[LINK] OT: Howards anti-terrorist mailout

[Chirgwin, Richard]

> And has anyone noticed the proliferation of 'war' or conflict 
> movies on the 
> TV at the moment?  Why haven't they put on "Dr. Strangelove"?

Yeah, I had observed that ... at least this is normal entertainment-industry
behaviour, "since everyone's thinking about a war, let's run some reminders
of how a single US soldier with a bullet in each leg and an American flag
between his teeth can still plant the flag"!

Somehow, I don't know that Strangelove fits the general tone the programming
managers are looking for right now, Jan. Ahh for a new voice of dissenting
outrage with the imaginative reach of a young Stanley Kubrick...

Richard Chirgwin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Whitaker [mailto:jwhit@melbpc.org.au]
> Sent: Monday, 10 February 2003 07:23
> To: Bob Bain
> Cc: 'link@anu.edu.au'
> Subject: Re: [LINK] OT: Howards anti-terrorist mailout
> 
> 
> At 08:23 PM 9/02/03 +1100, Bob Bain wrote:
> >vaguely listed as "hide and take
> >cover as best you can."
> 
> The US images of the time were children diving under their desks in 
> response to the instruction:
> "Duck and Cover" .  There were TV ads showing it and drills in 
> schools.  Lots of fallout shelters built, too.  Sort of 
> underground 'space 
> capsules'.
> 
> The best advice was "bend over, put your head between your 
> knees, and kiss 
> you #ss goodby..."
> 
> Who in the Aussie government owns shares in Aussie Disposals?  .....
> 
> And has anyone noticed the proliferation of 'war' or conflict 
> movies on the 
> TV at the moment?  Why haven't they put on "Dr. Strangelove"?
> 
> And lastly, did Condelllllleeeeezzzza Ricepops really say in 
> her interview 
> with Laurie Oakes on Sunday yesterday that 3000 American 
> CITIZENS!!! were 
> killed in the World Trade Center?  The families of those from 
> the other 
> countries will be pleased that they can get the US benefits that US 
> Citizens were afforded after the attacks, won't they?  Or 
> maybe it's only 
> their bestest and longest friends, the John Howard 
> Australians who will 
> qualify?
> 
> BTW, I sent an email of support to Mark Latham for calling 
> Bush to account 
> in Parliament last week.  He sent a thanks back, along with a 
> copy of his 
> speech if anyone wants it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jan
> 
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