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Socialist Alliance campaigning for Howard

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The Socialist Alliance are planning protest meetings and marches to try and get rid of Howard. I’m all for it, the protests I mean, as I reckon they will have the reverse effect. I can just see them now – dressed like left-over hippies – braids, beads, unkempt and unwashed appearance, spiked hair, mucuous dripping from nose rings, needle marks on every arm, spitting at police, throwing marbles under the hooves of police horses and screaming obscenities. Take note of the times and places and stay away – we don’t need a typhus epidemic amongst people that matter.
End the lies Rallies Socialist Alliance is helping build pre-election “End the Lies” rallies across Australia to protest against the Howard government’s contempt for the Australian people, and to add to the pressure on a possible incoming ALP government not to do the same. Rally for the truth – Sunday before the elections Sydney 1pm Town Hall. 0401 900 690; 0421 322 175 Melbourne 1.30pm State Library. 0438 869 790 Canberra 12 noon Garema Place. 0438 624 744 Perth Venue TBA. (08) 9218 9608 Brisbane 1pm Roma St Forum, Saturday before the elections. 0418 715 803. Hobart 12noon Rose Gardens. March to Parliament House, Saturday before the elections. 0419 406 875, 0423 764 896
Be warned – stay at home – watch on tv and count the votes going Howards way. Swinging voters will say – If these freaks hate Howard then he’s got my vote.
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Metal Storm

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Metal Storm, started up by an Australian but now an International ballistics company, will take the lead role in a US Navy program to develop a system to defeat incoming rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).
?Increasingly, US and allied forces are finding themselves vulnerable to RPG attacks, which generally occur at short range and allow only a fraction of a second for a response.? ?We believe Metal Storm technology provides unique advantages to address the threat posed by RPGs. Importantly, this project will draw on the technology platforms already being developed by the company,
I first met the RPG2 and it’s bigger cousin, the RPG7 in Vietnam. Designed by the Russians, copied by the Chinese and other smaller countries with spare munitions factories and a hatred for us good guys, the RPG has been the bane of infantry life since it’s introduction to the battlefield. Hundreds of Australians and thousands of Americans still carry scars from the beast The thought that an Austrlian born company is about to neutralize them pleases me immensly. And believe me, Metal Storm will do it. Have a good look at the site – it is the future of warfare and policing and remember, the whole concept comes from the brilliant mind of a Aussie, who at the time of his brainwave, was manager of the Woolworths store at Bundaberg, Queensland. Bundaberg, the soldier’s friend. The source of Bundaberg Rum and now an anti RPG weapon. Love it.
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D-Day-40

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Watching the Senate on TV last night I can’t see much hope for Labor. They spent their few remaining hours forcing the establishment of a Senate Enquiry into what Scrafton, Howard, General Whatshisface and Commodore Somebodyorother said about people in the water or not in the water or they jumped or were pushed in or….for Gods sake get on with it. Australia has. As John Howard said;
“I’m simply saying my recall is different and I’m also saying that what people remember about that issue is that we stopped the boats, we were very strong on border protection, and the Labor Party was weak.”
Meanwhile Terry Hicks is still fighting for his son and that’s fair enough from a paternal point of view but to say;
It would take a change of government to have terror suspect David Hicks returned to Australia for trial
is only stating the obvious and emphasising the fact that Labor are soft on security. He goes on to say; “The Howard Liberal government is just not standing by their citizens.” and in doing so misses the point. The Howard Liberal government is standing by it’s citizens. It’s protecting them from attested/enlisted, trained and deployed Terrorists. On lateline last night Tony Jones managed to find someone to press the alarm bells by suggesting that terrorists may try and influence the Australian election as they did in Spain.
TONY JONES: (Talking about the Spanish attacks that ended in Spanish withdrawal from Iraq) Do you suspect the same thing would apply here in Australia? We have a parallel federal election going on with the presidential election? (Please say yes!) RICHARD CLARKE: Well, Australia is a bit more like the Spanish case where you have one party saying, “Get out,” and the other party staying the course and the party in power is the one wanting to stay the course. That’s much closer to the situation that we saw in Spain and so you could understand how Al Qaeda or some terrorist group related to Al Qaeda might think it could affect the outcome. TONY JONES: Does it make it more dangerous, do you suppose, having a political position like that, opposed political positions like that leading up to an election? (Please say yes so that I can leave the message with my viewers that a vote for Howard will result in a terrorist attack on Australian soil) RICHARD CLARKE: Well, I think it opens the possibility of some terrorist group related to Al Qaeda wanting to do something which otherwise wouldn’t be the case in an Australian election. So, oddly enough, I’m saying that I don’t think Al Qaeda will try to affect the US election, but because the Australian election is so similar to what happened in Spain, I would think the possibility does exist here.
If anyone sees any similarity between Australia and Spain then they are ignoring a couple of hundred years of history. In fact, I reckon the last thing Tony Jones wants is any terrorist activity during the election. It will only emphasise Labor’s soft underbelly on anything other than unions and free books for all and the voters would look to the party with a strong policy on defence – the Coalition. Update:
TREASURER Peter Costello has raised the spectre of a Madrid-like terrorist attack being mounted by al-Qaeda to disrupt the election campaign.
That’s funny. The way I read the article Costello didn’t raise the spectre – a journalist did and Costello answered. As in;
When asked if Australians were at increased risk during the election campaign, Mr Costello said:….
It is clear certain elements of the media want to raise the issue and try and frighten the populace. We don’t frighten easy and when we are, it is because of some fact – not some journalist’s answer wish-list.
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Election 2004

