It is a tragedy when it happens at a school. Particularly children. It happened a few times while I was growing up at various schools I attended. I recall hearing my brother being awarded an Eagle Scout badge and the speech given by the scoutmaster, recalling a heroic act of a fit man throwing himself in front Read the rest of this entry »
I briefly met Lalich in 2008. I was walking through Westfields in Liverpool when along one of the corridors I saw this tall, white haired man. I said “Hello sir.” And I waved a friendly wave, not wanting to distract him from what he was doing. He gave a startled grunt and passed quickly enough, Read the rest of this entry »
A list was published of some 68 broken promises and back flips of Rudd from the time of his election to last November. An election year is coming up and Rudd needs to justify his performance. He is finding he is hampered by the abysmal news media which failed to find out what he would do in office. He gave broad promises but no actual detail, and now he has failed, he cannot point to any detail contradicting the appearance of failure. Read the rest of this entry »
Today Mr Rudd has declared a national day of mourning. Apparently that will be enough to erase from the public memory how bad administration cost the lives of over 170 Australians, over 800 other people suffered burns, 2029 homes were destroyed, 2439 buildings razed and 59 commercial premises lost. Locals aware of the danger were restricted from working to save themselves from green policy. Read the rest of this entry »