Police and protesters (The Usual Suspects) clash at tennis
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Malmoe, Sweden
March 08, 2009 01:37am
MORE than 100 masked demonstrators (Gee I wonder who would do such a thing... masked demonstrators in Malmoe Sweeden you say? Hmmm thinking, thinking) clashed today with Swedish police outside a sports arena amid a larger protest against the Scandinavian country's Davis Cup tie against Israel.
Youths clad in black, their faces covered with masks, threw bottles of paint, stones and firecrackers at police in riot squad vans and on horseback, sending the horses into a panic.
One of the demonstrators climbed onto a police van and, applauded by the crowd, stomped on its flashing lights until they were smashed to bits.
The large police deployment then charged the demonstrators, who were shouting "Stop the Match!'', and arrested at least five people, police spokesman Lars-Haakan Lindholm said.
The violent demonstrators, described as anarchists, were part of a larger, authorised demonstration organised by the 'Stop the Match' network to protest against Israel's recent offensive in Gaza.
The march gathered between 6000 and 10,000 demonstrators, according to various estimates from police and organisers.
Citing security fears, Malmoe city council had ordered the three-day World Group first round match played behind closed doors.
Yesterday, about 200 people demonstrated peacefully outside the Baltiska Hallen arena, as Sweden and Israel each won a singles match.
Today a doubles match was underway, pitting Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden against Israel's Amir Hadad and Andy Ram.
Inside the stadium, only teams, media and guests were allowed in the stands.
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Sunday, March 08, 2009
A Flea Dissess a Giant or Why Obama returned Chruchill bust to UK
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
(Former member of the Communist Party)
Obama returns Churchill Bust
I can only imagine how far up Obama's arse Sir Winston Churchill would have told Obama to shove his DVD's had times been different.
"Community Organizer in Chief" yeah..thats about right.
So what were the titles of those DVD's ?
Any suggestions please post in the comments section below
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Anna Bligh's contempt for Queensland voter
The following video clip is a good demonstration of the contempt that the "all wise" "all knowing" "compassionate" and "we know whats best for you" Socialist Government of Queensland has,for the Queensland people, the same people it was elected to represent not rule over.
The Queensland Labor Party leader Anna Bligh seems confused to say the least, when questioned by a voter on the campaign trail, she quickly reminded her (serf ?) that she was NOT a journalist and as such was not eligible to question her,it seems the former Union Official (ALP fund raiser) believes that only paid members of the Journalists Union (jugglers and clowns Union) are entitled to question her on matters relating to her and her Government's appalling governance of the State of Queensland.
Comrade Anna, has perhaps been spending too much time around fellow Queenslander and Federal Labor leader and Australian PM,Kevin 07 aka "I have never been a socialist" Rudd.
The Queensland Labor Party leader Anna Bligh seems confused to say the least, when questioned by a voter on the campaign trail, she quickly reminded her (serf ?) that she was NOT a journalist and as such was not eligible to question her,it seems the former Union Official (ALP fund raiser) believes that only paid members of the Journalists Union (jugglers and clowns Union) are entitled to question her on matters relating to her and her Government's appalling governance of the State of Queensland.
Comrade Anna, has perhaps been spending too much time around fellow Queenslander and Federal Labor leader and Australian PM,Kevin 07 aka "I have never been a socialist" Rudd.
Friday, March 06, 2009
ITALY will not take part in an upcoming UN conference on racism .....
Italy pulls out 'anti-Semitic' UN meet
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Rome, Italy
March 06, 2009 10:02pm
ITALY will not take part in an upcoming UN conference on racism because of a draft declaration that the foreign ministry says contains anti-Semitic language.
"Foreign Minister Franco Frattini decided that Italy was withdrawing its delegation because it does not approve of the draft declaration, which contains unacceptable, aggressive and anti-Semitic phrases,'' a spokesman said today.
The New York-based World Jewish Congress hailed what it called a "principled decision''.
"Italy has given a strong signal, which should be a rallying call for other EU countries,'' WJC President Ronald Lauder said.
Sending delegations to the April 20-24 conference in Geneva "would lend credibility to the efforts by some states to single out Israel for criticism ... and distract from the very real problems of state-sponsored racism in their own countries,'' he said.
The inaugural racism conference, held in the South African city of Durban in September 2001, saw a walk-out by Israeli and US delegates in protest against a bid by Arab nations to adopt a resolution that equates Zionism with racism.
Israel, Canada and the US have also vowed to boycott this year's gathering, dubbed "Durban II'', while Britain has threatened to walk away unless the language of the draft declaration is amended.
The EU is seeking to remove at least five paragraphs from the draft declaration relating to the situation in the Palestinian territories, such as an assertion that "in order to consolidate the Israeli occupation, (Palestinians) have been subjected to unlawful collective punishment, torture.''
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Rome, Italy
March 06, 2009 10:02pm
ITALY will not take part in an upcoming UN conference on racism because of a draft declaration that the foreign ministry says contains anti-Semitic language.
"Foreign Minister Franco Frattini decided that Italy was withdrawing its delegation because it does not approve of the draft declaration, which contains unacceptable, aggressive and anti-Semitic phrases,'' a spokesman said today.
The New York-based World Jewish Congress hailed what it called a "principled decision''.
"Italy has given a strong signal, which should be a rallying call for other EU countries,'' WJC President Ronald Lauder said.
Sending delegations to the April 20-24 conference in Geneva "would lend credibility to the efforts by some states to single out Israel for criticism ... and distract from the very real problems of state-sponsored racism in their own countries,'' he said.
The inaugural racism conference, held in the South African city of Durban in September 2001, saw a walk-out by Israeli and US delegates in protest against a bid by Arab nations to adopt a resolution that equates Zionism with racism.
Israel, Canada and the US have also vowed to boycott this year's gathering, dubbed "Durban II'', while Britain has threatened to walk away unless the language of the draft declaration is amended.
The EU is seeking to remove at least five paragraphs from the draft declaration relating to the situation in the Palestinian territories, such as an assertion that "in order to consolidate the Israeli occupation, (Palestinians) have been subjected to unlawful collective punishment, torture.''
You go Italy!!!!! at last!!!!
Beheading Saudi Arabia, "...when all around lose their's dont lose your's"
We,in the decadent,unenlightened west, have so much to learn from these Godless savages,these brave son's of Allah, don't you think so?
I mean why waste our time and money with jailing Muslim terrorists, and spending millions of dollars pandering to their every whim and demand whilst they are locked up in Guantanamo Bay, US, UK ,Israeli & Australian Jails, put em down like the rabid dogs they are, hey it is clearly the UN Human Rights sanctioned method of dealing with wrong doers or naughty Islamic Sociopaths, it must be, I have not heard EVER a word of protest from the various Liberal human rights watch dogs in the USA or that most noble cabal of sociopaths,the United Nations.
I mean why waste our time and money with jailing Muslim terrorists, and spending millions of dollars pandering to their every whim and demand whilst they are locked up in Guantanamo Bay, US, UK ,Israeli & Australian Jails, put em down like the rabid dogs they are, hey it is clearly the UN Human Rights sanctioned method of dealing with wrong doers or naughty Islamic Sociopaths, it must be, I have not heard EVER a word of protest from the various Liberal human rights watch dogs in the USA or that most noble cabal of sociopaths,the United Nations.
