot to drink Hudson offered him a ride home in his Mercedes. Hudson was speeding and running red lights at one stage he pulled a gun and fired some shots out the window. Apparently, Alan was then invited to the Hells Angels clubhouse. You don’t turn someone like Hudson down so Alan was soon at the clubhouse. Later on he extricated himself from the situation and caught a taxi home.

Now where in all of this has Alan actually broken the law? Some people would say he should have told the cops about Hudson’s behavior. Now imagine if you were in Alan’s situation – would you dob on a Hells Angel? I know I wouldn’t and the reason is – I don’t wish to die! There is nothing more insane then dobbing on someone like that.

But, according the mother of Brendan Keller the man killed by Hudson, Alan Didak is the scum of the earth even lower than Christopher Wayne Hudson – because he could have prevented a hideous shooting. I know Moya Keller is grieving over her lost son – but I still think this is a ridiculous thing to say. It’s a great insult against Didak saying his actions lead to her son’s death. Maybe, Alan Didak can predict the future and he knew Hudson was going to blow one person away and seriously injure another two. Maybe Brendan’s death is really his mother’s fault – she brought her son up to well. Ok, maybe this is taking appeal to the absurd a little to far but you get what I mean.

The hypocrisy of the sporting media astounds me. Look at sporting commentator and columnist Gerald Whitley’s latest article, “THE moment Alan Didak passed through the banner at Telstra Dome last night, football’s failure was complete.” That’s what I call over the top. Gerald feels that Collingwoods decision not to punish Didak totally destroys the game of football. But Gerald seems like a reasonably intelligent person. If his car pool driver turned out to be a member of the Hells Angels and had a penchant for firing rounds out the window would Gerald dob him in? I would guess no. This is called hypocrisy Gerald. Wake up Gerald and start living in the real world.