On the other hand it could be a deliberate ploy to demean the office of GG in the republican cause. Maybe very clever.
I hadn't thought of that. I remember being very pleased that we had appointed a female GG, until I saw her very first T.V. interview. Her elitism was so blindingly obvious. It appeared as if her cocoon was so well built that I immediately lost any hope that she would be of any value to the average Aussie.
There she was, all dressed in white, looking like some kind of stick insect,
Daisy, it will be interesting to to see what outfit our GG wears to Rudd's mournfest in Melbourne next Sunday. Will she wear the black number or the white one? Probably neither. They have probably already gone to St Vinnies for the deserving poor. Maybe yellow, representing a ray of hope in a desolate land.
now good to see the firies raised 300,000 from the sale of those photos of Sam the koala...finally some news about the animals.....they have not found many...they think 10 mill animals now lost burnt died a horrid death
http://www.theage.com.au/national/sanctuary-for-all-creatures-great-and-small-20090217-8aa7.html
here is a good story about an old man kangaroo...survived the fires and came back home to his 'family'
http://www.theage.com.au/national/o...-link-with-how-things-were-20090217-8aau.html
Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times:
PRINCE Charles is doing his bit to save the world from environmental destruction by embarking on a 26,240km eco-tour of South America on a large private jet. His intention is to see for himself the scale of destruction caused by global warming so far and, presumably, to try to double it.
As an environmental undertaking, it is equivalent to the Prince personally strangling 527 polar bears. His office has said that he fully intends to "offset" his enormous carbon emissions, which of course is the way affluent people get to have the eco cake and eat it. In this case it will probably mean the Prince foresting most of western Europe, leaving just a few acres of clear space somewhere in the area of Klosters.
He will be taking 14 staff with him, presumably including the flunkey who is said to boil him several eggs every morning. The jaunt will cost about a modest pound stg. 300,000 ($660,000), which he might be kind enough to offset by abolishing himself.
The Courier Mail ran an article recently criticising the Qld Governor, Penny Wensley, for not getting out and visiting the flood ravaged areas, and noted that Quentin Bryce had been setting a good example. It included some sarcastic remarks about tea parties.But there will still be photo opportunities galore.
There was a cracker last week of Quentin Bryce jumping a puddle in Ingam.
She also apparantly engaged in conversation with with some of the locals while they were clearing the mud and rotten furniture from their houses.
There she was, all dressed in white, looking like some kind of stick insect,
while residents were sweating and covered in mud and muck from their clean-up.
Not very clever Quentin.
So I can't help thinking in the interests of fairness to Quentin Bryce or any other holder of a similar office, that we just love to jump on any (real or imagined) opportunity to criticise. I'm really not sure why.
In another thread a while ago, someone suggested the tall poppy syndrome was alive and well in Australia. It would seem so.
Where is Anna Bligh? She's busy preparing her election campaign, notably having a MelbourneIT company prepare her new website.
Don't we have a capable IT company here in Qld, Anna?
But no doubt she's going to be whipping up north on the government jet to garner votes in the next weeks. Probably saving up the assistance that is so much needed now so she can be seen to be loving and giving during the campaign.
The Punters Love a Good Disaster
http://business.smh.com.au/business/the-punters-love-a-good-disaster-20090217-8a98.html
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