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The battle is joined. John Howard has just called for the poll to be held on 9 October 2004. Lets hope that somewhere in the next 40 odd days Latham can come up with something more concrete than Lies, lies, lies and babies overboard. Tell us how you are going to run the country Mark so we can see your shoddy maths. Tell us again how you and your left wing faction hate Bush and by extension, the US. Tell us again how Whitlam, the Great Ego and most dangerous PM we ever had, is your hero. C’mon Mark – tell the people so they know how dangerous you are.
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Kerry Defined

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Gary of Gravatt.org fame pointed me to this letter re John Kerry. It talks of American dead defamed by lies but is equally relevant from the Australian perspective. This as a teaser;
It’s bad enough that we couldn’t mourn our dead then. Now we see the same man that stood over the open graves of our brothers and pissed on their bodies is back. This time he’s dug up those bodies and is standing on them to give himself the stature for high office.
Compassionate and eloquent, it sums up the feelings of Vietnam Vets very well. Go read and try and imagine how we feel. If you were the man who, in 1970, phoned the recently bereaved parents of a mate from my battalion and told them he deserved to die or the man in Adelaide who told me the dead of Long Tan deserved to die or the young women, who in 1971, ask me how many babies I had killed, or anyone who agreed with them then read the letter and look into your soul. Thanks Gary.
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Poor Hicks

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I have some empathy with Terry Hicks, the father of David Hicks but none with David. Obviously I’m a harder and less gullible man than * Niall who claims that Hicks appears to have maintained his sense of self, despite the irrefutable claims of physical and mental abuse. * Niall is still suffering from delusions of grandeur or paranoa or something that makes him deny other bloggers the abilty to permalink so just scroll down to The Fight Finally Begins – if you can be bothered. Irrefutable? 1. incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive — (impossible to deny or disprove; “incontrovertible proof of the defendant’s innocence”; “proof positive”; “an irrefutable argument”) Hicks himself claims to have been tortured. Well he would say that wouldn’t he. This claim was backed up British detainees who claimed that;
… Hicks was denied medical attention for a hernia and interrogated more frequently than many other detainees after his capture in Afghanistan.
The three men also claimed they suffered systematic brutality and were kept in open cages in the sweltering Cuban heat during their detention at the US military base in Guantanamo. Terry Hicks said his son’s abuse at Guantanamo was mental, not physical. Aww diddums. Cages in the open son, interrogated more than others, being spoken to in a nasty way. Just sounds like everyday life for an infantrymen to me. So, four terrorists claim they were treated poorly and a couple of left-wing lawyers and the father of one of them parrot their claims and it’s irrefutable! It is most probably irrefutable that Hicks was abused and torutured under the left wing rules that says if anyone says anything that makes the US look bad then it’s irrefutable. I have some empathy for Terry Hicks but I have more empathy and a lot of sympathy for the thousands of victims of the Taliban and it’s cousin Al Qaeda. I have no sympathy for David Hicks. Nor does the Australian Public – believe me.
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Journalist’s defence policy

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Senator Hill holds a doorstop interview at DSTO Fisherman Bend about a new fatigue testing system for RAAF aircraft but all the journalist wants to do is ask questions that clarify the Journalists opinion. It would appear that he believes that the current Australian Government are warmongers and should not buy equipment such as cruise missiles that might frighten Indonesia. slam.jpg The Newly Introduced SLAM ER missile System. One of the options Australia is considering (Quotes in italics are mine) Journalist: Minister, why does Australia need a cruise missile capability? Senator Hill: ?Crew safety (stupid) Why do you need the latest digital micro recorder? Why do we need destroyers or artillery or tanks – because we need a defence force and we have to equip them with up-to-date weaponry- Jesus what’s your point Journalist: What signal does this send out to our neighbours such as Indonesia who may have legitimate concerns that we will not have, or will have this capability? Senator Hill: Well the Indons have known that cruise missiles have been in our procurement progamme for years. A very clear message we hope! Journalist: It’s not a sign of greater belligerence on Australia’s part? Senator Hill: Not at all. Potential enemies need to know that we have a competent and well equipped defence force and we will use it if we are threatened . If, in your minimal understanding of defence matters, that constitutes belligerence, then make up your own answer. You will anyway. Journalist: What’s the likelihood this will actually trigger some sort of arms race through the Asia Pacific region? Senator Hill: None and we don’t care if it does! Journalist: What do you say to people who suggest that Indonesia is the only possible target for these sorts of weapons? Senator Hill: Indonesia is a friend and neighbour of Australia. And it’s a good idea to remind them every now and then that they should hold ABRI (Indon’s answer to our ADF) on a short leash. I would also say that Indonesia is not the only possible target – with the war against terrorism in full swing we are presented with a world wide target-rich battlefield. Hey, anyone can be our target – just blow up some of our women and kids and then stand around in one spot and crow. You too can become a target The journalist has chosen to ignore the fact that we had a squadron of F18s in the Middle East working with air forces that were equipped with cruise missiles. Even a grade 8 teenage boy would know that the ability to fire your GPS guided missile 400 km away from any threat makes crew moral and accuracy a non-issue. Still, what would I know – I’m not a journalist. There are images of all the contenders here at Defence Correction Reader kinch has correctly pointed out that ABRI should be TNI – see comments.
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John Kerry’s Dodgy Awards

