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Topic: I had to check my calendar to make sure it was not April Fools Day...


Topic Posted by: Rose Bush
Date Posted: Sun Nov 8 23:33:56 2009
Additional Comments:

They have got to be kidding...

This must be a sick joke.

I think the only answer to that question is "yeah, just like I would miss a hole in my head".

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Posted by: Zoe
Date posted: Tue Nov 10 17:25:00 2009
Message:

It's time to let go and move forward.


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Posted by: Liz
Date posted: Tue Nov 10 14:38:51 2009
Message:
I find myself completely unaffected by this pic. I'm sure Dubya is a heck of a nice guy. He was just a terrible president. Pics of Big Dick Cheney make me want to hit someone. LOL

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  • Big Dick Cheney? All this time I thought he was over-compensating for something.....Rose Bush....eom ;-)

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    Posted by: DebS
    Date posted: Mon Nov 9 19:10:24 2009
    Message:
    Not!

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    Posted by: concerned
    Date posted: Mon Nov 9 12:03:02 2009
    Message:
    Yep!  I missed you from day one.

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    Posted by: Donna7888
    Date posted: Mon Nov 9 9:06:29 2009
    Message:
    uummm let me think about this one, I'll get back to you George...LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

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    Posted by: Glitter
    Date posted: Mon Nov 9 9:00:09 2009
    Message:
    This has to be some friggin' joke! Sure I miss you as much as I miss Root Canal work, shingles, losing my left kidney in and opperation.. go to hell Bushy. You're the reason why our current president is trying to dig out the mess you left behind for him to clean up.

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    Posted by: Cassies grandma
    Date posted: Mon Nov 9 8:44:15 2009
    Message:
    Did you hear about shrubs first speaking engagment? He spoke at a motivational seminar. It cost 9.99 to get in and they didn't come close to selling out.

    I have an Aussie question. We watched Australia the other night. What did you think of the movie? I loved the little boy, he stole the movie. What has become of him? How much truth in the story is there? I know the lost generation stuff but not so much the war and cattle battles. My uncle was in Australia during WWII. Thanks.

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  • Hi GC. I haven't seen the movie because I can't stand either Nicole Kidman or Hugh Jackman. I know they are talented, but both leave me cold. Nor can I take Baz Lurhmann's direction - it was all downhill after he made Strictly Ballroom back in the 1990s. In a nutshell, there is not much truth at all in the film. The bulldust about Aborigines being herded towards invading Japanese troops is a complete falsehood. The Stolen Generations issue is very complex. Certainly, many Aboriginal children were removed from their parents but it was not because they were black or part-black, it was because they were in danger (health, safety) or their parents gave them up. I am sure that being taken away from one's parents at a young age was hurtful to both the children and the parents, and there is no doubt that it is the cause of most of the social ills affecting many Aborigines. Strangely enough, the Labor Government which was very critical of the former government's approach to the Stolen Generation and Aboriginal issues is now proceeding down the track of removing Aboriginal children from disfunctional communities and families for their own safety. No doubt, in future years this will be referred to as another Stolen Generation. The main problem with the film is that its makers misrepresent this work of fiction as being factual. For example, when they were promoting the film both Luhrmann and Jackman made statements likening the treatment of Aborigines to what the Nazis did to the Jews. This statement is offensive on so many levels, I won't even start. The little boy, Jamal Bednarz-Metallah, appeared in an Australian Tourism campaign based on the movie Australia, but nothing since. He is probably off being a kid, which might be the best thing for him....Rose Bush...eom
  • CG, I forgot to mention the war!! During WW2, Darwin was bombed by the Japanese. People were evacuated from Darwin and the Torres Strait Islands. In Papua New Guinea, Australian troops fought the Japanese. The Americans came to help break the back of the Japanese offensive and this forms the basis of the ANSUS Treaty which is still in existance today (Australia, New Zealand, US). I don't know about the cattle battles. It sounds like another Luhrmann fiction to me.....Rose Bush.....eom
  • Thanks for the info. I am sending you an email to tell you my uncles story--it is slightly off color! eom CG

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