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I’m not sorry

During the week just gone, Australia had its 'Sorry Day', where the government apologised to the Aborigines for the treatment they experienced generations ago. I can certainly understand the need for the Australian government to be seen saying sorry for … Read more …

The bird flu hoax

Further to the bird flu entry here, there's another article here that talks about the bird flu hoax. Interestingly, the intelligence analysis by Stratfor has these particular comments… An uncomfortable but undeniable fact is that there are a great many … Read more …

The criminalisation of politics

There's an excellent post here at Daily Kos, about the Republicans defending the President and his advisors, all of whom are implicated in treasonous acts against the country. An excellent quote here: There's something beyond mere politics in all of … Read more …

Disaster readiness – US vs Pakistan

I'm curious. With all of America's security and rescue preparations over the past 4 years, how is it that Pakistan was able to get military and civilian personnel on the ground, and rescue operations well underway, within 24 hours of … Read more …

Republicans don’t want investigation

Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. The US Senate voted on a bid to establish an independent, bipartisan panel whose purpose was to investigate where failures occurred across the Federal, state and local governments, in regards to Hurricane Katrina. All the Democrats voted … Read more …

George Bush, the puppet

I've heard that President George Bush is proud of the fact that he never watches tv or reads the papers, and all his news and information is given to him by his advisors. I've also heard that there were at … Read more …

Timeline of New Orleans debacle

I'm supplying here a comparison of two disasters. First the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, followed by the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina, 2005. The New Orleans timeline has been gathered by me from multiple sources on the internet. San Francisco … Read more …

Goodbye New Orleans… and George Bush?

I'm shocked, like most people, to see what's happened to New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. What's been shocking has been the extent of the damage, the flooding, the looting, and the recriminations that have bounced around the internet. What's … Read more …

Who am I kidding?

It's been almost a week now since I got excited about starting my own political party. It was a couple of days afterwards that I came crashing back to earth, and I've been reflecting on it since then. Who, really, … Read more …