Kevin 37 T V's the Stimulus Hoax
The pictures below are from a post at Atlas Shrugs , seems some of our American friends have woken up to the International Socialist's con job before Australians have, ie rejecting a "free" TV (free cheese, see Monty Python) in exchange for their and their children's future.
American Democrat strategist's and campaign workers were flown to Australia to run the Australian Labor Party's "Kevin 07" election campaign, along with over 100 CHINESE foot soldiers to "enlighten" Australia's "Chinese community" as to who they should vote for, many of whom would no doubt have relatives in China.So we have a common thread here,
Australian Labor Party = Socialist ideology funded by the MARXIST Australian Council of Trade Unions. Led by Kevin 07 aka "I have never been a Socialist" "Time for change" Rudd.
Chinese Government foot soldiers invited to Australia by the Australian Labor Party (ALP)to assist the ALP in recruiting supporters ie voters in the Kevin 2007 election.
American Democrats "Change we can believe in" = Obama ... yeah right.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Muslim Paedophile Teacher spared Jail time
Teacher Nazira Rafei spared jail over student sex caseThe Daily Telegraph
March 05, 2009 12:15pm
A HIGH school teacher who had an indecent relationship with a 15-year-old student has been spared jail but will be registered as a sex offender.
Nazira Rafei, 26, of Fawkner in Melbourne, was found guilty of committing an indecent act with the boy but cleared of a charge that she had sex with him.
"treat me like I'm your sex slave, abuse me, tell me to shut the f up and to pinch ... my nipples".
She was also cleared of a second charge of an indecent act with a child under 16. The County Court had heard the married science teacher struck up a friendship with the boy outside school and they began a relationship.
Judge Liz Gaynor convicted Rafei and sentenced her to an 18-month community-based order with 150 hours of community work. She has also been placed on the sex offenders register.
Judge Gaynor said Rafei was immature and had behaved inappropriately, breaching the student-teacher trust in the most serious way. But she accepted her behaviour was not predatory. "You leave this court with a conviction against your name and a life of the most extraordinary difficulty," she said.
The court heard she had led a sheltered life and was forbidden from mixing with boys at school and university.
Islamic Justice: Blinded by the light of Allah
Blinded Iranian seeks eye-for-eye justiceSMH
March 5, 2009
An Iranian woman living in Spain said she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-an-eye justice against a suitor who blinded her with acid.
Ameneh Bahrami, 30, told Cadena SER radio, "I am not doing this out of revenge, but rather so that the suffering I went through is not repeated." Late last year an Iranian court ruled that the man - identified only as Majid - who blinded Ms Bahrami in 2004 after she spurned him, should also be blinded with acid, based on the Islamic law system of "qisas", or eye for an eye retribution.
But Ms Bahrami, who moved to Spain to get medical treatment after the attack, said on Wednesday that, under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind her attacker in only one eye, unless she pays €20,000 ($39,000), because in Iran women are not considered equal to men.
"They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because in my country each man is worth two women. They are not the same," she told Cadena SER. Ms Bahrami explained that she was now waiting for a letter from the court to go back to Iran for the punishment to be carried out. Cadenda SER said that, after undergoing treatment in Barcelona, Ms Bahrami recovered 40 per cent vision in one eye but since then doctors have not been able to prevent her from going totally blind.
She also suffered horrific burns to her face, scalp and body. She said she now survives on €400 a month in aid from the Spanish Government. The woman said Majid would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body. No one at the Iranian embassy was available for comment. AP
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Former Aussie Soldier screwed by Political Correctness
Former Australian Soldier victim of Australia's Socialist Legal System.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Trinity Catholic College in Auburn Trashed by Machete-wielding teens aka Pacific Islander Thugs
Machete-wielding teens go on school rampage
Joe Kelly and Natalie O'Brien March 02, 2009
The Australian
THREE teenage boys armed with a machete and a tomahawk allegedly went on a rampage in a western Sydney school today.
The teenagers, aged from 15 to 17, allegedly ran into Trinity Catholic College in Auburn this morning, smashing windows, noticeboards and a car while screaming the name of a male student.
The school was put into lockdown after the three boys allegedly stormed into the school from Alice Street at about 8.15am.
Last night they were charged with three counts of malicious damage, being armed with intent to commit a serious indictable offence, stealing, two counts of assault and affray.
The rampage follows a similar attack last year when a gang of five boys stormed into Merrylands High School, also in Sydney's west, armed with a machete, a sword and baseball bats. They smashed 103 windows and caused more than $26,000 damage. Those teenagers, aged from 14 to 17, were jailed for up to 16 months.
The three teenage boys involved in the incident were refused bail and are due to appear in the Parramatta Children's Court today.
A Year 10 student, who described the alleged target as his best friend, told The Australian he believed the incident was a payback for a failed romance at the western Sydney school.
“They were after my best friend ... I was with him and a few others doing homework on the table and they were around the corner screaming out his name,” said the boy, who declined to be named.
He speculated they were the cousins of his friend's ex-girlfriend.
He said the girlfriend, also in Year 10, had been happy in the relationship.
“They broke up (and) the guys got angry at him cause she was so happy with him,” the friend said.
He said the relationship had lasted for “about a year” but had ended sometime in the past two months. “My friend doesn't like to talk about it,” he said.
Students at Trinity College who were arriving for the 8.30am start were ushered for safety through the staff room into a study centre.
One Year 12 student said students and staff had been screaming and running. She said some teachers had jumped over the fence to get away.
Joe Kelly and Natalie O'Brien March 02, 2009
The Australian
THREE teenage boys armed with a machete and a tomahawk allegedly went on a rampage in a western Sydney school today.
The teenagers, aged from 15 to 17, allegedly ran into Trinity Catholic College in Auburn this morning, smashing windows, noticeboards and a car while screaming the name of a male student.
The school was put into lockdown after the three boys allegedly stormed into the school from Alice Street at about 8.15am.
Last night they were charged with three counts of malicious damage, being armed with intent to commit a serious indictable offence, stealing, two counts of assault and affray.
The rampage follows a similar attack last year when a gang of five boys stormed into Merrylands High School, also in Sydney's west, armed with a machete, a sword and baseball bats. They smashed 103 windows and caused more than $26,000 damage. Those teenagers, aged from 14 to 17, were jailed for up to 16 months.
The three teenage boys involved in the incident were refused bail and are due to appear in the Parramatta Children's Court today.
The Court Appearance
A Year 10 student, who described the alleged target as his best friend, told The Australian he believed the incident was a payback for a failed romance at the western Sydney school.
“They were after my best friend ... I was with him and a few others doing homework on the table and they were around the corner screaming out his name,” said the boy, who declined to be named.
He speculated they were the cousins of his friend's ex-girlfriend.
He said the girlfriend, also in Year 10, had been happy in the relationship.
“They broke up (and) the guys got angry at him cause she was so happy with him,” the friend said.
