quick hits
Feb. 13th, 2006 03:15 pmNot only did Dick Cheney shoot someone whilst out hunting, but it turns out it wasn't even hunting. He goes to one of those private game reserves where they raise the birds in cages, then release them for the hunters to shoot. What a fucking pussy.
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dr_nic, the android replica of Phillip K. Dick has gone missing. If I was the guy who'd built it, I'd feel totally terrified right now. You know it's coming for you, and your eyeballs are gonna get squished.
And finally, Tony Abbott is still a dick.
... because if there's one thing the Howard government is rock-solid on, it's Ministerial responsibility. In particular, the avoidance of same. I mean, really, Vanstone could be found chowing down on a big bowl of refugee-kiddy-stew, and Howard would still let her hide behind some unnamed bureaucrat - "obviously the minister was unaware that the children in the stew were actually refugees".
I think someone should ask every single MP who voted in favour of Abbott if they would be happy to pass every single medical decision that affects their lives across Abbott's desk for him to sign-off before they begin treatment. It seems only fair.
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And finally, Tony Abbott is still a dick.
KERRY O'BRIEN: But doctors are subject to rules and regulations, too. They are using all kinds of dangerous drugs all the time, and they're applying appropriate supervision, aren't they?
TONY ABBOTT: That's correct.
KERRY O'BRIEN: Why wouldn't they do that with RU486?
TONY ABBOTT: But an official who decides in his or her wisdom that a particular level of supervision is fine is not going to be called to account in the same way that a politician or a minister will be called to account if that decision turns out to be wrong.
... because if there's one thing the Howard government is rock-solid on, it's Ministerial responsibility. In particular, the avoidance of same. I mean, really, Vanstone could be found chowing down on a big bowl of refugee-kiddy-stew, and Howard would still let her hide behind some unnamed bureaucrat - "obviously the minister was unaware that the children in the stew were actually refugees".
I think someone should ask every single MP who voted in favour of Abbott if they would be happy to pass every single medical decision that affects their lives across Abbott's desk for him to sign-off before they begin treatment. It seems only fair.