"All I had to do was walk on stage and open my mouth and let the curse of God roar through me. Floods, fire and frogs leapt out of my throat. Though I had no notion of that then, God was talking not just to me but through me, and his breath stank." Nick Cave, King Ink II.
The lack of communication and compassion by this Government is bordering on outright contempt for the people of the Northern Territory and I hate to say it but I am embarrassed even ashamed to say I am a Member of this Party. Unfortunately after campaigning on lowering the cost of living the Party has forfeited its right to balance the budget as a matter of priority and should realise it is not in a position to balance the budget over people’s livelihoods.
The problem for the Australia Government now is that it appears that the public version of the Crime Commission report is just the tip of the iceberg. The Government and ASADA are in damage control and the countries top football leagues (Australian football’s AFL and Rugby League’s NRL) are in crisis.
Previous CLP Governments under Marshall Perron and Shane Stone, including the still involved Barry Coulter would not have hesitated to support Pacific Aluminium. The current Chief Minister's risk adverse dithering stands in stark contrast to the "we can and will do it" attitude of his precedessors.
Mitch: "Ahh the post i made when i was talking about the Aussie language, how we're all a tinge racist and i love this country and if other don't like it they can get stuffed. Unfortunately some don't see it that way ... This is a Free-Country is it not? It's a democracy. We're aloud to have opinions but if they're any different from society, we get singled out and punished."
"If there won't be dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming." Emma Goldman. Hotel Darwin, Mitchell Street. Saturday 26 January 2013. 3pm onwards.
If Cancer Jesus ever returns to Adelaide he can expect to be dragged from his private jet at the airport, hitched to the back of a truck with a rope, hauled into the city down Anzac Parade and his lifeless body hung for display from a light standard in Victoria Square while the crowds that once sang his praises to the sky bay for his blood. He doesn't deserve any better.
I was wondering where she came from, when she held out a bag and said "I went home to get this bag, I will take them away and see they have a proper burial." She said "You know what, you are the only one who stopped; after so many cars that sped by, some even hitting the other dead bird." She went on the explain that when the female had been knocked down, the male flew onto the road and tried to help her somehow. Then as she watched, the male Tawny was knocked down by another car coming the other way.
Maddow is tough, smart-as-a-whip (she is a Rhodes scholar and has a PhD from Oxford University) and is no milquetoast liberal lightweight. And she can be very funny. Her presentations are dense, complex and - perhaps this is hardest of all in political commentary - often hilarious.
If you want to own a longarm or handgun in Australia now you firstly need a legitimate reason (sport-shooting or employment-related reasons top that list), have to go through rigorous police checks and join a gun club. There is no presumption or right to gun ownership - it is a privilege.