He said the relationship had lasted for “about a year” but had ended sometime in the past two months. “My friend doesn't like to talk about it,” he said.
Students at Trinity College who were arriving for the 8.30am start were ushered for safety through the staff room into a study centre.
One Year 12 student said students and staff had been screaming and running. She said some teachers had jumped over the fence to get away.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Donald Trump talks common sense to Sean Hannity
Why can't the Messiah, understand such simple concepts,as those enunciated by Donald Trump in the following interview with Hannity ?
".....whens the economy getting better?
It can't get better until you destroy OPEC "
It can't get better until you destroy OPEC "
But hey,what would Donald Trump know compared to a self described "Community Organizer" aka Barack Hussein Obama.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Australia's rich tapestry of tolerance and cultural diversity, shines again.
Rock Apes on Parade
Third man charged over brutal gang bashing
LiveNews.com.au
A third man has been charged over a bashing at a Melbourne train station that left a young man unconscious with head injuries.
The 23-year-old victim was also robbed of a backpack containing a mobile phone, wallet and personal cards valued at $500 in the February 24 attack at Sunshine train station.
Monda Mentel, 21, of Flemington, on Monday became the third man charged over the incident, which was captured on CCTV camera.
He appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with recklessly causing injury and affray.
Two other men, Maluac Kir, 19, of St Albans, and Ahmed Mohamed, 21, of Brooklyn, appeared in court earlier on similar charges.
None of the men have applied for bail.
All three have been remanded in custody to reappear in court on March 31 for a contest mention.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Kevin Rudd Gives away $75 million to Gazan Islamic terrorists and their supporters
Rudd hands another $20m to Gaza recovery
News.com.au
February 28, 2009 10:44pm
THE federal government will give a further $20 million to help with the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza.
The new funding is an addition to $10 million provided in January for emergency and humanitarian relief through United Nations and international and Australian non-governmental organisations.
A 22-day Israeli offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip ended on January 18 after causing massive devastation and killing more than 1300 Palestinians.
It's not funny you moron!!!!!
Please, someone tell this arse clown idiot in search of a village, Australian Prime Minister, to stop giving away millions upon millions of Australian Taxpayers hard earned money to United Nations sponsored Muslim Terrorists and their Muslim supporters.
Australians are dieing in hospitals because of inadequate treatment due to staff and equipment shortages,Australian women are delivering their own dead babies into toilet bowls alone after been told to squat on waiting room floors until they can be attended to, all this is happening in the middle of Sydney,as Labor's Medi DONT Care health system rots away before their eyes, and this GOOSE, this incompetent FOOL gives away $75 Million to people who HATE our GUTS and have sworn to eliminate "Infidels" like us, ie anyone who is not a Muslim, from the planet
God Help us!!!
See how Australian Taxpayers hard earned money is used
Rudd's Messiah President Obama has promised $900 million of US taxpayers moneyto help theses savages re arm and re supply
In a statement released by Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's office on Saturday, it was announced the new funding will be committed at an international donors conference on the recovery of Gaza in Egypt on Monday.
Assessments of damage to infrastructure in Gaza are continuing, the statement said.
United Nations agencies report widespread damage to vital infrastructure, resulting in a lack of shelter and energy, deterioration of water and sanitation services and overcrowding.
It is estimated 100,000 people are displaced and living in shelters.
The Australian government has committed $75 million to the Palestinian territories since December 2007.
More of the infamous members of the Religion of PEACE and what Australian Taxes are funding
News.com.au
February 28, 2009 10:44pm
THE federal government will give a further $20 million to help with the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza.
The new funding is an addition to $10 million provided in January for emergency and humanitarian relief through United Nations and international and Australian non-governmental organisations.
A 22-day Israeli offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip ended on January 18 after causing massive devastation and killing more than 1300 Palestinians.
It's not funny you moron!!!!!Please, someone tell this arse clown idiot in search of a village, Australian Prime Minister, to stop giving away millions upon millions of Australian Taxpayers hard earned money to United Nations sponsored Muslim Terrorists and their Muslim supporters.
Australians are dieing in hospitals because of inadequate treatment due to staff and equipment shortages,Australian women are delivering their own dead babies into toilet bowls alone after been told to squat on waiting room floors until they can be attended to, all this is happening in the middle of Sydney,as Labor's Medi DONT Care health system rots away before their eyes, and this GOOSE, this incompetent FOOL gives away $75 Million to people who HATE our GUTS and have sworn to eliminate "Infidels" like us, ie anyone who is not a Muslim, from the planet
God Help us!!!
See how Australian Taxpayers hard earned money is used
Rudd's Messiah President Obama has promised $900 million of US taxpayers moneyto help theses savages re arm and re supply
In a statement released by Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's office on Saturday, it was announced the new funding will be committed at an international donors conference on the recovery of Gaza in Egypt on Monday.
Assessments of damage to infrastructure in Gaza are continuing, the statement said.
United Nations agencies report widespread damage to vital infrastructure, resulting in a lack of shelter and energy, deterioration of water and sanitation services and overcrowding.
It is estimated 100,000 people are displaced and living in shelters.
The Australian government has committed $75 million to the Palestinian territories since December 2007.
More of the infamous members of the Religion of PEACE and what Australian Taxes are funding
Friday, February 27, 2009
Australia's Idiot in search of a village PM
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's overseas travel bill hits $3.4m
Steve Lewis
The Courier-Mail
February 25, 2009 11:00pm
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has splurged close to $3.4 million on overseas travel since coming to power. The globe-trotting PM has racked up one overseas trip every month on average - and spent close to one in six days on foreign soil.
Five-star accommodation and meals cost just over $100,000 while the cost of commercial airfares for Mr Rudd's advance team hit $52,000. Mr Rudd took 11 of his personal staff and wife Therese Rein, along with public servants, security personnel and his personal GP. Another big spending visit - to Japan and Indonesia last June - cost taxpayers $547,000. The PM's entourage spent $32,000 on hospitality alone. Former diplomat Mr Rudd has been privately criticised by some of his own colleagues for spending so much time away.
He cancelled an overseas trip - to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and to India - in late January as the global economic meltdown worsened. But the PM, dubbed Kevin 747, has racked up plenty of frequent flyer points as he seeks to recast Australia's image as a middle-ranking power. Last night, the Opposition's shadow special minister of state Michael Ronaldson described the expenditure as an "absolute disgrace". "On several trips, he took 12 or 13 family members and staff with him. It was 'Emperor Kevin and his Manchu Court' flying off to see the world," Mr Ronaldson said. But the PM hit back, saying it was essential to meet global leaders to discuss a solution to the world's economic crisis.
"You can be part of the global response to the global financial crisis or you can sit back and watch it on CNN," a spokesman for Mr Rudd said. The Government also pointed out that former PM John Howard spent about $25 million of taxpayers' money on overseas travel while in office.
