Like, what decade are you living in Annie?

I sure do wish JJ wasn't banned.

Lucianne, please reinstate JJ.

Peabody,

Has JJ really been banned?

So thats how the 1st Amjendment works huh?

KK, it appears he has been.

Banned for what? Reverse toilet flow?

Being too funny.

I really do NOT want to know why this woman uses "Sprinkle" as a last name!

With Ms. Sprinkle I think we've got Owl's Surgeon General designee.

For being too funny and making jokes about that vastly important US cultural text "The Patriot"

Which stars Aussies but I better shut up before I get kicked off too.

maybe he's just on a walkabout in the outback to practice his didgeredoo and eat his vegemite sandwiches ... or whatever silly things you guys do.

News must be extremely slow down-under. And Anita - I don't think so.

Considering he's not even an Aussie - we're still here.

Banned for turning the forum into a chat room.
All those with no guilt please raise your hand. Gee....I don't see any.

He's not an Aussie?
Well then I say reinstate him.

He got kicked off for doing Al Pacino is 'Scent of a Woman" impressions. IE - some people on this forum can't handle the truth.

That was Jack Nicholson......must be that loss to the Pies that has upset you....

What's up? Y'all out to lunch 'cause JJ can't share his photo library of Ms Sprinkle? OK, I admit it, I miss him too.

Nah, I don't believe it.

I think I remember his chauvinistic view of the accuracy of The Patriot, as though it was supposed to be History Channel special.

That ain't enough for a ban.

Maybe he's in jail.

Chris W,

WHATEVER YOU DO, don't mention that loss to the Pies.

Maybe he's at the Republican Convention. His passion for politics was well-known here.
Love, Palo

The 1st Amendment doesn't apply to Brit's and Aussies' or have you guys copied our Constitution too?

As for jjbrouwer, I don't know why he got kicked off, I haven't been on in over a few days, but frankly, his obsession with posting pictures of female tennis players was annoying and juvenile.

That being said, I'd rather Lucianne toss out the posters who add .wav files to their posts. Usually they are not funny and they are a bandwidth hog for those of us who are still stuck in modem world.

If he's in jail, who is the jj that just e-mailed me?

Chris,

Get back to your rat-fink Commie quisling Fairfax paper and let me dream uip press releases for you to copy out tomorrow nand call a story.

Thats for mentioning the Collingwood debacle.

Diplomat,

The 1st Amendment doesn't apply to Brit's and Aussies' or have you guys copied our Constitution too?

It does to me and Mel Gibson.

I think we all have the propensity to be annoying at times. I do agree with you on those bloddy wave files.

Dawg, I thought maybe he went to see 'The Patriot.' He's been saying how much he wants to see that movie. Isn't Mel Gibson his favorite actor too?
Love, Palo

Dawg, I'm just fooling. Where is jj? What happened?
Shall I talk sternly to my beloved Igor and ask him to unban jj?

O Lucianne, come on. Let jj come back.
Love, Palo

Maybe A DINGO TOOK HIS BABY!

Peabody,

Didn't Heath Ledger write their Constitution?

palo,
See reply #14 for the reason. I'll not go into the details on this forum.

Ban the .WAV not jjb.

If this isn't a low tech chat room, could someone please enlighten me as to what it IS?

JJ snickers at your webmaster.

Its a place where we cann agree with with each while performing mkutually satsifying acts of gratification upon one another!!!!!

Heads up Ldotters, Laura Bush to address convention momentarily.

capecodder, how fast? I want to see that?
Love, Palo

Annie Sprinkle was a famous porn star in the 80's.

I'm going in now. Love, Palo

I have a good video feed from C-Span

See reply #14 for the reason.

Dawg, you have GOT to be KIDDING me!

Considering how dead this forum is between the hours of 2AM and 6AM, you'd think they'd offered to pay jj for his endless entertainment during those wee hours.

And jj, if you're listening, I didn't always 'get' your dry sense of humor, but when I did, I laughed my butt off. For a limey bastard, you're all right.

Palo, not the best choice of words for this thread.

Not kidding, Mike. Wish I was.

