Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Illegals flooding our country

A major issue at the next Australian election!

Illegal immigrants.

Since our current Government (Labor) won election, they've gone out of their way to encourage illegal immigrants to jump the queue of legitimate others and enter our country and do as they please.

Apart from the boats crowded with illegals now hitting our shores daily, one cringes at the thought of those sneaking through on air arrivals.

Naturally, we taxpayers are expected to pay for them all providing them benefits.

That's why they come here.

The word has spread, we are a soft touch. Certain numbers of them are attempting to dominate our culture with their own. Does any of this make sense? It's time to kick back and send back these people where they came from.

An excellent thought is to send the illegals back to the camps where legals are waiting. Bring the legals in and let those illegals wait back in the queue. "Backfilling". An excellent idea!

There are few issues more fraught in this country than that of border protection. The combination of anxiety about our security, concerns about our employment and economic well-being and the often confrontational images that accompany this problem means that emotions run high.

Leaders on both sides of the political debate have an obligation to make sure that this passion is constrained to vigorous debate and does not spill over into ugly vilification or racism.

And likewise those who are legitimately concerned the current policy is too soft should not be labeled racists themselves.

Instead it is incumbent upon each side of politics to put the emotive language and rhetoric aside and clearly outline their position on this complex issue.

There is a sense in the community, as there has been in some sections of the Labor Party itself, that Kevin Rudd's difficulties with the asylum seeker problem have not been caused by his less hard line approach but rather his attempt to talk tough while implementing a more generous program.

If he had articulated an unequivocal position and stood fast he might not have found himself wedged in as he appears to be now. People might have disagreed but they at least would have known where he stood and respected him for that.

Likewise Tony Abbott has flagged the possibility of returning to John Howard's controversial Pacific Solution. He ought to place this squarely on the board or remove it altogether as a political chess piece.

If we're going to talk tough about this issue let's also talk straight.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Don't you hate someone that destroys a career?

We have in Australia, a weak couple, Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle our local media does it's best on a slow news day to relate to power couple, David Beckham and wag. Victoria. Victoria was a one time Spice girl decades ago.

However, Vice Captain of Australian Cricket, Michael Clarke hurried back to Australia in the middle of a strategic series in NZ to comfort girlfriend Lara Bingle, embroiled in a nude picture scandal involving one of her former lovers. It seems she needed consoling for her stupidity. "Immediately, if not sooner". Lara has done little the last few years of any note. In fact, she's done little anytime! http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6862419,00.jpg

Cricket is a big deal in Australia same as baseball in USA.

She's been involved in various scandals in the past so this is nothing new to her. She's also known to associate with various sporting stars and involved in various scandals with them.

If this was just one scandal, I could accept this as we are only human. But there have been several with this train wreck. However this spoiled brat who's never worked a day in her life, demands immediate attention from her poor besotted boyfriend.

She has little claim to fame apart from the fact she fronted a commercial for Australian Tourism a few years ago and became famous for using the word "bloody" that the poms objected to the use.

Can you believe this? The poms... who have the most risque (and enjoyable) humor in the world. In the near future, I may bother to take the months necessary to list, the thousands of English shows, their sexual innuendos and use of dirty words far. far worse than the word, "bloody"!

However, I digress!

Bingle currently, has a street smart PR Agent out there flogging her as a package to TV networks and any other media that will listen, for a million dollars. Needless to say, weeks, later, no one wants to know her.

Other Agents gave up on her because she was a tad precious, not accepting work.

Not surprisingly, now, no one wants to know her, she's crying and want's consolation from her main income earner, Michael Clarke to come home and comfort her. Poor baby probably has another scratch on her expensive gift car.

We take our cricket seriously here in Australia as it's steeped in tradition and history. To be an Australian Cricket Captain is perhaps the highest honor in Australian sport. Bingle's whine for attention has done little for her business opportunities and virtually destroyed her boyfriend's chances of advancing to Australian Captain and making serious money in Australian cricket.

They are engaged. Current bets from within the industry are, she will leave him soon and move on down hill!
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