Comments on CairnsBlog.net: An open letter to The Cairns Post editor

Yes, Alison.

2009-07-06T13:12:06.609+10:00

Yes, Alison.

Thanks for your personal insights Thaddeus. Infor...

2009-07-05T13:01:34.304+10:00

Thanks for your personal insights Thaddeus. Information like that is just not available to the general public. Bill Gunn's daughter was a school teacher, ditto Tony Elliott's wife. I'm deducting your Caroline was at college with them at the same time maybe?

Veritas, what is little known is the civil liberti...

2009-07-05T11:34:12.380+10:00

Veritas, what is little known is the civil liberties confrontation with the Bjelke-Petersen Government during those years, also fractured the National Party. My ex-wife Caroline was good friends with Bill Gunn's daughter, (who married a Torres Strait Islander man), also friends with Tony Elliott's wife. There was division within the NPA over the issue, and a fracture emerged between the "grazier/farmer" element of NPA and the "white shoe brigade". (To be honest however, I don't know if this fracture existed prior to the "Right to March" issue.) Ultimately, it was the "grazier/farmer" group which brought down the Bjelke-Petersen Government. They were water-shed years in Queensland's political history, and I am proud I was part of it.

@Syd, I had this great big long thing going here -...

2009-07-05T00:13:36.681+10:00

@Syd, I had this great big long thing going here - then I re-read what ya wrote and nearly fucking choked on my smoke.
Thanks man ... lmfao

White male - nice one.

sums up the whole fucking thread and everyone in it really lol.

Hi groovers, I've got a new internet connectio...

2009-07-04T23:41:38.938+10:00

Hi groovers, I've got a new internet connection working now, and tomorrow evening I'll report from beautiful downtown Yeppoon about what's going on with Talisman Sabre.

I was radicalised during the right to march days, and what eventually led to Bjelke-Petersen's downfall was the politicisation/corruption of Police. I rember Commissioner Ray Whitrod resigning rather than accepting political direction, and Terry Lewis being promoted - a case of "If you suppress political dissent, you can collect bribes and stadover with impunity".

The results of this corruption grew more and more obvious, and the metropolitan liberals just couldn't sit still with it. The Courier-Mail even started writing about it, and then 4 Corners did the famous "Moonlight State" story.

Funnily enough I went through some of this history yesterday with a Detective Seargent and Detective Constable from Rockhampton CIB. They did a formal interview with me about a visit I made to the Army Depot at Western St. "Hi! I'm Brigadier Bob Brown, travelling incognito, and I'm here to inspect this facility". It was meant to be a joke.

The detectives decided not to charge me, and we all agreed the military had no sesnse of humour. We also agreed policing is much more honest and professional in Queensland after Fitzgerald.

Thaddeus, yes you are correct in asserting those n...

2009-07-04T21:06:10.024+10:00

Thaddeus, yes you are correct in asserting those names. Interesting they were Liberal politicians who were all defeated by National Party candidates in the 1983 election.

Those nominated politician came from Brisbane City, except for Terry White who represented the electorate of Redcliffe.

What ultimately led to the demise of the National Party was the greed that consumed some of the National party members.

It is interesting to note that 10 years elapsed between the Street demonstration and the ultimate demise.

That period of time is the excepted norm for a long term government.

Veritas, the issue was the start of the decline of...

2009-07-04T20:37:47.297+10:00

Veritas, the issue was the start of the decline of the Bjelke-Petersen Government. Immediately following the "Right to March", tensions between the Lib. and National Parliamentary wings spilled over. Many Libs. Kyburtz/Akers/White/Doumani etc spoke out openly against Bjelke-Petersen. In the following elections, the Coalition's majority was steadily whittled away by the opposition party.

Thaddeus, I do not wish to burst your bubble but I...

2009-07-04T20:19:12.994+10:00

Thaddeus, I do not wish to burst your bubble but I find it necessary to correct your slight over exaggeration.

The street marches correctly occurred 1977/79 but it did not lead to the defeat of the National Party Government. That occurred in 1989. If anything it galvanised the people not only in Brisbane but including regional Queensland to the Coalition.

The Coalition went on to win the 1977 and 1980 election. The 1983 and 1986 election were won outright by Joh and the National Party.

The National Party shot themselves in the foot when they got rid of Joh the way they did, otherwise they would be still in George Street today. Queenslanders had more respect for Joh and what he stood for than his own treacherous party.

cutting edge, do a bit of research on "The Ri...

