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| Richard Butler becomes Governor of Tasmania | ||||
| 2003-08-19 | ||||
| who appointed him??? australia is going to hell in a handbasket, owned by the greens and those with no logic and no compassion and no morals TASMANIA’S next governor Richard Butler has pledged to present the truth to a parliamentary inquiry into Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, but will pass no comment on government policy.
a podium from which to continue my spewtum and spittle against Howard, the US, asking illegal immigrants to apply at an embassy and wait in line like everybody else, and deposing Saddam! An outspoken critic of the Howard Government’s decision to join the United States-led war in Iraq, Mr Butler has publicly accused Prime Minister John Howard of misleading Parliament over the issue....
informed view? Didn’t this guy do a bad job and hasn’t even been in Iraq for years? he’s out of the loop "I will offer no comment on government policy. I don’t need to - you all know what I think, and I know the media will quote my past interviews so that makes it unnecessary for me to lower myself However, he said his new role would not stop him from presenting the facts. Yarr Ha ha! gotcha! see, I can spray all the spittle I like by selectively quoting some facts! (and leaving out a mountain of evidence to the contrary) "The only way it could be interpreted as political would be if I said things that weren’t true, or if you quote facts selectively thus distorting the picture which I don’t intend to do, or if the Government decided that it didn’t like the truth," he said. of course, being the sole arbiter of truth, the high pinnacle of all that is treu .. I am truth and, yea, verily I dispenseth all forgiveness
For verily you should get down and worship me for I am the great god Butlick recently returned from my glorious mission of TRUTH in Iraq, and I will speak truth to power: yes I will! "Now, if the Government finds that uncomfortable, hehe watch me make Howard squirm that’s another matter, and it, of course, is free to say, ’Well, we had a different view’... But I am not relieved from the business of saying what I think the facts are." It’s the TRUTH i tell ya the truth! I am the teller of all truth and anybody who disagrees with MY point of view is a damned dirty liar!
He offered no comment because he doesn’t have to. He’s better than that. He doesn’t have to tell the world he is upright, courageous and full of integrity. He just is. He doesn’t have to advertise 4 times in the same breath that he speaks the truth, unlike Dicky Butlick. | ||||
| Posted by:Anon1 |
| #7 Anon6024 - back away from the keyboard and punch "nurse call" button |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-09 22:27 |
| #6 rICHARD bUTLER HAS RESIGNED. hIS DIFFICULTY WAS IN NOT BEING ABLE TO DIVERCE HIS PERSONALITY FROM THE DEMANDING PROTOCL OF THE JOB. aNOTHER GOOD MAN DOWN FOR THE COUNT |
| Posted by: Anonymous6024 2004-08-09 22:25 |
| #5 I just recently learned that a distant relative of mine is or was in politics in Australia. I was personally wondering how often governor positions are changed? I love to learn about family and think it would be fun to tell my friends if he is still in politics on the other side of the world! |
| Posted by: Charlena 2004-1-13 11:54:31 AM |
| #4 So, the premier of Tasmania appointed him? Or the Governor General of Australia? The premier of Tasmania is a guy named Bacon, whose wife is called Honey. Mmm...honey bacon. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-8-19 10:32:33 AM |
| #3 Richard Butler, lead singer of Psychedelic Furs, would've been a better choice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-19 9:50:50 AM |
| #2 The governor is generally a symbolic figure appointed by the political leader of the state or country. |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2003-8-19 9:21:19 AM |
| #1 Ok,one of you Aussie's help me out here. Is it customary for Goveners in Australia to be appointed? Here in the U.S. we elect our state goveners. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-19 7:21:02 AM |