The 2010 Aussie Election race is on with the widely expected declaration from Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced today that we vote on August the 21st. Julia Gillard has only just taken over the role of Prime Minister from Kevin Rudd after a cloak and dagger leadership spill. Rudd was sinking fast being, frankly, incompetent [...]
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Sarah Palin the Real Maverick
John McCain didn’t consider himself a maverick. Surprised? No I didn’t think so either. But it does undermine his integrity a tad huh. Do you want a real maverick? Sarah Palin. This has either long been her nature or she took the maverick idea to heart. Let’s face it she’s outside the norm. A wildcard [...]
Earth Hour, Saving Nothing
Yesterday was Earth Hour. I didn’t blog on it at the time because I don’t have an hour to spend on foolishness. However I think I would like to express my displeasure of it. The conservatives of course are aligned against the green movement and push instead to leave lights on to both protest that [...]
South Australian State Election
Tomorrow is the South Australian (SA) State Election held every 4 years or so. We’ve had the incumbent Labour (read leftish pro-union for US people) Premier Rann for while now, he certainly slipped in by the skin of his nose in 2002. 2006 saw a very solid improvement in his position as Premier but things [...]
Obama and US Healthcare Reform
The US healthcare system is confusing to me. The quality of service can be very high due to advanced technology but it’s also very expensive. The wealthy can afford exceptional quality care. The poor get nothing. However I’m told they can get emergency care and thus probably clog up emergency with non critical cases. Most [...]
Tea Madame? One Lump or Two?
My impressions on this post and the one above come across the waves. That being from Australia. In some ways I’ll be more astute as a hands off observer. In other ways I lack inside information and will be off base. So is this Tea Party Movement a ‘Grassroots’ one? Does it really matter what [...]
We Must Not Forget
We must not forget good people of the nations of Iraq, Afghanistan,Iran and others similar struggling for their freedom so that they can be happy, healthy and wealthy. We must do what we can to help them lift themselves up. We must not forget that those that choose religion as a conduit for murder, fear [...]
Afghanistan Surge and Withdrawal
Obama finally spake to the snoozy masses. It is all sadly predictable. 30,000 US troops will be sent but the military will withdraw in 18 months in July 2011. Yes, before the next election. So the combined forces, including Australia’s, have just 18 months to turn it around and settle the country into complete stability [...]
Afghanistan on a Knife Edge
A lot of time has passed since 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. 8 years it is now. For far too long Iraq got the lion’s share of effort and attention. Perhaps that was necessary but it meant Afghanistan was neglected. When push comes to shove it was less important and also much harder. One [...]
Sarah Palin 2012
Sarah Palin will not win the 2012 election. A great deal has been made of Sarah Palin as presidential candidate in 2012 even before the end of the 2008 election. Many in the conservative world adore Sarah Palin and were naturally disappointed that she didn’t make it into government during that last US federal election. [...]
Fort Hood
By now everyone knows about the Foot Hood army base disaster in Texas, USA. 12 soldiers and one civilian lost their life when Major Hasan committed mass murder with a firearm. 42 more were wounded. I’ve refrained from saying too much because at first there was little to say that wasn’t loaded with speculation. I [...]
Who wants to Work with Rudd?
You know I think many Aussies have noticed our PM’s behaviour in the personal sphere. There’s been a few reports of temper tantrums and the odd staff member who left. Now there’s something a little less anecdotal to back up what some of us may have been suspecting. So Prime Minister Rudd is a rather [...]
Listen to Him Now
Mr John Howard didn’t do a thing for people with hearing impairment in his 11 years in office. Didn’t even widely admit it. He was looked after of course. Why do they listen to him now?
The Whole World in in their Hands, or is it?
Communists of the World gather under the socialist umbrella organisation and they all reinforce the same ideas disproven by the fall of the Berlin Wall. A lot of disturbing catch-phrases thrown about in that article. They take the real need for some regulation and to give people a fair go and twist it into an [...]
Zimbabwe Cholera
Over 500 dead and that’s probably the nice estimate. “hospitals are no longer working.” Hospitals are not how you stop cholera. They are really an ineffective last line of defence. Proper infrastructure of sewerage and water is and better cleanliness habits. This epidemic is a nasty reflection of the inadequacies of the Zimbabwe government, which [...]
