What's wrong with singing our National Anthem?????

I have been following the media story about a Victorian Pollie wanting schools to sing our national anthem each week.  Now apparently, this is racist.  What a load of CRAP.  Every where around the world people are singing their anthems with pride, even in South Africa after all their problems, and it is not deemed racist.  So, why do we in Australia have to give in to minority whingers all the time?  One social media comment I read was from a lady who was sick of Australia, the people and the customs and traditions, and did not want Australian history taught in schools.  Her comment was "I don't need it and I don't want it for my children" and that everything was so much nicer in her beloved India!! It begs the question "Why are you here?"  Why do people immigrate to a country where things are so different from what they are used to, then expect their adopted country to change for them?? 

How to get off a shoplifting charge!

I am so angry.  Just goes to prove that there is one law for them and one law for us.  How can a person get off a shoplifting charge just because they are depressed.  Lots of people, including me, suffer depression, but they do not shoplift.  Then, once you have shoplifted your haul, you are allowed to assault the person who has the temerity to try to intercept you in the act of committing a crime, because you had a panic attack.  I also experience panic attacks, but I have never slammed someones arm in my car door.  Why is this woman above the law just because she was depressed?  If someone is this prone to panic attacks, I wouldn't want them as my parliamentary  representative.

Why won't Ponting retire?

Why don't sports persons know when its time to retire? By sports person I mainly mean Ricky Ponting. Is he too arrogant to see what others can see? The longer he goes on like this the more he will look like another old saddo "has been". If he had left when he could still hold his head high, he would be remembered, like Steve Waugh, as one of the greats. If he won't retire graciously, he should be dropped immediately and that would serve him right for thinking that he is better than he is. It's too late now to save face, because you will only be remembered as someone overpaid and under performing.

ebay email scam is back

This scam is a worry, because if you do not take the time to look at it properly, it does look genuine. A couple of give aways are that the bits that are not copied and pasted directly from eBay are badly written, IE the English is poor and they do not use your user name like eBay do. I was immediately suspicious because I knew that I didn't owe any money, but I reckon that quite a few people will be conned with this one.
One scam that I don't think will fool many people is the one I received from a Thai diplomat who was waiting for me at JFK airport with my packages, valued at $750,000. Although all the paperwork for these packages looked to be in order, and customs were satisfied that no drugs or counterfeit goods were involved, apparently I had not paid the "tag" fee, so would I send $55 immediately etc. etc. It certainly won't catch many people outside of the US and unless someone was expecting packages worth three quarters of a million dollars, it won't fool many Americans either.

Absolutely WOEFUL Aussie cricket team

What a disgraceful batting fiasco.  Not only should you be ashamed of such a pathetic attempt, you should be made to return any monies paid, or be charged with fraud, for impersonating an international cricketer.  OK so Michael Clarke made over 150 runs in 1st innings and SA did it easy in their 2nd innings, so don't go blaming the pitch.  Most of the fault lies with the selectors and coaching staff.  Why do we have an opening batsman that can't make runs?  Why do we have a wicketkeeper that can't  make runs?  Why do we have a no 3 that can't move his feet and gets out lbw so much?  This disgrace would not have happened under Steve Waugh, and just imagine the rollicking this lot would get if Alan Border was their captain.!!!!!  So C'MON, all those in charge, tell them to shape up or ship out.  There is a lot of talent out there, so if this lot can't get the job done, get someone who can.  Hells bells, I'm a 62 yo female, but I reckon even I could have made more runs in the 2nd innings than most of these so called professional cricketers.  This test was an embarrassment not only for the Australian Cricket team, but for all their loyal followers.  We deserve better than this.

e-mail scammers are at it again!!!!

I really do admire their ingenuity, they are obviously very clever people, but why don't they put their skills towards doing something useful and worthwhile?  Oh, stupid me - you can earn much more money by scamming people than by doing a normal days work.  I received one the other day supposedly from e-bay asking that I pay my overdue account immediately, and to make sure that they were contacting the correct person, would I send all my account details, including password, to them.  Well I contacted e-bay because I knew that I did not owe any money, sent them a copy of the e-mail and they have passed the matter on to their "spoof" trackers.  I just wonder how many thousands of people have been caught with this one?  Apart from the many I get telling me that my "check" has been returned (I've never looked at one of these, so don't know what is involved), I received one today informing me that my federal income tax payment did not go through because I used an invalid account number.  Oh boy, I wonder how many unsuspecting Americans they will catch with this one!!!!!!!

Staged celebrity sham marriages should be illegal!

So Kim K claims that when she married she thought it would be forever.  Oh, pleeeeeease!  Although even I am surprised she is calling it quits so soon.  Has her public appeal waned since she got married and this was the best she could come up with?  It is not only obscene spending that much money on a wedding (think of the good it could have done in Africa), but all the guests had to fork out for a present.  Will they be returning these?  So, when will publicity staged marriages be made illegal?  Probably not in the near future in America.