Here are but three of the major banks in Australia that drain the population financially by their exorbitant fees. These banks, including the ANZ, don't give a hoot about pensioners or the battling mortgage account holder. Fees, fees, fees, how much money can be made off the public that is what these businesses are all about!

And yet they manage to post earnings of more than $3 billion Aus dollars profit each, this year. I honestly do not know how the board and their chairmen sleep at night.
Now the banks want to up interest rates whether or not Federal Reserve Bank raises rates or not. And the United States just lowered their rates.

The US Federal Reserve gave investors what they wanted today; lowering short-term rates for the second time in two months, but it quietly warned Wall Street not to expect to assume that more reductions are ahead.

The move, to reduce short-term rates by a quarter points to 4.5 percent, was aimed at preventing the meltdown in housing from crippling the rest of the economy. But the vote was not unanimous, reflecting disagreement among policymakers about the risks that confront the economy.

Investors were generally pleased, and stocks were up modestly after briefly giving up most of their gains for the day immediately after the announcement. But Treasury prices fell, reflecting some concerns that lower interest rates could stoke inflation. Oil prices surged nearly 4 percent and gold futures were up about 1 percent. The dollar modestly weakened against other major currencies.

In a statement accompanying its decision, the Fed acknowledged that the housing collapse is likely to slow the economy, but it said “some inflation risks remain” and that the risks of inflation were “roughly balanced” against the risk of slower growth.

When it comes to choice Channel 9 is No. 1 while 7's Sunrise is the worst program on morning television in Australia



Channel 9 in Australia has been battling over the last couple of years with programming and if finally emerging as a great contender. After several different personalities appeared on the Today program, 9's early morning current affairs, and news and entertainment program is proving they have the right formula for attracting audiences. With Richard Wilkins, along with Richard Reed covering entertainment, and the very beautiful and authoritative Georgie Gardner reading the news, you just can't watch anything else other that Today. And looking at Georgie Gardner, who would want to? I think Georgie is the most beautiful and intelligent woman on Australian Television today.


The only thing that bothers me about the Today show is the weather maps. Little Stevie Jacobs is a terrific lad and presenter but his only job is reading a very boring temperature chart around Australia. I have complained over and over and over about the weather maps, to no avail. I feel the weather should be made much more interesting with better maps, more synoptic maps and maybe a fly around tidal prediction.


Now I will get to the other photo at the top of this blog, the Sunrise cast. Mel is a typical frumpy 'housewife' who is very boring and dull. Lisa is pretty in a mundane sort of way; Kosh is a dickhead who really should not be on television because he has a face for radio and a sense of humour that would offend bikie gangs at a bbq. The weather girl is cute in a collegiate sort of way and would gain much more attention by posing as a nudie in a men’s magazine.


Channel 7 has some good programs; Sunrise is not one of them!


Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson currently host the Today program smoothly and interestingly. It is worth the effort to get up early just to view the program and at the same time keep up to date on what is happening in our country.

Keep going Channel 9, you certainly have the formula right on this one.

Cate Blanchett, a real political sweetheart

Academy Award recipient Cate Blanchett, who has starred in so many films including The Aviator, Babel, Elizabeth, Notes On A Scandal and The Good German, just to mention a few of her highly acclaimed films has gone a little political.

Cate has suggested that Australia is in America’s back pocket to the point of embarrassment.
Ms Blanchett went on to state that Australia needs to claim its own individualism, and reconnect to the world in a better way.

She said, "We've really isolated ourselves from Asia. "I think that's politically and culturally very foolish. The problem with Australia is that it's uranium and coal (mineral) rich, so whoever gets in (the Coalition or the Labour Party) needs to be really responsible."

Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton is in London this week for the premiere of her latest film, Elizabeth the Golden Age. The thing about these comments is, they are spot on correct. I don’t care what that dickhead Alexander Downer (his last name certainly suits his personality) says. We need to represent our credentials to the leaders of Southeast Asia. It is these countries that are buying most of our mineral resources including gas, coal, and uranium.

We obviously need to keep the United States as an ally but we do need to forge closer links to Asian. We are a part of Asia (Australasia). Cate says we have isolated ourselves from our closest neighbours and that we have been politically and culturally embarrassed.

