I had an uneasy feeling this morning (SMH 01/09/05). I agreed with Miranda from the start. All those pollies who blamed the media for the demise and suicide attempt of former Liberal Leader in New South Wales, John Brogden, were just trying to shift the centre of reality. Some pollies, including our “there-is-a-lot-of-laughing-in politics

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Just in case Mr Carlton from the radio waves and the SMH reads bits of this site, I would advise him that his satire column on Saturday 20th of August, about the government selling everything, including the defense department was very clever... except for one bit.

The government has already sold the defense department...
Not only it has been sold with promises of new troops at every turn to finish the job which obviously will never ever be finished according to Johnnee's own vernacular but was given away for peanuts and a kiss on someone's rear end in the US presidential potty.

Yes, the Ageis system being installed on Australian frigates being built by US Halliburton armament division in Adelaide is exactly that... A sold out defense department... With the Ageis system, The US controls the launching sequences for the missiles on Aussie ships. Thus , our missiles can go where the US wants them to go, and strong indications are we may not even know where they're going...