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It seems that ex Aussie PM Paul Keating stands no chance of winning the Eurovision song contest.
The likelihood is not much improved if the ex Labor party leader were to team up with recently ousted Liberal leader and recent Aussie PM, John Howard.
These chances have been measured against Keating’s chances of landing the post of being the next G’Day campaign in the UK.
Pensioners in Melbourne Australia, stripped in public yesterday in protest at the low level of the base pension.
The antic caused traffic mayhem as drivers craned their necks to see the older Aussies prancing about in their undergarments.
Organiser of the protest, Mrs Mavis Simms, said this was the only way she knew to attract the government’s attention.
Seems Hillary is really clutching at straws in her attempt to win the top poll spot for the White House with her insane threat to “totally obliterate” Iran if it were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel.
Naturally the Iranians are pissed off and Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdisaid “The Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its deep concern over, and strong condemnation of such a provocative, unwarranted and irresponsible statement against the Iranian nation and civilization.”
I don’t know what led to this little jib from the Aussie PM - maybe it was that Bush was bragging about all things big come from Texas, so therefore as i come from Texas I must be a big man…. and my gun is bigger than yours….
The important thing is Rudd did not lay down for Bush, even though he was given the title of Man of Steel, a term passed on from the last Aussie PM. Rudd steely…hmmm, maybe. Just remember, most states in OZ are bigger than most states in the USA. Cop that Mr Bush. [Read more →]
Political speeches are odd creatures, with hidden meanings and other stuff lurking between the lines. This is just one example from US President GW Bush’s speech about the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq.
If you have any other interpretations of what he really meant, share em via comments!
The Warren Tribune Chronicle is hanging its head in shame after having an incorrect report that claimed their reporter had contacted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who was reported at the time to be answering questions from voters in a local congressman’s office.
It seems their rather hopeless eporter John Goodall, who was assigned to the story, rang the local congressman’s office and held and interview with the person who answered the phone with “This is Hillary”.
Senator Hillary Clinton has left supporters dumbfounded with the revelation of her latest campaign tactic in an attempt to catch up with Barak Obama will be the use of a cigar.
In the face of flaccid results in the most recent polls, Clinton has decided to use cigars to provide a new angle in an attempt to impress voters.
“Cigars and the name Clinton are synonymous so she has decided to leverage off Bill’s past and attempt to insert her authority on the rest of the Presidential campaign,” said a Clinton camp insider.
Political tricks may not be the only ones turned during the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August according to the Rocky Mountain News.
The sex and adult entertainment industries are expecting a boom in business when an estimated 35,000 visitors descend on the Mile High City for the presidential nominating bash.
The report says that at the Pepsi Center, the focus will be on a single nominee.
Confusion, claim and counter-claim in the U.S. Administration remains rife this week, with Republicans claiming that Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapons despite a report from a top US spy agency saying there was no such development underway.
A National Intelligence Estimate released a report, based on claimed illegal espionage, that said it had “high confidence” that Iran was no longer developing a nuclear weapons program.
He was the known as a street fighter on the floor of parliament, acid tongued and quick witted.
So ex Labor Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating’s comments on the contenders for those in the running for the Australian Liberal Party leadership is a good read - better than I could have written myself!
Over to Paul Keating: [Read more →]