Comments on: Bold predictions

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:42:29 +0000

Pratt!

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:44:45 +0000

The taking of iraq by the US was recognised by any military observor with half a brain as a piece of piss. It should be. It is the most advanced military force on the planet. The Iraq forces were a shadow of their former self and a decade of sanctions left it basically rooted.

The issue was always going to be how the US managed the occupation. And they didn’t. They mismanaged it. They mismanaged it in a way that is simply spectacular. So, so, so, so many mistakes.

Which … Blair et al rarely, if ever, focus on.

Mission Accomplished. Remember that? The rest of the world does.

By: John50

John50 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:35:05 +0000

It’s very sad that Tim and Andy are well paid to write the rubbish they do. Terry McCrann is not much better in the business section of the Hun.

By: Spark

Spark — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:49:10 +0000

“Your Ph.D will be ready to collect from Kwik Copy in about 10 minutes.”

HAHA love it.

By: Zombie Mao

Zombie Mao — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:47:23 +0000

oops March 2008 was above average. Hmmm.

so record dry spell into big wet spell

And the ‘average’ is of course a moving average as climate is dynamic not static.

Suggests change eh.

Of course you wold need to look at data over decades to confirm.

Its simply human nature not to realise you are not the centre of the universe and time periods are relative with the human lifespan just a blink of an eye.

Now to do somthing productive.

By: Zombie Mao

Zombie Mao — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:23:30 +0000

Further more if any Blairet would like to check out the Bureau of Metrology for facts they would find.

Novemebr 2007: Below Average
December 2007: Above average, slighlty
Janurary 2007: NO RAIN AT ALL (dry spell started in December)
Feb 2008: Above Average
March 2008: Below Average
April 2008: Not plotted yet (its still April..derr) But it will be WAY above average.

SO a few different extremes within 6 months.

its CHAOS baby!

Newly Zombified Lorenz would approve

By: Zombie Mao

Zombie Mao — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:12:15 +0000

oh dear. Yes it is a wet April

But then again Perth just came out of a record dry spell :

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23078003-2761,00.html

Dickwads.

By: Chuck A. Spear

Chuck A. Spear — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:32:58 +0000

They war has been won though Ant, haven’t you heard?

By: Ant Rogenous

Ant Rogenous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:29:52 +0000

Righto, Nic. And the ongoing consequences of such a poorly conceived invasion have nothing whatsoever to do with the matter, do they?

Why on earth would we include the aftermath of the overthrow in our assessment of the war’s success?

After all, it’s not as though the invasion was conceived as an attempt to bring stable democracy to a nation ruled by a despot; to fight terrorism at its (highly disputed) source; and to secure better access to a certain precious, dwindling natural resource.

Anyway, who could have predicted things would turn out so catastrophically? WHY WASN’T TEH LEFT WARNING US ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN??/?!!1!??

By: Chuck A. Spear

Chuck A. Spear — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:18:38 +0000

Nic, the question was:

If and when do you see the United States hitting Iraq? How do you think it’ll work out?

And Blair said:

…Wouldn’t expect it to last long once it happens.

If the question was, “How long do you think it will take for the US to overthrow Saddam’s regime and occupy Baghdad?”

Then Blair’s answer might be almost right. Almost.