My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

Bono rejected by Howard - AAP

"I don't accept preconditions from anybody," Mr Howard told reporters.

"I don't commit in advance to businessmen in this country and I certainly don't do it to - much in all as he's high grade - Irish entertainers."


Personally, I don't blame John Howard for not giving him an audience. Well meaning or not, he should first make an appointment to see the Prime Minister and it should be on the Prime Minister's terms. It is disrespectful for any such meeting to be any other way.

Even dodgy Prime Minister's from an unimportant country deserve some respect.

Speaking of respect, if I hear another fucking countrys' representative that does not support the death penalty come out and say "Saddam got everything he deserved" i am going to yell at my tv news segment/or newspaper for no apparent reason! You either support the death penalty or you do not support the death penalty - you cannot have it both ways!

The death penalty? Fuck-me! Saddam gets the death penalty for sentencing others to death. Irony? or some sick twist of fate? Would it not be better to have him put in prison for life where everyday he wakes up regretting what he was meant to have done wrong and wishing he had lead differently? There are far better punishments than death. Death is the easy way out for someone who has truly wronged.

Love Saddam (if that's actually possible) or hate him he at least deserved a fair trial! In all of our wisdom we have not even afforded him that. It is sad when one finds they cannot lead by example. I just hope that Bush at least asks him for advice on how the hell to fix up the hell-hole that is now Iraq before they hang him and lose all knowledge.