Australia's very own "community organizer" International Socialist,and United Nations lick spittle, Kevin "I have never been a socialist" Rudd, busy looking after Australia's "working families" and delivering "change" since November 2007 Australia's unemployment has risen, bankruptcies are rising, small businesses are closing down, and he has spent all of the 28 billion dollar surplus the (great Satan) Conservative Howard Government left him, Australia's "working families" code for Labor voters and Union members, are about to live for the first time in 12 years the ideology of their and their socialist pin up boys who are the Australian Labor Government led by Kevin 07 or more correctly a government and leader with the same amount of substance and depth as the bumper sticker slogans and ideology that got them elected.
Steve Lewis
The Courier-Mail
February 25, 2009 11:00pm
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has splurged close to $3.4 million on overseas travel since coming to power. The globe-trotting PM has racked up one overseas trip every month on average - and spent close to one in six days on foreign soil.
Taxpayers have paid a hefty price for Mr Rudd's 15 global trips, but the PM is defending the time he spends meeting world leaders. But with the Government now forecasting a hefty budget deficit, the Opposition has slammed the travel costs as an "absolute disgrace" and branded the PM "Emperor Kevin". One 18-day trip to the US, Belgium, Romania, Britain and China cost $640,749, according to details obtained by The Courier-Mail.
Australian PM Kevin Rudd (r) seen here on a visit to Japan doing his best to appear Chinese, why? because he has sold out Australia to the Chinese, after all if you are not able to make it as an Australian, why not be an honorary Chinese and United Nations lick spittle?
Australian PM Kevin Rudd (r) seen here on a visit to Japan doing his best to appear Chinese, why? because he has sold out Australia to the Chinese, after all if you are not able to make it as an Australian, why not be an honorary Chinese and United Nations lick spittle?Five-star accommodation and meals cost just over $100,000 while the cost of commercial airfares for Mr Rudd's advance team hit $52,000. Mr Rudd took 11 of his personal staff and wife Therese Rein, along with public servants, security personnel and his personal GP. Another big spending visit - to Japan and Indonesia last June - cost taxpayers $547,000. The PM's entourage spent $32,000 on hospitality alone. Former diplomat Mr Rudd has been privately criticised by some of his own colleagues for spending so much time away.
He cancelled an overseas trip - to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and to India - in late January as the global economic meltdown worsened. But the PM, dubbed Kevin 747, has racked up plenty of frequent flyer points as he seeks to recast Australia's image as a middle-ranking power. Last night, the Opposition's shadow special minister of state Michael Ronaldson described the expenditure as an "absolute disgrace". "On several trips, he took 12 or 13 family members and staff with him. It was 'Emperor Kevin and his Manchu Court' flying off to see the world," Mr Ronaldson said. But the PM hit back, saying it was essential to meet global leaders to discuss a solution to the world's economic crisis.
"You can be part of the global response to the global financial crisis or you can sit back and watch it on CNN," a spokesman for Mr Rudd said. The Government also pointed out that former PM John Howard spent about $25 million of taxpayers' money on overseas travel while in office.
Australia's very own "community organizer" International Socialist,and United Nations lick spittle, Kevin "I have never been a socialist" Rudd, busy looking after Australia's "working families" and delivering "change" since November 2007 Australia's unemployment has risen, bankruptcies are rising, small businesses are closing down, and he has spent all of the 28 billion dollar surplus the (great Satan) Conservative Howard Government left him, Australia's "working families" code for Labor voters and Union members, are about to live for the first time in 12 years the ideology of their and their socialist pin up boys who are the Australian Labor Government led by Kevin 07 or more correctly a government and leader with the same amount of substance and depth as the bumper sticker slogans and ideology that got them elected.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Australian Labor Party pilfers Australian Soldiers pay packets while they fight Taliban
Malcolm Turnbull ups pressure on Joel Fitzgibbon over SAS pay
Christian Kerr
The Australian
February 25, 2009
OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull continued to target beleaguered Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon in question time this afternoon over the SAS pay bungle as the Liberals sniff blood. Members of the elite special services squad have been hit with debt recovery notices of up to $50,000 for overpayments of allowances.
The soldiers have also been threatened with disciplinary action and warned of expulsion from their unit if they complain about the bungle. Mr Fitzgibbon stumbled on the issue in parliament yesterday. And, desperate to land blows against the Government after a week where his own party was wracked by infighting and a series of poor performances in Newspoll, Mr Turnbull has moved to increase the pressure on Mr Fitzgibbon. "Mr Fitzgibbon is blaming everybody but himself for this appalling SAS pay scandal," Mr Turnbull said this morning.
"Joel Fitzgibbon's incompetence has undermined the morale of the SAS. It has undermined the morale of the entire ADF. "He has by his incompetence allowed a situation to continue where soldiers, troopers in the SAS, are having their pay docked, some are getting no pay, so while they are taking the fight up to the Taliban they are having to worry whether they can meet their mortgage payments."
Mr Turnbull described the matter as an "extraordinary example" of ministerial incompetence, saying any bookkeeper could clear the matter up in a couple of hours. "He is the minister. He could have fixed this up long ago. He said he would. He hasn't," Mr Turnbull said. He stopped short of calling for Mr Fitzgibbon to be sacked, but instead put the pressure on the Prime Minister saying it was a matter from him.
Opposition defence spokesman David Johnston sought an undertaking in senate estimates this morning that no soldier who had approached politicians would be penalised. Head of the Defence Forces Air Chief Marshal Houston told the committee nothing was more important than the welfare of personnel.
"You have my undertaking that there will be no retribution," he said, referring to an email from a regimental sergeant-major warning soldiers against taking the issue outside the chain of command. "You have my word that we will not pursue these people in any way."
This typical of the Australian Labor Party,(ALP) during the Vietnam war they and their financiers the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) actively supported, morally and financially, the North Vietnamese. Organizing some of the most disgraceful and violent demonstrations and physical attacks upon Australia's returned servicemen as they attempted to regain their civilian lives after service in Vietnam.
The ACTU's and their political party the Australian Labor Party (ALP) knew no depths in their attempts to "punish" Australia's finest who had the courage and patriotism to serve their country in Vietnam, from preventing supplies from been loaded onto ships and aircraft to physical assaults upon defence service personnel on the streets of Sydney to the Australian Deputy PM and Communist,the late Dr Jim Cairns hosting in Sydney Town Hall a North Vietnamese delegation all seated beneath the Communist Flag of North Vietnam.
These Socialist Labor scum, and their financiers, the Marxist based ACTU, have Australian soldiers blood on their hands, stealing their pay packets whilst they risk life and limb in Iraq and Afghanistan is simply just another attack on Australia's finest, in a time they and their families need support the most.
I remember when the first ship sailed to Iraq, Labor put out a press release alleging that the crew were crying and that the moral was so low on board because none of the crew believed in the cause, How would the Labor party know? I hear you ask,they claimed they had a crew member on board who was the son of a Labor supporting family and he was keeping them informed via email, updating them on the ships progress and the moral of the crew.
