A life at the end of history
Posted in Politics on 19 October 2011
Fatimah Alazami, who died in the SIEV-X disaster ten years ago
The tragedy is that, as Michael Gordon says, Australia is still dancing to Howard’s tune on asylum seekers. The dead hand of John Howard, the Pied Piper from Hell, continues to wring decency from Australians. The cast of Illiberal characters are still there and still [...]
Posted in Politics on 26 June 2009
The Australian Liberal Party has rarely been a political entity worthy of respect, but The Howard Years (1996-2007) appear to have brought it into terminal disrepute. A year and a half after John Howard’s disgraceful demise, both as Prime Minister and Member for Bennelong, it is clear the legacy of Howard’s malfeasance still infects the [...]
Posted in Politics on 16 January 2009
War Chimp playfully chokes Magoosolini with Medal of Disgrace.
The circle jerk of war criminals didn’t stop there. In addition to Medal winners Tony Blair and Columbia’s handy Prez, Alvaro Uribe, Iraqi slaughter architects Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and their chief talkback spruiker of all things immoral and indecent, Rush Limbaugh, joined the festivities.
In his [...]