Author: Bearsy

A Queensland Bear with attitude

Has Erasmus been bribed?

It was bad enough when he gave Hussey out yesterday with absolutely no evidence, and disappointing when Ian Gould repeated the error with Ed Cowan, but his refusal today to agree to a perfect lbw that should have seen Ashwin walking back to the pavilion was breathtaking in its audacity.

Erasmus has been got at.

By the way, what’s happened in SA?   How come Sri Lanka are ahead? 😕

This could mean War !!

Shock! Horror!   ITV bans Tim Minchin.

Tim is Australia’s answer to Tom Lehrer, but infinitely more talented and funnier.   He is well on his way to being an Australian satirical hero.   He must be good, he regularly performs with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

This little Christmas ditty was banned on the grounds that it might offend Christians.

If you go to the Youtube page, you can read Tim’s rant about it.
You may have to click on ‘Show More’ when you get there.

Here’s a short extract –

It’s 2011. The appropriate reaction to people who think Jesus is a supernatural being is mild embarrassment, sighing tolerance and patient education.

A neo-colonialist slapped down

On the ABC last night, Chris Uhlmann – one of our up-and-coming political journalists – interviewed Peter O’Neill, who is one of the two Prime Ministers currently battling it out in Papua New Guinea.   You probably know nothing about this, so here’s a link to give you a little background, though you don’t need to know anything about it for the purposes of this post.

Uhlmann is trying to be an aggressive type of journo, but he’s still reasonably respectful when he talks with Gillard, Rudd or Abbott.   Last night he spoke to O’Neill (who is Papua New Guinean through and through, name notwithstanding) as though he, Uhlmann, were a member of a super-power, condescending to a representative of a minor client state.

O’Neill ignored the impolite tone, concentrating on answering the questions at face value, until the final supercilious question was delivered, “Have you yet spoken with Julia Gillard?”

O’Neill looked up at the camera, exhibiting, or quite possibly feigning, great surprise and responded, “Why on earth should I want to talk to the Australian Prime Minister?   She has nothing to do with the government of my country.”

Uhlmann looked utterly nonplussed, as he should.   Hopefully he will be a little more respectful next time.   PNG may have once been an Australian colony, but that ended 36 years ago.