No relation as far as I'm aware. Bob was in the Smithfield area for years. Last time I saw him was in 1986 driving along Cumberland H'way Wentworthville just after he'd returned from trip up Tanami Track in NT/WA. Albeit one of his door to door chicken salesmen called for a while a couple of years ago delivering chickens. and I was told he's still around.
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Informal Apostate Gathering
by Stephanus inthe rumours that i am going to sydney tomorrow to catch up with certain apostates who post to this board may or may not be true...
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Informal Apostate Gathering
by Stephanus inthe rumours that i am going to sydney tomorrow to catch up with certain apostates who post to this board may or may not be true...
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That would be Bob Fowler you refer to wouldn't it?
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UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!
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They're back .... the Tampa refugees
by drloss injust in case anyone is interested, the australian federal court this afternoon ruled the australian government had acted illegally in relation to the mv tampa refugee situation and ordered they be landed in australia.. see http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/11/national/national110.html for the full story.
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drloss
If there was any doubt about the political nature (and stupidity) of the Australian Government's handling of the situation, have a read of this http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/11/national/national6.html .
Amazing scenes on CNN in New York & Washington. Hope little Johnny Howard (?Hunt) being there had nothing to do with it!
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Austinmer/Bulli KH Burns! Arson?
by Stephanus inthe kingdom hall occupied by the bulli and austinmer congregations burned last week, and there are rumours that it was arson.
can anyone shed any light on this?
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Comf
Before we all kangaroo hop to conclusions, has anyone confirmed arson? If so what evidence is there any xjw was involved? Has anyone claimed responsibility?
The reasons for arson are many and varied but the most common are vandals who destroy for the sake of it, fire bugs (pyromaniacs) or criminals to cover/destroy the evidence of their criminal activity.
Suggest we get the facts before we start wondering whether there is a radical element of militant xjw's who are "out there" to cause mayhem and destruction based on "bigotry".
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They're back .... the Tampa refugees
by drloss injust in case anyone is interested, the australian federal court this afternoon ruled the australian government had acted illegally in relation to the mv tampa refugee situation and ordered they be landed in australia.. see http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/11/national/national110.html for the full story.
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drloss
Just in case anyone is interested, the Australian Federal Court this afternoon ruled the Australian Government had acted illegally in relation to the MV Tampa refugee situation and ordered they be landed in Australia.
See http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/11/national/national110.html for the full story.
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Australian Nazi regime?
by Norm inwhat kind of complete bastard regime do they have in australia?.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1511000/1511903.stm.
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The solution now being implemented is just for John Howard's political purposes.
Instead of landing the illegals on Xmas Is and flying them out, they are being transferred to a troopship, sailed to Port Moresby and then transshipped to NZ & Nauru - just so John Howard can say they never landed in Australia.
However, the Federal Court case in Melbourne may yet determine the outcome. For those who are unaware, an Australian court injunction is currently in place preventing the Government from proceeding with its plans. The court is sitting this morning to hear argument on the matter.
Watch this space.
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Australian Nazi regime?
by Norm inwhat kind of complete bastard regime do they have in australia?.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1511000/1511903.stm.
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Jan
In an earlier post you stated "If the Ozzies had been closest to them then it would have been the Ozzies etc. Even so, they would have have been brought here to Australia even on an Australian ship." What difference does it make the vessel which picked them up is NOT Australian? THAT IS THE POINT. The Australian Government's actions have been cynical, opportunistic, indefensible and unAustralian.
Again you appear to be confusing the issue of the Australian Government's actions in relation to this group of illegal immigrants (which may or may not include genuine refugees) who were in immediate danger of sinking/drowning and rescued by a merchant vessel with the overall illegal immigrant problem.
I don't accept Australia doesn't have the capacity to deal with this group of people immediately. So what if our PERMANENT facilities happen to be full at the moment and it will take some time to erect more. Australia's emergency services (SES) has the capability of establishing emergency accommodation, as does the army, for many more than this group. The Australian Government also refuses to consider accommodation alternatives to "hostels" (low security prison camps).
In 1974 Darwin was flattened by cyclone and Australia coped with a city of 30,000 being made homeless over night. 27 years later we haven't the capacity to care for 460 people? I think we do, the Government simply refuses to use the resources at its disposal for its own political agenda and is releasing media propaganda saying it can't help.
In 1999 hail damaged 22,000 homes in Sydney. We coped despite thousands requiring temporary accommodation. Unquestionably Australia has the resources to deal with this problem but chooses not to. It is not a matter of "can't" it really is "won't" on the part of the Australian Government.
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Australian Nazi regime?
by Norm inwhat kind of complete bastard regime do they have in australia?.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1511000/1511903.stm.
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Jan
Regardless of the difficulties Australia may have in dealing with this boatload, that is no justification for dumping the problem on a private shipping company.
The MS Tampa (freighter, 262m long, crew 27) is not in a better position than Australia (developed country, 7,692,030 km2, population 19.4m) to deal with this particular group.
No amount of rationalisation/justification (political gymnastics by Howard) will excuse the stupidity of the government's actions in this matter.
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Why do loyal dubs post here
by Room 215 inthis issue, of course, has been raised before.
of course there's no one simple reason.
arrogance, i'm sure plays a role -- the ones that feel the wts counsel to avoid dialogue with opposers is meant for the ``weaker ones'' and cannot possibly apply to someone as well-grounded and mature as they.. it may be a tacit acknowledgement that the society's arguments against debate are specious.
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Loyal dubs don't. Just lurking here would be deemed disloyalty in dubdom. Hopefully many many more will lurk and post and discover there is life after enslavement.