Annie Sprinkle is a hag. And her utterances are not news. I sure wish this was never posted. I had forgotten about her, which is a good thing. NOW I have a rather ugly image in my head that will take years to drop from the RAM and consign to the cobwebs of the HD.

A pox on the dork who posted this.

Yea, Palo, big, big mistake. Especially considering the subject matter of the one woman show this idiot used to "perform".

Verily,

JJ has been struck down by Allah.

Lucianne has much to learn from The True Talibani Believers but she is doing well for an unwashed kufr aggressor.

Freedom of speech is an affront and JJ should be stoned to death with out further ado.

AlluhAkbar!!!

Gee...just trying to help...


Chris W

Something tells me jj is still among us, albeit in *civilian clothes.*

Should I name the sniveling whinger who has been harping on Lucy about jj?

Peabers,
At your own peril.

Camille Paglia is sort of a pro porn feminist too. She feels porn empowers women. But she is a great writer too and has great wit, as well as being very anti-PC.

Fill in the blanks:

G _ P_ _ l

A game of Hangman maybe.

Señor Peabody:
Which "sniveling whinger" might you be referring to? I mean, there are so many I can't count!!!

Oops. You're "hangman" thing weren't up when I last posted.

Aaahhh. THAT "sniveling whinger". Makes perfect sense.

G_P_ _l
Atta boy, Peabers.

Well, that still sucks.

JJ usually kept his late night/early morning rants to one thread, so he was easy enough to avoid.

Or, you coulda just went to bed.

Either way, we're loosing posters left and right here, and pretty soon you'll be left with only indie, MidnightRider, war, and a few others. Hope you're happy with yourself.

JJ,
the little democracy worshipping maggot has been rightly exiled by the wise and strong staffers.

The gulags would be too good for that free talking beatnik but I'm prepared to take him if Luci would kindly hand him over.

Survival of the strong. Destroy the weak

Free Speech is for Capitalist Running Dogs!

Camille Paglia is a fun, raunchy, entertaining thinker who will never satisfy any idelogue, which means, she's a libertarian.

Annie Sprinkle is porn, which means guys who wear leather jackets control her world, not her.

jj is history and i could care less. i'm amazed i have not met the same fate. . .

Oh dear,

Don't tell me that Mr JJ is gone. Oh please let him come back. I'll bake a tart in his honour (not Ms Sprinkles mind you).

Remember, the K is silent.

Why do all you goddamned commie pinko fairies get off whinging about the dead.

Put a bazooka up his a*s and fire away I say!

JJ is dead! HA HA HA HA

we've taken over the asylum!

JJ,

If the man JJ has being kicked off can his friend email him to tell him I now am having his new guns and same new tank.

I want vodka and give war booty tonight at times square 20:30 I be wear army fatigues and carry big gun.

I'm back. The dogs wouldn't let me watch TV. They wanted to be fed, etc. What did I say before- 2 weeks ago jj cautioned me about something inocuous I said too-- am I saying code words for raunchy sex acts (without realizing it).

Lucy, it's silly to ban jj. He's not exclusive, you know-- anyone can join his party. He welcomes everyone in. The more the merrier is his idea. He simply wants to have a good time. Plus he makes the Aussies feel welcome here. And Sunshine will lose her glow when she finds out. And Dawg's good mood will vanish. There's a lot of interconnectivity here-- and I don't mean cliquiness. The opposite. If jj is happy, sunshine is happy, etc. The links include everyone here. This is an all-inclusive site. No one is excluded.
jj is the first to welcome newcomers and make them feel at home.
Love, Palo

Feel Free to post any correspondence from
the webmaster on the thread.... have they been as dissmissive of you guys as they have of me?

BRING BACK JJ DON'T FORCE HIM TO MAKE UP A MONIKER AS HE ACTUALLY DOESN'T LIKE TO HIDE... UNLIKE SOME!

Why did JJB get banned?

for using the site like a chat room

Kitten,

JJ got banned for being funny and not agreeing with every possible statement made certain GOPgals.

But everyone uses the site like a chat room - was he so very different?

palo verde:
Listen, gal, all is not peaches 'n cream here in "Hooterville". Lucianne has the right to ban anyone who does not keep discussions on track. I agree, jj was a warm 'n fuzzy little critter, however the Lady owns this site.

