Category: Politics

Kerry Defined

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Gary of Gravatt.org fame pointed me to this letter re John Kerry. It talks of American dead defamed by lies but is equally relevant from the Australian perspective. This as a teaser;
It’s bad enough that we couldn’t mourn our dead then. Now we see the same man that stood over the open graves of our brothers and pissed on their bodies is back. This time he’s dug up those bodies and is standing on them to give himself the stature for high office.
Compassionate and eloquent, it sums up the feelings of Vietnam Vets very well. Go read and try and imagine how we feel. If you were the man who, in 1970, phoned the recently bereaved parents of a mate from my battalion and told them he deserved to die or the man in Adelaide who told me the dead of Long Tan deserved to die or the young women, who in 1971, ask me how many babies I had killed, or anyone who agreed with them then read the letter and look into your soul. Thanks Gary.
US Politics

John Kerry’s Dodgy Awards

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John Kerry set the scene to include his war service as a part of his case to be elected President so he can’t complain when people question that service. I mean, right from the start I would have shut up. Does he really think people will forget what he did after the war when he went over to the other side. It’s one thing to disagree with the war – it’s quite another to give solace to the enemy and to denigrate the service of your own countrymen. On the face of it it appears he was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for rescuing a special forces guy. The SF guy was in the water and there was no incoming fire. Big deal! That’s not hero stuff. Now his Silver Star is under question. Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer writing for Frontpage have come up with some fairly interesting questions. Yes, I know where Frontpage are coming from but the questions still need answering. It appears they have found three, repeat three, citations for the award. Civilians might find that of no import but the soldier in me screams “bullshit alert…there is somethig wrong here’ Not only are there an unprecedented three citations but they vary, were written years and decades after the event and look like a sanitization of events. If your interested in pursuing the truth you should check it out Wallace at Streams in Texas has a point to make on relative heroism. Non military readers may like to read what he has to say to get some idea what we proffessional soldiers think of dodgy citations and officers who enlist in the enemy’s services. Update: Donald Sensing at One Hand Clapping has more
US Politics

ALP to hold another ASIO enquiry

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I recall the last ASIO enquiry conducted by the ALP when Senator Murphy, accompanied by Kerry Milte, raided ASIO HQ. I was an Infantry Platoon Sergeant at the time and stilll in shock from having a government openly supporting the enemy and assailing diggers for having done thier duty. The ALP, paranoid then about ASIO and obviously still worried about them today, have some cause to be worried. Lets face it a good percenatge of their members are so left-wing as to be a concern to the national security. This is how the last enquiry was conducted.
At 11:00 pm on 15th March 1973 Canberra ASIO Chief (Colin Brown) gets a call from Murphy. Brown had just got to sleep. Get into my office in 10 minutes. Can’t. In my pajamas. I’ll be there in 15 minutes. Met by Murphy, Milte and female secretary. In Browns office Murphy sits and grills Brown for two hours while Brown is forced to stand. Milte makes sneering remarks. Murphy orders files to be delivered to office. Brown calls in record chief and 2IC. Murphy flicks though files. When he found information regarding terrorist activity he shouted at ASIO Chief “Why wasn’t I told this? ASIO Chief explains there is no concrete evidence that would stand up in court so watching brief only.
The ‘enquiry’ goes on in the same vein with Murphy yelling and Milte (all of 23 at the time) slipping in snide comments. Check Google on Murhy and Milte Interesting. The Left will do anything within their power to embarrass ASIO and make Howard look bad and don’t tell me they’re not pushing the same ASIO Enquiry barrow as they did nearly 30 years ago. Now that communism has been outed as an obscenity against mankind and particularly against their own citizens, the Left can only pursue those who destroyed it – the US and those conservative governments that have the temerity to share common beliefs. Quotes from “The Whitlam Venture” by Alan Reid, 1976. An excellent source of all of Whitlam’s stuff ups under one cover. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Politics

Fahrenheit 9/11

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Yeah. I know. The subject has been around for awhile but I’ve decided to include this link to 59 deceits by Dave Kopel to help readers gain access to a critical assessment of the politdoco produced by Michael Moore. I haven’t seen Fahrenheit 9/11 and have no intentions of doing so. To me it would be like taking time out of my busy life to spend an evening with Phillip Adams. I just have better ways of spending my time than watching a 122 minute anti-Bush/US political add peppered with lies, lies of omission and half truths. It amazes me that people in Brisbane Australia will pay good money to watch a Democrat Political ad and accept it in blind faith. What?s more upsetting is that Moore is making buckets of money out of the exercise and no-one is calling him to order other than in the blogworld. Great money if you can get it. I bet John Singleton never made anywhere as much money out of any of his ALP TV adverts. But then John is not as unprincipled as Moore. I’m surprised Phillip Adams hasn’t thought of this and produced a politdoco making Howard look like a liar and a fool using the same formulae as Moore. Get an unflattering film clip of Howard, season with lies, lies of omission and half truths and sell it to the world. Then again, maybe Phil has thought of it. As an aside. Can you imagine the uproar if someone produced a similar piece on John Kerry. We would never hear about it. The press would block it and no actor would even look at a script and yet with Kerry’s background it would be a great expose. Ah, the dream. Level playing field – unbiased media. Stupid of me, I know.
US Politics

