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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

For socialists, not just the wealth, but the guilt, must be redistributed - Andrew Sandlin

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

They can tell you what to do, But they'll make a fool of you, And it's all right, baby, it's all right. We're on a road to nowhere - Talking Heads


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Sunday, October 28, 2012

As David Beckham is to Victoria Beckham, so is the ALP to Emily's List


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From the Devine to the ridiculous

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When somebody does not do the job we gotta let 'em go - Clint Eastwood


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Saturday, October 27, 2012

A male Prime Minister just couldn't understand

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Ladies, watch the video "Here's the Blood" and tell us that you still support Full Term Abortion
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Next Election, Remember Their Names, Remember Their Faces, Remember What They Said, Remember What They Did.

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Ladies, watch the video "Here's the Blood" and tell us that you still support Full Term Abortion
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Friday, October 26, 2012

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies - Oscar Wilde


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There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles - Stephen Covey


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Mum, will you help me please? No Son, because you're a boy


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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Buyer's Remorse is a real bitch


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FOR ALL CANBERRANS: Some Truth in Advertising


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It's a mystery to me, the game commences, for the usual fee, plus expenses - Dire Straits

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You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated... Look. Listen. Choose. Act - Barbara Hall


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Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned - William Congreve


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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by the seller



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Monday, October 22, 2012

Spin this Ms McTernan


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Gosh, it’s fortunate that The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO QC is not the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy. Excuses will be made but nothing will happen because...

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Susan Butler, Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, This is (Now) Your Life


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Saturday, October 20, 2012

And for an extra point, what was the name of the dog?

Dedicated to the memory of Major Arch Foxley MBE
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Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve - George Bernard Shaw


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Sorry, but we're not responsible for your poor choices


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Friday, October 19, 2012

As useless as a Macquarie Dictionary


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The case against affirmative action


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Let's all smile broadly and celebrate Gillard's legacy to Australia


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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Force is always beside the point when subtlety will serve - Darius the First


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There are crimes that, like frost on flowers, in one single night destroy character and reputation - Henry Ward Beecher


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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

I take solace that there are no words I could utter and only a few acts I could commit that would make me more despicable


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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

While the 'economic girly men' of the Gillard Labor Government run around tearing their party dresses, private enterprise gets on with business

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All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together - Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea


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Monday, October 15, 2012

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true - Socrates


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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Sorry Joolya but a pair of ovaries is not enough to qualify


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