Random thoughts and observations
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd shouldn’t have reacted sardonically to Robin Williams’ quip about Australians being “English rednecks”. Utterances by comedians don’t warrant a response and can inadvertently open a rhetorical can of worms. Prompted by radio announcers, Rudd retorted: “Robin Williams should go and spend a bit of time in Alabama before he frames comments [...]
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is giving cash away, $10.4 billion in fact to stimulate the economy. The total includes a one-off $1000 payment in December for each child to families with dependent children. We’ve got four children, so unless I’ve missed something in the fine print we’ll get $4000. I had to research a little [...]
Juliet had an interesting view on Kevin Rudd’s visit to a New York strip club. She’s politically neutral, but dislikes John Howard, so I thought it would be revealing to test her reaction to the news. She wasn’t surprised that a Christian politician would get drunk and touch up strippers. “He should have come to [...]
