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The sun rises when Kevin says so:
Vietnam veterans have been offended by Labor leader Kevin Rudd’s request for a “fake” dawn service so he can commemorate Anzac Day live on Channel Seven’s breakfast show from Long Tan in Vietnam.
The plan for an earlier 4.15am service to coincide with the peak 7.15am morning TV ratings period were hatched by Mr Rudd’s office and staff of the Sunrise show several weeks ago.
Paul Murphy, vice-president of the Australian Veterans Vietnam Reconstruction Group Inc, based in Long Tan, said it was a “bloody joke’’ to hold a pre-dawn service.
“There is only one dawn, you know,’’ he said.
A fake sunrise for the Sunrise frauds; perfect. Andrew Bolt (“[Rudd] wants to fool people about global dawning as well”) has more, including an unconvincing denial from Seven’s Rudd-enablers.
(Via eeniemeenie)
UPDATE. Rudd denies he is a sunmaster:
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd says reports he wanted an Anzac Day dawn service held early so he could commemorate the occasion on live TV are “absolutely false” ...
In a statement today, Mr Rudd said the reports were completely wrong.
“Neither I, nor anyone from my office, has spoken to or had conversation with anyone whatsoever about requesting the changing of the dawn service time at Long Tan in Vietnam or anywhere else,” he said.
Sounds legit. It’s been a big day for corrections:
Controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali is still the mufti, the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils says.
AFIC President Ikebal Patel today denied reports the AFIC had sacked the sheikh from the position of mufti, and abolished the position.
“No, we haven’t sacked the mufti ... (Sheikh Hilali) is still the mufti,” Mr Patel told Sky News this morning.
Hmmmm.
To mufti, or not to mufti.
That is the question.Why does everything associated with Islam sound like a variety of rug?
Seriously. If you didn’t know better you’d be interested in buying a “Al’Queda” brand rug right? And if you inquired about the origins of said rug the salesman could tell you that the guy running the rug business was some bloke name “Osama” who lived in a cave in eastern Afghanistan surrounded by a bunch of guys all wearing diapers wound round their heads.
Tell me you wouldn’t blink twice if told this.
Posted by memomachine on 2007 04 08 at 01:28 AM • permalinkAnd from The Australian :
Mr Patel said he had some issues with Sheik Alhilali’s term as mufti, which included controversial comments likening young women to meat, but believed the sheik was the best man for the job.
...
“I will probably be scoffed at when I say this, but he’s probably one of the most moderate of the imams in Australia…”Actually Mr Patel, the problem is that we believe you. We believe that “Cat Meat” Hilali is a moderate compared with most. We believe you when you say that his problem is that, unlike others, he speaks in public not private.
Hilali a Moderate? Yes, he is, in comparison. That’s what worries us.
As I sit here, Wagner blaring across the neighbourhood, pretentious and ballsy red in hand, contemplating the state of affairs that has the Federal Parliament jammed full of dickheads to the gills, one wonders if the Womble hasn’t beaten Dr Nelson to the punch.
I’d much prefer it if they all didn’t turn ANZAC Day into media stunt central.did anyone see that disgusting spectacle of Ruddster being interviewed after the Kokoda track walk with his VERY clean and new Channel 7 Sunrise T Shirt contrasting with the filth and grime of a few days out bush.
By all means walk the track and gain and appreciation of the efforts of the WW2 lads, but DONT play stupid commercial games with the whole concept.
No prizes for guessing that the ALP and 7 will try the same bullshit at Long Tan
GRUBS!!!!!
Hilali IS a moderate by the standards of that religion. Gawd only knows what he will be replaced with…...
Has Kevni checked with the mighty Paul Keating over this?
IIRC, Keating was instrumental in garnering our beloved Mufti his Australian citizenship (despite many protests) in the early ‘90’s, so as to shore up support in the Lakemba electoral area.
I am certain that the Honourable Paul would not agree with Kevni’s now public views….
Game on, as the OC would say!
#10 “I’d much prefer they didn’t turn Anzac Day into media stunt central.”
Keating already did that at Gallipoli.
Our Anzac Day dawn service will be at Deloraine, Tasmania, with a bunch of infantrymen my husband served with in 6RAR in Vietnam at the time of Long Tan.
Needless to say, dawn will be at sunrise.
I’ve had some incredible ANZAC Day services myself.
1. Bashing dixies in a mess early on in my career.
2. Atypical drunk soldier in an RSL. Several times around Australia.
3. Catafalque 2IC at a country school.
4. Drinking rum coffee before a cordon and search on operations outside of Oz. Watching the sun come up, at the same time as you go live on the guns.
5. Marching with WW2 veterans in a parade, with your parents marching behind you in the ranks.This year, back to the small country town. And loving it.
Sunrise again. Is there a pattern emerging here?
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 04 08 at 05:22 AM • permalinkThe Great Rudder has spoken and decreed (surprise !) that Spinster ABC will not be prostituted into common and nasty ol online ads on HIS watch ...if he ever gets to be Helmsman that is.
As if Auntie needed an excuse to be frigid towards the current Feds and John HoWARd.
That’ll just provide extra phillip for her election lead up “coverage”. She just needs a good seeing to doesn’t she.Hilaly reckons he isn’t sacked and AFIC reckons they haven’t sacked him. But Rudd weighs in and calls for the mufti’s urgent removal.
“Whatever may be said about Sheikh Alhilaly today, the truth remains that Sheik Alhilaly cannot continue as the mufti of Australia,’‘
I don’t really disagree with Rudd, but should politicians be getting involved in the leadership of a religion?
#24 Ash_:
So Friday won’t be mufti day anymore?#23 rebase:
There is little leadership shown by Hilaly or the Imam council. Actually, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils. No wonder they’re ineffectual, they call themselves a council. You have to be Australian to appreciate that one.Tim’s byline ... reminds me of Christof in the Truman Show saying, “Cue the Sun!”
Amon-Rudd, the Sun God, ruler of ‘Sunrise’: how appropriate: WTF is Kerry Stokes up to?
Even ABC Radio’s Counterpoint has sarcastically christened him ‘St Kevin’ [Mon 2/4/07 program].#22
ABC, putting the spin on Spinsterhood (from former ABC colleagues, very much the powerbase, no points for guessing that one).
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