A couple of thoughts

For Obama:

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,then they fight you, then you win."

Mahatma Gandhi

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

Albert Einstein

Because...

"Because in our time of lies and hate it seems appropriate to be
reminded of the beauty of saying yes to the chaos of truth"
(Molly Bloom's soliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses)

Infiltration

It is:

Lav, WC, Toot, bog, head, thunder box, lavatory, Little girl's room, Powder room, shit house, dunny, Water closet, Ladies, Gents, comfort stop, piddle parlour, Toilet....etc

But in Australia it was never EVER "bathroom".
A "bathroom" is where you clean yourself, wash your hands, shower, take a bath, clean your teeth, shave, and generally beautify yourself.

It is NOT somewhere where you relieve your body's functions!!!

And now our youth have not only been infiltrated with the word 'Zee' for Zed ( the correct word for the last letter of the alphabet) but have now taken on this euphemism for Toilet used in American English.

I HATE it!

Next we will be saying "God Bless Australia" and when that day comes I will become spare with rage and spit the dummy!!


POST SCRIPT

When the Yanks allow the world to see THEIR nuclear reactors, weapons and such they will then be able to demand other nations to be open.

We don't believe you anymore, America. You blew it on the WMD issue in Iraq.

First get back your credibility...then start gaining the world's trust...THEN and only then can you demand anything of any other country.

AND:
Your health system STINKS!!!

ANZAC DAY

Another day comes and goes and it is in memorium
that I remember my father.
At last there is hope for our troops to return
From a misguided and misjudged war
Where we followed our so called 'Ally' into
the valley of darkness.

He, my father said, before his demise, that, on this day
as he marched up George St in Sydney each year
"You would never get to meet such a bunch
of pacifists anywhere, ever!"
They forgot to tell us.

And so the day has become a rabble rousing ruse
That makes a young nation stir
through the commercialisation and the nonsense
Some of us remembers to remember
"Lest We Forget".
Coz we did.

To dad and your mates,
To my grandfather in the past,
To my brother being called up for the
"Un-popular War"
I am sorry we forgot
And marched once again into the
Valley of thunder.

I was going to go to a service today
Because of our change of Government and heart.
But the nonsense blocked my way
The disrespect and 'Americanisation of Emily'
(ie of our National day)
brings me to my knees once again
And I long for the time when we did it
The Australian Way.

Quietly, singularly, with a sob in our singing
of "Abide With Me" and "Lord Of Our Father's"
For even as an Atheist it moves me
To remember...ANZAC DAY
A day we lost, a day of failure, a day of thanksgiving.

LEST WE FORGOT!!

Manipulate - Control

So I wrote the facts, which is the important part of genealogy, about her marriage.
So she wrote to me and said:
"Remove it now!!!"
I did not reply because you cannot remove a fact even if it is not in your writing it is
(naturally and in fact) in the records of the State.
So I was silent and forgave her for her silliness and tried contact every now again
on a gentle non committed level.

And, finally, she writes;
"Still hanging out for a reply on the removal of the marriage!!"
No 'dear' or 'love'...blah blah...

Well you can't wipe out the real world, your mistakes are there
for all to see
After all...see mine???
Over and over and over you can see mine!!!

So I delete (the email not the facts)and wait
and the dreams are of our mother talking quietly about
the happy times (the few she had) when she was loved and accepted.
I awake and talk to my man and he says:
Her problem, her need to manipulate you
to regain control once again of something that is beyond her control.
She can't so she is doing that to you.

This (the genealogy) is private.
I should have known.
You can't share 'private'
And see?
You are bound to repeat what you don't learn.
Australia..
America..
Fools..
Polly!

Now
Let it be.

Why did the chicken cross the road?





DR. PHIL : The problem we have here
is that this chicken won't realize that he
must first deal with the problem on 'THIS'
side of the road before it goes after the
problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road.
What we need to do is help him realize
how stupid he's acting by not taking on
his 'CURRENT' problems before adding
'NEW' problems.



OPRAH: Well, I understand that the
chicken is having problems, which is
why he wants to cross this road so bad.
So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a
part of life, I'm going to give this chicken
a car so that he can just drive across
the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.



.
GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really
care why the chicken crossed the road.
We just want to know if the chicken is
on our side of the road, or not.
The chicken is either against us, or for us.
There is no middle ground here.



COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the
screen, you can clearly see the satellite
image of the chicken crossing the road...




DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross
the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes,
the chicken crossed the road, but why
it crossed I've not been told.



ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain.
Alone.




GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask
why the chicken crossed the road.
Somebody told us the chicken crossed
the road, and that was good enough.




JOHN LENNON : Imagine all the chickens
in the world crossing roads together, in peace.



ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens
to cross the road.



BILL GATES : I have just released
eChicken2007, which will not only cross
roads, but will lay eggs, file your important
documents, and balance your check book.
Internet Explorer is an integral part of
eChicken. This new platform is much
more stable and will never cra...#@&&^
(C% ......... reboot.



ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken
really cross the road, or did the road
move beneath the chicken?



BILL CLINTON : I did not cross the
road with THAT chicken. What is your
definition of chicken?



COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one?



DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?






KEVIN RUDD: I am so sorry that he had
to cross the road, I apologise on behalf
of all Australians.


BRENDAN NELSON: I too am sorry that
the chicken crossed the road but don't
expect us to pay for him to get back!

Why did the chicken cross the road?





DR. PHIL : The problem we have here
is that this chicken won't realize that he
must first deal with the problem on 'THIS'
side of the road before it goes after the
problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road.
What we need to do is help him realize
how stupid he's acting by not taking on
his 'CURRENT' problems before adding
'NEW' problems.



OPRAH: Well, I understand that the
chicken is having problems, which is
why he wants to cross this road so bad.
So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a
part of life, I'm going to give this chicken
a car so that he can just drive across
the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.



.
GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really
care why the chicken crossed the road.
We just want to know if the chicken is
on our side of the road, or not.
The chicken is either against us, or for us.
There is no middle ground here.



COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the
screen, you can clearly see the satellite
image of the chicken crossing the road...




DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross
the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes,
the chicken crossed the road, but why
it crossed I've not been told.



ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain.
Alone.




GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask
why the chicken crossed the road.
Somebody told us the chicken crossed
the road, and that was good enough.




JOHN LENNON : Imagine all the chickens
in the world crossing roads together, in peace.



ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens
to cross the road.



BILL GATES : I have just released
eChicken2007, which will not only cross
roads, but will lay eggs, file your important
documents, and balance your check book.
Internet Explorer is an integral part of
eChicken. This new platform is much
more stable and will never cra...#@&&^
(C% ......... reboot.



ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken
really cross the road, or did the road
move beneath the chicken?



BILL CLINTON : I did not cross the
road with THAT chicken. What is your
definition of chicken?



COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one?



DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?






KEVIN RUDD: I am so sorry that he had
to cross the road, I apologise on behalf
of all Australians.


BRENDAN NELSON: I too am sorry that
the chicken crossed the road but don't
expect us to pay for him to get back!