Howard rejects war lies petition

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JOHN Howard yesterday rejected a statement by 43 former service chiefs and diplomats who accused him of committing Australia to the Iraq war on the basis of lies. The Prime Minister vowed to continue to reject the “misrepresentation” that his Government joined the war in Iraq based on false assumptions and deception. The letter was signed by former defence force chiefs Alan Beaumont and Peter Gration, former defence department secretary Paul Barratt, former prime minister’s department secretaries Alan Renouf and Richard Woolcott and former ambassadors including Rawdon Dalrymple, Stephen Fitzgerald and Ross Garnaut. There are no surprises there. They did the same in 2002 as reported here and look at the signatories then: Bill Hayden, governor-general, 1989-1996; E.G. Whitlam, prime minister 1972-1975; J.M. Fraser, prime minister 1975-1983; R.J. Hawke, prime minister 1983-1991; John Hewson, opposition leader 1990-1994; General Peter Gration, chief of the Defence Force 1987-1993; Admiral Alan Beaumont, chief of the Defence Force 1993-1995; Admiral Mike Hudson, chief of the naval staff 1985-1991; Major-General Peter Phillips, national president, RSL. No surprises there either. The Evatt foundation also talk about the 2002 petition. Go there and see what company they keep. Margo Kingston, Al Gore, Gareth (Biggles) Evans, Phillip Knightly and Tom Uren to name a few. I hope Howard had the wit to roll his eyes on receiving the petition.
Politics

Top aides quit Government House

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From Brisbanes Courier Mail.
Three top aides to Governor Richard Butler have indicated they will conclude their duties and not return. Official secretary John Chilcott, senior adviser Anne Parker and aide-de-camp Chris Beattie will leave Government House today. Mr Chilcott, a respected public servant, and Mrs Parker, a lawyer who previously worked in private practice in Hobart, are expected to hand in their resignations shortly. Mr Beattie has already resigned. The walkout comes after months of conflict between staff and Mr Butler and his wife Jennifer over the role of governor.
Even the Aide de camp has voted with his feet
Another Government House figure, police aide-de-camp Commander Syd McClymont, also handed in his notice this week after 17 years in the honorary role.
Only Butler, so anti establishment, would force senior public servants to leave. Must be a great story there but I doubt if we will ever here it all. If any Tassie readers know more please leave a comment. UPDATE Reader Harry Tuttle has done some googling and come up with these links that add more detail to the saga. Read his comments and then follow up the links here and here Thanks Harry. UPDATE II Premier orders Butler to crisis talks.
RICHARD Butler has 24 hours to prepare a convincing argument that he should remain the Tasmanian Governor after a frustrated Premier Paul Lennon yesterday ordered the irascible former diplomat to a crisis meeting about his handling of the vice-regal post.
Love it. What goes around comes around Richard old chap.
Politics

FTA II

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Niall on my post on the FTA
Skimming the pond brought up a visit by some soul from a typical right-leaning site with a little to say on the AUSFTA issue. I say ‘little’ because that’s essentially all there is. Hardly enlightening and not very surprising, but rather depressing to realize these people still exist.
I guess he’s depressed because right-leaning sites still exist with opinions that differ from left-leaning sites. Get use to it Niall. The left is, was and always will be a minority. Continue reading »
Politics

FTA

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Australia is on the verge of gaining better access to the greatest and largest market on the face of the globe and all Labour can do is use the agreement as a US bashing exercise. If the trade agreement was with another market there wouldn’t be a whisper. Latham, by his antics, can only be described as Anti American and we all know where the left sit on this matter. As Janet ALBRECHTSEN notes
WHILE the ALP may have given a slow-motion thumbs up to Australia’s free trade agreement with the US, it will do little to allay fears that anti-Americanism is still writ large on the party’s psyche.
That’s the worry. It might look like clever posturing on Lathams behalf but I can’t see the voter being over concerned by the small details of the patents on drugs. They will just see it as anti-American and that will be dangerous baggage for Labour to carry to the election. For a long time now Latham has said we will reserve our stand on the FTA until our Senate enquirie comes up with a recommendation. The enquirie has now come up with a recommendation…..It’s good for Australia accept it… but he has to pay homage to left-wing members and his own anti-Americanism. Let’s see. How can I let everyone know I’m anti-American and gain political mileage out of this? I know. I’ll put in some conditions. That way we won’t look like we folded under pressure. Left wing still not happy, voters confused and rolling eyes and all Howard is trying to do is stitch up a deal with the Yanks.
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