So we had a situation where Saddam's cheer squad here in Australia, the ALP , ACTU and the Greens (Former Communist Party) had one of their "men" on board an Australian Naval ship on its way to Iraq keeping Saddam's pals and sympathisers updated on the daily activities aboard ship. In the first Gulf War the then Labor Government led by PM Bob Hawke, ordered Australian service personnel not to wear their uniforms off base, because they had received representations,demands, from Sydney's (occupied territories) Muslim controlled south west Sydney suburbs, that they found it offensive seeing Australian military personnel on the streets of Sydney and suburbs given they were about to attack their hero, and fellow Islamic leader Saddam Hussein.
UPDATE
Soldier's pay was $0.0, says SAS wife
Matthew Franklin and Mark Dodd
The Australian
February 27, 2009
THE wife of a Special Air Service Regiment soldier has accused Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon of misleading parliament, backing claims that army bungling over an overpayment led to another soldier being given a paypacket marked $0.0 last month.
Directly rejecting Mr Fitzgibbon's version of a pay dispute that has dominated parliament this week, the woman, who asked not to be named, said she had personal knowledge that despite denials by the army and the minister, the soldier's pay packet on January 22 had been entirely docked over disputed claims that he had been overpaid.
The claims came as the Opposition warned that army officials had launched a witch-hunt against soldiers who publicly complained
about threats of disciplinary action if they leaked details of the pay dispute, which also triggered demands that Kevin Rudd sack Mr Fitzgibbon for incompetence.
But the army denied claims that it had required soldiers to sign declarations they had not flouted the chain of command by leaking information about the affair.
The furore centres on a 2007 Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal decision granting upgraded special forces pay and allowances.
Defence officials incorrectly assumed its special forces soldiers all qualified for the new allowances, but later discovered many did not have the qualifications to match their pay.
They launched a retrospective debt-recovery program aimed at about 380 SAS soldiers. On Wednesday, Deputy Opposition Leader
Julie Bishop produced but would not table a pay packet showing a soldier had been docked his entire pay.
Mr Fitzgibbon hit back yesterday, telling parliament he believed he had found a copy of the man's pay packet, indicating he had been paid $2749, which went into two different bank accounts.
"Either the Opposition are very dumb and cannot read the pay slip properly or they are misrepresenting the facts," said Mr Fitzgibbon, who declared all pay recovery efforts had been frozen.
Later, Defence officials conducted a briefing in which they also insisted the man had been paid. They were unwilling to have their names attributed as sources of the information.
However, last night Ms Bishop showed The Australian a copy of the pay packet at issue, proving it read that the man's "entitlement (includes adjustments this fortnight) for pay day 22 January 09" was $0.0.
The woman who contacted The Australian last night said: "I heard from his mouth. I heard him state that he received $0." She also disputed Mr Fitzgibbon's claim in parliament on Wednesday that no one had contacted his office to complain about the pay issue except for one woman who had refused to leave her contact details. "I was that woman," she said. "And I did leave my name and phone number."
Last night, a spokesman for Mr Fitzgibbon said the woman had given her name and contact details to a staffer in the office of Defence Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon.
Earlier, in question time, Opposition frontbencher Bob Baldwin asked Kevin Rudd whether he was aware that SAS soldiers had been grilled by their superiors and required to sign statements saying they had not leaked a recent email threatening disciplinary action if soldiers went outside the chain of command over the pay scandal.
The Prime Minister did not answer the question directly, instead noting that Defence Force chief Angus Houston had guaranteed no one would face such action.
Defence officials repeated this pledge in their subsequent media briefing. But they said soldiers had been requested to report whether they thought their pay had been incorrectly assessed.
They also said they would conduct an audit to tally the number of soldiers affected by a computerised pay bungle. It would be finalised by April 27.
No doubt Australia's Dear Leader, Kevin 07, aka Kevin "I have never been a socialist" Rudd., would have Australian soldiers believe that they were well off, in as much as Dear Leader did not send them a demand for outstanding Union Fees for the privilege of risking life and limb.
Christian Kerr
The Australian
February 25, 2009
OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull continued to target beleaguered Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon in question time this afternoon over the SAS pay bungle as the Liberals sniff blood. Members of the elite special services squad have been hit with debt recovery notices of up to $50,000 for overpayments of allowances.
The soldiers have also been threatened with disciplinary action and warned of expulsion from their unit if they complain about the bungle. Mr Fitzgibbon stumbled on the issue in parliament yesterday. And, desperate to land blows against the Government after a week where his own party was wracked by infighting and a series of poor performances in Newspoll, Mr Turnbull has moved to increase the pressure on Mr Fitzgibbon. "Mr Fitzgibbon is blaming everybody but himself for this appalling SAS pay scandal," Mr Turnbull said this morning.
"Joel Fitzgibbon's incompetence has undermined the morale of the SAS. It has undermined the morale of the entire ADF. "He has by his incompetence allowed a situation to continue where soldiers, troopers in the SAS, are having their pay docked, some are getting no pay, so while they are taking the fight up to the Taliban they are having to worry whether they can meet their mortgage payments."
Mr Turnbull described the matter as an "extraordinary example" of ministerial incompetence, saying any bookkeeper could clear the matter up in a couple of hours. "He is the minister. He could have fixed this up long ago. He said he would. He hasn't," Mr Turnbull said. He stopped short of calling for Mr Fitzgibbon to be sacked, but instead put the pressure on the Prime Minister saying it was a matter from him.
Opposition defence spokesman David Johnston sought an undertaking in senate estimates this morning that no soldier who had approached politicians would be penalised. Head of the Defence Forces Air Chief Marshal Houston told the committee nothing was more important than the welfare of personnel.
"You have my undertaking that there will be no retribution," he said, referring to an email from a regimental sergeant-major warning soldiers against taking the issue outside the chain of command. "You have my word that we will not pursue these people in any way."
This typical of the Australian Labor Party,(ALP) during the Vietnam war they and their financiers the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) actively supported, morally and financially, the North Vietnamese. Organizing some of the most disgraceful and violent demonstrations and physical attacks upon Australia's returned servicemen as they attempted to regain their civilian lives after service in Vietnam.
The ACTU's and their political party the Australian Labor Party (ALP) knew no depths in their attempts to "punish" Australia's finest who had the courage and patriotism to serve their country in Vietnam, from preventing supplies from been loaded onto ships and aircraft to physical assaults upon defence service personnel on the streets of Sydney to the Australian Deputy PM and Communist,the late Dr Jim Cairns hosting in Sydney Town Hall a North Vietnamese delegation all seated beneath the Communist Flag of North Vietnam.
“We (Labor) are situated in the political spectrum next to the Communists, and they will stand for many things for which we also stand. We cannot therefore oppose those things."
Former Deputy Labor PM and Communist Dr Jim Cairns (c)
at Sydney Town Hall with Labors best friends, two days after Australia's most sacred day
ANZAC day. April 26 1975
Former Deputy Labor PM and Communist Dr Jim Cairns (c)
at Sydney Town Hall with Labors best friends, two days after Australia's most sacred day
ANZAC day. April 26 1975
These Socialist Labor scum, and their financiers, the Marxist based ACTU, have Australian soldiers blood on their hands, stealing their pay packets whilst they risk life and limb in Iraq and Afghanistan is simply just another attack on Australia's finest, in a time they and their families need support the most.
