o sung wu,

I also extend my best wishes to you and hope you pick up very soon.

A person concerned about issues is an important person full stop, and the more people that are concerned and express their opinion the better.

Dear o sung wu,

I, for many years, have known a bloke who heads up a veterans federation down our way. He switches his phone off every ANZAC day because he knows how many distressed calls he would have to field otherwise. A little harsh I originally thought but as he explained as a returned vet himself with his own demons to deal with and besides it was a sure bet that a week after things would be back on a relatively even kilter with them all including himself.

He then said something that has never left me, while all the rest of us were immersing ourselves in the ANZAC day spirit and finding it an inspiring and often uplifting occasion, there were plenty of vets who would be having a pretty ugly time of it. It is to these people my thoughts have turned every April 25 since.

I will make another point though, I know that the press and the opposition would have us believe this country is going down the gurgler at a fast rate of knots, I suppose that is their jobs, but it aint. Having lived extensively overseas I know our problems are in reality minor and very much first world. Admittedly the pace of change in this modern technology driven world is bound to leave many of us occasionally feeling a bit disconnected and a little down, I sure do sometimes, and this has always been a favourite pick-me-up.

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/images/StopLaughing.jpg

Even just looking at the URL has me smiling.

david f and Paul 1405,

So you two are Bob Brown's favoured 'fellow Earthians', and occupants of interplanetary Bob?

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/calling-occupants-of-interplanetary-bob/

Is Bob still out there looking for the little green men in those falling stars that could be their space ships? Wait a bit, Bob is playing pirate isn't he?

Just as well there are working men and women paying taxes to support Bob and his partner on that lovely fully indexed parliamentary superannuation.

Come on o sung, lift your game there soldier.

You may be getting a bit wheezy these days, but I'll bet bet you can still hit the barn wall with a 303, at least, like me, from the inside. That is better than some of the new intakes my son is instructing.

Just don't you forget, we may still need a few old doddery marksman come the revolution, or invasion, which ever comes first.

They are sure to need us lot, we couldn't manage to run away, so we will just have to stay & fight.

Oh, & do remember, every word you put up here is like a round from that 3-0, when it comes to saving the bloody place. It is needed more now than ever before, so get to work.

Any discussion on the cost to taxpayers support
of former party leaders should be broadened out
to include the support of former PMs.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/howard-tops-ex-pms-in-perks/1395045/

And:

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/we-pay-early-6000week-john-howards-expenses/1645163/

Amen to that Lexi. How does a 70% cut sound?