American Hypocrisy

In the news today is an article about espionage charges the Cuban government have brought against US 'contractor' Alan Gross. I have no idea if the man is guilty or not and I guess time will tell but what really caught my eye was a statement from US State Department spokesman Charles Luoma-Overstreet. He said:

"We deplore the Cuban government's announcement that Cuban prosecutors intend to seek a 20-year sentence against Mr Gross... He has been held without charges for more than a year, contrary to all international human rights obligations and commitments regarding justice and due process."

Yes, this is a spokesman for the government which imprisoned people at Guantanamo Bay without charge for years at a time; which tortured and degraded people in prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay; which kidnapped people and flew them to 'black sites'; and which has members of congress demanding Julian Assange be tried for treason (even though he's not an American) and executed for merely bringing the truth to light. And now a spokesman for this corrupt, malignant government has the audacity to condemn Cuba for holding an accused spy without charge for "... more than a year". HYPOCRITES!

For the record, I am also outraged that someone could be held in prison without charge for such an unreasonable length of time but the American government is the last group that should be opening their mouths about this.

Robert McLeod: Scum Personified

The next time Oxford put together a pictorial dictionary, they should use this picture to show the definition of scum. Robert McCleod is lower than a snake's belly.

For those not in the know, this dog and his equally canine sons were involved in a brawl in Joondalup in February 2008 which the police had to attend. Whilst trying to break up the fight, Constable Matt Butcher was attacked from behind by the incredibly gutless Barry McLeod and has been left partly paralysed. Recently Butcher was awarded a $3.3 million payment from the state as compensation which is a pretty poor substitute for being able to live a normal life. So what does this opportunistic mongrel McLeod do? Yep, you guessed it.. he's suing Matt Butcher to try and get some of that money for himself. Wow.. and to think I'd thought he and his family had already sunk as low as it's possible to get. When this mob hit rock bottom they just keep on digging.

Anyone who knows me can testify that I have no problem with immigration and am quite happy for people to move to Australia from other countries. What really annoys me is that people get all up in arms over refugees being allowed to stay but say nothing about this dog. As far as I'm concerned he and his family should be deported back to Scotland immediately.