bloody willie mason hasn't pulled on a cows jersey yet his ugly dial has been plastered all over the front page of the local rag up here for the past week. today he claims his best footy is in front of him and he can win the cows a premiership this year. i'm sick of the prick already.

"There is, I'm afraid, no way out for them and it's all about breaking the news gently to a very proud people. "

The Yanks are lucky in that if things get too bad they can probably just print enough money and inflate their way out of things. They probably can get away with this because basically all their debt is in US dollars and they have the gravitas to basically enough all the heat it would create. (and I do understand that it would create a LOT of heat)

I'm amazed people actually fell for Obama... He's a Lamb to the Slaughter.... Wouldn't be surprised one bit if he gets asassinated.... I'll predict around 2012... Then the US can usher in Martial Law.... Problem Reaction Solution.

NWO here we come..lol

Gotta Love Those Dogs !

he could buy himself a big whopper

They invaded Australia on World Youth Day.

Obama has done alot. THE USA did not invade any country in 2009

I could murder one of those right now to be honest!

I guess so, I'm just going by the polls which have shown him sliding dramatically amongst independents and such.

Really was a terrible time to come in as President.

Walk on the hungry Jacks side of the road Ian....

At worst case, you'll end up buying a medium Bacon Deluxe meal...

Its full of goodness...

1) Has bread (Fibre)
2) Has Vegies (Tomato, Lettuce, Onion, Potatos)
3) Has Meat (protein)
4) Has Cheese (dairy, calcium)

and you get to wash it down with a lovely Coke just to boost your sugar levels up abit.

How could you go wrong??

He still has huge grass roots support amongst the poor and the ethnic minorities but his problem is going to be how to get that mob out to vote again. The turn out barely reaches 40%

One day i am going to go on one of my long aerobic walks at lunch-time and NOT buy a bleeding Baskin and Robbins ice cream on the way back to the office thus more than negating any good that I did for my health aaaaggghhh

His popularity has slipped a hell of a lot now Ian.

carter had great ideas but zero charisma and no popularity. Obama has great charisma, huge popularity but no ideas. My own impression is that, once elected, he looked at the finances in detail and realised that the country was absolutely phukked now and forever. There is, I'm afraid, no way out for them and it's all about breaking the news gently to a very proud people.

Dogs Mafia, A great idea mate, even something similar to the AFL, take the game to the country areas and promote the hell out of it, unfortunately clubs will not field there strongest teams for fear of long term injury and half of the primadonnas out there will not want to risk there over blown pay checks. Loyal supporter from the territory.

I'm not old enough to have a great understanding of Jimmy Carter's period in office but his legacy is pretty much as an incompetent lame duck isn't it?

Obama certainly has done very very little during his time in charge and has completely bungled the health care bill. The republicans better start canvassing some realistic alternatives to him. His best chance would be running against a gaffe-prone Palin.

wow, thats the most ive written on here since the semi again parra last year bar this post.

Im going back on holidays, im not ready or bothered for this yet...

Obama was good for only a couple of speeches.
They voted him in to hear his speeching skills.

Great call!

I went through all of this with Jimmy Carter. He seemed like such a fine man and a breath of fresh air then turned out to be the most utterly hopeless President. Obama is a rerun.

Omar how the world of pimping & ho's treating you ??? Lol lol

I reckon if they offered him a spot in the all-stars team plus the chance to drive the bus to the game he would have stayed for sure

Benji and the kiwi boys are probably the only ones who are really looking forward to it. It'll be a state of origin for them and all the aboriginal players who never get a shot at origin.

A concept like this might have helped keep Dunny Bill Millions from running away like a coward a few seasons ago since he didn't get to play State of Origin. Poor Dunny Boy!

I'm going to the all star game on Saturday night but I'm not overly looking forward to it. It will still interest me more than internationals though, which send me to sleep.

My main concern is no Bulldogs get hurt.

The Republicans are going to destroy them in the midterm elections. The second half of Obama's first term is going to be a nightmare for him (if the first half hasn't been already).

