It's a worry.

Lone Wolf.

Packed pavements.

A vehicle of some sort.

A Muslim.

"ALLAHU AKBAR!"

People skittled.

He's shot by the police.

Turnbull announces it had nothing to do with Islam.

Muslim immigration continues.

Sad Kangaroo continues to promote a nihilist view of Australia's white Anglo/Celtic cultural heritage.

Brian yawns.

Aussie jumps in to say this thread has already been started elsewhere.

Karnal says he's curious.

Freediver and Gandalf continue with their eternal danse macabre.

"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"—"the more it changes, the more it's the same thing".

Gordon wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 8:10pm:


A few blue blazers will get pissed down the Criterion. Not even. They're on the ponies these days.

Back in my day I wiped the floor with those WWII pricks. Plenty of them wiped the floor with me too.

Live and let live. If you want a blue, get one off the Mrs. Those nice people are all in wheelchairs, anyway.

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 9:15pm:




Hi Karnal - please tell us about your war stories -

how you fought bravely on the front line in hand to hand combat.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 9:18pm:


Big Hole can step up and suck my cock. If he's any good, I might even wake up.

The worst clowns are all those brassed-up boy scouts who hang around the old boys on ANZAC Day. They never saw a day's fighting in their spit and polished lives, but they goose around trying to look brave.

I'll tell you this. When I did my time, my best fighting was done out of uniform.

I was just back in Nam. The place has changed a bit, but you can still get a cheap blowjob on Pham Ngu Lao.

Some thing's never change. The ponies, the poonses and the pros.

Get him to show you his RAAF medal.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 9:45pm:


Bloody oath. They even gave him a medal with a dog's lipstick on it.

He should pucker up a bit more. We had drag acts like Big Hole in Nam. Hysterical, but those broads took themselves most seriously.

They could fight too. The irony is, if Big Hole gave into his overwhelming desires, he'd become a much tougher man than he is today.

I'll tell you this much, son. It's not the war that makes men, it's what happens off the field.

But Karnal - I was really looking for that knock out story of your brave war deeds e.g.

You got out of the trench & charged towards the enemy machine gun nest.
All the bullets missed you & you lobbed a grenade into the machine gun nest & took out the enemy gunner.
You then proceeded to bayonet the remaining enemies
in had to hand brutal combat.
You then received a hero's war medal.

Something like that?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 10:29pm:


And their rape culture?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 10:14pm:


Pipe down, girlie. War's sh1t. You get out alive - if you can. Some good boys didn't.

So when I sit down and have a beer in ANZAC Day, I'll remember that.

I've spent most of my life forgetting the rest.

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 11:53pm:




Karnal - you're a true war hero - & I ain't no girly.

I only ever got one story out of my old man about Korea. He was a 1rar engineer. It was about how many bloated bodies floated down the river and piled up against their pontoon bridge, he had to clear them out before they wrecked the bridge. "Grab them by the arm, their arm came off, by the hair their scalp came off" etc etc. "We ended up having to gut them with bayonets to try and make them sink and the smell was..."

There's nothing like being in an actual war to turn you of the whole thing.

At least, i imagine that to be the case.

I only ever got one story out of my old man about Korea. He was a 1rar engineer. It was about how many bloated bodies floated down the river and piled up against their pontoon bridge, he had to clear them out before they wrecked the bridge. "Grab them by the arm, their arm came off, by the hair their scalp came off" etc etc. "We ended up having to gut them with bayonets to try and make them sink and the smell was..."

How about we stop living in fear and hatred and start celebrating the sacrifice of the young men and women that formed the Anzacs, so that we may enjoy this life of freedom today....

http://i68.tinypic.com/14m55pu.jpg

http://www.kythera-family.net/download/Greek-Australian_Alliance_115YearsBooklet...

But Karnal - I was really looking for that knock out story of your brave war deeds e.g.

You got out of the trench & charged towards the enemy machine gun nest.
All the bullets missed you & you lobbed a grenade into the machine gun nest & took out the enemy gunner.
You then proceeded to bayonet the remaining enemies
in had to hand brutal combat.
You then received a hero's war medal.