2009-07-04T19:32:10.723+10:00

cutting edge, do a bit of research on "The Right to March" demonstrations in Brisbane 1977 to 1979. There was not just "one" demonstrations, there were several. They were fiery events with the biggest number of arrests at over 700 in one day.
KitchenSlut..it did "galvanise" Queenslanders out of their slumber. The "Right to March" issue signified the end for the Bjelke-Petersen Government.
Did I score, KitchenSlut? I can still hear the mellifluous tones of the delightful Caroline, "You think you're f..... Che Guevara, comrade?" My word, she was a woman!

Thaddeus you are my hero NOT ! fearless queenslan...

2009-07-04T07:22:17.493+10:00

Thaddeus you are my hero NOT !
fearless queenslanders are behind in wages and always have been , you lot never ever have protested with passion, you have protest marches , where the police lead you and stop you at intersections until it suits them ,and control every bit of your marches , I have been in them here , it is more like a girl guide tour of cairns streets , down south they really protest , webb dock ,swanston street, ETC you name it ,we just walk out on the street and really make them take notice , and we strike for weeks/Months ,not bleat like sheep ! So for you to brag about one piddly little protest and two teeth in bne is a joke !
There is a reason you have low pay in qld , and that is because you winge not DO !
Just look at the last election you voted for four morons AGAIN !

Wow, did you score that day in King George Square ...

2009-07-03T23:11:49.708+10:00

Wow, did you score that day in King George Square Thaddeus? I never have in Bne maybe I should take Blakey with me next time?

I thinks your self justification and glamorisation is just a tad overblown in this instance mate? No sorry, it may have galvanised your own clique but NOT the Qld public like ever before??

You are self deluded if you believe so but believe on if it feels good!

Pez, you one eyed ignoramus. Didn't you read ...

2009-07-03T22:31:19.224+10:00

Pez, you one eyed ignoramus. Didn't you read my previous postings! Grrr. The freedom to demonstrate in QUEENSLAND was won by the people after one Johannes Bjelke-Petersen declared street protest and gatherings illegal. The "right to march" issue galvanised the Queensland public like never before. Old Joh never dreamed the dead fish would all rise up like jumping salmon when he tried to take away one of our freedoms. Oh, they were wild times...tens of thousands of people crammed into King George Square..800 baton wielding police and up on the roofs of the buildings, police snipers. But, we, the people won! And it was worth a black eye, a busted lip, two missing teeth, bruised ribs, a torn and bloodied shirt, a ruined suit jacket..... . So don't give me that shite about Americans...

Damn Thaddeus! I am inspired and mostly agree! I p...

2009-07-03T21:16:38.964+10:00

Damn Thaddeus! I am inspired and mostly agree! I particularly find myself increasingly aligned with Bryans thought process and empathies while having no need to support any specific issue. I will not be protesting the Essex!

But otherwise I dont need to and am in with Thaddeus!

Thornton On Spence, the wankers of this world are ...

2009-07-03T19:52:23.781+10:00

Thornton On Spence, the wankers of this world are the ones lying in their beds, flopped on their armchairs, squatting on their johns, whatever, doing nothing to try and improve justice, equality, the environment, the arts, or our way of life.
The wankers of this world are the ones who live and pass through their life's existence without contributing a single original thought to the world.
The wankers of this world are the ones sitting on their pile of waste criticising those very few individuals who do go out and try to improve the world.
At least Bryan is trying, whatever he is doing.

In a World fixated with CO2 emissions perhaps we s...

2009-07-03T13:57:08.021+10:00

In a World fixated with CO2 emissions perhaps we should also look at charging Oxygen Depleters and if that was the case then Bryan Law would be broke. I have never considered myself to be Right Wing but like Bryan Outlaw I find Bryan Law to be a serial pest and as it was so eloquently put a wanker.

And Bryan Law should remember that without the US ...

2009-07-03T13:14:34.708+10:00

And Bryan Law should remember that without the US Military, he would not have the freedom to mount the protests he does, or the freedom others have to speak out on this blog.
It has been the US military that has guaranteed these freedoms to countries around the world, over and over again, inlcuding both Australia and Britain in WW2.

Welcome to Cairns to all the Yanks, I say.

Oh memories! I was handcuffed and jammed into thi...

2009-07-03T10:07:42.183+10:00

Oh memories! I was handcuffed and jammed into this black maria with about a dozen other sweaty, stinking bodies, (ruffians and scoundrels they were from the BLF), when I looked across and saw a GODDESS. A goddess with a magnificient bosom and a face like Bette Midler's. Well, it was like seeing a sunbeam from heaven. Instinctively, I tried to give her my most engaging and debonair smile. Alas all this warm sticky stuff oozed from my mouth down my shirt front and tie. Some police dog had knocked my bottom two teeth out. Damn!
(Caroline said later that I looked like a " wild eyed slavering wolf dripping blood" but that she fell in love all the same.) Ahhh romance, romance....