I could have sworn you'd already had it ;-)) Actually I am not pessimistic in the least bit but I am exceedingly cynical about pretty much everything.

Be good to see how the likes of afu & tapua go against the big boys.

A concept like this could have helped barba in his development

I always like this concept for the pre season - mainly because of the exposure of the NRL stars to regional areas.
It generates interest in the coming season and it reaffirms the NRL as the people's game. I remember going to Wagga as a boy to watch trial games and the buzz was great.

I would love to see the mid-week comp back like how it was in the 80's.

Just a question.

When I reach the other side of 50 is the pessimism and cynicism displayed by Wes and yourself all I have to look forward to??

I might have to have that lobotomy on my 50th birthday after all LOL

They should bring back the pre-season cup played in country area's.

4 20 minute quarter's with squad of 20 split into 10 from top squad & 10 from NYC

8 changes per quarter due to hot weather

Seed the teams in order of comp finish so premiers play wooden spooners, 2nd plays 15th & so on.

The winner will play 4 games maximum & 250k for winning team

Thoughts ????

Parra will be happy with that, it is probably the only trophy they will ever get

Fair enough. maybe I'm missing the point then. They may as well bring back the Sevens.

All 16 coaches approved the concept mate.

By all means enjoy it but I fail to see why it is a positive step for the game. It's just a gimmick as far as i can see and a TV filler. The Telstra Cup is a brilliant competition played at an exceedingly high level and run by a bunch of incompetents. Yet everything that the NRL does appears to devalue that competition in some way or another. I wonder how the NRL coaches view this novelty event taking players away from them during pre-season training.

It's a positive step for the game Ian and treat it like that.

No micko is above them all and the expert. He is coaching BOTH sides and since he loves Sandow there be no concept of defence :)

then maybe you'd be a battered husband :)

The original concept was a match between Plonkers and Cowsons but it never got off the ground because both teams claimed that Micko was one of theirs!

Well said Matt.

I believe it's a wonderful concept and a great way to start the season. The good thing is that it involves players from ALL the 16 clubs. It's a novelty game for sure, but gets the season off to a fun start. Be more enjoyable than the Crooket.

Yes it will be 32-28 and that's how it should be. The concept of this game is to reach new fans and new audiences and it's working in well with the NRL Community Week.

Enjoy the game for what it is and well done to the NRL for embracing the concept and now what is the kick off to the year ahead. The positive is that this game has no effect on any club during the competition rounds. As for injuries they can happen anytime as we know Halatau was meant to have done his ACL when stepping around some poop that flies out of the sky.

He better hope she does'nt have "THE JACK"!!!

Yeah, he is pretty good at dropping the ball and giving away stupid penalties. If you score points for that I would be putting him in for sure

LOL

Yeah its difficult hey. I pretty much recruited the team i wanted then the rest are burgers.. but my team is pretty solid and full of tackle machines and try scorers

there is unrest in the U.S at the moment, and Obama and his party are getting the blame

it would not surprise me if they get the flick at the next election

Boyle
Bishop
Palin
Hanson

IanC by 4

last night on tv I was watching her do a speach at some red neck conference she is very scary

Yeah, who needs a hockey bum in charge of the most powerful military on earth,----scarey babe.:)

Sarah Pallin going to be "THUNDERSTRUCK" by IanC !!!

He dumped Susan when the Bronwyn Bishop fantasy squatted on his face.

Yes ,now that is another joke and more exposure to injury.

So you have now dumped Susan Boyle?

She could deep fry my Dim Sims any day of the week

Please explain?

Did you also have the hots for that dopey red head from Ipswich?

I can just imagine you dressed up as Angus Young.

That game needs more sex appeal. Titty v Cuntry would ensure a full house.

ROTFLMAO Micko really is a grade one plonker!

I have the hots for her. she'd be great as the sadistic headmistress with me as the naughty pupil. ooooooooooooh!

Sarah Palin for president?
Do you really think she has a snowballs chance in hell?


Mind you, I thought Americans would be stark raving mad to elect George W. Bush.

I hope its highly polished and he goes arse over tit!