Comments on: Crikey Says http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:37 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: simon smith http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/#comment-9641 simon smith Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9641 can someone give Tom McLaughlin something to do? Basketweaving or whatever? The man clearly has too much time on his hands can someone give Tom McLaughlin something to do? Basketweaving or whatever? The man clearly has too much time on his hands

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/#comment-9642 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9642 Such a profound scene selection and framing. She really knew how to crank the Hitler propaganda machine. Mr Kilgour would probably agree with the comparison with Nazism (systematised murder for organs, Darfur, Tibet etc). As for the sad red herrings below, the Olympics has stopped being about sport for at least 3 decades now. It's all about $. Got that? Or are you in denial? Anyone in Sydney in 2000 with half a brain could hardly avoid it. This Olympics is about China Inc too. Athletes are beautiful entertainers with winners 95% from the richest countries, richest support. Frankly it's a giant multinational coporate junket and marketing opportunity. The young athletes have virtually no moral authority (it's all ambition) and precious little worldly wisdom. By the way Pat Hills ... was ALP Mayor and State MP back then, just like Clover Moore today. (Had to play him in a stunt in 2004 on Town Hall steps.) Do as I say not as I do is the ALP way. Such a profound scene selection and framing. She really knew how to crank the Hitler propaganda machine. Mr Kilgour would probably agree with the comparison with Nazism (systematised murder for organs, Darfur, Tibet etc). As for the sad red herrings below, the Olympics has stopped being about sport for at least 3 decades now. It’s all about $. Got that? Or are you in denial? Anyone in Sydney in 2000 with half a brain could hardly avoid it. This Olympics is about China Inc too. Athletes are beautiful entertainers with winners 95% from the richest countries, richest support. Frankly it’s a giant multinational coporate junket and marketing opportunity. The young athletes have virtually no moral authority (it’s all ambition) and precious little worldly wisdom. By the way Pat Hills … was ALP Mayor and State MP back then, just like Clover Moore today. (Had to play him in a stunt in 2004 on Town Hall steps.) Do as I say not as I do is the ALP way.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/#comment-9643 Marilyn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9643 For all the wee hypocrites - during 1956 we still had the white Australia policy running, were stealing aboriginal children from their parents and running an apartheid system. In 2000 we had hundreds of small brown children locked in concentration camps in the desert being tear gassed and water cannoned. After Hitler's olympics we decided not to accept jewish refugees because we didn't have a racial problem and didn't want to import one. The olympics is about the sport, or we would have been black banned. For all the wee hypocrites - during 1956 we still had the white Australia policy running, were stealing aboriginal children from their parents and running an apartheid system.

In 2000 we had hundreds of small brown children locked in concentration camps in the desert being tear gassed and water cannoned.

After Hitler’s olympics we decided not to accept jewish refugees because we didn’t have a racial problem and didn’t want to import one.

The olympics is about the sport, or we would have been black banned.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/#comment-9644 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9644 Au contraire, not enough time by half slapping the big media/politik institutions around, and monitoring the 24 news cycle as best I can. I have my community media vocation on my own micro news blog. It was my image of 2 rings binders of clippings of Olympics Inc 2000 "lies, bribes, drugs & arrogance" in Sydney which effectively gave the Big Media the 'permission' to go hard on free speech re Beijing. And go hard they have showing Beijing how Big Media did it in Sydney like that guy Jennings on the Fraud of the Rings. I'm a community media practitioner with real politik successful experience. As long as Crikey.com.au give me space here with 1000 characters I will have my contribution. I leave it in their hands. By the by, now the Big Media are returning to type supporting the corporate media investment in the Olympic Inc over the so called "violent" Free Tibet protesters for simply jostling the bogus (Nazi Beijing) torch parade. Shaky cameras. Water bombs. How shallow. Au contraire, not enough time by half slapping the big media/politik institutions around, and monitoring the 24 news cycle as best I can. I have my community media vocation on my own micro news blog. It was my image of 2 rings binders of clippings of Olympics Inc 2000 “lies, bribes, drugs & arrogance” in Sydney which effectively gave the Big Media the ‘permission’ to go hard on free speech re Beijing. And go hard they have showing Beijing how Big Media did it in Sydney like that guy Jennings on the Fraud of the Rings. I’m a community media practitioner with real politik successful experience. As long as Crikey.com.au give me space here with 1000 characters I will have my contribution. I leave it in their hands. By the by, now the Big Media are returning to type supporting the corporate media investment in the Olympic Inc over the so called “violent” Free Tibet protesters for simply jostling the bogus (Nazi Beijing) torch parade. Shaky cameras. Water bombs. How shallow.

]]> By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/10/crikey-says/#comment-9645 Tom McLoughlin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-9645 "Simon Smith, Treasurer and Secretary UQ Economics Alumni Executive Committee. "? http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/index.html?page=57799 “Simon Smith, Treasurer and Secretary UQ Economics Alumni Executive Committee. “?
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/index.html?page=57799

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