Lordy! And yet MORE things...
I'm adding to my 10 Things list, having given myself poetic licence to extend it to infinity (and beyond. obvs.)
11. Their inability to use appropriate child restraints in cars.
I don't care how inconvenient it is for you to strap your 3 year old into a booster seat. Seeing him sliding around the bench seat of a Tarago with NO SEAT BELT whatsoever makes my blood boil. Seeing it happen every single week when I drop my daughters off at child-care raises my ire to the point where I Will Slap You.
You have been warned.
12. Their incomprehension of the term 'Presumption of Innocence'
Messrs Iemma, Hatzistergos, O'Farrell et al - I'm talking to you (and completely leaving aside the Haneef case). From TVNZ:
This man has been apprehended, charged and released on conditional bail until he faces court in a month's time. I always thought that bail was only NOT granted in exceptional circumstances. Apparently I was wrong. We need to keep everyone who has been charged with any offence locked up. It's what the community expects you see...
Expect more peoples... I'm cranky and I ain't afraid to show it!
11. Their inability to use appropriate child restraints in cars.
I don't care how inconvenient it is for you to strap your 3 year old into a booster seat. Seeing him sliding around the bench seat of a Tarago with NO SEAT BELT whatsoever makes my blood boil. Seeing it happen every single week when I drop my daughters off at child-care raises my ire to the point where I Will Slap You.
You have been warned.
12. Their incomprehension of the term 'Presumption of Innocence'
Messrs Iemma, Hatzistergos, O'Farrell et al - I'm talking to you (and completely leaving aside the Haneef case). From TVNZ:
A 25-year-old man will face court next month charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm as a result of the incident on the Princes Highway at Kiama, in southern NSW, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Wollongong Police Sergeant John Klepczarek denied media reports the man was only granted police bail because of a lack of space in the region's police watch-house.
However, Premier Morris Iemma said he would seek a briefing from NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos over the granting of bail.
"I'm deeply distressed and disturbed by this incident," Iemma told reporters.
"It appears that ... the alleged perpetrator was not a young person or a juvenile who might not have been mature enough.
"Leaving aside whether this person is guilty or not, an incident of throwing a rock off a bridge that straddles a road or motorway, leaving aside individuals concerned, is an act of gross irresponsibility...
Wollongong Police Sergeant John Klepczarek denied media reports the man was only granted police bail because of a lack of space in the region's police watch-house.
However, Premier Morris Iemma said he would seek a briefing from NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos over the granting of bail.
"I'm deeply distressed and disturbed by this incident," Iemma told reporters.
"It appears that ... the alleged perpetrator was not a young person or a juvenile who might not have been mature enough.
"Leaving aside whether this person is guilty or not, an incident of throwing a rock off a bridge that straddles a road or motorway, leaving aside individuals concerned, is an act of gross irresponsibility...
...Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell said the granting of bail to the man charged over the incident was sending "the wrong signal" to the community.
"We're talking about a serious issue, so serious that the law says that up to seven or eight years' jail should be served if a person is found guilty," O'Farrell told Southern Cross Broadcasting.
" ... clearly it's always about striking a balance and I just think that the balance in the application of the bail in this particular incident is sending the wrong signal to the community.
"Something horrendous has happened and it should have been met with, I think, a more serious response in terms of the application of the state's bail laws."
"We're talking about a serious issue, so serious that the law says that up to seven or eight years' jail should be served if a person is found guilty," O'Farrell told Southern Cross Broadcasting.
" ... clearly it's always about striking a balance and I just think that the balance in the application of the bail in this particular incident is sending the wrong signal to the community.
"Something horrendous has happened and it should have been met with, I think, a more serious response in terms of the application of the state's bail laws."
This man has been apprehended, charged and released on conditional bail until he faces court in a month's time. I always thought that bail was only NOT granted in exceptional circumstances. Apparently I was wrong. We need to keep everyone who has been charged with any offence locked up. It's what the community expects you see...
Expect more peoples... I'm cranky and I ain't afraid to show it!
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posted by actonb at 11:26 am
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I dare you to change your banner to "Crankier and Crankier" for a week...
Don't get stressed! It'll make your face worse!
How is ya face, by the way?
Cleared up?
The Man
are you in New Zealand?
whats wrong with your face? or have i missed something?
Donnie - If I could Chesty to do little interchangable banners then I would... actually that's a damn good idea. MSNing her now!
gt - My face actually has cleared up something lovely! This is what happens when you take the plunge and invest $80 on a cleanser... Stupid cheap Dove Cleanser OF SATAN.
And I'm not stressed - venting is wonderfully... cleansing. I'm all zenlike and calm now!
mex - nope not in NZ. Still stuck in DULLSVILLE. But TVNZ had the best extended story. In their 'World News' section - hee!
My face was ultra spotty and foul and feral and gross. Is nice now. Well nicer than it was.
Okay,
I'm adding "stupid Dove cleanser OF SATAN" to my list of things of Satan, including
- Federal Government of Satan
- unrelenting child's cough of Satan and
- Nandos corn cobs of Satan
Not the Nando's corn cobs of Satan! Begone foul corn cobs, begone.
Yes being presumed guilty of throwing a rock onto a highway means that you should be locked away FOREVER. Imagine what punching your girlfriend in the face would get you? Oh yes thats right, nothing, nada, zip.
Killer Rabbit (who is too lazy to sign in, this also deserves imprisonment without parole)
For a week? Nope. Too much work.. I'd do it if it was for a month ...
Too much work????
To at best re-type the works "Crankier and Crankier" if that is a font you are using, or at worst, having to style up the words freehand in Photoshop?
Huh! You know who your real friends are, AB!
dove soap gives me hives.
:)
GW - I am not intrigued by these corn cobs of SATAN (not STAN)... are they of the frozen-and-now-mushy variety? Because they would be satanic and disappoining corn cobs indeed.
KR - In this new modern world, laziness is next to terroristisness and therefore the AFP are on their way to your place RIGHT NOW!
LaRue - it's ok. I understand...
*sob*
Donnie - no, It's ture, it's lots of work... They're not just a bit of typing but 'images' in their own right. Or something. Chesty can get a little technical sometimes...
Mex - does it really? How unpleasant for you. Go with the MD Formulations - works a treat!
It's not *that* muhc work. But I'd have to alter the image in illustrator, re-trim it to the exact same specs in photoshop, upload it to blogger and update the code.
It's a lot of work for a weeks giggles. Which I wouldn't even see that much of because I read everything in bloglines.
* snaps head up *'
Oh. You weren't talking about me.
Um....as you were then.
*narrows eyes*
Just what ARE you talking about GW??? Am I missing a joke here? I hate that!
"a weeks giggles". I was talking about "A weeks giggles".
obscure joke = not that funny.
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