Lately this site has been invaded from time to time by some very hateful people. Idiots like that knuckle draggin' BrazoLargo were dispensed with in a matter of days. However there are lots of "lurkers" , posters and snipers who are a lot more crafty and who hang out here trying to steer conversations towards hateful subjects.

BTW, when I was growing up, I used to love to climb around in the Palo Verde trees. I can still remember what it felt like to strip the leaves off in my grubby little hands.

Love,
Indypundit

I heard from a little bird that Glitch has also been dealt with in this afternoon of unusually long knives.... is this site sliding or is it just me?

Glitch was an as*hole but I wouldn't deny him/her the right to speak.... unlike some!

Glitch will just show up under another name. He is known as pimply Pujete but he has had many incarnations. He will be back.

Shouldn't we be censured for using this thread to chat?

I must say I have to agree with Indypundit that participation is at the discretion of the owner, Lucianne and staff. That said, maybe we can persuade them otherwise to bring back JJB.

Boomer:
I was posting on the thread when the axe fell on Glitch. He starts out by cut 'n pastin' some stuff from that antiwar.com website that I felt was a bit long, but really added to the discussion regarding C. Rice's qualifications in the arena of foreign policy. Then Glitch delivers a bombshell regarding some wingnut commie conspiracy crap cut 'n pasted from God knows where. When L.Dot Staff chided him again for violating copyright rules, the idiot unloads on said "staff".

Bingo. Gone. I totally agree with the decision. Glitch was a real "wingnut's wingnut" and probably needs meds.

He was abusing the staff!

Lucy now you have made this courageous decision you must stick to it.

Bowing down to the libertarian demands of these capitalist / democratic running dogs will lower you in the eyes of all dead dictators.

I suggest that you take this opportunity to extend the parameters of your pogrom and crush all opposition (it worked for me!)

Uncle Joe Salutes you!

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Do I win?

Whoops,

Must be a strong breeze.

Here is the exchange:

Reply 76 - Posted by: glitch, 7/31/00 6:304 PM

Your full of it, L Com Staff.
The fact of the matter is you feel threatened by the truth and you think you can suppress it.
You are so wrong.
You're as wrong as those folks in the White House, whom you're starting to resemble.


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Reply 77 - Posted by: LComStaff, 7/31/00 6:37:29 PM

Goodbye, glitch.

I bet the L.com staff would vastly prefer that we talk about this stuff than the creepy, disgusting story at the top of this thread. However, if enough of you insist, I will deliver a synopsis of Ms. Sprinkle's "one woman show" that she foists upon the public in her perpetual vanity tour around the country.

But watch out what you ask for....!!!

Indypundit, Tucson is in the grip of a heat wave now (and a heatwave during a desert summer is hot)-- so I didn't follow your post perfectly.
I just know I love you.
Love, Palo

Of course jj should come back. Anyone here can reason rings around me-- but I still know jj belongs here. I just remembered the totally inocuous thing I said that jj said 'never say that again, Palo.' I have no idea why-- I'm afraid to say it now, 'cause it must mean something totally filthy.
Love, Palo

Hmm... I'll have to take over posting the Kournikova pics...

Ooooooh behaaaave!!!

Annie Sprinkle, eat your heart out.

This site has a whole gallery of "Up-skirt" shots... ;)

Palo,

Please refer to post 40, which in turn refers to post 37.

Palo:
I'm hoping to visit Tucson this summer, if I can put together five or six free days in the coming month. On one hand I want to stay at the Hotel Congress in downtown Tucson, but on the other hand I would like a hotel with a fine, large, clean swimming pool to lounge about.

I hear that the El Con hotel fits this bill. My kid brother stayed there a couple of years ago. When I lived in Tucson the El Con was located on Broadway near Alvernon. It was a fine old hotel back then. But I hear the new encantation is really ritzy. And, as we know, Tucson has big bad ol' Phoenix beaten, hands down, in every way possible.

BTW, if I catch you inadvertently "makin' nasties" I'll try to discretely explain the double entendre. The language has gotten so darn complicated in the last ten years, especially regarding the "nasties". So, go ahead and say it. We won't be offended, or think any less of you, either.

