Author: Kev

A 14-year-old Australian boy arrested in Bali after allegedly being caught with a small amount of marijuana may have been set up, his lawyer says.

Yeah…right! Still his lawyer has to do his job as he sees fit.

Not only is the boy charged with possession but I note he was caught on his way to get a ‘massage’

Damn- they grow up so quickly these days, don’t they?

Unfortunately for the boy, Rudd has stepped in.

Mr Rudd said today that Australian officials were working closely with Indonesian authorities and had also been in contact with the family.

“I have just spoken with our ambassador in Jakarta (Greg Moriarty) and I have indicated to him that his number one priority in the immediate period ahead is how we support this young boy and his family and do everything we can to obtain his early return to Australia,” Mr Rudd said in Sydney last night.

I would have thought Greg Moriarty’s number one priority might be people smuggling or Australian Indonesian trade agreements or whatever issues that exist between the two countries and that he should just have someone keep an eye on the boy and his troubles.

Still, that’s just me. I’m not trying to become PM or get a seat at the UN.

Talking about Rudd, I picked up this quote from Latham at Catallaxy this morning;

(He) said that the reason that the public like Kevin Rudd is because they have never met him

Sounds about right.

PROMINENT Queen’s Counsel Julian Burnside has issued an apology to Tony Abbott after tweeting “Paedos in speedos” during a stream of critical remarks about the Opposition Leader on Twitter.

Burnside says he wasn’t referring to Abbott.

Absolute bullshit Burnside – you were involved in a tweet conversation about the evils of Abbott!

However a left winger abusing a conservative politician with such vitriol is hardly newsworthy so all will be forgotten.

ALP Tactic – spread rumours that the deficit is going to be $50 billion then come up with figures that say it’s only going to be $47.7 billion giving bragging rights on how good they are at managing the economy.

Priceless.

Swan;

“The fact is that we have shown in the past that we have the ability, the capacity and the proven record to deal with those circumstances, but those circumstances have not played out as yet

Yeah, right Wayne

“The government remains determined to return the budget to surplus in 2012-13, despite softer than expected revenues and increased global instability that will inevitably make that task more difficult,” he said

I’m reasonably confident that the next budget surplus will be after the Coalition wrests the Treasury keys from Wayne.

Women off to frontline as men-only jobs axed.

Let’s get back to failed asylum policy, the unwanted carbon tax and ALP/HSU union reps rorting members union dues.

Ex ALP candidate and High Court judge, Justice Mordecai Bromberg finds Bolt guilty of offending ALP, Greens and light skinned aborigines.

I presume Bolt will now appeal and we will have a debate about the Racial Discrimination Act that in this case simply discriminates against freedom of speech.

I also presume that someone will take similar action to call the Greens to order for calling Broome aborigines who support the James Point Gas hub “Coconuts” (black on the outside and white inside) – now that’s racial discrimination!

Waiting….waiting….

KEY independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he won’t stand in the way of a possible compensation package for clubs hit by planned poker machine reforms.

Why should he, it’s not costing him anything – it’s only government money after all.

The annoying thing about the proposed Pokie legislation is it is born out of Gillard’s desire to stay in power. Its blood line is Desperate PM by Weird Lefty.

Remember that, the debate is not about whether its a good idea or not – its about Gillard staying in power.

Obviously the legislation will end up costing the clubs and the taxpayer money as the Nanny State ramps up another bureaucracy trying to force us to live and breathe as others would like.

I don’t gamble and I don’t play the pokies. If I go to a club or pub I do so for social reasons – I’d rather chat to someone than stare at a screen. If others wish to do so then good on them but its not my bag. If some have problems with gambling then its been my experience, and I have been a Secretary Manager, that they will gamble their money elsewhere if forbidden locally.

I can’t see the legislation fixing up problem gambling but I can see it costing clubs and the taxpayer money.

A typical Left wing/ALP solution to a problem – legislate… compensate… ignore the fact that the whole process failed…..move on.