I remember when the first ship sailed to Iraq, Labor put out a press release alleging that the crew were crying and that the moral was so low on board because none of the crew believed in the cause, How would the Labor party know? I hear you ask,they claimed they had a crew member on board who was the son of a Labor supporting family and he was keeping them informed via email, updating them on the ships progress and the moral of the crew.
So we had a situation where Saddam's cheer squad here in Australia, the ALP , ACTU and the Greens (Former Communist Party) had one of their "men" on board an Australian Naval ship on its way to Iraq keeping Saddam's pals and sympathisers updated on the daily activities aboard ship. In the first Gulf War the then Labor Government led by PM Bob Hawke, ordered Australian service personnel not to wear their uniforms off base, because they had received representations,demands, from Sydney's (occupied territories) Muslim controlled south west Sydney suburbs, that they found it offensive seeing Australian military personnel on the streets of Sydney and suburbs given they were about to attack their hero, and fellow Islamic leader Saddam Hussein.
UPDATE
Soldier's pay was $0.0, says SAS wife
Matthew Franklin and Mark Dodd
The Australian
February 27, 2009
THE wife of a Special Air Service Regiment soldier has accused Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon of misleading parliament, backing claims that army bungling over an overpayment led to another soldier being given a paypacket marked $0.0 last month.
Directly rejecting Mr Fitzgibbon's version of a pay dispute that has dominated parliament this week, the woman, who asked not to be named, said she had personal knowledge that despite denials by the army and the minister, the soldier's pay packet on January 22 had been entirely docked over disputed claims that he had been overpaid.
The claims came as the Opposition warned that army officials had launched a witch-hunt against soldiers who publicly complained
about threats of disciplinary action if they leaked details of the pay dispute, which also triggered demands that Kevin Rudd sack Mr Fitzgibbon for incompetence.
But the army denied claims that it had required soldiers to sign declarations they had not flouted the chain of command by leaking information about the affair.
The furore centres on a 2007 Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal decision granting upgraded special forces pay and allowances.
Defence officials incorrectly assumed its special forces soldiers all qualified for the new allowances, but later discovered many did not have the qualifications to match their pay.
They launched a retrospective debt-recovery program aimed at about 380 SAS soldiers. On Wednesday, Deputy Opposition Leader
Julie Bishop produced but would not table a pay packet showing a soldier had been docked his entire pay.
Mr Fitzgibbon hit back yesterday, telling parliament he believed he had found a copy of the man's pay packet, indicating he had been paid $2749, which went into two different bank accounts.
"Either the Opposition are very dumb and cannot read the pay slip properly or they are misrepresenting the facts," said Mr Fitzgibbon, who declared all pay recovery efforts had been frozen.
Later, Defence officials conducted a briefing in which they also insisted the man had been paid. They were unwilling to have their names attributed as sources of the information.
However, last night Ms Bishop showed The Australian a copy of the pay packet at issue, proving it read that the man's "entitlement (includes adjustments this fortnight) for pay day 22 January 09" was $0.0.
The woman who contacted The Australian last night said: "I heard from his mouth. I heard him state that he received $0." She also disputed Mr Fitzgibbon's claim in parliament on Wednesday that no one had contacted his office to complain about the pay issue except for one woman who had refused to leave her contact details. "I was that woman," she said. "And I did leave my name and phone number."
Last night, a spokesman for Mr Fitzgibbon said the woman had given her name and contact details to a staffer in the office of Defence Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon.
Earlier, in question time, Opposition frontbencher Bob Baldwin asked Kevin Rudd whether he was aware that SAS soldiers had been grilled by their superiors and required to sign statements saying they had not leaked a recent email threatening disciplinary action if soldiers went outside the chain of command over the pay scandal.
The Prime Minister did not answer the question directly, instead noting that Defence Force chief Angus Houston had guaranteed no one would face such action.
Defence officials repeated this pledge in their subsequent media briefing. But they said soldiers had been requested to report whether they thought their pay had been incorrectly assessed.
They also said they would conduct an audit to tally the number of soldiers affected by a computerised pay bungle. It would be finalised by April 27.
No doubt Australia's Dear Leader, Kevin 07, aka Kevin "I have never been a socialist" Rudd., would have Australian soldiers believe that they were well off, in as much as Dear Leader did not send them a demand for outstanding Union Fees for the privilege of risking life and limb.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Nigerian Christians finally speak the language of their oppressors.
Clashes in Nigerian city kill at least 3: Red Cross
News.com.au
February 21, 2009 11:15pm
AT least three people were killed and churches and mosques were set ablaze in the eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi today, close to where clashes between religious gangs killed hundreds of people last November.
"A number of churches and mosques have been burned and at least three people killed and seven injured," a Nigerian Red Cross official said.
Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs provoked by a disputed election killed hundreds of people in Jos, capital of neighbouring Plateau state, in November, the worst unrest in Africa's most populous nation for several years.
A spokesman for the governor of Plateau state said the security forces were on high alert.
"We have placed security here in Jos on red alert. We want to forestall any eventuality here," Dan Manjang said, adding the situation was calm.
Nigerian Christians appear to have decided to speak the language of the buyer, in other words reply in kind to their Islamic oppressors .
News.com.au
February 21, 2009 11:15pm
AT least three people were killed and churches and mosques were set ablaze in the eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi today, close to where clashes between religious gangs killed hundreds of people last November.
"A number of churches and mosques have been burned and at least three people killed and seven injured," a Nigerian Red Cross official said.
Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs provoked by a disputed election killed hundreds of people in Jos, capital of neighbouring Plateau state, in November, the worst unrest in Africa's most populous nation for several years.
A spokesman for the governor of Plateau state said the security forces were on high alert.
"We have placed security here in Jos on red alert. We want to forestall any eventuality here," Dan Manjang said, adding the situation was calm.
Nigerian Christians appear to have decided to speak the language of the buyer, in other words reply in kind to their Islamic oppressors .
Rape penalities increased in Italy following Immigrant Rape rampage
Italy toughens penalties for rape after attacks
News.com.au
February 21, 2009 12:37am
ITALY'S government rushed through a decree law today toughening penalties for sex offenders and permitting neighbourhood citizen patrols after a spate of high-profile rapes by immigrants sparked national outrage.
Italy's government says data show the number of sexual assaults actually fell last year, but three rapes last weekend in Rome, Milan and Bologna triggered a media frenzy that prompted calls for tougher measures.
The decree approved by Italy's cabinet sets a mandatory life sentence for rapes that result in death, speeds up trials for sex offenders caught in the act, takes away the possibility of house arrest, and gives free legal assistance to victims.
The decree also introduces mandatory life sentences for rapes of minors. It goes into effect immediately but must be approved by both houses of parliament within 60 days. It also establishes rules for citizen street patrols by unarmed and unpaid volunteers. The move came after groups of self-styled and unregulated vigilantes began patrolling some towns, alarming law enforcement officials.
"This is what was needed. I have to wake up at five in the morning to accompany my daughter to the train station because the streets are not safe," a resident of Guidonia, a town east of Rome with a large immigrant population, said.
