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Emile Zola
So in the Cimitière Montmartre I found one of my heroes. Émile Zola That is to say, I found the memorial. He is interred at the Panthéon. Why a hero? Amongst his many writings Emile Zola wrote this, which is as relevant today in our political discourse and climate as it was almost [...]
Posted: 14 June, 2012 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Culture, History, Iraq, legal, Literature, politics and government, Racism, values.
Tags: Abbott, Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt, asylum seekers, Australian cultural values, Australian political values, Australian Values, boat people, climate change, crime, Culture, Dreyfus, Dreyfus Case, droits d l'homme, egalite, Emile Zola, France, fraternite, fraternity, global warming, government, History, Hockey, honesty, Howard, human rights, injustice, Iraq, j'accuse, justice, l;iberty equality, law, legal, legal values, Liberal, liberte, Literature, Media, military, miscarriage, montmartre, paris, political values, politics, press, public opinion, Rights of Man, truth, Zola
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Climate – Gillard Is a Recycled Joke
Just the other day Sir Roger shared what he thought was a joke. Now Julia Caesar has turned it into a sick joke
Posted: 7 July, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Economics, environment, Immigration, politics and government, Racism, Science, values.
Tags: asylum seekers, Australian Politics, Australian Values, boat people, climate, climate change, comedy, conspiracy, Economics, environment, Gillard, global warming, government, humor, humour, Immigration, joke, Julia Gillard, planet, political values, politics, refugees, Science, terrorists, values, xkcd
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‘Every Cloud Has a Saliva Lining’ (Pavlov)
Liberal Party leadership response to yet another boatfull of asylum seekers
Posted: 23 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Immigration, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, Afghanistan, asylum seekers, boat people, boatpeople, detention, government, Hockey, humor, humour, immigrants, Immigration, Indonesia, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Pavlov, politics, Pyne, refugees, Sharman Stone, Sri Lanka, Tony Abbott, Turnbull
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i-Howard 2.0
It is now clear that Kevin Rudd is not leading a Labor Party. He is channeling a dead man while he is still alive. He is Howard’s Mini-Me, i-Suck, 2.0
Posted: 3 November, 2009 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, environment, History, Immigration, legal, politics and government.
Tags: asylum seekers, Australian Politics, Australian Values, boat people, cost, environment, environmental values, ethics, Garrett, government, Howard, howard 2.0, humanity, immigrants, Labor, Liberal, Martin Ferguson, migration, Montara, morals, oil, oil drilling, political values, politics, politics and government, principles, PTTEP, refugees, Rudd, standards, unlawful immigrants, values, West Atlas, worth
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