[LINK] Govt requires blocking of some newsgroups - and we don't know which ones!!!

Craig Sanders cas at taz.net.au
Sat Mar 4 11:05:24 EST 2006


On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 04:05:53PM +1030, Glen Turner wrote:
> Not that Australia should be throwing stones at the moment. Lee Kwan
> Yew would have long sacked all the people involved in the AWB scandal.
> He viewed government corruption as one of the things that could
> prevent Singapore becoming a first rate nation. And like most things
> that got in the way of his goals, he was blunt in dealing with it.

yes, well...Howard's method of dealing with every scandal is to claim "i
didn't know", "i wasn't informed", "nobody told me". it's the primary
responsibility-avoidance tool of his entire cabinet.

and the amazing thing is, that it keeps on working for him. no matter
how many times he uses it, no matter how incompetent and negligent it
makes him seem.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)


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