Come one, come all. Witness the very moment of the final destruction of a man's career in the Music Industry! Watch in horror and the talentless doofus from the unlistenable Black Eyed Peas commits show-biz hari kari infront of thousands of TV views. And thanks to the Power of You Tube it is a moment, like the 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special, he can NEVER hide from again...
You ready?
Frigtening, isn't it?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
James Bond: Hook Member
Wouldn't this nutter make an awsome James Bond Villian? I think so. In fact if the James Bond francise had any sense they'd have a Bond movie that actually delt with some one LIKE him doing bad stuff like trying to blow up a Nuke in London or some such. But unfortunately that will never happen. Only corporate executives are allowed to be bad guys in movies. Because you know its the corporations that do stuff like hijack planes, set off bombs on public transit and chop the heads off of Catholic Nuns or Buddhist Monks. NOT folk like old Hook Member here.What's going on with his eyeball by the way?
Anyways that would be a great Bond film. You'd need Sean Connery in it though. He was the only real Bond. As for Hook Member I can understand why folk see him as a pirate but they forget this guy could never make it as a pirate. First of all he'd be all against rum. And singing bawdy sea-shanties I believe would also be a no no. No he's far too serious and pious to be a pirate. But... A sourball like this would be a great Bond Villian. Wants to rule the world, wants to kill innocent people...
Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?"
Hook Member: "No, Mr. Bond... I expect you to convert!"
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Stupid Tuesday
Are you sick of the 2008 Election yet? I know I am. I have been since about 2006 too.
As I am not a Yank perhaps I don't fully appreciate the process. The same way I find both baseball and American football TEDIOUS to watch or think about the American Electoral process seems to have that same snooze inducing stop start snails pace speed to it. Also, as with baseball and football this time around I could care less for any of the teams. Pick your poison seems to be the order of the day.
My big question with this 2008 Election is what drugs did American's Mayor take? He COULD have won the 2008 November vote. If he had bothered to try and win the GOP nomination. Was he sleeping?
Well... He blew it. And we're left with two people I doubt can beat either Ms. Clinton or Barack Obama.
20 Alpha 4 Stupid Tuesday Front Bumpers
My big question with this 2008 Election is what drugs did American's Mayor take? He COULD have won the 2008 November vote. If he had bothered to try and win the GOP nomination. Was he sleeping?
Well... He blew it. And we're left with two people I doubt can beat either Ms. Clinton or Barack Obama.
20 Alpha 4 Stupid Tuesday Front Bumpers
Mittens Romney
Okay this guy I understand from reading many well respected right side blogs is the real choice for true conservatives.
Which is fine except everytime I see him interviewed or hear him speak I am instantly revulsed. He has that same insensere quality you expect in a slick car salesman or a TV evangelist.
In many ways I've come to think of his as the Anti-Edwards. Equally phoney but on the other side of the polictical spectrum.
Snarling "Popeye" McCain
It would be ironic if a guy who was a POW in Vietnam for five years end up as the president. Really that's all I know about the fellow. I gather he has offened various conservatives with his immigration stand and other things.
Apparently he is ill tempered and spits when he is poked with a stick. I can't confirm any of these things. He strikes me (or would if I poked him) as at least honest in his own way. Thats certainly an improvement over Mittens or Hilarbeast.
Hilderbeast Clinton
This woman frightens me. She reminds me way too much of the bitter old sadistic hags I often encountered as grade school teachers. Mean spirited, self-rightous little dictators who'd take great pleasure in picking on the boys in the class.
I don't hate this woman because of her tired solicialist polictical views. I hate her because she's manipulative, dishonnest and sneaky.
Barack ObamanationI don't know.
I don't HATE this fellow. For me he's unhateable. I don't know if he'd do a very good job.
He's said some pretty stupid shit like that business about invading Pakistan. Not that invading Pakistan is a bad idea. But what does he stand for? Change? Change what? Change the batteries in my smoke dector? Change my underwear? Change, brother can you spare a dime?
Who knows. Not me.
The kids of today sure do like him. And who can blame them. If Gen X types were sick of the Boomers and their ENDLESS TALKING ABOUT THE 1960s by 1981 can you imagine what their kids feel like?
Who does 20 Alpha 4 support?
Since none of the above appeal to me, and since I am not a Yank so I can't vote anyways here are my picks for who should be the next President of the United States.
Joel Hogdson
Here's the man for the people. He knows how to smile in the face of evil and laugh at all the bad things life can show. I say put him in charge. Let's make politics fun again. And just imagine having Crow T. Robot as Vice President and Tom Sevro as the Secretary of State! Why I feel better already.
