tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67326152009-10-11T11:48:59.655+11:00The keyboard is mightier than the machine gun... The political, philosophical and general outpourings of a troubled soul living in Australia and blogging his Vietnam veteran's head off.Gerrynoreply@blogger.comBlogger768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-71209909108215119372008-07-26T00:10:00.000+10:002008-07-26T00:12:38.197+10:00

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These are the bikes I have owned.Three are of the actual bikes.The rest are from the net.Thought I'd show you.I don't know why.S'pose it's zen.Maybe not.

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Responding to the discussion in the previous post, Icy Vovo emailed me the following which I thought deserving of a new post:A leader should provide vision and integrity. Propaganda is the enemy of integrity. The Pope leads with weakness as he lacks integrity. He is not worthy to represent God on earth. He needs to be reminded 'Thou shalt not lie'.My response to Icy Vovo is: Is God a lie? Who/

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In a comment on an earlier post, JahTeh said:"This is such hypocrisy when the Church discourages condom use which is contributing to the AIDS epidemic which is killing thousands in Africa."This point of view is a popular one.But I'm nothing if not a Devil's Advocate, so here goes...She's wrong.The Catholic church teaches that sex should only be done for the purpose of procreation and only by

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Carbon trading is the answer, according to Penny Wong and Kevin Rudd...Still a bit confused about how carbon trading works?This clever bit of satire explains it PERFECTLY >>>( I did give this clip a bit of a plug about three months ago, so some of you keener types may have already watched it. So bite me...)

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It's official. Blogging's good for you. Expressive blogging, that is. And here at DD we're nothing if not ex#*%@pressive!!!

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I've said previously that the US is itching to invade Iran.But... An interesting article in Counterpunch by Uri Avnery puts up a convincing argrument for why the US and/or Israel would be mad to attack Iran. However, Uri does not factor-in the possibility that the US and/or Israel are indeed stark raving mad.[Thanks to Mike B. for the heads-up]

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In the previous article, I introduced you to the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Pell.Well, in this article, I shall honour him with the Diogenesian Discourse's Archidiot of the Year Award.Why?Pell is reported as having the view that the way to deal with climate change is to make more babies.This gem of "wisdom" flies in the face of overwhelming evidence that the biggest single problem facing

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The pope's in town. He believes in God. He also believes that the current climate change catastrophe is caused by human activity.Cardinal George Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, and the pope's host in Sydney, also believes in God. But Pell is a climate change skeptic.Now this is interesting. Think about it for a while....Pell, without any substantive evidence for the existence of a god, can

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“Modern life is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief.” —Ernest HemingwayThe 10 best things about booze >>>

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OK, this next bit is from a discussion forum in which I was locking horns with a person whom I consider to be an arrogant, white supremacist personage of Dutch extraction who, on previous occasions, has argued (if my recollection is correct) that the white race is genetically superior to other races. He's tried posting comments on this blog in the past but so far he hasn't managed to say

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Deep in the comments bin on another blog, I said this:Now, RH... Lad... I need to set you straight about what you said:"...if it weren't for Christ I'd have killed about 10,000 people by now, you'd be one of them. It's nothing. -You're nothing. I could shoot you like flicking on a light switch. Really."Firstly, RH, it's not Jesus who's stopping you killing, it's you. You have chosen not to kill

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In the coming days, major roadworks will commence on this blog.A few months ago, a mysterious, God-caused event made the main text in this blog "disappear". Right throughout the entire blog. All 800-or-so blog posts... My ego was NOT happy... I cursed God... She did not reply... Bitch!!!I immediately contacted the NSA and asked them why they had done this. They said George made them do it

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You know those multi-blade razors? The ones that give you a closer shave? The ones that are guaranteed to have her swooning at your feet? Yeah, those ones. Well, don't it just rip your scrotum how they go blunt so quickly?Diogenes to the rescue! After every couple of shaves, hold the razor under a strong jet of hot water for about five seconds, with water striking the blades at the angle

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On ABC1, Virginia Trioli (what a spunk, eh?) is interviewing my mate Penny Wong about Ross Garnaut's report which was released today.Now, Ross, being an economist and therefore unable to bring himself to commit economic heresy, can't say what I'm about to say:Measures capable of effectively dealing with climate change would crash the global economy. Absolutely no doubt about it. Ergo,

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I've become a collector of versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".So far I've got versions by:Leonard CohenK.D. LangJeff BuckleyThe Choir Of Hard Knocks... and I quite like this YouTube version by K.D. Lang >>>They all reduce me to tears. Every time.(...don't suppose anyone can tell me how I can download (save-to-disk)stuff from YouTube...)

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Spot the non sequiturs:I said something about wanting to provoke thoughts, and then...He said:Ok .. thoughts now provoked, and continuing the odd discussion in the link from first comment.I happen to like (agree with?) the philosophy of a bloke called Democritus - some ancient Greek that i have never met, nor is there much in the way of "writings" by him. Did he exist? have no idea, can't prove

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I write to provoke your thoughts. If you arrogant sons of bitches think you can just keep your thoughts private and not share them by submitting comments, then I may as well shut the bloody thing down. You think I'm doing this for the fun of it? This blog's like your brain - use it, or lose it... Grrrrrr...So, the ball's in you court, my luvvlies, LAST WARNING !!!

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"Australia is experiencing the biggest oil shock in thirty years." I heard a TV announcer say last night.Makes it sound almost benign. Certainly only cause for moderate and short-term worry, right?Wrong.The idiot forgot to mention that its global, not merely Australian.The idiot forgot to point out that thiry years ago the "oil shock" was a mere hiccup as the world adjusted to the fact that the

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"That of which I do not know, I cannot speak" I said, believing myself to be profound..."Taurus Excreta !!!" shouted the First Patriarch of Dai Ippo Zen...

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In a recent report which notably reflects the implicit horror of what the occupiers are doing, the Globe and Mail’s Doug Saunders describes a scene in Naray, on the northeast border with Pakistan, where 200 trigger-happy US Army soldiers huddle in tents, sheltering themselves from regular rocket attacks. He was greeted by a certain Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Kolenda, a clean-cut, steel-eyed

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WiserEarth serves the people who are transforming theworld. It is a community-editable international directoryand networking forum that maps and connects thelargest movement in the world – the hundreds of thousandsof organizations and concerned individuals within civilsociety that address social justice, poverty, and theenvironment.WiserEarth provides the tools and a platform for

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Oil depletion.Globalisation of big business.Population explosion.Climate change.Radicalisation of politics and religion.A perfect storm.

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http://lunarbrogue.blogspot.com/2008/05/pre-rudd-profile.htmlOf course, Rudd has redoubled our commitment to standing shoulder to shoulder with that Great Force For Good, A-fucking-meriKKKa!!! He even saluted The Great American Idiot...YANKEE GO HOME !!!Grrrrrrrr...

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The Canadian National AnthemO Canada!Our home and native land!True patriot love in all thy sons command.With glowing hearts we see thee rise,The True North strong and free!From far and wide,O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.God keep our land glorious and free!O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =The Inuit sang it with

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