Liam Getreu

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday said that only people suffering hallucinations believe it is possible to realize the dream of holding onto the greater Land of Israel, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Six Day War.
An interesting little quote here from the besieged Israeli PM here; he knows that Israelis are increasingly keen [...]

I’ve read his book, The Audacity of Hope, and tracked his progress in the primaries for the last few weeks. I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth is: so I bought an Obama hoodie. Cool, eh?

Ain’t it pretty?
I’m so excited! I don’t know how I could possibly wait the two-to-three [...]

I’m in two minds about last night’s election result. I’m not overly un-happy that the ALP got in, but I am very disappointed that Kevin Rudd happens to be in charge at the moment, and will become Australia’s 26th prime minister.
I didn’t think it was time for a change, but I do agree with some, [...]

What is it with the buzz word ‘economic conservative’ that Australians seem to want to hear? Both John Howard and Kevin Rudd have being so keen in this election to show their fiscal responsibility — which I guess is no surprise with the economy going full-steam ahead and Howard leading by so much in the [...]

The worst kept secret in Australia is out: John Howard saw the Governor-General this morning, and we’ll be voting on the 24th of November. The next six weeks should be interesting, Howard seemed a bit withdrawn at his press conference to announce the election calling it his day of “accountability”. It almost sounded a bit [...]

This is why all the global warming stuff scares me — proponents seemingly claiming that everything in the future depends on what happens with climate change.
Labor’s environment spokesman, Peter Garrett, yesterday described climate change as a “threat multiplier” that can further destabilise already unstable countries. [#]
Doesn’t that sound a little crazy? One problem will trigger [...]