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rattus values .....While Anglo-Australians can be proud of a long-time forgotten truth of “Fair Go” Australia for the privileged, today’s Australia is an unequal & unfair society. The myth of “Fair Go” Australia is just a shield, protecting Australia against criticism of Australia’s unfair treatments of Indigenous Australians & Australians from other minority groups.
bushit business .....‘In 2002, Donald Rumsfeld famously called the detainees at Guantánamo "the worst of the worst." General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned they were "very dangerous people who would gnaw hydraulic lines in the back of a C-17 to bring it down." These claims were designed to justify locking up hundreds of men and boys for years in small cages like animals.
rattus gruel .....
from Crikey ….. Doing Rudd slowly while the economy boils over Christian Kerr writes: If you’ve ever watched Jamie Oliver, you’ll know how all the different people in a commercial kitchen have to work in unison. And so it is running a nation. The economic Escoffiers and political patisseriers just can’t do their own thing.
the evil men do .....‘Neo-cons have convinced themselves that nuking Iran will show the Muslim world that Muslims have no alternative to submitting to the will of the US government. Insurgency and terrorism cannot prevail against nuclear weapons.
cloning the fear meme .....
from the ABC ….. Minister says Pell as bad as that 'boofhead Hilaly' Alexandra Smith and Linda Morris June 7, 2007 The Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, could be compared to "that serial boofhead Sheik al Hilaly", the NSW cabinet minister Nathan Rees has said in an explosive speech in Parliament.
playing the fall guy .....
spotting absurdity .....Liberal leadership speculation absurd: Downer
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has described the latest bout of Liberal leadership speculation as "absurd".
With the Coalition trailing Labor in the polls, there has been renewed speculation that it is time for John Howard to hand over the leadership heading into the Federal election campaign.
the only suspect .....Little rattus is lying when he says that his new AWA fairness test is 'no different' from the old no disadvantage test. The deceit of the prime rodent is evidenced by his assertion that it is 'silly' for workers to go to the High Court to appeal against the loss of penalty rates or other conditions under an AWA individual contract, whilst he refuses to give workers any alternative means of appealing a 'fairness test' ruling. The fairness test is inferior in four key ways:
back at club rattus .....from the SMH ….. Foreign debt - Australia's black hole Jacob Saulwick June 6, 2007 AUSTRALIA'S current account deficit improved slightly in the three months to March following a blowout at the end of last year, but the picture is marred by ballooning foreign debt.
g8 .....from the Centre for American Progress ….. An Inconvenient Summit
KBR Gets US Navy Counterterrorism ContractMedia Release:
The Aegis Of Unreason.. Two Years Later.
Keeping The Flame BurningWebdiary's last vestige of heart and soul, Craig Rowley has resigned as director and editor. His departure is only mentioned as a sentence buried in the site. Of the names mentioned as the Webdiary Management Team there is only one who is currently active- General Manager David Roffey. I was honoured and proud to be invited by Margo Kingston to write there, and to start this blog which she and her brother Hamish helped me find my feet on. I'm glad that John is keeping things alive here. The idea, championed by Margo and Hamish (founders of Your Democracy) of creating a platform for people to write and exchange their ideas was and is a good one
rattus heist .....
High-speed broadband to woo voters Lisa Murray June 5, 2007 THE ROLL-OUT of a multibillion-dollar high-speed broadband network in the cities could be rushed through as the Federal Government tries to seize the upper hand in the debate before the election. At the same time, it will spend $900 million - $300 million more than expected - on improving internet speeds and access in regional and remote areas.
through a bushit looking-glass .....from Crikey ….. The hitch that might have freed Hicks Greg Barns writes:
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