An inquiry must clear new Premier Nathan Rees over whether he knew about disgraced former Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos' crimes before they were made public, the NSW Opposition says.
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McCain speaks. Quietly
Andrew Bolt
John McCain’s speech lacked the fireworks of Sarah Palin’s. It lacked the soaring oratory of Barack Obama’s. McCain’s delivery was flat at times and he even stumbled over a number of words, which could only underline his age - his greatest weakness.
But what the speech had was a quiet substance and sincerity that set it apart from the others. A substance that came in large part from having lived a rich life to match the principles he preached. I’m not sure at all if that’s the kind of thing that turns out the voters, but I was impressed.
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As compelling as Obama
Andrew Bolt
Sarah Palin has the buzz - and just made the commercial of her life:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million).... In fact, it came close to upsetting Obama’s historic address on Thursday—the most-watched convention speech in history (38.4 million viewers).
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Only some mothers can’t hold office
Andrew Bolt
The Age wonders whether a mother of five can really hold high office:
Then there is debate over whether it is appropriate for a mother of five — the youngest being a four-month-old Down syndrome baby — to take on the job of vice-president.
The New York Times is likewise worried:
Palin has set off a fierce argument among women about whether there are enough hours in the day for her to take on the vice-presidency, and whether she is right to try.
Cal Thomas wonders why the Left is worried about this only now:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has five children. No one has asked her such questions.
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Cutting off a nose. UPDATE: Iemma gone
Andrew Bolt
The NSW Government loses a rationalist, reformer and warming sceptic:
CONTROVERSIAL NSW Treasurer Michael Costa has been sacked. Mr Costa was told late last night by NSW Premier Morris Iemma that he would not be included on the new front bench to be unveiled this afternoon, in a reshuffle brought on by the resignation of Deputy Premier John Watkins. - it is ok. There are many more incompetents where that came from. - ed.
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I blame global warming
Andrew Bolt
Al Gore said the ice and snow of Kenya said something about global warming, and he was ... right?
A HUGE hailstorm has turned parts of central Kenya white, thrilling residents most of whom had never experienced such conditions.
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US voters are awake to the media
Andrew Bolt
From a Rasmussen poll - and, note, taken before Sarah Palin’s great speech:
Over half of U.S. voters (51%) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage, and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November.
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Don’t mention the party
Andrew Bolt
Hmm. Interesting scandal in this election season:
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty, ending a nearly eight-month drama that has transfixed the region, paralyzed much of city business and halted a political career that once held such promise.
But to which party did this man, whose political career “once held such promise”, actually belong? Not mentioned. Nor is it mentioned by the equally Left-leaning CNN, National Public Radio or the Guardian .
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A tradition of pulling your leg
Andrew Bolt
HOW easily are we fooled by people dreaming up oppressive new Aboriginal “traditions”?
Answer: even a sick young whale like Collette is more sceptical than the average reporter.
Collette is the abandoned calf, or was, found listlessly drifting among the boats of Pittwater last month.
Every New Age wailer in Sydney was soon by her sickly side, sobbing, holding out buckets of milk, or crooning odes to a mammal then known, confusingly, as Colin.
But Associated Press describes the undoubted star of this circus: “One effort came from Aboriginal whale whisperer Bunna Lawrie, who visited the calf Thursday afternoon. Adorned with feathers on his head and white paint markings on his face, Lawrie reached into the water to stroke Colin while singing a humming, tongue-rolling tune.”
Wow. Reporters were impressed. What had the whale whispered back, they demanded to know?
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Rudd shot in Afghanistan
Andrew Bolt
IT is time to remember what Kevin Rudd said a few months ago about wars just like this one.
It is time because nine soldiers were wounded this week in an ambush in Afghanistan - more than have been wounded in any single battle since the Vietnam War.
And it’s time because six of our soldiers have died there already, and more will almost certainly lose their lives in a war with no end in sight.
So what did the Prime Minister say?
First this: “If you’re going to embark upon a war like that, have it very clearly in mind from day one, what your exit strategy is to be and what you’re mission statement is to be.”
And this: “(This is) the greatest single error of Australian national security and foreign policy decision-making since Vietnam.” And we had to pull out our troops. Immediately.
Ah. You see already I’ve made a mistake. Or maybe the mistake was Rudd’s. You decide.
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Not peak oil, but peak prices
Andrew Bolt
Another scare of the oil-phobes seems to be unravelling:
The price of a barrel of the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery dropped nearly $6 on Sept. 2, to settle at $109.71 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (CME). That’s the lowest level since early April, and a slide of $37.56 since the record of $147.27 on July 11…
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Still cooling
Andrew Bolt
August temperatures confirm a recent cooling, says Anthony Watts:
We are still cooler than one year ago, and the 12 month trend continues to drop.
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Rees rules out returning Costa to cabinet
New NSW Premier Nathan Rees says sacked Treasurer Michael Costa will not be returning to the new-look cabinet.
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