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Sydney’s “Go (and get fucked) Bag!”
by barra Monday, Jul 16 2007, 12:52pm
national / social/political / commentary

It is rare that a politician expresses the true sentiments of the population but the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Chris Harris, has thrown political discretion to the wind and let the Mayor ‘have it’. The Mayor Clover Moore, during one of her ‘out of body experiences’ has returned to her tribe with a revelation that Sydney citizens should carry a “go bag” in the event of an emergency! The bag should contain articles such as sneakers for walking, a baseball cap for that quick game, a flash light and a toilet roll, I quote the consultant who advised the Mayor, “in the event of a toilet roll crisis!”

Sample 'go bag'

Anal-lysts are wondering what type of political bribe the Prime Minister, John Howard, offered Sydney’s Mayor to distract the population from the extremely thin and now politically compromising Haneef case, notwithstanding majority opinion maintains that the tactic is a ploy to soften Sydneysiders to the huge disruption they face with the forthcoming APEC summit. Large areas of Sydney will effectively be ‘locked down’ creating transport chaos and other forms of havoc for citizens.

Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that Howard has taken very un-Australian extreme measures to interfere in the Dr. Haneef proceedings. In a fit of political desperation he has opted for the ‘tar and feather’ option, historically reserved for ‘darkies’ and other expendable aliens. Howard has utilised his flunky Immigration Minister to create the most severe bias against Dr. Haneef imaginable. Few would receive a fair trial with the media bashing Dr Haneef has received -- courtesy of Howard and his ministers.

However, introducing the ‘go bag’ in an attempt to reduce negative public pressure may be taking the matter to the edge of Reason.

The Deputy Lord Mayor rightly asks the question, go where? The Deputy not so subtly referring to the peculiarly Australian expression of “go and get yourself well and truly f….d,” or in its abbreviated form, “go and get fucked.”

There really isn’t anything more to add except links (below) and for international readers, a good Aussie slang dictionary. We urge readers to run the Chris Harris interview with ABC Newsradio’s, John Barron.

Chris Harris interview

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/17/1980365.htm?site=sydney

COMMENTS

Funnier than that!
by bruce Monday, Jul 16 2007, 7:26pm

If you want to see something really hilarious take a look at Howard attempting to communicate on the net.

It's a good thing his advisers omitted to inform him the internet, especially audio-visual social networking sites, are a generational phenomena.

Howard's wooden performance on the net is actually working against him. He looks like what he really is, a 'past it' old man pathetically trying to harness the present tense. It's ugly!