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THIS……simply THIS!!

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Nov 242012

Today’s editorial appearing in The Melbourne Age. It speaks not volumes, but libraries of volumes. There is a better way forward. Australia has no need of dog-whistling, bible-thumping, narrow-minded political opportunists or poll-driven, electorally fearful and inconsistent leadership as representatives in our Parliament. We need people of character, moral standing and a willingness to stand by their genuine Australian ethos. Australia doesn’t need A change…..Australia simply needs TO change.

Some Uncommon Sense

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Nov 232012

Here’s to a subject which is annoying me of late, and doubtless annoying the piss & pick-handles out of a lot of others as well.

Main-Stream Media Don’t Get It

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Oct 112012

Listening to ABC Radio National this morning, I am now convinced more than ever that Main-Stream Media – MSM to we in the ‘sphere – are entirely out of touch with issues of gender surrounding our body politic at present.

Of Cunts and Fuckwits

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Oct 102012

Apropos of yesterday’s revelations regarding cockles, mussels and jam, not to forget to mention the Gillard excoriation of Abbott in Question Time, I’m driven to wonder just why Peter Slipper needed to be racked out like so much biltong.

Of Readin’ an’ Writin’

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Aug 222012

I’m a Labor voter.

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Jul 272012

Joseph Goebbels stated: If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State Campbell Newman’s Idol

My Message to My Party

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Jul 202012

I wrote yesterday that I was disengaging from observation and commentary of the political process in Australia, until the next election, due in November 2013.

End The Jaw-Boning

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Jun 262012

It’s time I put down some thoughts on this Asylum Seeker issue.

Of Cloth, and being “’UnAustralian’

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Jan 282012

The opening verse of Deep Purple’s ‘Burn’ seems appropriate to this post.

Beware of the Leopard!

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Feb 162007

Bannerman isn’t feeling all that charitable at the moment, so the reader will need to excuse him if he seems less then his usual ebullient self. Reason? Well, there are undoubtedly many, but for the sake of this post, let’s assume it’s to do with David Hicks.

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