... AND ANOTHER THING
The Age
Wednesday October 21, 2009
WITH reports that thousands more Tamils are seeking to escape Sri Lanka, one wonders why Western governments don't stem the flow at its cause by intervening in the ongoing conflict. Oh wait they don't have oil. Jenny Ejlak, Parkville Asylum seekersIT SEEMS that Kevin Rudd hasn't really abolished the Pacific Solution but, rather, moved it several thousand kilometres westward.Erica Leaney, EaglemontNOT all people-smugglers should be tarred with the same brush. If I had had access to a people-smuggler in Germany in the late 1930s, I would have ended up in Switzerland, instead of Auschwitz.Gert Silver, KewASPIRING refugees might note that many questionable types nonetheless enjoy immunity from the Rudd Government's "tough decisions". Besides a tendency to belch carbon dioxide, their main common trait appears to be largesse towards major political parties.John Hayward, Weegena, TasGIVEN that the Prime Minister and the Governor-General are going through staff like nobody's business, one would have thought that the source of replacements approaching by sea would have been welcomed with open arms.Brian Haill, FrankstonPoliticsAS KEVIN Rudd flies over the Timor Sea, he might look down on the oil slick from the leaking rig. He could report back to the Environment Ministry, as it doesn't seem able to afford a plane to investigate it itself.Anthony Barnes, Ferntree GullyIT'S just as well that hypocrisy is not an indictable offence. Otherwise ASIC would be duty bound to charge Alexander Downer, Mark Vaile and John Howard over the AWB affair, in addition to current actions.John Walsh, WatsoniaTHE Liberals: a party of troglodytes intent on saving the jobs of our future cave-dwelling community.Lee Kennedy, Box HillMORE funding cuts to our already stressed health system? Spring Street surgeons should take care. The operation may be a success but the patient will die.Margaret Kicaj, BundooraTHEY seek him here, they seek him there; the Liberals seek that damned elusive leader, Ted Baillieu, everywhere.Michael Freeman, South Croydon"Breaker" MorantWHERE "The Breaker" goes, can Ned Kelly be far behind?Barbara Abell, North RingwoodDON'T tell me "Breaker" Morant was not the hero shown on film? But, but, but it was "based on a true story".Neville Wright, KilcundaFinal thoughtI SUGGEST that investors seeking Kathmandu shares on the stock exchange wait a few weeks when they will no doubt be 40 to 60 per cent off, as is the case for most items in its shops.Roger Farrer, Hampton
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