Girlie’s been serving it up to da man. She went on the big protest march yesterday, but reports it was kinda boring. I watched it pass from a comfy chair in a local café. George probably didn’t even know it was happening.
Anyway the good ol' boy flew in last night with an entourage of 656 people in six planes. He’s here for 21 hours in what some wags have dubbed “The Great Sleepover”.
“Mum, can I go to John’s place tonight?”
“Yes, George. But don’t stay up too late, dear.”
Reports indicate the US ambassador here, a mate of George’s from the days he was making a fortune from government favours in the baseball industry, recorded a world series game or two in case he wanted to stay up before hitting the sack. Maybe they played a bit of PS2 while they were at it and dialed-in a pizza.
I’d like to think so.
Protest activity is the order of the day. Everyone is waiting to see what happens in Parliament this morning. Who will turn their back? Yes we know the Greens will, but which Labour MPs will protest and which won’t? Will there be any surprises? I’d be surprised if there weren’t. Keep track of developments here. Some MPs have signed a letter of protest.
Meanwhile in South Sydney the boys from ABC’s CNNNN show are hosting the world’s first protest line-dance.
At the last minute two Aussie journos have been added to a function with the President today to show he is not afraid of the local media. Restrictions on carrying weapons seem to have been waived for his security people.
According to the official schedule Bush will visit the Australian War memorial at 5.20 and fly out at 6.20. Now I’ve written about the memorial before and he really should have allowed himself more time. The dioramas are terrific. And how the hell does he expect to do all that, get to the airport and through check-in in an hour?
He’ll be fucked if there’s a queue.
In the President’s shadow the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, will become, reportedly, the first representative of a one party dictatorship to address the Australian Parliament. A great moment indeed.
But, hey, so what if he's a despot? At least he isn't detaining Australians without charge, trial or access to a lawyer. No doubt while here he will be talking to the gruesome twosome, Tony “Headkicker” Abbot and treasurer Peter Costello.
So its Abbot and Costello, and Hu's on second!