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I wonder what would happen if I marched into the Perth Mint and demanded 152
ounces of gold and 900 ounces of silver? It could be worth a try...hmmm :-) Mame "I would have better chances of getting the gold form the mint than I would getting the truth from John Howard.....I can feel and election coming on!" "John Stone" wrote in message om... http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...8/s1176204.htm |
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:15:24 +1000, "Mame" is alleged to
have written: I wonder what would happen if I marched into the Perth Mint and demanded 152 ounces of gold and 900 ounces of silver? It could be worth a try...hmmm :-) Mame "I would have better chances of getting the gold form the mint than I would getting the truth from John Howard.....I can feel and election coming on!" "John Stone" wrote in message . com... http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...8/s1176204.htm Wandering off topic, could one of you Aussies explain to me what the deal is with this "boat" scandal that Howard is supposedly involved in? All I'm getting over here is that he reported that children were being thrown overboard and that turned out not to be true. He was trying to support an immigration policy or something? Drop me an email at boxturtle at woh dot rr dot com, if you'd rather not post here. Bruce |
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You pretty much have it.
In the lead up to the last election John Howard seems to have seized an oppurtunity (allegedly :-p ), A boat load of illegal immigrants turned up on our shores and were accused of throwing their children into the ocean to force the Australian Navy to take them on board. John Howard seized the moment and said that we don't want the kind of people who throw their children into the ocean in our country. The allegations were later proved to be innaccurate. There was video footage that seemed to show children being thrown overboard but it turns out they were throwing their children into the water to waiting adults who were trying to get them to the Australian naval ships so that they could get them to safety...in otherwords they were putting their childrens lives first. Regardless of their intentions, it has been later discovered/alleged that John Howard knew that the allegations were incorrect and the defence force chiefs told John Howard about this. Obviously their attempts at correcting the public record was in vain. John Howard romped back into office for his third term. In the last two years, more and more evidence is coming out that John Howard knew full well that the children overboard allegations were incorrect. It seems that Mr Howards past is catching up with him. At the time, the government passed the buck and put the blame on the Defence forces in an inquiry...that has come back to haunt him as last week, 40 of Australias top defence officials, past and present, combined forces and issued a letter accusing the Australian Government of 'rubber stamping' U.S policies. On top of that, in the news this week, a man who is supposed to have been the man who personally told the Prime Minister on the phone that the allegations were incorrect has spoken out against John Howard. When his allegations were challenged he said he would take a lie detector test to prove it if he had too....sure enough he was offered a polygraph test, took it and passed. John Howard refused to take the same test. Other issues concerning John Howard and his 'deceit' of the Australian people including Australias involvement in the war in Iraq and the whole weapons of mass destruction debate (sound famililar?) have dogged him over the last couple of years. During an inquiry on the issue, John Howard placed a gag order on some of his staff which has done nothing for his credibility. What it comes down too, John Howard has poor credibility with the Australian people. Children Overboard, treatment of illegal immigrants including the indefinate incarceration of children of illegal immigrants and the unqualified support of the US in Iraq has all proven to be unpopular. It also doesn't help that John Howard is perceived as being 'in bed' with Georg W Bush. We are heading into an election in Australia. I have no doubt in my mind that John Howard and the Liberal party will loose the election. Opinion polls don't supprt this but I would bet money on it. Mame Keep in mind that I just had to encapsulate 4years of public government debate in this post! Don't hang me if I am a little inaccurate! :-) "Bruce Hickmott" wrote in message ... On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:15:24 +1000, "Mame" is alleged to have written: I wonder what would happen if I marched into the Perth Mint and demanded 152 ounces of gold and 900 ounces of silver? It could be worth a try...hmmm :-) Mame "I would have better chances of getting the gold form the mint than I would getting the truth from John Howard.....I can feel and election coming on!" "John Stone" wrote in message . com... http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...8/s1176204.htm Wandering off topic, could one of you Aussies explain to me what the deal is with this "boat" scandal that Howard is supposedly involved in? All I'm getting over here is that he reported that children were being thrown overboard and that turned out not to be true. He was trying to support an immigration policy or something? Drop me an email at boxturtle at woh dot rr dot com, if you'd rather not post here. Bruce |
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