Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Wave or Waiver the Flag on Australia Day - 26 January
How predictable (and timely) that John Howard should leap on the Aussie flag controversy that the Big Day Out organizers started by trying to ban it. He can’t help but leap on anything that offers him the opportunity to portray himself as the defender of Aussie values and the champion of anything that is true blue. Yet there are a lot of deadshits out there who would use the Australian flag for purposes that are quite contrary to the values it is supposed to symbolize. Would Howard agree with the Cronulla rioters who cloaked themselves in the flag in order to give some legitimacy to their supremacist views? Would he agree with those deadshits who reportedly demanded people kiss it at last year’s BDO and assaulted those who refused. He says: ‘The proposition that the display of the Australian flag should ever be banned anywhere in Australia is offensive and it will be to millions of Auistralians’. Well, John, the flag is banned at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane so what are you going to do about it?
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You are correct Peter, John Howard is forever portraying himself as an Aussie hero. Low unemployment, low interest rates, the rhetoric is unbearable at times.
It was a breath of fresh air watching Kevin Rudd introduce himself to the Aussie public last night with his new informative advertisment.
The next 8 months will be an interesting one for Australian politics, surely enough pelnty of back stabbing and dirt throwing.
Really enjoying your blog Banjo.
Thanks Banjo,
Yes Rudd has begun strongly but I was very concerned to read today that he is not dismissing the possibility of living in Brisbane should he become PM. Howard's contempt for tradition and the electorate in opting for harbour views over The Lodge was appalling. Rudd must make it clear he will live in Canberra. Just imagine a US President choosing Boondock, Nebraska over the White House just because he/she came from there.
Peter
This is great info to know.
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