Right-wingers are nothing if not predictable. And their greedy philosophy is not only truly eeevil, but also inconsistent. Take their reaction to our fellow traveller David Hicks and his searing and unflinchingly honest book about his ordeal in the hell holes of the Great McSatan.

While the Australian Government decides whether to let Hicks receive the proceeds from the tome, free market zealots like Iain Hall spout fatuous nonsense like this:

Hmm I very much hope that the profits from this boo...
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If there's one thing we can count on, fellow travellers, it's the revolting coarseness of the conservative commentariat. Their latest display of utter barbarism was jubilation at the clearly illegal, cold-blooded, extra-judicial murder of Osama bin Laden. This appalling act by the ultimate rogue state, performed deep in the territory of another sovereign nation and without its knowledge or permission defiles us all. Yet Rupert's rotties are calling it a "triumph for freedom".

Can you believe t...
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Fellow travellers, I almost feel guilty about opining on the significance of the earthquake in Japan. I mean, it has only just happened, there has been much destruction of the environment, and the body count is rising rapidly. Humans also have been heavily affected.

But opine I must, and immediately! The reason: vile, opportunistic right-wingers have wasted no time in exploiting this terrible event to further their own anti-green agenda.

Completely. Utterly. Disgraceful.

It's also deeply ironic...
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