Dear Palo,

I forgot to add in post 83:

"which will answer your question in post 78."

Palo:
I just got quid's reference. I can explain your innocent error if you insist, and do it in a discreet manner, but you gotta ask!

(don't feel pressured into asking. It's really no big deal...but if you're curious...)

Well I missed Laura Bush's speech,
because I cared more about getting jj back.
Here is the email I just got from him:

Hey Palo

Someone told me you were a bit upset I'd been kicked off Lucy's excellent
site. I've been a bit wrapped up in work today.

Don't fret, Pet! The staff feared I was turning the site into a chatroom and
banned me without a warning. It is of no matter.

Anyone who wants examples of my recent

Palo:
C-SPAN will likely re-run it over and over. She was charming.

j, must have used a quotation mark, I just noticed his email only has first sentence. (When I found jj's email I found one from my mom and had to write back to her.) I'll try to post jj's again. Wish me luck:

Hey Palo

Someone told me you were a bit upset I'd been kicked off Lucy's excellent
site. I've been a bit wrapped up in work today.

Don't fret, Pet! The staff feared I was turning the site into a chatroom and
banned me without a warning. It is of no matter.

Anyone who wants examples of my recent 'chatter' can go to the search box and
do a search on jjbrouwer.

I have collated my correspondence of this morning with the boss if anyone
wants me to forward them a copy. My address is truebrit@aol.com.

Sorry for not being interested in politics but just enjoying the site! I hope
someone got the joke! Lucianne finally admitted she found me 'very funny' so
that is something, I guess.

Love Jules.

Indypundit,

Sounds like Glitch got what he desrved but doesn't change the situation vis a vis JJ.

..... and thats a tidy anna k site too!

The staff feared I was turning the site into a chatroom and banned me without a warning.

But, but, but, the rules plainly state:

Should we decide that an individual poster is in repeated violation of these rules we will notify you at the Email you provide with a warning and a restatement of the rules. Should the practice continue, that poster will be removed from the registry and posting privileges will be rescinded.

Staff, if it is true that jj's posting privileges were taken away, without warning, then your rules are a misrepresentation, and I urge you to modify them to reflect reality.

This website ain't no democracy. Ooooh, so the posted rules don't completely conform to L.dot.com practices in regards to keeping the conversation on point? Welll, what are you gonna do, sue?

I shoot site with AK if I not get my vodka from English Man!

Is not democracy yes.

Hell, I thought jj dude was this smarmy, organ meat eatin' Queen kissin' lime suckin' ninny.

I can't imagine corresponding with that "brit twit"!!! Anyway, he was probably some invention of the "Clinton basement propogandists" designed to break our concentration while we continuously chant the GOP daily talking points.

But hey, that Laura Bush sure is some looker!!!

;-]

I have gone back and read some of jjbrouwers postings, and frankly, cannot find where he had gotten out of hand...I must be missing something...also, I agree, if he was banned without warning as he claims, than that does not seem to jive with the stated rules, about being given a warning before being banned....of course its Luciannes site, and she can ban who she wants, thats a given...but I also would like a little clarification...was jj banned without a warning as he states, or was he really given a warning?

I referred to this prez as 'the big C'-- that is what jj said never say again.
So I won't.
I just thought I was using an initial.
Now I wonder what I inadvertently said on the intercourse site-- where the conversation about jj began. The posts were all on that topic, until someone said if jj wasn't banned, he'd have a lot to add to this thread. That's when we all first found out about jj-- and the topic switched to that.
We all wanted jj back.
Then I came here to find out what happened.