Mayors will be able to approve citizen patrols, with priority given to membership or leadership roles by retired police and military on leave.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi earlier said the number of sexual assaults fell 10 per cent last year compared to 2006 and 2007, which he said showed the government's efforts to improve security were working.
But many Italians are unconvinced, with recent rapes grabbing headlines in newspapers and television, often playing up the role of foreigners as perpetrators.
Some lawmakers have also reopened the debate over whether chemical castration of sex offenders should be instituted.
"There's a rape every 12 hours, every 24 hours, and it's time to end this," another resident of Guidonia, where a group of Romanians
last month raped a woman and beat her boyfriend, said.
News.com.au
February 21, 2009 12:37am
ITALY'S government rushed through a decree law today toughening penalties for sex offenders and permitting neighbourhood citizen patrols after a spate of high-profile rapes by immigrants sparked national outrage.
Italy's government says data show the number of sexual assaults actually fell last year, but three rapes last weekend in Rome, Milan and Bologna triggered a media frenzy that prompted calls for tougher measures.
The decree approved by Italy's cabinet sets a mandatory life sentence for rapes that result in death, speeds up trials for sex offenders caught in the act, takes away the possibility of house arrest, and gives free legal assistance to victims.
The decree also introduces mandatory life sentences for rapes of minors. It goes into effect immediately but must be approved by both houses of parliament within 60 days. It also establishes rules for citizen street patrols by unarmed and unpaid volunteers. The move came after groups of self-styled and unregulated vigilantes began patrolling some towns, alarming law enforcement officials.
"This is what was needed. I have to wake up at five in the morning to accompany my daughter to the train station because the streets are not safe," a resident of Guidonia, a town east of Rome with a large immigrant population, said.
Mayors will be able to approve citizen patrols, with priority given to membership or leadership roles by retired police and military on leave.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi earlier said the number of sexual assaults fell 10 per cent last year compared to 2006 and 2007, which he said showed the government's efforts to improve security were working.
But many Italians are unconvinced, with recent rapes grabbing headlines in newspapers and television, often playing up the role of foreigners as perpetrators.
Some lawmakers have also reopened the debate over whether chemical castration of sex offenders should be instituted.
"There's a rape every 12 hours, every 24 hours, and it's time to end this," another resident of Guidonia, where a group of Romanians
last month raped a woman and beat her boyfriend, said.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Israeli TV Mocks Jesus Christ , Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholics outraged over Israeli TV spoof
News.com.au
February 20, 2009 09:54pm
CATHOLIC bishops in the Holy Land have expressed outrage over what they call "repulsive attacks" on Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary after an Israeli TV program spoofed them.
"We, the members of the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land deplore and condemn with utter dismay the repulsive attacks on our lord Jesus Christ and on his mother, the blessed Virgin Mary, carried out on Channel 10 of the Israeli television," the group said in a statement.
Earlier this week, the private channel broadcast a series of skits, one of which suggested the Virgin Mary "was impregnated at the age of 15 by a school friend."
Another said Jesus died at a young age "because he was fat" and that his excess weight would have made it impossible for him to walk on water.
In the program, Israeli comedian Yair Shlein joked that since Christians "deny the Holocaust, then I want to deny Christianity."
Following protests, he later apologised to Arab Israeli Christian dignitaries.
The bishops said they viewed "this recent incident in the larger context of continuous attacks against Christians throughout Israel over the years" and urged authorities to launch an investigation.
"It is unconceivable that such incidents have to occur in Israel which hosts some of the holiest shrines of Christianity," said the statement, signed by the Latin patriach of Jerusalem as well as Armenian, Chaldean, Greek, Maronite and Syrian Catholic bishops.
Uneasy relations between the Vatican and Israel have been further strained a by Pope Benedict XVI's recent decision to lift the excommunication of Holocaust-denying English Bishop Richard Williamson.
The pontiff is scheduled to visit Israel in May.
I guess when you have as many friends in the world as Israel does you can afford to shit down the throats of those who are most likely (Christians) to support Israel in their fight against the planed Islamic Holocaust eg that promised by Iran for instance, great work Channel 10 Israel, talk about PR.
News.com.au
February 20, 2009 09:54pm
CATHOLIC bishops in the Holy Land have expressed outrage over what they call "repulsive attacks" on Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary after an Israeli TV program spoofed them.
"We, the members of the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land deplore and condemn with utter dismay the repulsive attacks on our lord Jesus Christ and on his mother, the blessed Virgin Mary, carried out on Channel 10 of the Israeli television," the group said in a statement.
Earlier this week, the private channel broadcast a series of skits, one of which suggested the Virgin Mary "was impregnated at the age of 15 by a school friend."
Another said Jesus died at a young age "because he was fat" and that his excess weight would have made it impossible for him to walk on water.
In the program, Israeli comedian Yair Shlein joked that since Christians "deny the Holocaust, then I want to deny Christianity."
Following protests, he later apologised to Arab Israeli Christian dignitaries.
The bishops said they viewed "this recent incident in the larger context of continuous attacks against Christians throughout Israel over the years" and urged authorities to launch an investigation.
"It is unconceivable that such incidents have to occur in Israel which hosts some of the holiest shrines of Christianity," said the statement, signed by the Latin patriach of Jerusalem as well as Armenian, Chaldean, Greek, Maronite and Syrian Catholic bishops.
Uneasy relations between the Vatican and Israel have been further strained a by Pope Benedict XVI's recent decision to lift the excommunication of Holocaust-denying English Bishop Richard Williamson.
The pontiff is scheduled to visit Israel in May.
I guess when you have as many friends in the world as Israel does you can afford to shit down the throats of those who are most likely (Christians) to support Israel in their fight against the planed Islamic Holocaust eg that promised by Iran for instance, great work Channel 10 Israel, talk about PR.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Killing Spree continues Australian Greens and Labor : First Victoria now New South Wales
Australia: 200+ Burnt to death in Victoria, a million plus native animals dead, New South Wales citizens and wildlife now a target of Labor and their Green Loon preference sluts "environmental policies"
What a flaming disgrace - half of NSW's burnoffs cancelled
EXCLUSIVE by Gemma Jones
The Daily Telegraph
February 19, 2009 12:00am
A DECISION to cancel almost half the burn-offs planned for NSW bushfire zones has put thousands of lives and properties in danger.
Frustrated volunteer firefighters yesterday lashed out at bureaucrats and greenies for preventing them from protecting communities.In one outrageous case, a woman was told by the State Government her fire escape route would remain an overgrown mess because it was a corridor for native flora and fauna.
More than 2100 hazard reduction operations planned by the Rural Fire Service were abandoned last year, the organisation's annual report reveals.
Editorial: Trees grow back and we die
Deputy Captain George Bennett said firefighters were so frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles they were finding legal ways to complete small burns "undercover" on private property.
He said it took some brigades 12 months to gain approval for hazard reductions. The RFS admitted one burn-off on Mona Vale Rd in Sydney recently took several years to be approved.
"There is very little hazard reduction happening because of the bureaucratic processes, quite often it gets to the stage where brigades don't do it because of the paperwork," Mr Bennett said.
