bwood1946 wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 1:32pm:




Glad to see his enormous talents wont be going to waste.

Please delete wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 1:38pm:


He hasn`t bribed the right "people".

Binary Ninja wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 1:50pm:



You seem to have a little problem WITH FACTS

bwood1946 wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 1:57pm:


Well, it`s a sort of bastardry barter system the tards work on.   Judas has spent all of her brownie points, while 07 will be calling in most of his favors.

I wonder if there would be a punch up between Paul and Bob and another between John and Mal 

Binary Ninja wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 3:52pm:


NOMINATED   NOT APPLIED FOR    DIFFERENT

Binary Ninja wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 4:53pm:

Howard put up for ICC presidency
Updated March 2, 2010 18:52:00


Former prime minister John Howard has been nominated as Australasia's candidate to serve as International Cricket Council (ICC) president from 2012.

Mr Howard will become the ICC's vice-president in June after Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket jointly-nominated him as their candidate.

The ICC presidency rotates every two years, meaning Mr Howard will take over the top job from India's Sharad Pawar in 2012.

Mr Pawar assumes the presidency from David Morgan in the middle of this year.

Mr Howard's nomination was reported as being in doubt as recently as yesterday, with New Zealand Cricket pushing for its candidate and former chairman, Sir John Anderson.

At a press conference in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Howard said he was honoured to be given the chance to take on such a role, and stressed his desire to see cricket become a truly worldwide game.

"My nomination has to be formally ratified by the ICC," he warned. "But I look forward to working in the interests of a game that I've loved all my life and is very dear to me.

"I want to see it promoted all around the world, even more than it is at the present time.

"There are a lot of challenges but also a lot of opportunities at blending different forms of the game and making sure we get the best out of each is very important."

He laughed when asked if, as a "cricket tragic", the appointment was his dream job.

"You could put it that way," he said.

"[Being called 'cricket tragic' is] one of the nicest things that anyone ever said about me. [Former Australian captain] Mark Taylor gave me that description and it fits the bill.

"I've always loved the game and it's a game that brings Australians together - it's our one truly national sport and it's also a game that brings hundreds of millions, even billions of people together on the Indian subcontinent.

"I would like to see it grow in other areas as well. Any sport should be looking to its future as well as consolidating its past and cricket is no exception."

The inability of CA and NZC to make a decision led to both boards forming a joint nominations committee, headed by an independent chairman in respected Australian businessman Sir Rod Eddington.

In a joint statement, CA chairman Jack Clarke and his NZ counterpart Alan Isaac said the final decision came down to Eddington's input.

"We are pleased that an eminent candidate in John Howard has agreed, after an exhaustive process, to take the role of joint Australia-New Zealand nominee for the ICC presidency," they said.

"It was an extremely difficult

Please delete wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 1:38pm:




On 18 September 2008, Costello was appointed to the World Bank’s new Independent Advisory Board (IAB), which will provide advice on anti-corruption measures

Binary Ninja wrote on Sep 10^th, 2010 at 6:18pm:


Stupid response.

If Howard had stepped aside for Costello when he had promised he would ..Costello would still be the PM.