Indy, there is a hotel which used to be called the Aztec (when I moved here in '91) --now called the Clarion on Alvernon near Broadway. With a huge swimming pool. The nicest one in Tucson (I think, I love to swim). (There are 2 hotels called the Clarion now-- the one on Alvernon has the huge swimming pool.)
Prices are really low now 'cause of the heat wave. I love Tucson.
Love, Palo

andy'smom, I agree with you. Tell Igor to bring jj back. Love, Palo

I got email from JJB with a long chain of correspondence and it appears to me he didn't quite intend to do what Lucianne asked of him - indeed he seemed to be saying he would continue exactly as before in limited form without adapting to the modifications she requested. The problem to me seemed to be that he didn't appear to be listening to her. Wittingly or unwittingly. I'm not saying this to be criticizing JJB - but this is what it looks like from the perspective of a disinterested outsider. Maybe he got a little overexcited about the fact that he was talking to someone famous and couldn't stick to the topic addressed to him. In any case I hope he can be brought back somehow and learn to address topics in the manner requested. When Lucianne asks me to do something differently, my response is 'yes ma'am!' (or rather, Yo! Lucianne! will do) and it doesn't bother me a bit to do it that way.

It wouldn't be so bad (the untimely demise of JJmeister)if some other losers went too.

Like people who clog up the world with repeated smileyfaces and the people who refuse to discuss anything with me (and other Aussies too I presume) merely because they are convinced out Government banned guns and repossesed them Elian/INS style.

WELL IF YOU HADN'T GIVEN UP YOUR GUNS YOU WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS NOW

BUSH FOR JJ'S RUNNING MATE IN NOVEMBER

Well I discuss things with you, Kingy! Who else would I have to discuss the intricacies of Javanese political intrigue with?

hennypenny got a warning. I read about it on 3 different threads. He posted that now he's too inhibited to touch the keys with his fingers.
Love, Palo

Kitten ... as JJ is a journo I imagine the celebritah thing would be old hat by now.

And in the league of famousness (famosity?) where precisely does our gracious host reside?

Palo:
Actually I have no idea how "the big C" in regards to Clinton, is the least bit dirty. Maybe jj has some insight that escapes me. Sometimes I can be a bit dense also.

And, thank you, thank you, thank you for the leads regarding hotels in Tucson. I'll look up the Clarion on the net and inquire as to prices. Sounds like it's located right in the middle of my old stompin' grounds, and a lot more affordable than the "chi chi" El Conquistador and the snooty Hotel Congress. I attended Rincon High the year it opened. Maybe I'll get lucky and catch a "monsoon" or two. And I've really got to watch my budget as I spent way way too much money on my recent excursion to Hawaii a couple of weeks ago. Every where I went, they wanted money, money, money. Parts of Hawaii are just like Las Vegas without the gambling and cheap food.

Also, I want to visit Sabino Canyon. I hear it's really changed. I used to go camping there, with friends and with the Boy Scouts. I hear that the Desert Museum has been upgraded quite a bit since my last visit many years ago.

Boy, this is sure more fun than discussing Ms. Sprinkle's "spelunking" activities, now ain't it!!!

Cheers.

I think that, as much as possible, posts should relate to the original article, otherwise what's the point? There's nothing criminal about getting off the track occasionally - heck, I've been guilty of this - but if it's done repeatedly by a particular poster then that's a cause for concern to the people who want to preserve the integrity of this website. These are my views.

As for Annie Sprinkle, she probably has a valid point or two about the stuffy British laws towards anything sexually explicit.

Aw, heck, Kingy - I still get all excited when I meet famous people and I have been doing it for years. Let's admit that it's true and all journos are really groupies who have learned to mine paychecks from our groupie obsessions! Oooh, and I SQUEAL like a teenybopper when I see Mister Greenspan!!!

I sure don't understand why this had to happen with JJ. Good grief, everybody on this site is "guilty" of wondering off the subject from time to time. JJ did use one-liners for comments on the subject at hand. How does that a chat room make?? But it is true about site ownership. We have been reminded of that several times lately, in such a way that suggests people go elsewhere if they don't like it. But I'm left to ask don't like what? It's getting very confusing about what is or isn't acceptable. Leaves me with a pretty bad feeling that I never expected to have on here.

KK: She's famous and she's hot and with the ascendency of the Bush administration, she is going to get hotter. Of this I am certain. Bartley put her on his page. Drudge put her on his page.

Let's see if the old girl has given me back my wings...

Kitten...thanks for the info from jj....

Palo...I do indeed wish they would bring jj back....

Mab...I too, am getting a bad feeling around here, which is something I never really thought would happen....just waiting to see what else unfolds...