Cates comments were not welcomed by either party, Liberal or Labour, which feels her comments are a real shame and that she misunderstands. Both parties agree Australia’s national defence strategy and security is reliant on good relations with America.

in my opinion that doesn't mean we have to kiss thier ass.

Hey, all you politicians, of any political persuasion, Cate’s comments are spot on. Perhaps, if you have plans for Australia to become the 52nd state of the United States, you should give us warning now so we can start packing and make arrangements to find another place to live.

Of course you can reconsider your relationship with the U.S., whose economy is headed for the toilet, whose dollar is on critical melt down, who are war mongers and bullies, and are the most unwanted, untrustworthy people as friends, of anyone in the world.

Seriously, when is the price of crude oil too high? I ask this question as oil, per barrel of sweet crude, is approaching $100 US per barrel, before the end of the year.

When are the motorists of the world, the people who use oil products to make tyres and other rubber products, the people that hear their homes with oil products, going to say they have had enough, that oil prices must fall?

How much money do the Arabs and other members of the oil cartels need? And what is this crap about weather conditions, wars and other excuses, for putting up the price of oil. The world was going along just nicely before these oil producing countries got super greedy.

When an alternative to oil is found I will be one of the first to celebrate the end of oil producing countries holding the rest of the world to ransom.

Lovely Filipina girls ready and willing....

In the past two years I have spent a considerable amount of time in Southeast Asia and China. I have found the food throughout the Philippines terrible, the temperature unbearable at times, the pollution unforgivable, the beer awful, service in the hospitality industry appalling, prices in the better establishments, i.e., Hyatt Casino and Hotel, ridiculous. But to smooth over the faults of the Philippines, the women are hot and willing to give themselves to a western man for a small amount of money in the hopes they will meet someone who will give them a better life.

Mind you, life couldn’t get much worse for the residents of the bigger cities in the Philippines. The LA Club in Manila is a place where young Filipina women can go to congregate, in the hopes of latching on to a western man. These girls, ranging in ages from 18 to 50, will fuck for a whole night for 1000 to 1500 Philippine Pesos. (At the time of this article that translates to around $40 to $60 Aus per night.)

The good news is that if you are pinching your pennies you don’t have to spend your hard earned dollars on buying them drinks as the majority of these girls have day jobs, teaching, nursing, doctoring, retailing, etc, and the service you get for your money is nothing short of spectacular. I'm talking massages, blow jobs, a good fuck in any position, as many as you can handle in one night; these are the perks of buying a Filipina whore.

Because most western men see the goods as incredibly inexpensive, they may get greedy, buying two or three of these young beautiful Filipina’s for the night, and believe me, for the money. What is really sad about the situation is, these girls are forced into prostitution by the poverty that ravages the country, and there is plenty of that in these islands of paradise (there are over 7000 islands in the Philippines).

The LA Club is just one of hundreds that provide a venue for the girls to gather. Private clubs charge the girls a fee for using their establishments, but in return give a reward percentage of the cost of the alcohol their “John” drinks. The management of the LA Club does not charge the girls for congregating and parading their wares.

Not all the girls are from Manila or Angel City. Many come from the other towns and villages from the outer islands, Cebu Island, Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro, Padagan, Catalan, and Boracay, just to mention a few. A lot of girls from smaller villages have relatives living in Manila who are seeking their fortune and luck from prostitution in the big cities. I actually asked on 19 year old girl if her mother knew what she was doing and she answered, “Yes, but I send half my earnings back to my parents and they are happy and content with it. They just want me to be happy, and they buy food with the money I send.

Mind you, a female lathe operator in a factory in Cebu earns the equivalent of $3.00 US per day for a 10-hour shift. Most hospitality staff earns $60 US per month and out of that they must take out rent, buy food and clothes, and if a female, all the personal items a woman needs. You can tell the ones that don’t earn anything as they are the ones sleeping on the streets, on the hard concrete sidewalks with their children. These poor people beg from passing strangers or get abused by fellow Philippine people who have no tolerance for their plight.

