Loose cannons

Toward another budget black hole

"It doesn't take rocket science to explain Australia's rapid [economic] growth. Rather it is rocket fuel that is to blame — the Reserve Bank has set interest rates at record lows, while the [federal] government is pouring billions of taxpayers' money into the economy." — Access Economics Business Outlook report, released April 12.

The true face of America

"The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that — the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military. It is so important for citizens in this country to put a face on America for the world to see, the true face." — US President George "The Crusader" Bush, April 8.

Meant to say 'cynical'

"I think 'regime change' sounds a lot more civil, doesn't it?" — George the Crusader, April 6, referring to his plans to wage war on Iraq.

Queen bum

"A wealthy, pampered and extravagant aristocrat, [the Queen Mother] was a link with the outdated world of the Oscar-winning film Gosford Park... 'when a lady could live for a century and never open or close her own curtains, make a cup of tea or squeeze a tube of toothpaste'." — April 2 Australian.

From Green Left Weekly, April 24, 2002.

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From GLW issue 488