Mr Cutts the Butcher dials Thomson and Thompson.

Art. What can art tell you about a country? When the people are suffering, whether it be starvation or war time, if one has to worry about the next meal, or the next bullet, all efforts are directed inward. If safety allows reflection one can be prompted to focus outward. Once again, because it is just so excellent...I humbly give you.... blue poles..


Next, I have to tell you about a birthday. We, us, those of us here, you and I... have a birthday. It is coming up. Yes, at the end of this month, this site officially turns one. We have been broadcasting for 1 year. Kewl eh.

Now for the tired old subject. I hate to broach the topic, but Iraq continues to dominate in the news. It seems, and I think you noticed too, that our own "happymood" is squaring off against "Dubya." Increasingly, it is suggested that Iran is the nation commited to the destabilization of the situation in Iraq. Is the world prepared for a bombing campaign against Iran? When? I still reckon that Israel will beat them to it.

Finally. A man named David Hicks, a.k.a. Abu Muslim al-Austraili. He has been detained now for some time, at Guantanamo Bay because of his affiliation with the Taleban. He has not been charged with any offence. What do you reckon? Now I will preface this by saying that I do not support terrorism, however, I am beginning to question the position taken by our leaders. The government has not requested that Hicks, be returned to Australia. He has been held for 5 years, but only after being caught fighting against Allied forces. While being held without charge, he alleges that he has been tortured. The Aussie public doesn't seem to care about his plight. What do you think? Check out the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks

cya

2007 tic tic tic tic....

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!

What a break.

First of all, thank you for the requests to continue on with the story. I hope your 2007 has been a great one so far.

So where are we going to go? The APEC conference here, in Canberra should prove to be interesting. Hopefully I can get into the thick of it and chek er out, camera in tow.

I have followed with interest a handful of stories about blogging. Some it would seem will go out of their way to publish thoughts against their place of work. In many cases these people have lost their jobs. I have also heard of people who comment on a blogspot who have been terminated or have cause others to be terminated from their positions because of their thoughts. Hopefully we can be careful in this regard so anyone who shares their view can feel as though they are getting their thoughts out of their minds, and onto "paper" and are in a safe environment where discussion is a tonic, and comments are constructive. Except for the odd angry comment, I thank you for your generosity and your wisdom here. I hope we all can help each other to be as anonymous or as Paris Hiltonized as each of us individually want to be. Now before I sound too much like Psam....

This week in the Canberra times was the threat of an attack at Sydney's nuclear plant and at the Parliament House. I have always thought that there is little threat of an attack in Australia because on the world stage we are but an insignificant speck. That of course was my gut feeling. My case in point is of course the reaction to the Bali bombing worldwide. The event was carried on many of the front pages, across our globe but quickly faded from view within a short time. It was, per capita much more of a toll upon Australia than Sept 11 was to the Americans. The terrorist organization likes to have headlines and Australia is but nothing. Or so I thought. Last year, there was an arrest of suspected terrorist militants. These citizens were suspected of attempting a major terrorist attack in Australia. I was cynical because the announcement became political and our honourable leaders were quick to swoop in and scavenge for cheap attention. Again, I was wrong. It seems that there was a plot to attack our "house" with rocket launchers. Six launchers were purchased for $85000 over a period and we can only guess what the plans were. One can only hope that justice will prevail against those who seek to kill mothers, fathers, and children. Is your heart, your love for this great country, and your sense of what is right and wrong worth a paltry eighty five grand?

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?story_id=546517