Rugby League players

Am I the only one to cringe, when I hear rugby league players described by our media as [sports] ‘heroes’?

They may be a lot of things – highly tuned professional sportsmen, overpaid thugs or just stupid, naughty boys, but heroes – I’m sorry! Heroes are people who rescue people in danger or distress, save peoples’ lives, even give up their own lives for others, but rugby league players paa…leease!

Interview critique [addendum to previous budget post]

The only other point to add to the [admittedly rather lengthy] post below, was the disappointing performance of Quentin Dempster, the interviewer on ABC's Stateline.

While Roozendaal was trotting out his inanely stupid PR line 'a tough budget for tough times', Dempster singularly failed to correct him on the crux of the whole argument - namely that when there are tough times, it is a government's job to post a stimulatory budget - ie they are supposed to act in a counter-cyclical manner, to correct the market failing ie in a recession, they should increase, not reduce spending - this is economics 101, and unfortunately Dempster didn't have the interviewing where-with-all to pick Roozendaal up on it.

Very disappointing all round!

-A