Many western men meet girls in brothels in Angel City or Manila and take their girls with them to other islands for whatever period of time they are going to be there. At least the girls get fed and bedded in nice accommodation, but they also get used to the extreme. The girls do not mind as long as the money keeps coming in and they are treated respectedly. Most will even let you take photos of them in naughty positions if you ask nice.

Chinese girls, in some ways, are a different story. When in Shanghai and Guangzhou I experienced two prostitutes who both had day jobs, one was a nurse and the other a sales girl in a department store. They were both incredibly beautiful but wanted to supplement their daytime income. The Chinese girls are more dedicated to taking care of the man they are with, yes, still willing to do anything to please their man, but think the man they are with is the only person on earth. Plus there is the cleanliness factor. I believe the Chinese girls are the cleanest girls on earth.

So where would I recommend you go if you’re looking to get laid. China or the Philippines? I would seriously recommend both countries deserve an extended visit. What the hell, go for it! You will be doing two things, helping them eat and live a better life, and satisfying yourself and you sexual cravings.

I think the thing for you to do is book yourself and airline ticket to either China or Manila and from there explore and find out for yourself. You will not only be having a very good time, you will also be helping the economy of both countries. Just remember to make sure your girls are of legal age as both countries have severe penalties for underage sex. Take some duty free perfume and some chocolates for the girls, and they also like scented soaps. These are treats these girls rarely experience. And be nice to the ladies, they deserve that much, at least.

Of course this practice goes on all over Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Burma. And believe me, all these women are truly beautiful.

This is a girl who loves sex anytime, anywhere, and obiously, with anyone!

Ms Lohan has been at it again, misbehaving in her usual manner. Lindsay, 21, gives a new meaning to the term “problem child”. A magazine in the US reportedly claims Lindsay blew $2.13 US on partying, drugs, clothes, cosmetics, the hire of cars and their drivers, expensive hotel rooms, alcohol, tanning, getting her hair done in exclusive salons, (let’s not forget) rehabilitation clinics and general shopping.

Hey Linds, to steal a quote, “time to pencil in a Spenders Anonymous meeting”.

Now, to get herself back on the front page of the supermarket tabloids, after the latest lengthly stint in rehab, Lindsay is claiming to be broke and homeless, but, she managed to steal another women’s man. On ya Lindsay!

She even had sex in the stairwell of the clinic because of a no sex rule that does not allow anyone except medical staff in individual patient’s rooms, and there are cameras to make sure. Her new beau is Riley Giles, an ex-con, whom she met at the clinic. Lindsay has impeccable taste in men, don’t you think? Of course Riley was not a single man, in prison and out, when he met Lindsay. He had a girlfriend that is now screaming Lindsay stole her boyfriend. Listen girl, Lindsay has probably done you a big favour.

Discreet love in a stair well, how gosh! As I said in a previous blog, Lindsay’s vagina is one of the most enjoyed rides in that little piece of paradise we all know as “Tinseltown”.

With the world in so much danger of a global war I believe this is the most important story of the day.

Why shouldn’t Turkey retaliate against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for killing 12 Turkish soldiers during an attack on a patrol in the rugged mountainous border that defines the separation of two countries? And why is America asking Turkey to restrain itself from retaliation for a couple of days? The Turkish government warned they were expecting quick steps from the U.S. as a requirement of the "strategic alliance" between the two countries.

Alliance between Turkey and the United States is best described as tentative at most times. In 1975 I was flying out of Istanbul on Air France with a group of US Air Force men that had been held hostages by Turkish Government for over six months.

Although Turkey has caved in, so far to the American request, I don’t feel Turkey should show any restraint in crossing the border to capture or kill as many of these PKK terrorist as possible.

In Ankara, the Turkish military said the PKK rebels had crossed from northern Iraq into the southern Turkish province of Hakkari just after midnight. They blew up a bridge about three miles from the border as an army infantry unit crossed, then fired on troops in a cross fire from three sides. Turkish official stated that 12 soldiers died and 16 soldiers were injured.

