Vignettes
January 2004 PM buries scandal of 20,000 lost Uni students with smokescreen diatribe on anti-Christian, Commie-infested, single-mother-fostering Public Schools
On the excellence of John Howard Nativity Reenactments Pty Ltd (a Division of Values R U.S., a Texas based company with holdings throughout the American Empire, including the Moon and Mars)
by Andrew Dyson
The Age, 25 January 2004Once in a rare while comes a production so special that the critic hesitates to air the shopworn superlatives in his reticule. To blandly state that the St Dymphna's Girls' Grammar School nativity play is splendid is an inadequate response to what is, quite simply, the most lavish entertainment these old eyes have ever seen. More... A political correction puts the band back on song
by Guy Rundle
The Age, 25 January 2004I suppose [private school values are] the sort of thing you get when you have regular access to an indoor heated swimming pool, like they do at Melbourne Grammar ($1.693 million in Commonwealth grants this year, up from $0.78 million in 2001). Alternatively, Geelong Grammar, which will get $2.975 million -- that's just for the Corio campus -- offers a full year in the Victorian alps, to enforce the importance of resilience, determination, resourcefulness and apres ski.. More... |
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PELL THE INQUISITOR (Courtesy: Cathy Wilcox, Sydney Morning Herald)
Wil the real Christian please stand up: the one who lives a life of service, compassion and love, or the one who preaches, judges, and condemns. Lie down, George Pell. Stay standing, Monica Hingson. (Geraldine Gartland, Letter to The Age)
Monica Hingston: Dear George, are we depraved?
See also:
Pell cousin takes issue on gay stance
Backlash to church grows, says gay body |
ENTREE BOB, SON OF DRONGO STEVE [Irwin] has a lot in common with his heroes. John Howard toughens up the babies of asylum seekers by locking them behind razor wire from the time they're born, while George Bush assures the world that Iraqi and Afghani babies must be bombed for their own good.
Jill Singer: Dad's a Drongo |
IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY
Here's Dad of the Year Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi feeding her snot to a snake. Way to go, Steve!
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AUSTRALIAN (Illiberal Party Supporter) OF THE YEAR
Tall, thick and loathsome, Steve Irwin illustrates the core family values of Howardites everywhere by accurately making the distinction between a dead chook and his baby. |
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