In South Australia, a young surfer called Nick Peterson was eaten by a shark a few days ago. Yesterday, his father said he does not want the shark destroyed, because the ocean is the shark's domain. Nick Peterson admired and respected sharks. Mr Peterson Snr should be commended. Do those people seeking to hunt and destroy the shark honestly believe it will make the oc
Now that the Howard Government has tended to the top priority of looking after the white people, it seems that the job of looking after the natives has finally reached the top of the pile on the to do list. John Howard's new board of "dignified" Aboriginals is a reality and they are getting down to business. After 8 years it is wonderful to see that the Howard Governm
No, don't worry TBone, just a little shot at a few of my fellow bloggers who I hope don't take too much offence because I actually enjoy reading the bloggers who I'm taking the piss out of. Thanks for the concern.
Gotta love today's celebrity obsessed media
I was glad to hear you had done this when I spoke to Teegs. Merry Christmas.
Well here it is my loyal readers! I have finally reached my 69th article. I never thought I’d make it, but now that I have it’s undoubtedly time for some self-congratulation. This 69th article is a significant one because it is representative of what blogging is: I give pleasure to you through my articles, and you return it in the forums. John Howard O
You forgot a feature. The admins tolerate a broad range of political opinion. I love ju. The sidebar giving indication of what other people are writing is excellent promo. The ability to have a list of favoruites is also good promo and makes it easier for me to navigate to where I want. And I love the rankings. It's great to know who's reading you. However... >Per-Article statistics. Users can see how many people have viewed thei
The best present I was ever given, the present I got the most use out of of any present I have ever been given was..... a bunch of cardboard boxes. They had been used for moving. I was less than 5 years old. With a young fertile mind, these boxes became castles, caves, cubby holes, hats, slippery dips, whatever I felt like. I am truly grateful for the gift my parents gave me..the gift of a creative mind which they have fostered from day one.
Hey, sorry for ditching you so early at the RE the other night. I hope you had a good time with Jimmy and the others.
Thanks, Para. Come join me for a drink down at the pub after the service ay!
I'll second the fiction category
I remember once admiring one of my students because she stood up to me and defied my authority. I thought the confidence and intelligence (and willingness to question authority) was excellent. I had told her to do something (which as it turned out was not what she was supposed to be doing) and she simply told me "you're not the real teacher" and proceeded to do what she was doing before.
YES! Sledging is an important and wonderful aspect of most sports. And all that padding does look wussy.
It is also usually only minorities who are offended by racist and sexist TV material, but I am glad that these minority groups like PTC are sticking up for a more just society. It is all very well to suggest people switch off, but the concern of groups like PTC is often more to do with the effect it has on others.
Ah America, the beacon of democracy, bringing democratic rule to the world!
You're a very interesting guy Muggaz. Funny too.
Last week a letter by Bob Thomas was published in The Courier-Mail quite rightly asking where were all the Palm Island protesters (who are rioting over the alleged murder of an Aboriginal citizen by a police officer) when their women and children were being raped, bashed and murdered over the years. My response went something like this: Probably the same pl
Absolute rubbish. No one has any idea what day Christ was born. They chose the day of a Pagan festival. You may have heard the term "yuletide"!!!! The holiday many of us celebrate come December 25 is much more like Yuletide than anything to do with the man who started a religion 2009ish years ago. So why shouldn't people be allowed to sing songs that don't mention JC? If we celebrate Xmas for other reasons, we should darn well be allowed to do that. Go
A Liberal Party supporting acquaintance and I rode along in the car with the radio news on. It informed us of the new Government’s plans to introduce an Australia Identity Card: a new measure to combat terrorism. We both groaned “Nooooo!”. Then my friend labelled the idea: “COMMUNISM!”. My goodness! My worst fears about those reds under the beds had come tru
Mark Latham, the leader of the supposedly left-wing Labor Party, has given his synopsis of their unsucessful election campaign. According to Latham, the problem was that they weren’t the Liberal Party. And Latho is going to change that fact. At first, h
Phoenixboi, I hate you so much right now :> What's your secret?!?!
ChemicalKinetics, in your criticisms of dynamaso, once again you demonstrate your inability to understand hyperbole. It is a problem faced by most of Moore's critics (except people like me of course because I am brilliant). A lot of people on the extreme Right got very upset by Moore and those of them who are part of JU have thus attributed Bush's victory to the idea that everybody doesn't like Moore. It is true that some of the lies spread b
Hey Treens, why didn't you just listen on ABC Radio? The Kiwis looked strong for a bit, but this result is a sad day for international cricket. The players went to the Regatta after the game. I told Lang he played well. Glad I didn't run into the Fat Brat. I probably woulda given him a piece of my mind and he woulda given me a piece of his fist.
"Wait a minute, is it a joke? Or is it a documentary? Most documentaries I know of (and I'm no media expert) are not satirical or parodies. Did I miss something here?" Yes obviously you did. As I said. Much media attention (at least in Australia) has focussed on Moore's ability to mix humour with a documentary style that contains a lot of editorial. "he privately believed and actually openly said bin Laden is innocent, then is just pl
Quite frankly I think you have spent too much time absorbe in JU if you think Michael Moore is such a problem. The only people truly insulted by Moore were the hardline Republicans. The rest took it as a joke or an opinion they disagreed with.
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