Saturday 16th February 2008 OK Shoot me!

Aint she wonderful? I did take another close up, but all one could see was the expanse of bridge with two eyes just showing. You see, Michele is a mad subject for a photo. As soon as she sees the camera she is in your face, or in this case, the camera lense. Literally. But she is adorable. My eldest and my favourite little girl. No, Cathy is not a girl...... yet! She is working on it. At this time she is my favourite baby. Actually she is my mate. And we get into big trouble these days. You see the raspberry blowing competitions have got real serious. Now we can raspbery blowing out, sucking air in though our lips, on our arms, on daddy's leg. Yes, we are good... very good. Talking of raspberry blowing. I put Michele to bed. She is now 4 years old. So, every night there is four hugs and four kisses. Each that it. Well, tonight I put her to bed. And as I was about to tuck her in I spotted that her belly was exposed. And she hadn't noticed. That was just too big a temptation. So, one big fat loud raspberry got planted, followed by much squealing and laughing on her part.

OK now to the subject line. You are probably wondering why the subject line. I didn't say sorry. You see, I wasn't around when this all happened. There is no doubt that some horrendous things were done to them. And some were probably removed without their parents concent. But I didn't do it and I wasn't there and some of them, who have a very high profile, weren't stolen. They were either given up by their parents or were found abandond. And even if they were, so what. I was bashed as a kid. Does that mean I should be compensated because my parents acted in what they thought was the correct manner even if it was wrong and abusive? Maybe I should start living in a gutter and crying poor me. Grow up and get a life is what I say. Get over it and stop using it as an excuse to keep doing what their are doing. Now starts the enevitable round of stolen generation compensation claims, which of course will be successful. And what will they do with the money they get in compensation? Why I am glad you asked. It will be used to buy alcohol. And in 6 months, I am being generous here, they will be back, hand held out for more. Love him or hate him, Mr Howard had the courage of his convictions to stay away. And Mr Nelson had the courage to stand up and tell it like it was.

However, we have been there and done that. Now time to move on. If you don't agree with me, that's fine. I can live with it.