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Thursday March 12, 2009 · 2:45 AM PDT

2009/03/12 · 02:45

I thought I was safe from the crapload that was the Bush administration when I bailed out of DC last year and returned to Australia.

Apparently not. Today I was listening to the local radio world news and came across this piece of work. Barry Jackson.

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Friday November 02, 2007 · 10:43 AM PDT

2007/11/02 · 10:43

Yeah, it's been asked many times. Why is the Prez not asking the people to make a sacrifice in this "time of war".

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 9:27 AM PDT

2007/06/21 · 09:27

I listened to Dennis Kucinich's speech at Taking Back America on c-span yesterday afternoon.

I have to say, I was impressed. Not because I think he's a great candidate, but because the general Utopian theme of his speech had so much in common with what I would consider to be an ideal world in which to live.

Of course, that is not reality and probably never will be.

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Thinking about the vision expressed by Dennis Kucinich at TBA - which of these describes your position?

34 votes Vote Now!

Thinking about the vision expressed by Dennis Kucinich at TBA - which of these describes your position?

I support that vision and I think it could stand the test of a general election.

12 votes

I would love to vote for a candidate who shares that kind of vision but not Kucinich.

2 votes

I like the idea of that vision but I'm afraid to squander my vote.

1 vote

I would support (vote for) that kind of vision without question.

7 votes

Its a nice idea but how can you pull it off in our political system / climate?

4 votes

OK, but there is no way that kind of vision could ever prevail in America.

4 votes

BS, We have to be aggressive in the world to look after No 1.

0 votes

Is Kucinich on drugs?

1 vote

Dirty f@@cking hippy!

3 votes

From the "Only in America" Department - A pardon for Scooter?

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Wednesday June 06, 2007 · 9:07 AM PDT

2007/06/06 · 09:07

So Scooter Libby has been convicted and sentenced. This is a good thing because we are a nation of laws and we respect those laws, right?

Especially true of those who are entrusted with enforcing those laws, right? They would have a keener sense of what it means to be a nation of laws, laws that apply to all - not just a few.

Of course, I was not surprised to hear talk of a Presidential Pardon for Scooter. Talk all you like. But, please, let us all review what we should expect from the Executive branch of government.

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 11:52 AM PDT

2007/05/31 · 11:52

I had a chance to listen to Al Gore's appearance at GWU via C-Span radio yesterday.

Heck, I had and hour and forty five minutes on my hand while driving home. Well, I didn't need it. It was all over, including the Q&A, inside 45 minutes.

It was interesting though. As some have said, he was a bit long winded and not particularly charismatic but there was enough there to hold my attention and even get me out to buy the book.

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Would you vote for Al Gore if he called out politicians regarding the "reasonableness" of their support for Bush Administration policies?

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Would you vote for Al Gore if he called out politicians regarding the "reasonableness" of their support for Bush Administration policies?

Sure, he's my hero!

34 votes

I'd have no choice, there would be no-one left!

11 votes

Nope, Al is past his use-by date.

10 votes

Why won't you people listen, Saddam and Al-Qaeda were best buds.

2 votes

No way, I like Kool-Aid

1 vote

I'm voting for George again.

1 vote

Just another day in paradise - National Continuity Policy

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 8:02 AM PDT

2007/05/25 · 08:02

George has another grab at absolute power with this National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive.

So here's a scenario. It is September 2008. The Democratic party nominee for President is leading the Republican nominee 65 to 28 in the polls.

Al-Qaeda hates America and are planning attacks. We are fighting them over there (still) and the numbers haven't changed. We're still losing a hundred soldiers a month plus upwards of 1,000 Iraqis a month. We're turning the corner, if we just give it some more time there is light at the end of the tunnel. The insurgency is in it's last throes.

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Tuesday April 10, 2007 · 7:47 AM PDT

2007/04/10 · 07:47

That's a question that I've wanted someone to ask in the so called "Main Stream Media" since the Bush regime embarked on their Global War on Terrah or GWoT.

My perspective might be a little different from most since I've spent 75% of my life living outside the US. 95% of the worlds population does not live in the US. Here's another interesting stat or two. 75% of US voters DID NOT vote for Bush. The 25% who did, represent 0.8% of the worlds population. Ok, so less than 1% of the world, elected the "Leader of the Free World". And who the heck appended that title to the US presidency? Anyone out there ask the other 95% if that was alright with them?

The often used term, "US interests" has always been a red flag for me and for millions of others who live outside the US. WTF does that mean and why does the "US interest" almost always trump any other interest?

So, the Bush regime keeps repeating the line, "we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here". They are also happy to repeatedly remind us what a great job they are doing since we've not had a terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. Good job.

But there are some things I'm apparently too stupid to understand.

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Saturday November 04, 2006 · 3:35 PM PST

2006/11/04 · 15:35

From the day that we were born we've been heading down a track
Sometimes it's made for good sometimes for bad
But if we look behind us there's a wave coming down
Carrying us forward to a new age

What about the world around us
How can we fail to see
And now that our fathers have gone
And we've been left to carry on
What about the age of reason

So why can't we be still why can't we love each other
Is kindness an ancient skill buried by our blindness
And if we look behind us there's a wind blowing in
To create the age of reason

If we consider carefully the options put before us
So much wisdom so much love so much waiting for us
And if we look ahead there's the sun and the seasons
Another day another age of reason.

Todd Hunter & Johanna Pigott

Contact Verizon and / or Join a Class Action

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 8:23 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 08:23

I've been looking for contact information for Verizon since yesterday when I was told that "we don't take complaints over the phone".

First though, I found out that a class action was launched against Verizon back in February by a NY lawyer. Of course, this was before the latest news broke about provision of phone records. Now, I'm no lawyer but it seems to me that this action covers the bases.

Check it out here http://www.pascazilaw.com/...

Verizon Contact info follows: Read More

If you're not outraged ....

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 9:48 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 09:48

In the last few days Bush has really un-veiled the true colors of himself and his ilk for all to see. What has happened on the Gulf Coast prior to and since the hurricane is a disaster of the largest possible proportions for a country already reeling.

I'm not a religious person, my personal opinion is that religion, for the most part, is a giant mind control scam, a humungous guilt trip, much of it specifically targeting those not able to think independently to the benefit of those controlling the "religion". Read More

I was only nineteen

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Thursday August 11, 2005 · 7:55 AM PDT

2005/08/11 · 07:55

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing-out parade at Puckapunyal
It was a long march from cadets.
The sixth battalion was the next to tour, and it was me who drew the card.
We did Canungra, Shoalwater before we left.

And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
God help me, I was only nineteen. Read More

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