Thistle inn photo by Dave Roberts
and
http://photosoc.wellington.net.nz/images/24hrs/2002/fullsize/54RobertsA.JPG
The Thistle is at the harbour end of my old street. Almost as old as the city, which is only 160 years.
Grandad used to drink there, father claimed he didnt. Katherine Mansfield wrote a story about the place



flickr pics:
raccoons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latenightowl/5323556/
lickr.com/photos/dey/
rocks
http://photos6.flickr.com/6477461_3367a8191a_o.jpg
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15Mar05 "The Defence Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) questioned a KBrownRootpayment of $27.5 million to transport $82,000 worth of propane"
I'm not surprised by the loss of civil liberties and habeas corpus under the current USA regime.
I knew as I saw building 7 bring 'taken down' that liberties would go.
I'm not surprised by the vicious bombardment and massacres in Iraq. I knew the USA would need to bomb someone.
What is surprising is the huge extent of the financial corruption in the present regime, and the lack of concern amongst USA citizens and media
The list is long and the amounts are huge. You know the list... Enron, WorldCom.KellogBrownRoot, SaudiBinLadenGroup, Yukos, etc etc
- just a few years ago, any one of these crimes would have brought down governments. Now people dont give a damn.