Archive | August, 2011
AS I SEE IT..  FATHERS DAY 2011

AS I SEE IT.. FATHERS DAY 2011

Bartrand Hubbard once said– “I’ve had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.” My dad is in his mid 80’s now.  His body is telling him it’s nearly time, but his mind remains as sharp as the [...]

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AS I SEE IT   ‘ATTITUDE’

AS I SEE IT ‘ATTITUDE’

Winston Churchill once said, “ATTITUDE is a little thing that makes a big difference”. How right he was. I was reminded of this at the weekend, when I had coffee with an old work colleague. He enquired, “Do you mind if I ask you a personal question? He simply said, “Mate, I have always admired [...]

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All Blacks

AS I SEE IT… IS IT PRIDE OR PROFIT?

Global sporting giant Adidas has been at the centre of the New Zealand All Blacks’ jersey-pricing controversy since it was revealed the replica tops could be bought from online stores overseas for a much cheaper price. In fact a fraction of the $220 that this company demands. This has outraged most people that support this [...]

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AS I SEE IT!  (a social comment) August 10th 2011

AS I SEE IT! (a social comment) August 10th 2011

I can’t help thinking back to the words of ‘Enoch Powell’. On Saturday 20 April 1968 he made the controversial speech in Birmingham, in which he warned his audience of what he believed would be the consequences of continued unchecked immigration from the Commonwealth to Britain. It was an allusion to Virgil towards the end [...]

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AUDIO FILED TO FSN LONDON

Brian speaking on Wi-Fi in Brisbane trains. Click “play” to listen to these short clips. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A collar bomb in Sydney turned out to be a hoax…. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Australian arrested in US over Sydney collar bomb An Australian citizen has been arrested by [...]

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AS I SEE IT! (Child Beauty Pageants) August 1st 2011

AS I SEE IT! (Child Beauty Pageants) August 1st 2011

I was asked about the recent debate over Child Beauty Pageants and what my take was on this. Interesting question I thought, so I did some research. There’s a huge storm raging right now in Australia over this very question. Mickie Wood, mother of U.S. pageant star Eden, pulled out of the Melbourne child pageant [...]

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