Saturday, 26 April 2008

LOL Xena


Very funny Xena and Hercules blog... http://lolxena.blogspot.com/

Friday, 25 April 2008

Clarke and Dawe bag Garrett

Clarke and Dawe bag Garrett

24/04/2008 - Clarke and Dawe on Peter Garrett's plan to ban, or not ban plastic bags.

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Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Lefties miss Howard

Catherine Deveney hits the nail right on the head. We miss Howard because he's not there to despise anymore.

Lefties miss Howard - Opinion - theage.com.au

Monday, 21 April 2008

Rattlin' Bones

This new Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson duet is fantastic. It reminds me of Kentuckyan and West Virginian mountain country music.

Friday, 18 April 2008

Clarke and Dawe with the final word on the week

Clarke and Dawe with the final word on the week

One of the funniest yet. Clarke captures Brendan Nelson perfectly.

17/04/2008 - John Clarke and Bryan Dawe with the final word on the week.

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Thursday, 17 April 2008

Control Freak?




You Are 44% Control Freak



Generally, you are in control but not a control freak. You life is usually in order.

However, sometimes you get too obsessed with making everything in your life picture perfect.

Friday, 11 April 2008

Clarke and Dawe go global with Rudd

Clarke and Dawe go global with Rudd

10/04/2008 - John Clarke and Bryan Dawe on Rudd's international tour.

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Rudd speaks his mind

It's a source of pride for me as an Australian that Prime Minister Rudd has spoken so openly in China (and in Mandarin for that matter) about the ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet. It will only be when world leaders stand up to the tyrannical Chinese Government that we will see change beginning in Tibet.

He wasn't bowed by Chinese official protests and spoke to the Chinese people directly at Peking University, allowing them to hear what the world thinks without the official government filter applied.

Congratulations Mr Rudd.

Wednesday, 9 April 2008

Gosper out of touch

Kevan Gosper's comments about the pro-Tibetan protesters is seriously misinformed and ignorant.

He said in Beijing... "These spoilers, these professional spoilers, don't think about this. They are just filled with resentment and hate. They just take their hate out on whatever the issues are at the time, and that hate against the host country is being taken out on our torch."

These comments illustrate why he should keep his mouth shut. John Coates' comments on the other hand were far more balanced and in tune with the Australian view. Gosper sounds like a mouthpiece for the Chinese Communist Party (with ill-fitting dentures).

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Tibet


The Olympic Torch Relay has been disrupted by protests against Chinese aggression in Tibet. Awarding The Olympics to China was supposed to open them up and bring them towards the modern world. So far, it's exposed China as a totalitarian state that abuses its own people.

We all know that there is no freedom of speech in China. The torch relay is an ideal opportunity for Tibetans and their supporters to protest against China's presence in Tibet and the human rights abuses it carries out there.

Once the Games begin, there will be no opportunity to protest within China itself, so it's left to those around the world - in free countries to protest on their behalf. The "protest zones" to be set up in Beijing seem to be an attempt by China to appear tolerant of protest. They will be highly regulated and the Chinese that take part will be under immense scrutiny. I can only imagine what will happen to them after the Games are over.

Monday, 7 April 2008

Wonder Cream



An amazing ointment and a fine example of Engrish!

Click on the picture to enlarge if you can't read it.

Rudd on the world stage

How refreshing it is to see an Australian Prime Minister on a world tour without cringing from embarrassment and shame.

Rudd's friendly, smiling face contrasts nicely with Howard's old fogey grimace.


Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein in Kent, UK.

Sunday, 6 April 2008