Howard Praises Bush and Blair

AAP ^ | 02/02/04 | Herald Sun

[helives]

Howard praises Bush, Blair

02feb04

US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who've been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, have helped make the world safer, Prime Minister John Howard said today.

"I believe both of them made a strong contribution to producing in the longer run a safer world," Mr Howard told journalists in Perth.

"I am absolutely unconditional in my continued support for what they did, I have a great respect for both of them."

Bush and Blair were nominated for the prize yesterday by independent right wing Norwegian MP Jan Simonsen.

However being nominated doesn't mean much. Last year there were 165 nominations.

[helives]

Oh ya Johnny!! YOu'll get my vote at the next election!!

[jim35]

This will never happen. The Nobel Peace Prize only goes to tryants, and those who appease them. Oh yeah, and to known terrorists. Oops, I forgot. And communists.

[KangarooJacqui]

Oh ya Johnny!! YOu'll get my vote at the next election!!

Mine too.

(But look at the alternative... a Sydney westie who bashes taxi drivers? Ew.)

Right now though, I'm concentrating on kicking that smug fellow Beattie out of power up here in Australia's Sunshine State... (where oddly enough, right now it's raining!)

[NRA2BFree]

"I believe both of them made a strong contribution to producing in the longer run a safer world," Mr Howard told journalists in Perth.

I totally agree. I hope they divide it between the two of them.

[sadimgnik]

(But look at the alternative... a Sydney westie who bashes taxi drivers? Ew.)

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Oh, so you would have let the taxi-driver rob you, and meekly step aside saying "I'm not man (or woman) enough to defend my property"?

For those unfamiliar with the story, Australia's current Opposition Leader Mark Latham, once broke a taxi driver's arm in an altercation. However, what's not often referred to by cheap-shot opponents is HOW it happened.

Latham was taken by a taxi-driver on a trip which took _far_ longer, and cost _far_ more, than it should.

He refused to pay the excessive fee so the cab-driver stole his briefcase and ran.

In the ensuing chase, Latham crash-tackled the cab-driver, who sustained a broken arm.

Latham has a number of faults ... both political and personal ... but defending himself and his property should not be listed amongst them.

Sadim
(who will not, BTW, be voting for Latham - but who finds Howard's zero-tolerance drugs policy a turn-off)

[KangarooJacqui]

I don't like all of Howard's policies either. (See me in the Smokey Backroom for more on the WOD and "zero tolerance"... as I completely agree with you there!)

But you'd have to put a gun to my head before I'd vote Labour.

And speaking of violence, there are better ways to solve problems than the "Latham method"...

[xJones]

(God bless Australia, God bless America, God bless Israel, God bless western civilization)

I'll agree with that, and may God preserve western civilization.

[xm177e2]

He refused to pay the excessive fee so the cab-driver stole his briefcase and ran.

In the ensuing chase

?

Why not just take the cab as compensation? (well, take it to the nearest police station...)

[mitch5501]

"However being nominated doesn't mean much. Last year there were 165 nominations."

True...still,the thought that a few lefties here and there are bound to burn out a bearing and/or blow a gasket over it at least lets you feel it isn't totally worthless.

[MEG33]

God bless Howard and our Aussie allies.Thank you for helping.

[MEG33]

True,but I'm enjoying it none the less!Remember Carter got it as a protest against President Bush.Just having him and even Blair nominated and praised must rankle.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Right now though, I'm concentrating on kicking that smug fellow Beattie out of power up here in Australia's Sunshine State... (where oddly enough, right now it's raining!)

It rains in Australia? Just joking!

[KangarooJacqui]

VERY occasionally, yes ;-)

[The Raven]

>>The Nobel Peace Prize only goes to tryants

Well...we have had Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Henry Kissenger, Lech Welesa

[jrlc]

John "F*ing" Kerry's famous book cover mocking the Iwo Jima flag raising. A traitor and commie who has decades of voting against the military:

[jrlc]

John "Vietnam Veteran Against the War" F*ing Commie Kerry throws away somebody's medals in response to Dean's interview:

[Bush Cheney]

Oh ya Johnny!! YOu'll get my vote at the next election!!

Assuming you live in Australia.

Australia has always been an ally of the U.S.

[Brian Allen]

<< And speaking of violence, there are better ways to solve problems than the "Latham method"... >>

Yair.

There are.

He should have had a gun and shot the thievin' bastard!

[Just, had sane concealed-carry laws been in place, as someone would have been able to stop Tasmania's world-record-holding mass shooting-murder champion dead in his tracks]

Good one, Prime Minister Howard! Way to go!

[NautiNurse]

First pass reading the title made me think of Howard Dean. Knew that couldn't be true.