He's baaaaaaaaack!!!!

Well waddya know???

OK, JJB. Tell us what you did to persuade!

King, everyone wants to discuss things with you. It takes a while for discussions to get going. Pretty soon you'll have more than you ever wanted.
Love, Palo

He probably grovelled like a mofo.

Welcome Back Matey!!

Sticking to the thread, as everyone else has done (!?) the article is rubbish.

ONe thing that bugs me is when King Kangaroo says something and people pile on him without trying to find out more about what he thinks and why he thinks it. he has a unique down-under perspective that is very typical of other aussies i know so we could stand to learn something from his perspective if we could just withold the urge to pile on and scream socialist.

Thanks Lucianne.

Welcome back jj....glad to see you are here...in fine form, hopefully...

JJ,

I'm glad you be back *sob* *sob*

Thanks Lucianne. We'll try to keep him in line.

What is happening here!!!! This is madness...who the hell IS JJ? What are we doing here. Shouldn't we be working???

Or something??

Or perhaps they just realize what it really is. There's nothing uplifting in porn, nothing that will make you a better person.
Nothing to aspire to. Nothing you would want your children to watch. How many people invite their parents over to watch a porn flick? How many people would get together with their children, and watch a really great porn movie?

Kitten, reply #98

I reckon this BOY has been pulling our collective legs.

Kitten, KK has admitted he's a pinko commie socialist Fabian BOY, and Collingwood supporter.

Kitten,
KK does have a unique point of view.... which is typical.... you crack me up!LMAO

Hi jj, maybe they're just gonna let you on for the late show!

Chris W,
from one fairfax employee to another that is an outrageous assertion... could you please withdraw it!

Huh? Boomerang? Moi?

JJB!

Sorry you guys, I'm not allowed to talk to you!!!

What the hell is wrong with being a pinko commie socialist anyway???

Don't knock it till you've tried it, man...

Chris W

Boomrang - now I get it. It's unique on this bulletin board but very typical down there because i used to hang out with aussies in singapore and they all shared his perspective.

jj, quid is the one who got you back. Well what a relief. It broke Igor's heart.

Indy, guess what? I live around the corner from Rincon HS.
Love, Palo

Kitten,
I know what you meant but couldn't resist....

You still haven't responded on the Red Indo thread.... oops I should stop 'chatting'

Kitten + Palo,

Thanks stacks luvs!

And Kitten ... the Indo/Timor/Asia threads are always great ... keep posting them!!

What really bugs me is having a discussion about US politics and if I disagree with somebody (say David P!!) they accuse me of having no idea about US politics (weird considering I was just dicussing it with them etc etc)and then say it is a result of living under a Socialist liberal Government.

Its so obvious they just do some lamo search, see one headline like "Aussie Liberals Win Election" and go mental.

Anybody with any idea will know that our "liberal" government is the most conservative right-wing government in the world bar the Haider crew in Austria.

You forgot Fabian, BOY!

Boomerang - which one is the Red indo thread? Is it the Xinhua scoop on the army shakeup?

Well thanks for all the support and emails. Dunno what happened. Chris, that article doesn't link. Scooby, I emailed you my stash of Korny pics but I want them all back now.

I'm off down the boozer - I will probably have been banned again by the time I get back!

This thread IS a chatroom. But don't blame ME. I wasn't here.

Well thank heavens,JJ. And thank you Lucianne.

I was out all evening, and just got back saw this thread. I guessed there would be interesting folks on here,not that the article would be interesting. And how strange and unusual it has been.

JJ Brouwer once called me a derogatory term because I didn't share his devotion to a particular tennis tart. I'm not always into male bonding of that sort.

Erslo, I think that just like good Hollywood movies and bad Hollywood movies there can also be good porn and bad porn. I think that alot of the porn participants do it for the money, and it shows in their tepid performances.

anon: they do porn for the money? Oh God, is there no art left in this barren world?

