Shapelle Corby

I have just heard the verdict & sentence for Shapelle, & I am horrified & appalled. In Australia this is probably deemed a 'light' sentence for this crime, but I have always believed this young woman to have been set up & innocent of the charge
Our government has announced, now the verdict has been brought down, they will send two QC's to help her appeal against the sentence! Where were they when this whole shameful mess started? Why were they not made available at the beginning? Shapelle & her family are going to need all the finacial, physical, legal, spiritual & emotional help they can get. If Jonh Howard & his government have been doing as much as they have said, why have we not been made aware of it?
Is it more important to protect relations with Indonesia, or any country for that matter, at the expense of one of our citizens? When is this guy going to show some real leadership & moral backbone?

I'm baack!

Vale, Graham Kennedy.
I never liked the man, or his brand of 'humour', but I never like to hear of anyone suffering, for what ever reason. At least now, he is not suffering any more. May he rest in peace.
Grandies.
My daughter & her family have been quite ill with severe chest infections, my daughter in particular. Today she is improving, but she did not need to have to wash the doonas! It was not a good day for washing, but Riley, her two and a half year old, wanted a drink of cordial. He is not supposed to get it out of the 'fridge, but boys will be boys. His older brother had all the doonas in tha passage, who konws why, & Riley took the bottle to his Mum, & dropped it, the result being, of course, it burst!!!
Lachlan, the eldest, started school this term. He was five, along with my son's boy, Yu-Jin, two days before term started.in May, as they were born on the same day. Lachlan is loving it, & told me he has made lots of friends. So far that is two girls & one boy.
Creative writing.
I have signed up for a short course at T.A.F.E. {Technical And Further Education} I have no illusions, but am bored out of my brain. I doubt that I will be able to write poetry, but am hoping to write a short children's story. The readers of my Blog may think I am wasting my time, but time will tell.

Shapelle Corby

Well, well. So, Shapelle was once married to a Japanese man. He has been called her' secret ' husband. How, pray tell, does this have anything to do with her present situation? So she was married. Big deal! Why can't the tabloids print some helpful & positive news about the poor girl, or, just leave her alone? None of this is relevent, so why print it at all? The Federal government has done precious little to help her by trying to find any evidence that may have been useful in proving her innocence. Her mother was interviewed on A Current Affair last night, & she is hopping mad with the government & their puny efforts, & rightly so!

Prince Charles

It haas been reported in today's press, that the Prince of Wales has made a clumsy bid to out rank The Queen, and have the Australian government invite him to open the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next year. It was also reported at the time of his marriage to Camilla, that Her Majesty would be scaling back her overseas trips, as she is now 79 . This does not appear to be the case, as she is reported as not being aware of he son's bid. It was also stated that he whished to do the opening of the games, because he was not happy about the lack lustre low key tour he made just prior to his wedding, and wishes get us to accept Camilla, as he feels that since the nuptials, the Republicans are rallying to have the Monachy made obselete. Who does he think he is dealing with? We are not a bunch country bumpkins who can't see through posturing and palarver (sic) the aristocracy tries to unload on us. Let his wife earn our love & respect or otherwise, by her own actions. She is not some prize pet that need to be paraded for approval. His attitude toward her is demeaning to say the least.

Eugine McGee post script.
Since he was sentenced, the state Premier has come out fighting, & has initiated a Royal Commission into the handling of the case & evidence that was not brought into court. Watch this space.