Santa's little helpers
"The HIH royal commission has heard the company threw extravagant Christmas parties for staff a little over a year before the company collapsed. The commission has been told HIH spent almost $1.2 million on Christmas parties in each state in 1999. The lavish Sydney do, which won organisers the award for Best Event Produced for a Corporation, carried the highest price tag, costing more than $735,000." ABC News web site, September 27.
Or any other hypothetical scenario I can think of
"Each passing day could be one in which the Iraq regime gives anthrax or VX nerve gas or some nuclear weapon to a terrorist ally," George "The Crusader" Bush, September 26.
Family feud
"After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time." George the Crusader, September 26.
Unlike all the other wars
"[The War on Terror is] not a very glamorous war from the sense that the cables and all the air time can cover, but it's happening." George the Crusader, September 26.
From Green Left Weekly, October 2, 2002.
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