"We have got a very, very dangerous situation looming here. There are no areas you could use for fire containment, we have got a situation where there is an enormous build-up of fuel.
"It will be frightening if we get harsh conditions in October. There is the potential for loss of life and property."
A firefighter from a brigade in northern NSW, who declined to be named, said his firefighters had stopped asking to do burns: "We don't bother doing it any more, it takes up to 12 months, you are only allowed to go and put fires out."
What a flaming disgrace - half of NSW's burnoffs cancelled
EXCLUSIVE by Gemma Jones
The Daily Telegraph
February 19, 2009 12:00am
A DECISION to cancel almost half the burn-offs planned for NSW bushfire zones has put thousands of lives and properties in danger.
Frustrated volunteer firefighters yesterday lashed out at bureaucrats and greenies for preventing them from protecting communities.In one outrageous case, a woman was told by the State Government her fire escape route would remain an overgrown mess because it was a corridor for native flora and fauna.
More than 2100 hazard reduction operations planned by the Rural Fire Service were abandoned last year, the organisation's annual report reveals.
Editorial: Trees grow back and we die
Deputy Captain George Bennett said firefighters were so frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles they were finding legal ways to complete small burns "undercover" on private property.
He said it took some brigades 12 months to gain approval for hazard reductions. The RFS admitted one burn-off on Mona Vale Rd in Sydney recently took several years to be approved.
"There is very little hazard reduction happening because of the bureaucratic processes, quite often it gets to the stage where brigades don't do it because of the paperwork," Mr Bennett said.
"We have got a very, very dangerous situation looming here. There are no areas you could use for fire containment, we have got a situation where there is an enormous build-up of fuel.
"It will be frightening if we get harsh conditions in October. There is the potential for loss of life and property."
A firefighter from a brigade in northern NSW, who declined to be named, said his firefighters had stopped asking to do burns: "We don't bother doing it any more, it takes up to 12 months, you are only allowed to go and put fires out."
USA. Clinton snubbs Australia and sucks up to Obama's souel mates in Indonesia
Hillary Clinton snubbed by Obama's soul mates in Indonesia
The Spin......
Hillary Clinton taps Indonesia for leading role in new US vision
News.com.au
February 18, 2009 11:41pm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has tapped Indonesia - as a democratic and mainly Muslim country - for a key role in the new US administration's foreign policy.
"Building a comprehensive partnership with Indonesia is a critical step on behalf of the United States' commitment to smart power," she told a press conference alongside Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda.
She said it was important "to listen as well as talk to those around the world, to support a country that has demonstrated so clearly that Islam, democracy and modernity cannot only coexist but thrive together".
In her first visit to a Muslim country as secretary of state, she said President Barack Obama's administration "wants to reach out to the entire world" and Indonesia would be an important partner in that effort.
"Certainly Indonesia, being the largest Muslim nation in the world, the third-largest democracy, will play a leading role in the promotion of that shared future," she said.
"So we are looking forward to deepening our cooperation on a number of shared issues," she added, referring to areas such as the global economy, climate change, security and human rights.
Mr Wirajuda said Indonesia - where Mr Obama went to primary school for a few years in the late 1960s - looked forward to US support as the countries of the region seek to shape a "new architecture" of diplomacy in Asia-Pacific.
Mrs Clinton later met leaders of the Jakarta-based Association of South-East Asian Nations - a 10-nation bloc comprising around 500 million people.
She will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tomorrow before completing her four-nation trip through Asia - her first outing as secretary of state - with visits to South Korea and China.
I am an Australian, I cannot tell you Guys in the USA how comforting it is to know that Hillary Clinton is appeasing, sucking up to Obama's former masters, Australia's biggest security threat Indonesia, the worlds largest (radical) Islamic population.
President G W Bush was far from perfect (and what endeared me more to the man was the fact that he would be the first to agree with me on that point) I knew that he had a commonality of interests and purpose with my country, as had been the case for over a hundred years between our two nations. Australia is the only nation to have fought side by side with the United States in every major conflict that the USA has required help of her friends there is no other nation that can lay claim to that fact.
"That bravery breeds affection in America for another reason as well. Australia is the only country that has fought with the United States in every one of its major conflicts since 1914, the good and the bad, the winning and the losing."
Charles Krauthammer "Why I love Australia"
The Goose that is now in the office of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd is an Obama apologist and groupie par excellence,and sided with Obama attacking the previous PM John Howard at every opportunity prior to his election to the office of Australian Prime Minister and before the election of the now President Barack Obama.
What's a useful idiot?........... ask Australian PM Kevin Rudd.... Kevin who?
The Spin......
Hillary Clinton taps Indonesia for leading role in new US vision
News.com.au
February 18, 2009 11:41pm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has tapped Indonesia - as a democratic and mainly Muslim country - for a key role in the new US administration's foreign policy.
"Building a comprehensive partnership with Indonesia is a critical step on behalf of the United States' commitment to smart power," she told a press conference alongside Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda.
She said it was important "to listen as well as talk to those around the world, to support a country that has demonstrated so clearly that Islam, democracy and modernity cannot only coexist but thrive together".
In her first visit to a Muslim country as secretary of state, she said President Barack Obama's administration "wants to reach out to the entire world" and Indonesia would be an important partner in that effort.
"Certainly Indonesia, being the largest Muslim nation in the world, the third-largest democracy, will play a leading role in the promotion of that shared future," she said.
"So we are looking forward to deepening our cooperation on a number of shared issues," she added, referring to areas such as the global economy, climate change, security and human rights.
Mr Wirajuda said Indonesia - where Mr Obama went to primary school for a few years in the late 1960s - looked forward to US support as the countries of the region seek to shape a "new architecture" of diplomacy in Asia-Pacific.
Mrs Clinton later met leaders of the Jakarta-based Association of South-East Asian Nations - a 10-nation bloc comprising around 500 million people.
She will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tomorrow before completing her four-nation trip through Asia - her first outing as secretary of state - with visits to South Korea and China.
I am an Australian, I cannot tell you Guys in the USA how comforting it is to know that Hillary Clinton is appeasing, sucking up to Obama's former masters, Australia's biggest security threat Indonesia, the worlds largest (radical) Islamic population.
President G W Bush was far from perfect (and what endeared me more to the man was the fact that he would be the first to agree with me on that point) I knew that he had a commonality of interests and purpose with my country, as had been the case for over a hundred years between our two nations. Australia is the only nation to have fought side by side with the United States in every major conflict that the USA has required help of her friends there is no other nation that can lay claim to that fact.
"That bravery breeds affection in America for another reason as well. Australia is the only country that has fought with the United States in every one of its major conflicts since 1914, the good and the bad, the winning and the losing."
Charles Krauthammer "Why I love Australia"
The Goose that is now in the office of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd is an Obama apologist and groupie par excellence,and sided with Obama attacking the previous PM John Howard at every opportunity prior to his election to the office of Australian Prime Minister and before the election of the now President Barack Obama.
What's a useful idiot?........... ask Australian PM Kevin Rudd.... Kevin who?
You can take the man out of Islam but you cant take Islam out of the man.
American President Barack Hussein Obama
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