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John Kerry set the scene to include his war service as a part of his case to be elected President so he can’t complain when people question that service. I mean, right from the start I would have shut up. Does he really think people will forget what he did after the war when he went over to the other side. It’s one thing to disagree with the war – it’s quite another to give solace to the enemy and to denigrate the service of your own countrymen. On the face of it it appears he was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for rescuing a special forces guy. The SF guy was in the water and there was no incoming fire. Big deal! That’s not hero stuff. Now his Silver Star is under question. Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer writing for Frontpage have come up with some fairly interesting questions. Yes, I know where Frontpage are coming from but the questions still need answering. It appears they have found three, repeat three, citations for the award. Civilians might find that of no import but the soldier in me screams “bullshit alert…there is somethig wrong here’ Not only are there an unprecedented three citations but they vary, were written years and decades after the event and look like a sanitization of events. If your interested in pursuing the truth you should check it out Wallace at Streams in Texas has a point to make on relative heroism. Non military readers may like to read what he has to say to get some idea what we proffessional soldiers think of dodgy citations and officers who enlist in the enemy’s services. Update: Donald Sensing at One Hand Clapping has more
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On the Road IV

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A tropical paradise for some, a time warp for others. A contradiction, a fiefdom within a democracy with tribal and national law in conflict – three months suspended sentence or three spear thrusts to the thigh. One drives a 100 series Toyota, the other collects yams.
 We spend the first night in the Police compound watching NSW thrash Queensland in the Origin football – the fact that most of the coppers were NSW supporters didn’t help. As I’m here to learn I question the locals on the town and its problems. I get honest answers from honest men and woman there to help. Not a racist comment to be heard just local problems in a very remote community. The next morning we are taken in tow by a local senior public servant (who shall remain nameless) and taken on a ‘warts and all’ tour of the town. We visited YothuYindi’s sound studio overlooking the Arufura Sea and I’m told how the money from the band was used to help the locals. We met one chap who had traveled with the band for 12 years and I quite liked him (no names- no pack drill) but noticed body language that would indicate that he was not a favoured son. Alcohol, drugs and a murder investigation is cramping his style. yothuyindi.gif Yothu Yindi’s Nuhlunbuy studio. Continue reading »
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ALP to hold another ASIO enquiry

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I recall the last ASIO enquiry conducted by the ALP when Senator Murphy, accompanied by Kerry Milte, raided ASIO HQ. I was an Infantry Platoon Sergeant at the time and stilll in shock from having a government openly supporting the enemy and assailing diggers for having done thier duty. The ALP, paranoid then about ASIO and obviously still worried about them today, have some cause to be worried. Lets face it a good percenatge of their members are so left-wing as to be a concern to the national security. This is how the last enquiry was conducted.
At 11:00 pm on 15th March 1973 Canberra ASIO Chief (Colin Brown) gets a call from Murphy. Brown had just got to sleep. Get into my office in 10 minutes. Can’t. In my pajamas. I’ll be there in 15 minutes. Met by Murphy, Milte and female secretary. In Browns office Murphy sits and grills Brown for two hours while Brown is forced to stand. Milte makes sneering remarks. Murphy orders files to be delivered to office. Brown calls in record chief and 2IC. Murphy flicks though files. When he found information regarding terrorist activity he shouted at ASIO Chief “Why wasn’t I told this? ASIO Chief explains there is no concrete evidence that would stand up in court so watching brief only.
The ‘enquiry’ goes on in the same vein with Murphy yelling and Milte (all of 23 at the time) slipping in snide comments. Check Google on Murhy and Milte Interesting. The Left will do anything within their power to embarrass ASIO and make Howard look bad and don’t tell me they’re not pushing the same ASIO Enquiry barrow as they did nearly 30 years ago. Now that communism has been outed as an obscenity against mankind and particularly against their own citizens, the Left can only pursue those who destroyed it – the US and those conservative governments that have the temerity to share common beliefs. Quotes from “The Whitlam Venture” by Alan Reid, 1976. An excellent source of all of Whitlam’s stuff ups under one cover. The more things change the more they stay the same.
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