Anyone who was involved in the fight for civil lib...

2009-07-03T09:34:41.589+10:00

Anyone who was involved in the fight for civil liberties in Queensland between 1977 to 1979 when the Bjelke-Petersen Government banned street demonstrations, will understand just how precious our right to dissent is, and how easily it can be taken away by those whose ideologies are totalitarian.
I was at some of those marches, where I met my first wife in the back of a paddy wagon after we were both arrested.

Bryan Outlaw, it is neo fascists,the likes of you ...

2009-07-03T09:00:38.419+10:00

Bryan Outlaw, it is neo fascists,the likes of you that provide the fertile environment for the Bryan Laws of this world to prosper.

The Greens and others thrive and justify the very need for their existence when the Bryan Outlaws of this world dominate or peddle such extreme right wing venom.

Govern with equality and magnanimity and you remove their oxygen.

Come on Bryan Outlaw remove your vested interest blinkers and earn the respect of your peers.

I agree with Thaddeus that we have the right to &q...

2009-07-03T05:29:02.666+10:00

I agree with Thaddeus that we have the right to "rock the boat", and "challenge those mugs". Clearly however that isn't what Bryan Law does. He instead takes every opportunity to instead have himself become the issue. This is selfish self-aggrandizement and shameless self-promotion of a kind that in fact does damage to the issues being debated. He loves to see himself in the Cairns Post and on the TV news, while at the same time calling these institutions the foulest of names. He calls them up inviting them to cover his self-promotion!

This isn't about the issues. It's about a serial pest. A name that encapsulates completely the wanker that is Bryan Law.

"admiration society"? Dear boy, we hav...

2009-07-02T20:19:45.551+10:00

"admiration society"? Dear boy, we have all been engaged in a lively (and creative) debate about one of our most cherished democratic freedoms. The right to rock the boat, to stand up, to get involved, to have opinions, to challenge those mugs who are so often elected to Parliament. As someone wrote above, "We are not a nation of dead fish going with the flow....".
Australian democracy is a lively one, and thank God for that!

2009-07-02T19:50:42.264+10:00

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To all the bloggers kissing up to bryan in case he...

2009-07-02T16:23:17.117+10:00

To all the bloggers kissing up to bryan in case he sues you ,I say happy 4th of july to the fine fighting men and women of the u.s.a
currently enjoying the city of cairns. If I knew this was the bryan lawless admiration society I would never subscribed.

FROM THE CAIRNS POST EDITORIAL FROM 23RD JUNE 2029...

2009-07-02T11:07:21.093+10:00

FROM THE CAIRNS POST
EDITORIAL FROM 23RD JUNE 2029

The people of Cairns were shocked and outraged yesterday at the despicable criminality of a lone terrorist demonstrator with communist and Muslim idelologies protesting the demoliton of the Boland building in Spence Street.

Armed police and Special Armed Forces moved quickly to protect Cairns residents from a sight which hardened offciers described as "the most unruly, sickening, gut curdling, outrageous display of public dissent and protest ever seen in Australia in the past twenty years."

Australians have seen Governments and world corporations brought down to their knees with the wild, unruly and criminal displays of public protest by these mindless, drug ravaged terrorists, communists and Muslims in other countries. We thank our God that our streets, newspapers and radio are safe from these mentally deranged individuals whose drug taking warps their thought processes so much that they dare to embrace the most criminal behaviour - opposing our wonderful Governments. That they have been brainwashed by communists, terrorists and Muslims cannot be emphasised enough. They are a terrible danger to society.

The criminal communist Muslim terrorist (and nose picker) on Spence Street has been thrown behind bars. Police say he was a WHITE MAN.

Lee Kim Murdoch
Editor

Without people like Bryan battling in politics, in...

2009-07-02T09:55:36.791+10:00

Without people like Bryan battling in politics, in the workplace, in the environment, in education, for liberties, rights or for whatever, our democratic progress doesn't just stall, it regresses. If we don't have people like Bryan amongst us, we will get an autocratic dictatorial Government.
Australians are freedom-loving and democratic people. We are not a nation of dead fish going with the flow. Our history reveals there are times when we stand ourselves up and are counted for what we believe in. People like Bryan remind us of that.