I like Barry Loudermilk

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…check out these great words:

“Immigrants, not Australians, must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the ‘politically correct’ crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia .
“However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.
“This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
“We speak mainly English, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society… learn the language!
“Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.
“We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.
“If the Southern Cross offends you… then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don’t care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
“This is our country, our land, and our lifestyle, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, the right to leave. If you aren’t happy here, then leave. We didn’t force you to come here . You asked to be here. So accept the country you accepted

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I wonder if the Australian government prints official documents/forms (for the people) in multiple languages. I also wonder if drug stores print prescriptions (for customers) in multiple languages. Do schools offer instruction/education in their native language or similar programs? Do businesses advertise that multiple languages are accepted at the place of business?

I ask b/c immigrants seemingly get mixed messages. They get the message like the one you posted (and people do say the same things about the USA, although perhaps not its most prominent members), and then they get the message that, in practice, businesses and the gov’t will adapt to them and make it easier for them to “not assimilate” (by the things I mentioned above). Again, usually by “well meaning” people.

It’s strange that we can be so tough and “Wild West” in some aspects, yet fold like a freshly-greased lawn chair on others (or ignore them altogether until the situation is too large to realistically deal with).

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must be an election in the wind…

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It’s a great quote isn’t it?
So forthright, so fearless. Unafraid to be controversial, shooting an arrow of hope into the redneck heartland.

Only one small problem…it’s a fake. Made up. John Howard never said it (as much as some people wish he would, and others imagine he is thinking it).

It doesn’t represent Howard’s views, and even if it did, as the canniest leader working on the conservative side of the fence today he is far too shrewd to say anything like it.

I’m not sure whether you are trying to con this forum, or if you are just surpassingly gullible yourself, but you probably should offer a retraction or delete the post. If, after a bit of reflection and research you still want to pin your credibility to this little urban myth then offer a plausible source and we’ll track it down. If it had been real, it would have made front page of all the mainstream press, so let us know where it appeared in:
Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/
The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
The Age http://www.theage.com.au/
for starters.

buffoonsareus.com doesn’t count

Strange days indeed, me defending the reputation of John Winston Howard.

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I wonder if the Australian government prints official documents/forms (for the people) in multiple languages. I also wonder if drug stores print prescriptions (for customers) in multiple languages. Do schools offer instruction/education in their native language or similar programs? Do businesses advertise that multiple languages are accepted at the place of business?

Yes, yes and yes. It’s practical.
We have an English language requirement for immigrants in most circumstances. In some circumstances (such as family reunification immigration and asylum) it won’t apply. In any case migrant communities will always have a greater comfort and facility with their first language. I have lived in non English speaking countries and shamelessly continued to communicate predominantly in English. I wasn’t subverting their culture and way of life. I tried to do that by corrupting their daughters.

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Yet another great world leader taking his words from the master. It is almost uncanny how they continue to plagiarize your thoughts and words and present them to the world as their own.

Well, assuming the quote is legitimate, which apparently it isn’t.

Not to worry. Some facts are just too good to check.

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“I’m not sure whether you are trying to con this forum, or if you are just surpassingly gullible yourself, but you probably should offer a retraction or delete the post. If, after a bit of reflection and research you still want to pin your credibility to this little urban myth then offer a plausible source and we’ll track it down. If it had been real, it would have made front page of all the mainstream press, so let us know where it appeared in:”

It appears that you are correct, I made a mistake, it appears John Howard never said such a thing. Therefore, I made some changes to the original post. Things like this happen when you are wrong .22% of the time (hat-tip LT83)

Regardless of the author, my little error does not make those great words any less true…quiet the opposite, powerful messages such as this send libs like you into a panic: “…offer a retraction or delete the post…”

No.

Why do libs trip out on the truth? Why do libs want to censor everything they don’t agree with? Why do the ‘champions of diversity’ encourage all forms of diversity except for intellectual diversity?

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Great post. My reading comprehension skills aren’t the greatest, but I was wondering if somewhere in there he wrote:

“We stole this land first!!” Hmmm…maybe not entirely correct, but I thought it had a better ring to it than, “We were imprisoned on the land that someone else stole…first.”

Frankly I think our governement buildings should be adorned with crusifixes since our country was founded on christianity as well. We should put them right next to the paintings of some black chick in a doo-rag getting whipped (it will insprie hard work) and maybe an Indian village getting massacred. We can show some closeups of Indians infested with small pox so that people will understand that they were weak and feable anyway.

I’m kidding of course. Some liberals might think this is a good idea, but they can always just leave if they don’t like it. This is OUR country.

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I’m not tripping out about anything.

You’re not posting facts, just misattributed opinion.

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest that (whothefuckis)Barry Loudermilk or (whothefuckis)mojozenmaster hold redneck views. It’s not interesting to me nor, I imagine, anyone else. That’s why nobodies engage in these dishonest misinformation campaigns. You’re trying to give your sloppy opinions a leg up by falsely attributing them to someone who has a reputation, intellect and prominence, because they would otherwise be rightly ignored when presented by jerks with none of those things.

Dishonesty is not ‘intellectual diversity’ and calling you on it is not censorship. Get real.

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Bummer, mojo. No need to give in so easy. You really need to consider the fake but accurate defense. Kind of like Dan Rather and the forged documents. They were fake, but the story was true, or so went the tale.

Or you could look at the Reagan movie that had him saying “they lived in sin let them die in sin” when referring to AIDS victims. He never said anything like that, but he could have goes the tale. Fake, but accurate.

Or you could refer to Murtha charges about the Haditha Marines. Most of those are proving to be BS, but there somewhere in there something probably went wrong, and if not those Marines, then surely lots of others. Fake, but accurate.

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"I’m not tripping out about anything.

You’re not posting facts, just misattributed opinion.

It doesn’t bother me in the slightest that (whothefuckis)Barry Loudermilk or (whothefuckis)mojozenmaster hold redneck views. It’s not interesting to me nor, I imagine, anyone else. That’s why nobodies engage in these dishonest misinformation campaigns. You’re trying to give your sloppy opinions a leg up by falsely attributing them to someone who has a reputation, intellect and prominence, because they would otherwise be rightly ignored when presented by jerks with none of those things.

Dishonesty is not ‘intellectual diversity’ and calling you on it is not censorship. Get real."

When I tell you that you are tripping out, it means that you are tripping out.

You can talk about “dishonest information campaigns” or “falsely attributing” opinions to someone with “reputation, intellect and prominence.”

I already admitted my mistake and corrected my post. If you were paying attention, you would have caught that. You did not catch it because you are still tripping out.

My admission of my fuck-up is the highest form of intellectual honesty. The same way that forgiveness is the truest form of love. So, even though you are tripping out harder than ever, I forgive you. There is no need to ask me what you can do to redeem yourself. My forgiveness of you extends to your last post and every stupid thing you say for the remainder of your life. However, I would encourage you to do some soul searching to determine the source of your bitterness and confusion.

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may the real author of this quote get his wish, perhaps after death in some Christian Heaven, a mono-culture of sameness where nothing creative or wondrous happens.

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Interesting.

I got an email on this today, and went online to look for information on the quote.

Apparently it is a mash up of several quotes taken in 2005 by several Australian leaders.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/australia.asp