Only in America (and on Facebook which is inhabited primarily by Americans) could this sort of garbage make publication.

Absolutely bizarre!

For once, I am in total agreement with The Australian editor, Chris Mitchell. Unless and until public sector whistleblowers, just like Allan Kessing who saw wrongs and attempted to do something about them, are protected and encouraged to spill the beans on illegal and improper goings on, inertia will continue to hold sway in the policing of public policy.

Allan Kessing has told me in exquisite detail over several emails exactly what happened with his reports, and how those reports were stifled by those with vested interests in the operations of Sydney Airport Corporation. I still retain those emails, and feel deeply for the injustices visited upon Mr Kessing by a system which actively discourages honesty from within.

The Rudd Labor Government has an obligation to follow up on today’s revelations, which I feel have been too long in coming. Mr Kessing’s legal advice to date has been flawed, it’s clear that vested interests at higher business and political altitudes held more sway than justice should have allowed, and as for Anthony Albanese….he most certainly has a case to answer. As to Robert McClelland’s dismissive claim that, "The ALP is not the government of the Commonwealth of Australia," the man is now equally guilty of fostering injustice. In this country, where effectively we have a two-party electoral system, the party in power IS THE GOVERNMENT. There can be no escaping this fact. The sooner a thorough-going inquiry is formulated, the more likely honest people will receive the protection they are entitled to in ratting on those guilty of transgressions against the general public.

So, the MFAA (Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia) has been seen to be doing what it should have been doing for more years than I care to think about.

I listened to this on Radio National this morning, and found myself asking the following:

• What type(s) of cancer?;
• Does measuring METS take into account individual metabolic activity?;
• Is there a proven direct link between exercise and cancer?;
• what about people like me, who simply can't fit 4 METS of exercise in between commuting, and a solid 8 hour working day and eight hours of sleep?;

The solution to such issues is to simply avoid listening to medically-oriented media programs, live one's life in moderation, and derive as much pleasure in so doing, as is humanly possible. If the bullet is fired, all the dodging and weaving in the lead-up won't matter a damn.

I'm not a Telstra shareholder and likely never would have been even in the best of times. I never felt comfortable with the Howard government sell-off and when the yanks took over management, simply laughed to myself everytime they hit the news. Kohler has a valid point in his Business Spectator article, but in reality, we all know that whatever Trujillo & his cohorts squirrelled out of the country, we'll never see returned. Shareholders have definitely been shafted, however the lesson to be learned from the entire Telstra debacle, and this goes back to Frank Blunt who was also a yank, foreigners being brought in to run Australian corporates like Telstra, simply doesn't work.

I'm always entertained by the writings of supercilious fools, such as Greg Sheridan. He should stick to writing, as it's an anonymous occupation in that while he can be read for a fool, at least in the writing, he has less of an opportunity to confirm his foolishness than he has in real-time debate, as proven during his brief but equally amusing appearance on ABC's Q&A.