Still crazy after all these years 4 Apr 2008 Oh honestly! The Australian Federal Police are still investigating Haneef for terrorism even after their own incompetence and prejudice has been laid bare, and a Royal Commission is in train to investigate them. Really, it’s like J. Edgar Hoover only without the smarts and the dress. Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? Politics
Censorship The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won’t. Work. 16 Dec 2008 The title is the title of a nice essay at Crikey. I especially like this: Bernadette McMenamin of ChildWise, you’ve crossed the line, defaming everyone who’s protested the government’s plans. “Most of these people are not fully aware of the facts and secondly, those who are aware are, in effect,… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity How not to Feyerabend 5 Oct 2007 On Monday night last, Jason Grossman, a philosopher form the Australian National University rang me with an idea. He was coming to my university to give a talk entitled “How to Feyerabend”, arguing that Feyerabend was a dadaist rather than an anarchist. I’d tell you more about his talk, but… Read More
Politics Paine on national churches 5 Apr 2010 All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. [Thomas Paine; Writings of Thomas Paine, volume 4, Age of Reason, chapter 1] This is sometimes misquoted as “All churches… Read More
It’s either disgraceful, or the AFP really does has some evidence that it’s with-holding for “national security”. Just a correction though – it’s a judicial enquiry, not a royal commission investigating the fiasco.
It’s either disgraceful, or the AFP really does has some evidence that it’s with-holding for “national security”. Just a correction though – it’s a judicial enquiry, not a royal commission investigating the fiasco.
It’s really becoming a bit of a joke isn’t it? We’ve gotten to the point where a man can be targeted because of his race/religion (sorry ‘profiled’) and then exonerated and the AFP STILL feels the need to invade both his public and private life in what is an outward attempt to save face after their bungling efforts in the first place! Domestic terrorism may be the hot topic of the decade but truly it pales in comparison to (as you said) the incompetence and corruption of our senior officials. Australians are very good at chopping the head off the beast, as we did with Howard, but now it’s time to start hacking of the limbs and that means weeding out the Howard-era trash. Honestly a good excuse to rant is always appreciated John 🙂
It’s really becoming a bit of a joke isn’t it? We’ve gotten to the point where a man can be targeted because of his race/religion (sorry ‘profiled’) and then exonerated and the AFP STILL feels the need to invade both his public and private life in what is an outward attempt to save face after their bungling efforts in the first place! Domestic terrorism may be the hot topic of the decade but truly it pales in comparison to (as you said) the incompetence and corruption of our senior officials. Australians are very good at chopping the head off the beast, as we did with Howard, but now it’s time to start hacking of the limbs and that means weeding out the Howard-era trash. Honestly a good excuse to rant is always appreciated John 🙂
Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? John Winston Howard, Late of Kiribilly. Kevin Andrews, Late of Sanity.
Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? If all incompetant or corrupt (I’ll add jobsworth) civil servants and/or politicians are sacked how many would we have left? I agree that this Chief Commissioner needs to be stopped, is it possible for Haneef to sue him for harassment. It seems to be that after a certain rank is achieved these people become untouchable.
Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? If all incompetant or corrupt (I’ll add jobsworth) civil servants and/or politicians are sacked how many would we have left? I agree that this Chief Commissioner needs to be stopped, is it possible for Haneef to sue him for harassment. It seems to be that after a certain rank is achieved these people become untouchable.
Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? If all incompetant or corrupt (I’ll add jobsworth) civil servants and/or politicians are sacked how many would we have left? I agree that this Chief Commissioner needs to be stopped, is it possible for Haneef to sue him for harassment. It seems to be that after a certain rank is achieved these people become untouchable.
Anyone still think Chief Commissioner Mick Keelty shouldn’t be fired for either incompetance or corruption or both? If all incompetant or corrupt (I’ll add jobsworth) civil servants and/or politicians are sacked how many would we have left? I agree that this Chief Commissioner needs to be stopped, is it possible for Haneef to sue him for harassment. It seems to be that after a certain rank is achieved these people become untouchable.