Dear Paul,

I admire your tenacity.

Are you familiar with the book, "Pluck Under Fire:
My Korean War Experiences with the Middlesex Regiment
1950-1951," by John Pluck.

Corporal Pluck gives a full account of his experiences in
the Korean War. Something he will never forget. It left a
devastating mark on his life.

I like and respect Paul, without reservation
And think maybe this comment will upset him
Maybe even not truly belong in this thread
But here goes, yesterday, or was it this morning? a Sydney council told us it would not hold celebrations on Australia day
Do they understand?
They, no one else, just fueled the I have had a gutful fires to extreme status
We MUST, remember our history, understand the great wrong done by OTHERS who came before us
But too know some minority views are powering the very thing they fear the most
Leave history as it was and is, learn from it stride to be better but understand
Yes understand, the extremist right is powered by a left that will not truly look at what it is telling us
I suspect that council [most are mad in any case] is a Green one, and rest my case

Hi Foxy,

Unfortunately "My Korean War Experiences with the Middlesex Regiment
1950-1951," by John Pluck. is not available through Brisbane City Library, but they do have a number of interesting titles on the subject. However John Pluck's accounts are well represented in Andrew Salmon's book. I imagine most of these books would be on Issy's unapproved reading list.

Thanks for that help with the book by Andrew Salmon, its a little bit of dry reading, with lots of facts included, but it is interesting.

The wife is back into saxophone playing, so its more reading with ears covered for me. "T" is very old school, likes the following for example Bill Black Como. Also a big fan of Kenny G.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWm8m9Xm2BU

Dear Belly,

No. Don't leave history as it is.
It's unfinished business. We need to
be told the full history about the
Constitution that empowered laws and
politics that denied Indigenous voting rights,
property rights, equal wages, and asserted unequal
protectionist controls.

Australia is not an ideological nation and ours is not
an ideological Constitution. Ours is a pragmatic
Constituion. It does not impose a unitary state. It does
not aspirationally declare all Australians equal.

Australia's Constitution is a product of our history and
circumstances.

Tell the truth about the past. The full truth.
That is one of the things that our Indigenous
People are asking us to do

Dear Paul,

Thank You for "My Girl," great song.

Playing the sax? How cool would that be?

I still
have my beautiful zither which I'm saving
for my grand-daughter. But it's not as cool as
the sax.

Hi Belly put your foot into this one.

"I suspect that council [most are mad in any case] is a Green one, and rest my case"

Sydney's Inner West Council will vote on scrapping January 26 as the date for Australia Day celebrations. It's a move the LABOR Mayor Darcy Byrne said recognised the "deep hurt" the date represented for Aboriginal people. However he said citizenship ceremonies would still be conducted on January 26.

This council has an Indigenous inclusive policy. Celebrating Invasion Day is not very inclusive, now is it.

Result 2017 election: Labor 5, Greens 5, Liberal 2 and Independents 3.