Tim Blair

Ramsay:

"I'll leave the death of the Jakarta embassy gates to the hysterics"

Is Alan Ramsay Margo Kingston's dad?

Ramsay:

"I'll leave the death of the Jakarta embassy gates to the hysterics"

Ramseys inhumanity made my stomach churn when I read that this morning.
I was reaching for words to describe him.Ghoul is a good one Tim.
I look forward to reading some others in future posts.
What makes a man so indifferent to anothers suffering in the deluded idea that he is justified in persuing the greater good of his personal vendetta on Howard and be oblivious to all else?
He must sit at home in some darkened corner of his house all hunched up looking for some new way of rehashing his bile.
The SMH is truly sick if they must have this man as its lead opinion writer.

That is very sad about Manny. I hope she recovers.

Maybe it WOULD be better for us all of Howard loses on October 9. I mean, can any of you guys imagine how much more twisted the "anyone but Howard" crowd will be if he's still in power 3 years from now?

Alan Ramsey, Michael Leunig, Bob Brown and Phillip after 3 more years of Howard? Man, that would not be pretty!

The same goes for Bush. If he gets a second term, I reckon Michael Moore and most of A.N.S.W.E.R will eventually end up joining Al Qaeda.

No, wait....then we'd get to hunt them down! "Four more years! Four more years!" :-)

Who could not agonise and feel terrible regret over the plight of the small child who was so terribly injured in the Jakarta bombing? I cannot begin to imagine how I would feel if it were one of my children! But one cannot also but feel sickened by the the opportunism of the old media Australian Press who blare about an 'Australian' child being injured. For God's sake, a few days ago this poor mite was 'just' another anonymous Indonesian child, and yet, because an Embassy official read a few, quite meaningless lines, she has become an 'Australian'! Does anyone imagine that, if this poor waif had not been 'anointed' as an Australian that she would have rated more than a few words in the news reports?
The 'old media' has much to answer for with its entrenched and blatant, although skillfully concealed, racism. The hypocrisy is disgusting.

Boss Hog:

I think part of the appeasenik line of reasoning, either explicit or implicit, is that "we cannot win the war on terror". If it turns out one of the hurt is Australian, the conclusion they will give us is "they can kill you - seek terms while you can!".

From the U.K telegraph 6 September

Cleric supports targeting children
By Rajeev Syal
(Filed: 05/09/2004)

An extremist Islamic cleric based in Britain said yesterday that he would support hostage-taking at British schools if carried out by terrorists with a just cause.

Omar Bakri Mohammed, the spiritual leader of the extremist sect al-Muhajiroun, said that holding women and children hostage would be a reasonable course of action for a Muslim who has suffered under British rule.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Mohammed said: "If an Iraqi Muslim carried out an attack like that in Britain, it would be justified because Britain has carried out acts of terrorism in Iraq.

"As long as the Iraqi did not deliberately kill women and children, and they were killed in the crossfire, that would be okay."

Mr Mohammed, 44, who lives in Edmonton, north London, but is originally from Syria, also claimed that the Chechen rebels were not responsible for the deaths of more than 350 people - at least half of them children - who are so far known to have died in Beslan.

"The Mujahideen [Chechen rebels] would not have wanted to kill those people, because it is strictly forbidden as a Muslim to deliberately kill women and children. It is the fault of the Russians," he said.

The father of seven came to Britain in 1985 after being deported from Saudi Arabia because of his membership of a banned group. He has since been given leave by the Home Office to remain in Britain for five years but the Government is reviewing his status.

He gave an interview yesterday to promote a "celebratory" conference in London next Saturday to commemorate the third anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Andrew Dismore, the Labour MP for Hendon, was infuriated by Mr Mohammed's comments. "That sounds to me like incitement and I will report him to Scotland Yard," he said. "It is an insult to most moderate Muslims, who are sick of people like this claiming to represent them.

Good News!

The Austral;ian Democrats have endorsed a 19-year-old vegetarian lesbian to head the Victorian Senate team (beating Don Chipp's son).

The nation will be in safe hands at last.

I'm sure the vegetarian lesbian will protect Australia from sharia as if her life depended on it.

Self-preservation instincts of hippies ... hmm, scratch that thought.

The West's massive military response to the September 11 attacks has generated hatred, confusion and new fears that old enemies are still recruiting, writes Paul McGeough.

Hm. "Old enemies"? Seems like the September 11 attacks didn't have to generate much.

They called the card as Chechen terrorists rigged a Russian school with explosives before more than 300 of their hostages died in a horrific clash with Russian security forces;

Damn those hostages! They will run when they get they think they're going to be killed anyway, won't they? Damned inconvenient, having to shoot them in the back as they scurry. And those Russian security forces, shooting back! What's a freedom fighter to do, eh?

That is sad about Manny. What an ironic twist to her gaining Australian citizenship. I wish her a speedy recovery and a long, healthy life.

On the other hand, Ramsey is a hate filled prick. 'Nuff said there.

Whatever the hell Ramsey is

Alanusramseyus, genus curmudgeon: Endangered species, native to Australia, currently only one of which is in existence. Was born 50 years old and shows every sign of continuing that way for the rest of his life. Natural habitat is the Sydney Morning Herald, where he shows a remarkable talent for mimicry (recycling the quotes of others, ad nauseum).

BTW, that vegetarian lesbian has a blog, I think - chanced across it one day but haven't been able to find it since. Anyone know it's address?

TimT, I believe the blog you are referring to is aussieanklebiter.blogspot.com

Ah yes. Not only is the lass vegetarian, 19-year old, homosexual (the trifecta!), she is also of the female gender and she is one legged.
Of course, she may do a very good job - who knows??? - but it is amusing to see the Democrats being so cloyingly politically-correct. Christopher Pearson, for one, was unimpressed:

Newspoll aside, evidence of the extent to which the Democrats are suffering a collective death wish is not common knowledge. For example, surprisingly little attention has been paid to Jess Healy, the 19-year-old, one-legged lesbian heading the Victorian Senate ticket, and Jenny Scott, her transgendered counterpart in South Australia. And, no, I'm not joking. If they are the Democrats' idea of the candidates from central casting, heaven only knows what triumphs of tokenism are on offer in the other states.

Good luck to the girl, anyway.