Dennis Shanahan seems to think he's found a bright spot in the government's dark future. Read more »
Dennis Shanahan seems to think he's found a bright spot in the government's dark future. Read more »
Every other OzBlogger seems to have done it, so I will too. HUZZAH!
November 24 is the day, and the next six weeks will be possibly the longest we've experienced in the run-up to any polling day for the last 12 years. Will Little Johnny Howard be given the ouster? I fervently hope so, although I hear Queensland is still a blister on the Labor thumb. Read more »
Take a look around the media and you'll find all manner of seemingly stupid statements by our elected representatives.
John Howard wants to hold a referendum to save having to say sorry.
"I believe we must find room in our national life to formally recognise the special status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first peoples of our nation," Mr Howard told the Sydney Institute. Read more »
I've just finished reading through the Oz article about the death of Trooper David Pearce in Afghanistan. Without any doubt, a life-rending occasion for his family, and so very far from home. Read more »
In a brief and oblique reminder of that Clint Eastwood movie series featuring Clyde the Orangutan, it seems John Howard is adhering to the admonishment Clyde was given in the movie "Any Which Way You Can"... "no pissin', spittin', fartin' or pickin' yer ass". Read more »
Well, you can guess where I've been all day. The beer's cold, the action is good and I'm just champing at the bit waiting for tomorrow.
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A really interesting article today in the SMH about V8 Supercar pilot, Paul Radisich. Read more »
Why is John Howard's marginal taxation announcement being touted by the media as a 'King Hit'? Read more »
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Just 150 hours will encompass all aspects of John Howard's history lessons according to his blueprint for a national history curriculum. Read more »
Last month, I wrote on the issue of Piers Akerman attempting to raise the sunken hulk of Queensland's so-called 'Heiner Affair' in order that Kevin Rudd might be somehow implicated. Read more »
Dennis Shanahan, in today's Oz, tries hard to counter the position adopted by Labor against the Government's apparent support for capital punishment where the Bali bombers are concerned. Read more »
A trifecta and one a long time in the delivery. What a race!
Two-thirds of patty-cake, the usual pitstops and bugger-all incidents only to be handed a race over the final 50 laps where pitstop strategies came to the fore and even weather played a part. Read more »
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