Headlines Remembrance Day

Rudd late on death penalty
Piers Akerman
EVEN before the bodies of the executed hate-mongering Bali bombers were buried, the Rudd Labor Government announced it intended to lead an international push to end capital punishment globally. - I wonder if Rudd would be so enlightened as to similarly support an end to abortion? I support the legalisation of abortion, although i generally oppose the practise. Similarly, I support the Indonesian government’s right to execute. However, Rudd is having a bet each way. If he is consistent, there is a lobby group he will upset. Does he support the killing of babies? Or the lives of terrorists? - ed.
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Rudd cannot tell a lie… in Parliament
Andrew Bolt
Kevin Rudd couldn’t deny in Parliament being the man who leaked - and lied about - his private conversation with George Bush:

Mr Rudd today refused to answer directly a question from Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull on whether he or any member of his office had disclosed purported details of the conversation that appeared in The Australian newspaper.

The furore centres around a claim in the newspaper that the outgoing president asked Mr Rudd: “What’s the G20?”, an allegation since denied by both Canberra and Washington.

Adding to the intrigue, the editor-in-chief of The Australian, Chris Mitchell, was said to have been at a dinner party at the prime minister’s Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, on the night in question.

This AAP report appears on the website of The Australian, which has said almost nothing about an issue it would normally make hay on. The fact is that the Australian’s editor-in-chief knows perfectly well who leaked and lied to the paper about that conversation, but cannot betray a confidence or bite the prime ministerial hand that fed it.

But Mitchell has now been given a very dramatic and personal demonstration of the trust-worthiness of otherwise of his prime minister - and the man he honored by making godfather of his child.
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Too much information
Andrew Bolt
Kevin Rudd is followed for a day by A Current Affair. I’m not sure tonight’s report has done him a huge favor.

I doubt voters understand how very awkward he is with people - hence his need for power, of course. Seeing him try jokes like putting stickers on the camera man’s back, and quizzing the reporter about his marriage plans, is to see a man who doesn’t fit into a prime ministerial suit.

He’s also seen brushing off reporters’ questions - as in the waste of money flying to Hobart in the prime ministerial jet to simply open an electorate office. Even questions about his faith have Rudd looking to evade rather than explain, let alone proclaim. Having a Bible isn’t a hanging offence, is it, he asks? It’s not a crime to be Christian, is it? After all, 70 per cent of Australians are Christians. And so on.

I wonder whether Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott’s attacks on his personality this week are picking up on something already in the polls, or are the first shots in a campaing to exploit a perceived weakness.
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Green worship
Andrew Bolt
The ABC’s Compass program agrees with me, announcing a new faith in a new documentary:

God Is Green
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$4000 handout per car not enough
Andrew Bolt
If it’s so important that we build cars, and if government money is needed to build them, why doesn’t Kevin Rudd cut out the corporate middle-man and start up his own car plants?

KEVIN Rudd will forge ahead with a multi-billion-dollar car industry assistance package today, amid fears of further job losses and a downturn in the market, but he will warn manufacturers not to expect a blank cheque.
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News from the cultural front
Andrew Bolt
ABC television promises some interesting new shows for next year - one from an underused talent, a second from a great talent needing only to rattle some intellectual cages of his own, and a third from rising talents who must readjust their aim now that the best satirical targets are of the Left
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Torching Turnbull
Andrew Bolt
The Sunday Telegraph claim:

MALCOLM Turnbull has accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife Therese Rein of being rude and discourteous to him.
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Warming leads to more crimes - against reason
Andrew Bolt
The police know better, but there’s no stopping a global warming opportunist alarmist from beating that doomsday drum:

A new report from the Strategic Policy Institute says climate change could lead to an increase in crime.
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Singer tells thuck joke
Andrew Bolt
Deploying all the reason and insight for which she is famous, veteran journalist Jill Singer offers this considered analysis of Labour’s massive defeat in New Zealand:

NEW Zealanders have voted for change - a leap from Left to Right - with all the enthusiasm and reasoning power of a doped slug.
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Maybe it’s less cloying in Obami
Andrew Bolt
In a crowded field, the Daily Kos wins the prize for Obama-inspired sycophancy:

Last night I went to a party in Tokyo to celebrate the election, and got inspired beforehand to make a language named after Obama. Actually, the language was already around, but I gave it a new nickname, Obami…
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Anna’s army here to save you
Andrew Bolt
One of her PR army must have dreamed up that excuse:

ANNA Bligh has defended the number of State Government communications staff, saying they are necessary for circulating important safety messages.

The Premier last night released figures showing the government employed 640 people in media, communications, graphic design, marketing and advertising.

The safety message most of those 640 staff would be pushing is to vote Labor or suffer.