John Howard at Brave New Films

The Truth About Weapons Of Mass Destruction

2008-10-14T11:17:27Z

Second Trailer for the Award Winning Documentary by Paul Hanes Fourman Films. For more details about what the British Government failed to mention in the dossier. Please see www.thetruthaboutweaponsofmassdestruction.com

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Memories Of Jackass John Howard

2008-10-22T03:30:55Z

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, one of the biggest Bush backers abroad, has sadly gone down to ignominious defeat.

I know, try and hold back the tears. I'm fighting them.

Watch as he breaks the age-old tradition of not getting involved in other country's domestic politics and claims a victory for Barack Obama would help Al Qaeda (yup, all class like The Decider).

We'll miss you Johnny. Don't get lost wandering around the Northern Outback, ya hear!

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Buh Bye Johnny!!!

2008-10-22T03:30:53Z

Howard concedes defeat in Australian elections
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Australia's conservative Prime Minister John Howard has conceded defeat in elections, clearing the way for center-left Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to take power.
1 of 2 With nearly 12 years in office, Howard was Australia's second-longest serving prime minister.
Howard delivered his concession speech after it became clear the Labor Party would gain at least 16 seats in parliament giving it a majority in the house that elects the prime minister.

As always, the ultimate distillation of why this is important comes from Glenn, with a teaser-

Like most foreign elections, the humiliating defeat of Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, was driven largely by their own domestic concerns, and it had little (though not nothing) to do with the U.S. Still, it is worth celebrating Howard's defeat in light of how pernicious a presence he was, as one of the very few remaining world leaders who loyally supported the worst and most war-loving aspects of the Bush/Cheney foreign policy.

Yeppers. What Glenn says. Go read.

video is of John Howard exalting his BFF George Bush over the Iraq War. Memories.

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Australia

2008-10-22T03:31:13Z

As Australia goes to the polls this week Al Jzaeera takes a look at John Howards very own constituency of Bennelong. The prime minister's seat is now marginal and he desperately needs every vote.

Dan Nolan reports.

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"I kept thinking: this is the sort of thing that used to go on behind the Iron Curtain, not in America.

2008-01-12T20:29:55Z

Can the Nation of Dick participate in the Olympics? It participates in everything else, after all:

'I kept thinking: this is the sort of thing that used to go on behind the Iron Curtain, not in America. "And then it struck me how much this entire process had disintegrated into a political charade. It's demoralising for all of us." --Unnamed U.S. military source

Cheney, Howard 'did deal on Hicks' 23 Oct 2007 US Vice-President [sic] Dick Cheney agreed to a deal with Prime Minister John Howard to release former Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks, a US media report says. The report, published in Harper's Magazine, cites an unnamed US military officer saying that a military staffer was present when Mr Cheney interfered directly to seal Hicks's plea bargain deal.

The Nation of Dick can do anything. They're a separate entity that answers to no one. Oh, and by the way? I checked on what its national flag looks like. It's been redacted, so it's completely black.

After the deal was announced, Mr Howard denied any involvement in the plea bargain. [...]
Mr Howard also rejected claims by Australian Greens leader Senator Bob Brown in March that the Prime Minister wanted Hicks not be released until after the election.

Of course he did. How quaint.

Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja says the timing of news regarding the control order is questionable, because of the federal election coming up, plus revelations in the US press.

"David Hicks's repatriation to Australia, albeit a very belated one, we were told did not involve high level political interference."
"Now you can't get much higher than the Vice-President of the United States and of course, the Prime Minister of our country, so time to come clean."

And by "higher", I'm sure she wasn't implying, um, "meds". Although that would explain some of his behavior.

The Nation of Dick. An Army of One.

H/t: CLG.

Add Another Member To The Coalition Of Ditching Bush's Middle East Quagmire

2008-01-12T20:04:22Z

One of the last remaining Bush suckups, Prime Minister John Howard of Australia, has a "secret plan" to pull out all Australian troops by February of 2008. You have learned the ways of the dark side well, Mr. Howard.