...AND ANOTHER THING
The Age
Tuesday December 29, 2009
GOLF, opined Mark Twain, ruins a good walk. What type of bon mot would he have used to describe the Sydney-to-Hobart crawl? Alex Shabs, Elwood PoliticsON THE Australia 2020 summit website, Kevin Rudd says the summit "marked the start of a national conversation on Australia's long-term future, a conversation I am committed to continuing". In that spirit, would the PM please release the Henry tax report?Malcolm Brown, South YarraHOORAY to Tony Abbott for supporting referendums. Now one for euthanasia, Tony?Jean Tansey, BerwickIN THE time of the Romanovs, it took the most extreme of measures to be rid of one mad monk. What will it take to be rid of Tony Abbott €” a climate change?David Seal, Balwyn NorthRE THE north-east link. Yes, there is a missing link. It's called public transport.Michael Galea, GembrookTONY Blair €” arch liar, conspirator and possibly facing a war crimes trial, finds time to lecture us on accountability, clarity and principles (Comment, 26/12) €” amazing.Roger Green, Ferntree GullyTHE President of Ghana has declined all Christmas gifts because they may be seen as bribes. Can John Brumby and his colleagues rise to Ghanian ethical standards in 2010 and stop accepting "cash for conversation"?Kishor Dabke, Mount WaverleyDOCKLANDS Ferris wheel sold for scrap (The Sunday Age, 27/12). As a bonus, they should throw in myki.Myra Fisher, MoorabbinCricketNEW Australian expression: he's a few runs short of a century.Rob Siedle, HawthornAS A bogan, I feel insulted by media comments that it is the bogans who misbehave at the MCG. Far from true. Those who misbehave are simply morons and village idiots.Dr Sampath Kumar, MorningtonMoreoverNEWS reports refer to the risks of flooding across parts of NSW, when it seems the headlines should be that wonderful flooding rains at last break the long drought. I reckon the farmers will see the upside.John Walsh, WatsoniaCHRISTMAS Island overflow "should be into the Indian Ocean" (Letters, 28/12)? We are actually talking about people, Ken Courtis, not sewage.John Ryan, NorthcoteHOW odd. Cardinal Pell tells us that praying will cure cancer but not that it will cure poverty and hunger.J. Cosmo Newbery, BurwoodAFTER his latest indiscretion, there is no shine left on Charlie Sheen.Noel Howard, HeathmontDEAR United States, I'm sorry that I won't be flying over and visiting soon. Not because I'm scared of terrorists, but because you are. No standing up for an hour before landing? No access to my own stuff? Not allowed to read a book? You've got to be joking.Ron Wail, Collingwood
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