King, honeybunch, Going mental on anyone who has a different view is often a response here. If it happened to you, then you must be one of us now. Some people know this ahead of time-- and find it fun to stir everyone up. Some like to argue. I don't enjoy arguing myself. I only expressed an opposite view once to a poster who claimed that Jesse Ventura was a worse communist tyrant than Mao Tse Tung.
Love, Palo

Good ol' Fabian. Philly crooner from the dark ages of pop music. I think his last name was DiMucci.

Who in the hell would get worried about some follower of Fabian?

King, thanks. I love you too.

Whew, happy ending. I'm glad.
Indy said C-Span will replay what I missed. I'll see what they are showing now.
See you all later (or tomorrow).
Love, Palo

About the article ... just what does not wanting to watch other women explore their bodies have to do with me not enjoying exploring mine?? It is NOT reciprocal.

Show her "work" in museums?? "Art" my a**.
How's that for exploring my body?

I'll do my part to help you stay on topic, jj -- wouldn't want to lose you again -- opposites attract enlightenment.

Palo,

I love you too.

There's room for you in my pouch any time!

Read the thread and it was very entertaining!!
Thanks for all the laughs!!

Anonymous,

You seem to be unhappy most of the time? Are you married to Roman?

God Bless John Winston Howard. He's told the UN to "stick it" twice this week. Yup, we're real commos down here.

I like Aussie Howard. But his gaffes crack me up!

Chris, interesting post...heh heh.

Here is the link to that story.

Ask Mr. Peabody about his famous "never, ever" gaffe Kitstar!

And who is the one who calls Australia a banana republic???

Can we stick to the thread please? This is starting to resemble a chatroom!!!

Ah, but KK, that wasn't a "core" promise.

What gaffes Kitten?

This has gotta be one of the coolest chat sites on the net.

www.jjdownspints.com

seeya I'm off home!

Kitten,

The banana republic was PJ Keating (who also called Mahathir a recalcitrant).

I disagree with his politics, but I do miss Keating's quick wit on his feet. He even had me laughing.

Thanks, Boom. The LINK for that site...

I kinda miss Paulie, too...

Kitten,

That remark has been taken out of contec=xt so many times.

What Keating actually said was that if Australia didn't deregulate its financial markets further and drop tariffs to correct the massive current-account blowout he inherited from the dinosaur like protectionist Libs ... we would end up a Banana Republic.

Paul Keating, worlds best Treasuer according to The Economist in 1984.

And all this finacial genius froma LABOR Prime Minister.

That should prove just how different Aust. politics is to US.

valleystorm asked me to repost this thread as it's getting too long for her browser.

New Thread

Scooby,

Ya can't post in the new thread. I'm having problems with this one myself. A pox on you for posting non-bikini shots of Anna (too many clothes slow the thread down).

KK, the fiscal dinosaur was Malfunction. You can tell he was a financial twit by the way he took his super, and is now crying poor mouth.

JWH was advocating a broad based consumption tax back in the 70s, as Keating did in 84 and 85. Peacock ran on a GST in 84, but everyone forgets that.

Peabers,

Yes, we can agree then that Mal Practise was a financial dolt of the highest order. The only problem was that his Treasurer, JWH, was and still is, even worse.

Were you here for the Bottom of the Harbour tax avoidance schenes of the early 80's? JWH to thanks.

Howard wouldn't even deregulate when he was Trez, not the dollar,the banks, markets, nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero.

Although this fare removed from his current efforts there is, to mine, a common thread to JWH's macro and micro-econmic policy is this ....

Make the rich richer and keep the poor poor.

These days though, he seems to be actively trying to make the poor poorre.

For goodness' sake - I go away for a few hours to watch a convention and a ball game and jj is banned, then he's back again, there are a hundred sixty-five posts on this thread and I missed it all...

This talk of: "Make the rich richer and keep the poor poor." is the battle cry of the democrat party in the US.

Unfortunatly, the only way to make the poor richer is by allowing them to buy securities with their retirement money. Since the 1930's the democrat party has prevented the very thing necessary to help the poor.

I beg to differ Peabers. It works now.

I am sorely disappointed. After reading this morning of an increase in cigarette and beer taxes in Australia I expected less civility and more incoherency out of up from Down Under.

dp: Try sticking your finger up your ass, that should achieve the desired effect.

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Yeah and the repost won't work. Night all...