Something like that?

Nice belt of .50 cal on the wing bridge never hurt nobody....  I notice he was firing wide - at first... pity nobody had a grenade at the moment the boat drew alongside...  oops.. dearie me - did I drop that?  Sorry 'bout that.... send an insurance quote.

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 21^st, 2017 at 11:53pm:


Thats interesting Karnal my grandfathers both served in ww2 one in PNG the other in Tobruk neither returned wanting to to talk about it

bobby I dont think taking potshots at men who may or may not have service records is a nice thing to do..

if you have a row of medals good on you tell us about them'''but dont put down others...its tacky and not nice....and of course it draws a response...that also isnt nice.. but you are treading on hallowed ground...

may I suggest you SHUT UP!

its just a thought..

Gordon wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2017 at 7:11pm:


"Just who the hell is Private First Class Politician Dan Tehan?"

"Government Retirement Package Security Company, Liberal, sir!"

"Well it seems that young Dan is an Australian Member of Parliament, yet he can't run his mouth from here to there without falling down.... not only that but young Daniel doesn't seem to like our annual pilgrimage to Shangri-La.. so much so that he's written seven letters to various editors suggesting Diggers not go there this year!"

(apologies to A Few Good Men and Jack)....

Watched Zero Dark Thirty... knew the story already, picked the faults in the op portrayed - not terribly realistic .... buggar....

Gotta watch out for SBS over weekends - they might play Shaving Ryan's Privates and other porn...

cods wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2017 at 7:01pm:




You're right Cods,
all service for Australia is valuable even
if you never received a medal.

BigOl64 wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2017 at 12:50pm:



BigOl,
Karnal fought in the jungles of Vietnam -
what's your claim to fame?
How many medals can you wear on ANZAC day?

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 2:02pm:
Karnal would go to ANZAC Day celebrations if they Taliban marchers.

Mr Hammer wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 2:09pm:


Nah Karnsl is more of an ISIS supporter.

Gordon wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 2:13pm:
She could lead the ISIS procession riding a donkey draped in the black jihadi flag dressed in her black burqa.

Mr Hammer wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 2:17pm:


I could ride my donkey up the M4 to your mum's housing commission place and show you how to take one for Australia.

They sure showed me.

Gawd, we recycle the same old same old every year.  Can anyone bung up a link to Credlin's article in today's papers?  I can't get past a paywall.

Aussie wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 6:39pm:


what was the article called?

[quote]A few years ago I had the privilege to walk around the Gallipoli peninsula on the eve of Anzac Day. It’s a place that silences conversation as you try to comprehend the horror that awaited our young diggers as they slipped quietly from their rowing boats in the early dawn light.

There’s many extraordinary moments working for a prime minister but if I had to choose just one in over 16 years in politics, I always return to that day, a little later in the afternoon and just up from the beach, when I stood amongst the headstones in Shrapnel Valley.

By a jacaranda tree in bloom and with tears in my eyes, I read the inscriptions hewn on stone that marked the final resting place of teenagers and young men who believed there are things in life worth fighting for.

Tuesday is Anzac Day, the most solemn moment in our national calendar. It’s the day that we stop and recognise that everything we have as Australians we owe to them, and the successive generations that have fought under our flag. It’s the day we do our best to understand what service means, and reflect on the values that so many gave their lives to protect.

Or at least we should.

Other countries have created days for them to remember their veterans but this is a day that the Australian community has made for itself. From humble beginnings, Anzac Day grows each year.

I’m old enough to remember the controversy that surrounded the involvement of young relatives in Anzac Day marches some years ago. A few RSL leaders were against the move but a groundswell of returned servicemen felt that involving the young was their best hope of ensuring the sacrifice of their mates was remembered as their own numbers declined.

On Anzac Day, there’s always a lot of speeches, and history is recounted. Don’t get me wrong, the remembering is important lest we forget. But of equal importance, must be time spent in quiet contemplation about what each of us can do to preserve what our soldiers fought to protect, and the unique set of Australian values that set this country apart.

