It comes in waves...
I even have time for the Labor MP for Kingsford Smith. He and Midnight Oil rocked the SCG.
Someone in the crowd held up a sign saying,
"Garrett for PM"...perhaps in a decade.

Bi-cultural, bi-lingual and always colour co-ordinated.
"Garrett for PM"...perhaps in a decade.
"Can I just say, I mean, the negative mindset of the last five minutes is ridiculous - of course America has made mistakes."Meanwhile in America, Gore Vidal has responded to Bush's second inauguration speech - found over at WhatROOLYhappened.com.
"I think some of the criticism of the Americans by some the Europeans is unfair and irrational and I have said so."
"America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling. Our goal, instead, is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way. The great objective of ending tyranny is the concentrated work of generations. The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it. America's influence is not unlimited; but fortunately for the oppressed, America's influence is considerable, and we will use it confidently in freedom's cause."Vidal's comments,
"Well, I hardly know where to end, much less begin. There's not a word of truth in anything that he said. Our founding fathers did not set us on a course to liberate all the world from tyranny. Jefferson just said, all men are created equal, and should be, etc, but it was not the task of the United States to go abroad to slay dragons, as John Quincy Adams so wisely put it; because if the United States does go abroad to slay dragons in the name of freedom, liberty, and so on, she could become dictatress of the world, but in the process she would lose her soul. That is what we - the lesson we should be learning now, instead of this declaration of war against the entire globe. He doesn't define what tyranny is. I'd say what we have now in the United States is working up a nice tyrannical persona for itself and for us. As we lose liberties he's, I guess, handing them out to other countries which have not asked for them, particularly; and what he says - The reaction in Europe - and I know we mustn't mention them because they're immoral and they have all those different kinds of cheese - but, simultaneously, they're much better educated than we are, and they're richer. Get that out there: The Europeans per capita are richer than the Americans, per capita. And by the time this administration is finished, there won't be any money left of any kind, starting with poor social security, which will be privatized, so that is the last gold rush for (as they say) men with an eye for opportunity."John HoWARd follows Bush and his administration without applying facts, truth, logic, analysis, common sense or humanity.
"Events are made so horrible people like Saddam and so on are demonized, and we all have to immediately begin by saying how awful he is for 25 minutes before we can get down to the fact that he was no threat to the United States, no threat at all. He was not involved with al Qaeda. He was not involved with 9/11. He was not. He was not. You can say it a million times, but there you have a president with the help of the most corrupt media in my lifetime buoying his words across the land and telling lies about the - We're 45 minutes away from being blown up by the weapons of mass destruction that this master of evil has in his hands. - To which the answer is: Why? Why would he do that? There must be some motivation. You see, they are now beyond motivation, and that is insanity. So, an insane government is not one that you can look to with any confidence."
"We believe you can have a modern dynamic economy with compassion."Here's my list Kim:
"Anthony, if you can't play nicely with Jenny, I'm going to have to tell Papa Kim who will send you to the time-out room"Papa Kim was overheard telling Simon that nobody likes a bossy boots...
"As far as I'm concerned that's other people's business not mine. I have absolutely no expectations on any of my colleagues. It's their democratic right to stand if they choose and their democratic right not to."Kim, if you have no expectations on any of your colleagues, you will not be disappointed.
"In 2003, he signed the so-called partial-birth abortion act, the first piece of legislation since the Roe decision that makes an abortion procedure illegal. He's also pumped hundreds of millions into questionable abstinence-only sex education programs, while choking support for more comprehensive family-planning programs; nominated aggressively anti-choice candidates to federal courts and government positions; killed funding for international health programs that focus on reproductive issues; and supported other measures that limit reproductive freedom."More on the status of the partial-birth abortion act.
"Gather round people let me tell you a story, an eight year long story of power and pride.
British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri, were opposite men on opposite sides.
Vestey was fat with money and muscle.
Beef was his business, broad was his door.
Vincent was lean and spoke very little, he had no bank balance, hard dirt was his floor.
From little things big things grow.
Gurindji were working for nothing but rations, where once they had gathered the wealth of the land.
Daily the pressure got tighter and tighter, Gurindju decided they must make a stand. They picked up their swags and started off walking, at Wattie Creek they sat themselves down.
Now it don't sound like much but it sure got tongues talking, back at the homestead and then in the town.
From little things big things grow.
Vestey man said I'll double your wages, seven quid a week you'll have in your hand. Vincent said uhuh we're not talking about wages, we're sitting right here till we get back our land.
Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered, you don't stand the chance of a cinder in snow.
Vince said if we fall others are rising.
From little things big things grow.
Then Vincent Lingiarri boarded an aeroplane, landed in Sydney, big city of lights, and daily he went round softly speaking his story, to all kinds of men from all walks of life, and Vincent sat down with big politicians, this affair they told him is a matter of state, let us sort it out, your people are hungry, Vincent said no thanks, we know how to wait.
From little things big things grow.
Then Vincent Lingiarri returned in an aeroplane, back to his country once more to sit down, and he told his people let the stars keep on turning, we have friends in the south, in the cities and towns.
Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting, 'til one day a tall stranger appeared in the land, and he came with lawyers and he came with great ceremony, and through Vincent's fingers poured a handful of sand.
From little things big things grow.
That was the story of Vincent Lingairri, but this is the story of something much more, how power and privilege can not move a people, who know where they stand and stand in the law.
From little things big things grow."
"We should not rush off on jingoistic sentiments or warped ideas of mateship and the ANZAC spirit. Those ideas are true. But they are outcomes. They are not motives. So our decisions as a nation to go to war must be the most serious we ever take. Only when the decision is irrevocable and accepted, let then the people perform to the ANZAC spirit which is uniquely Australian and compounds our effect wherever we appear. But let's not ever use that as the reason to put on khaki."...and who will post into the position?
"I was just following orders"was not a defense allowed then and it is not a defense allowed now.
“If (military intelligence) asks you to do this, it needs to be done. They’re in charge, follow their orders.”
"The house was not the intended target for the air strike. The intended target was another location nearby."-The US army has stated. It added that it:
"deeply regrets the loss of possibly innocent lives and that an investigation was under way."
"the attack is a sign that they have survived."
"You don't even grade the bloody road (note singular), I'm not paying any bloody rates"These are uncomplicated, hardworking, honest, good people and Allan Brooks is one such character.
"If I fill it to the top with coins, I'd be flat-out trying to push it to be quite honest, so obviously notes would be better,"
"The Australian branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has become possibly the first aid agency in the world to ask donors to stop pledging money to its tsunami appeal."And some of the worst is this predatory and exploitative behaviour from paedophiles, sociopaths and others.
"MSF had decided it would be breaching its ethical code to collect money it could not use for its designated purpose."
"President Bush announced today a ninefold increase in emergency aid to stricken areas of Asia, bringing the federal government's commitment to $350 million, and he said the United States would probably add more resources as the scope of what he called an "epic disaster" became clearer."
"Mr. Bush's action is the second time this week that the United States committed more funds to the effort, and it came after mounting criticism that the president, who has stayed on his 1,600-acre ranch all week and spoken publicly about the disaster once, had reacted too slowly."He may be the worst US President ever, but George W. Bush does understand national shame.