Why the voters of Wagga Wagga have good news for Bush and Blair

The Times ^ | October 11, 2004 | Tim Hames

[Piefloater]

She also claims that she sacrificed money,job security,and her "partner" (bells going off) for writing her anti-Howard screed "Not Happy John". Oh the martyrdom of being a (small l) liberal!

Yes it's heartbreaking isn't it!

I have no idea if this is accurate or not, but a poster to an Australian Blog site recently quoted a very senior person at the Sydney Morning Herald describe her as follows:

"We did not want her writing for the paper anymore so we created a web position for her. We had no idea that it would come to this. She is now completely mad".

Perhaps she will be making further sacrifices in terms of job security and money soon.

[xp38]

For the sake of those non Aussies who are unfamiliar with Road Trains they are tractor trailer combinations of about a half dozen trailers hitched together and driven across outback Australia where traffic is at a low level and the economies of scale come into effect.

[mrsmel]

We did not want her writing for the paper anymore so we created a web position for her. We had no idea that it would come to this. She is now completely mad".

Wow, if the SMH thinks that she's mad,she must REALLY be mad,hehe.

[Fred Nerks]

Sort of like a GIANT very long ROADRUNNER and Latham is the coyote that always ends up falling down the cliff or getting his head blown off...

Reminds me of GWB vs F'nKerry, actually.

[naturalman1975]

The Family First party is a surprise however. I don't recall a faith based political party in the past.

I'm not sure how old you are Fred - but we have had faith based parties before. The most prominent was probably the DLP - Democratic Labor Party - big in the 1950s and 60s, now moribund. Strongly Catholic and anti-Communist, they played a significant role in keeping Menzies in power.

[Tarpon]

Yeah, I remember that. But there is something different about blowing up our embassies in Africa and blowing up NYC. At least it was for me. Bali was over there, NYC was right here.

I think it makes a difference.

[Grampa Dave]

An interesting thing happened in California shortly after Arnold became governor, a lot of these Derrida-ites decided to take retirement from colleges, universities. public schools, the various state agencies that pump money into the so called education sites and the non profits that find grant money.

A friend, who has been a closet conservative in education, took his second retirement. He had been called out of his first retirement to bail out a new school.

He felt that there are many money trails that aren't really kosher, and these Derrida-ites decided to get out before the trails got hot. Also, many of them are his/mine age, in their 60's, and they know their jig is up.

[Oztrich Boy]

IIRC, there was formerly a Catholic-affiliated political party in Australia,sorry,forgot the name,but it was socialist/left-leaning.

The Australian Labor Party: still around and the official Opposition Party (Mark Latham is the current leader)

[Timeout]

The defiant response here to the savage murder of Kenneth Bigley is not what the terrorists anticipated.

Ivan, could you fill me in on what he's talking about. I've had the impression the Brits dissolved into pathos and pity over Mr. Bigley's horrible treatment and murder.