We’ve heard a lot about Australian values this week. While I’m still not sure how they’re going to ensure people don’t just tick the right boxes on the new test rather than admit what they really think about women and many other things, I applaud the government for its citizenship reforms.

After yet more months of leadership inertia and not knowing what exactly the Coalition stands for, this is a policy change worth making. To become an Australian citizen is a privilege, not a right. While I hope we’re always a land that welcomes immigrants, new arrivals must come with the understanding that there’s a set of values that underpin this nation and that they’re non-negotiable. Don’t like them? Don’t come.

Watching the Left rail against the phrase “Australian values”, I was reminded of Tony Abbott’s “Team Australia” line which the insider class were quick to mock too; they didn’t get it then and they still don’t get it today.

Ordinary people have generous hearts but sensible heads; they pay taxes to help support new arrivals but expect them to add to what we have here, rather than try and fundamentally change it.

That we even have a debate over what is meant by “Australian values” is a worry. Thinking back to that day in Shrapnel Valley, I wonder what those young men would make of us now?

Here we are having a puerile debate about what constitutes “Australian values” when none of them needed a definition to know what they were fighting for. My great-grandfather on the Western Front, and grandfather in the jungles of New Guinea; neither of them needed a definition either. They both understood, like so many who have followed them in other conflicts, that there are times we’re called to stand up for something bigger than ourselves: no debate needed.

But are we still like that today? I want to think we are but sometimes you’ve got to wonder.

Political correctness and identity politics have infiltrated almost every aspect of modern Australian life. We’re in danger of so overprescribing behaviour that we’ll end up a nation of “me” and not “us”; reliant on rules instead of instinctive values.

We shouldn’t need anti-bullying programs in schools, for instance, because it should be second nature to teachers and fellow classmates that everyone has to be treated with respect; we shouldn’t need anti-domestic violence campaigns because it should be as plain as the nose on your face that real men don’t hit women; and frankly, shouldn’t it be obvious to everyone — including new citizens — that you have to be committed to Australia without the need to take a test?

Look around your community today, how many of us are prepared to stand up for our values let alone fight for them? Is it fair to ask if we even embody them anymore? The mum with five kids to three different dads, all now in care because she’s back with another addict loser? The teenager who breaks into a pensioner’s home and beats him senseless for not much more than spare change? The dad who abuses his three-year-old and shares the sickening images with other perverted minds on the internet? The family who haven’t had a real job in three generations and expects welfare as a right?

Sometimes you’ve got to wonder if those men in Shrapnel Valley were the best of us and we’re no longer made of the same stuff anymore.

Here we are having a puerile debate about what constitutes “Australian values” when none of them needed a definition to know what they were fighting for. My great-grandfather on the Western Front, and grandfather in the jungles of New Guinea; neither of them needed a definition either. They both understood, like so many who have followed them in other conflicts, that there are times we’re called to stand up for something bigger than ourselves: no debate needed.

utterly disgraceful behaviour by a few on here...

and as with every year.. those who have never served and never will..

so to try and make themselves feel better about their own failures they take pot shots  at those who have put their lives on the line by serving in the Defence Forces...

piss weak... 

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 9:16pm:




Dear Karnal,
how many medals can you pin on the front of your jacket  ( or dress) ?

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 6:43pm:

"Best of us died on Anzac Day."

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 9:16pm:




Dear Karnal,
how many medals can you pin on the front of your jacket  ( or dress) ?

Aussie wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 6:46pm:


Come on, son. We've still got Big Hole and the Mechanic.

We'll need someone to push their wheelchairs in this year's parade.

Any takers?

Mattyfisk wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 9:22pm:



But aren't you a LOT older than we are?

BigOl64 wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2017 at 9:31pm:


No, son, I'm a LOT bloody younger.

You two were using Grecian 2000 when you were in nappies.

BigOl,
you're just jealous that Karnal fought on the front lines
in the jungles of Vietnam
& has many medals to pin on his vest.


forgiven
namaste