grodscorp@grods.comJohn Howard gets it right!
 | Posted by John Surname on Monday 25 June 2007, 9:12 pm Categories: Politics Tags: Tags: BuckPassing, HurricaneKatrina, IndigenousIssues, JohnHoward |
From The Age:
The abuse crisis gripping Aboriginal communities is akin to the disaster inflicted on the US by Hurricane Katrina, Prime Minister John Howard said tonight.
Golly Moses! Howard’s right! This is like Katrina - the government is sitting around doing nothing. But hang on, he says, it’s not his fault:
The crisis in Aboriginal communities was not just a failure of government, he said, but a failure of parents to take responsibility.
Responsibility for…..? He doesn’t say. He also blames the state governments:
For too long state governments had neglected their responsibilities of enforcing law and order, Mr Howard said
Hey! Stop complaining everyone. John Howard was being a good guy. He doesn’t like to impose on the states. That’s why he sat and twiddled his thumbs for 11 years, and then expressed surprise that not only does this country have indigenous people, but indigenous people who live in third world conditions. I mean, how dare the states keep that secret from him!
Now I’m not going to sit her in my chair and suggest answers. I don’t have any, and neither do you. But John Howard’s plan, like the troop surge and war on drugs, is doomed to fail.
Doomed!