Separately, 17 civilians were injured, six seriously, when a wedding party, travelling near the site of the ambush detonated a land mine that had been planted by the rebels. One can expect anger and rage throughout Turkey, with demands of revenge. Demonstrators took to the streets in several cities, including Bursa, where protesters vandalized the headquarters of a Kurdish political party, destroying furniture, shattering windows and draping the office with a Turkish flag.

This latest skirmish comes at an especially tense and awkward period as Turkish authorities were already threatening to cross into northern Iraq to root out and attack Kurdish guerrilla camps. Turkey's parliament authorized the government troops to carry out such incursions as early as last week, despite calls for restraint from George Bush in Washington and Iraqi government.

A government spokesman stated although Turkey respects Iraq's territorial integrity, they will not tolerate that terrorism is aided and abetted in this region, and they will not refrain from paying any price to protect their rights and laws, territorial integrity and protect their people. The statement added, however, the Turkish government would try to avoid harming relations with other countries, a signal that it might heed calls for diplomacy. Turkey has long been demanding that U.S. forces take action against PKK rebels, who have found refuge in northern Iraq's relatively peaceful semiautonomous Kurdish region.

George Bush and his deputy, Dick Cheney, are the two most dangerous men alive on this planet today. I have been preaching to those that will listen about the dangers of these two arseholes looking for an excuse to start World War III.

If a world war is started, it means that George Bush will remain President of the United States until its end. Both megalomaniacal men are taunting Iran with the threat of military action, meaning that China, Russia and the other Middle East countries will get involved with all hell breaking loose. I am sure Bush and Cheney dream of this scenario, they live for it.

George Bush would hold on to power at any cost. The sad thing about this fact is that both men are totally ignorant. They actually think the rest of the world likes them. I have some sad news for you Mr Bush and Mr Cheney, we don't. Not one bit! You will rain down death and destruction on your citizens by taking such a silly move. I plead with you, use diplomacy. It is the only thing that will save our world from mass destruction on a scale no one in history has ever seen before.

I would like to give you a very quick lesson on greenhouse gasses and global warming as I would just like to set the record straight.

The issue of Global Warming is really getting out of control and quite ridiculous. Over the period of existence of this planet Earth several scenarios have taken place.

Natural holes in the Ozone layer appear and disappear, as they have over the millenniums. Why, because it is a natural phenomenon of the Earth to heal itself. It always has and it always will.

We blame greenhouse gasses on global warming but the truth of the matter is, global warming is a natural cycle of ocean water temperatures, related to the amount to salt in ocean water, and that is the reason we have global warming. Our planet is three quarters oceans and seas, saltwater! When this cycle reverses itself, over the next 10 to 15 years, we will look back on all this "panic" and see just how ridiculous and foolish we really were.

And to those of you that link the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific to global warming, you will also see the errors of your scaremongering. Statistics show there were 101 hurricanes from 1900 to 1949, in a period of cooler global temperatures, compared to 83 from 1957 to 2006 when the earth warmed. Simply put, look at the facts.
To simply put it, the human impact on our atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures.

To those of you that have seen Al Gore's, "An Inconvenient Truth", and worse yet, agree with him. I am here to tell you, you need to learn how Earth's atmosphere works. I do not understand how they could give a Nobel Peace Prize to a man for being totally wrong and out of touch with reality and truth. We are being brainwashed into believing what is simply not true. In order to do this we have to find a way to awaken the world’s conscience about exactly what we are facing.

It is true we need to find solutions to pollutions; otherwise we will find the earth a very uninhabitable place to live. I believe we should be putting our energies and finances towards finding solutions to world hunger.

In ten to fifteen years from now you will think back and say, "Hey, that fella from Australia really did know what he was talking about!"

I don't know, but I would suppose, that I am not the only person in the world that is sick and tired of seeing speculators and petrol companies gain financial reward from our sufferings of paying high petrol prices at the pump.

When is enough, enough? When are consumers going to fight back?

I recently sold my vehicle and now take buses and mini-buses and taxis which are much cheaper than paying the high price demanded by these already wealthy companies. I would really like to know is anyone else out there is as pissed off as I am about the prices charged per litre or gallon. It is finally time to speak out lest the price of fuel for our vehicles reaches the $100.00 per barrel mark.