The women of Mutitjulu are understandably scared that their children are going to be taken away. This tells us that they are loving, caring mothers who do their best while living in poverty. What will the Government do to alleviate their fears? The Government is right to act to end alcohol and drug abuse. In the short-term, this will stop a lot of the fighting and sexual abuse from happening. But as Noel Pearson says, if this is going to work long-term, Aboriginal people themselves have t...
Mal Brough's "new paternalism" is hardly different from the old paternalism that failed dismally in the past. He acts from concern and compassion, but so did the Governments that removed indigenous children from their families in the hope of giving them a better life in urban white families. The issues of welfare dependency, drugs and sexual abuse are issues that must be addressed, but surely it would make more sense to try something that has a chance of working, rather than having another go...
The jokes the Americans will get are highlighted in bold. Dolphins are being used by the US Navy to monitor waters for enemy ships. Animal rights experts protested and asked whether we really want wild animals in charge of America’s national security. Looking at the last Presidential election, evidently the answer is yes. Education Minister Julie Bishop has suggested Australia should adopt performance pay for teachers. Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews has also suggested we ...
Les Francais, eux aussi ils ont choisi de vivre dans un economie au lieu d'un societe. It seems that the French too have chosen to live in an economy rather than a society. Je suis triste mes amis. I am sad because Nicolas Sarkozy is the new President de la Republique de la France, which I love only second to Australia. It was expected, I had followed the campaign as closely as I could, but I can't help but feel immense sadness watching the riots sparked by Sarkozy's victory. I don't ...
People don't seem prepared to embarrass themselves doing crazy things for the sake of love anymore. Gone seem the days that Plato described where a man in love would do any number of completely humiliating acts for the sake of trying to win the heart of a loved one. The old saying "Faint heart never won fair lady" is still true. In fact people are so cocky and self-assured about finding someone that upon facing rejection, they seem to move increasingly quickly onto the next person they can...
For the second time in a month a right winger has whinged to me about our left-biased media and I'm going to get this off my chest because it's ridiculous. When I described the media of today as right biased, I was asked "which newspapers have you been reading?" (Sorry fishhead). Link In response: The Australian, which even John Howard recently thanked for having been widely supportive of his economic reforms. The same Australian that has run a "war on critical literacy" because it is l...
What made me laugh in 2006? The news as always! Here’ the US version of my satirical wrap up of 2006. And the Good News? Former Seinfeld star, Michael Richards was caught on a mobile phone camera yelling racist insults at black members of an audience he was delivering stand up to. Richards yelled at the people “N**gers! N**gers! Kick em out, they’re n**gers!”. At first the audience thought they’d accidentally walked into a Bill Cosby gig, but then he continued “50 years ago we’d have had ...
This is the cartoon I would draw if I had time to draw right now: Saddam hears news of Rumsfeld Saddam: In my country, you lose war, your head roll. In America, you win war, your head roll. This America is strange country. FULL-TIME chaplains would be installed in government schools to lift religious standards and provide mentoring for students under a plan backed by the federal Education Minister. http://www.vucthy-mors.dk/pb/Edb%20layout/F%E6lles%20filer/Charles%20Chaplin.jpg B...
I'm a lefty as my username makes painfully obvious. I used to be a commy. I still believe thee is an important truth to the old adage that if you're not a commy when you're 20, you don't have a heart. Uni students should always try to be as left as they can personally manage and get active in demonstrations. But I digress. I am not a commy (at the age of 24 :> ) . I am not a commy for the same reasons I was a commy. I always maintained that it was not communism that was flawed, but the peo...
Kits, if you still check this blog, please don't read this as it will spoil the GNW night. And the good news? 7. USA Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot lawyer Harry Whittington when they went hunting for quail. What do you call 100 lawyers on a hunting expedition with Dick Cheney? A good start. I tell you what, if you’re having Cheney over for dinner, make sure you don‘t serve chicken. Sesame Street have since cancelled an upcoming appearance in which Cheney was going to meet Bi...
Kits, if you still check this blog, please don't read this as it will spoil the GNW night. And the good news? 7. USA Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot lawyer Harry Whittington when they went hunting for quail. What do you call 100 lawyers on a hunting expedition with Dick Cheney? A good start. I tell you what, if you’re having Cheney over for dinner, make sure you don‘t serve chicken. Sesame Street have since cancelled an upcoming appearance in which Cheney was going to meet Bi...
Opening Monologue 2005 ushered in the new and improved Senate. The new senate is fuelled by a healthy disrespect for the will of the people, religious zeal and of course burning lesbians. In turn this has silenced protests that the Howard government isn°¶t interested in alternative fuels. Apparently burning one good fat dyke provides enough energy to run a small town of God fearing Christians for a month. 2005 was the year Russell Crowe felt so passionately about getting rid of Telstra he...
I sit in my air-conned office all day Pushing paper, slaving away People don't realise how hard I work. I wish I could be on the dole with no pride from achieving goals and no reason to get up in the morn. If it weren't for the f**king poor people I wouldn't have to pay tax so I could afford to get a pool If it weren't for the damned working class I could put Bailey's in my glass, so I wouldn't be stuck getting pissed on beer. These dole bludgers ruin everything for me Life's ...
Remember New Orleans and all the black gangs raping people in their hour of need? And let's face it, it's not the only time we've seen that a very large proportion of criminals are BLACK. There I said it. I hate to be the person that points it out. I'm not racist. I just constantly point out the bad things that some blacks do and then make generalisations about how race affects the situation. You can't deny that race is a factor. You just have to look at the news, and there it is. Black peopl...
I despised him in every way I could. He was truly the most vile man I have ever encountered. Although you sit in judgment on me now, that is only because I have not had the opportunity to tell you my story. You have not afforded me the opportunity to explain to you why I had to do the things I did. I first knew him at the mere age of 9. We struck up a friendship immediately in the classroom. We played together every lunchtime and we mocked the teacher’s twitch together. We were the Kings ...