Captain Scarlet
I was actually just going to use his picture for Mittens but then I realized I like Captain Scarlet too much to do that to him.
If you want plastic I say Scarlet!
Gurney Halleck
NO not Patrick Stewart. Not Captain Picard. Gurney. Good old Gurney.
With statements like "Mood is for love play and cattle..."
and "Sire, this is a Harkonnen Animaaaaaaaa" you know he means business.
The warrior-trobadour. Or was it trobadour-warrior. Either way he can fight AND play the Basilet. Huzzah for Gurney!
Sandy Duncan
I'm not even sure if Sandy Duncan is still with us. And I'm far too lazy to look her up on the internet. But if we must have a "first female President" I think it should be Sandy Duncan. She was always great as a cartoon on Scoobie Doo Mystery Hour.
And she had shapely gams. Far more shapely than Hilary or Mitt. Sure there was that funny eye thing but who's looking at her eyes when you can look at her gams. Shapely gams.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Where Were WE?
Quite frankly... I had sort of given up on this. Why? Because the daily task of combing through endless news items about our medieval friends trying to force their imaginary friend down everyone else's throat was getting me down.
So after a great deal of thinking I have come to conclude that I will no longer re post news items the way I have and that the best way to stand up to such silliness is to point out how silly it is.
So hence forth I will blog here a little differently than I have in the past.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Shut Up Chavez
Chavez is a loud mouth thug. Why the Hollywood weenies can't see this is a mystery.
Good for the Spanish King.
Spanish King tells Chavez to 'shut up'
A summit aimed at developing closer ties between Latin America, Spain and Portugal has ended in bitter disagreement, with the King of Spain telling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to 'shut up'.
Mr Chavez has a reputation for speaking his mind and during his closing speech at the Ibero American summit in Chile he launched into an angry attack on the former prime minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar.
He called him a fascist and said snakes were more human.
King Juan Carlos of Spain turned angrily to the Venezuelan leader and said "Why don't you shut up".
The summit is supposed to bring the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and Latin America closer together.
This latest one in Chile only seems to have driven some of them further apart.
Good for the Spanish King.
Spanish King tells Chavez to 'shut up'
A summit aimed at developing closer ties between Latin America, Spain and Portugal has ended in bitter disagreement, with the King of Spain telling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to 'shut up'.
Mr Chavez has a reputation for speaking his mind and during his closing speech at the Ibero American summit in Chile he launched into an angry attack on the former prime minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar.
He called him a fascist and said snakes were more human.
King Juan Carlos of Spain turned angrily to the Venezuelan leader and said "Why don't you shut up".
The summit is supposed to bring the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and Latin America closer together.
This latest one in Chile only seems to have driven some of them further apart.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Makati Bomb in Glorietta 2
When this sort of thing happened in the Philippines back before September 2001 no one cared or noticed. Does the West care now?
8 dead in suspected Manila mall bomb
An explosion rocked a Manila shopping mall on Friday in a suspected bomb attack, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens more, police and Red Cross officials said.
Red Cross records showed that 89 more were injured in the explosion at the Glorietta shopping centre in metropolitan Manila's financial district of Makati.
Initial police reports said the blast could have been triggered by a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) tank in one of the restaurants inside the Glorietta shopping centre but investigators began to consider a bombing after surveying the damage.
Randy Naive, who suffered deep cuts on his arms and hands from broken glass, said he was just thankful that he was able to survive the blast.
Naive said he was on the way out of the mall after window shopping when the explosion occurred.
"A few steps after I got down from the escalator, there was a deafening explosion," he said. "Then it went very dark. There was smoke, very thick smoke and I was choking."
Naive said he was lucky he felt water running from where he sat and he washed off his face to avoid choking.
"After a few minutes of darkness, I saw a light. I moved toward it slowly. I heard cries behind me but I continued moving toward the light because I could feel my arm bleeding profusely," he added. "I called for help and I saw people moving toward me."
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to evaluate the incident.
Arroyo appealed for unity in sobriety in the light of the recent incident, noting that there were indications that the explosion was caused by a bomb.
"The police and the armed forces are on highest alert and are fielding an additional 2,000 personnel to secure our public place and to prevent possible similar occurrence," she said in a statement.
"We urge all sectors to remain vigilant as the government steps up security measures to protect our people," she added.
Deputy Director General Geary Barias, chief of the police in the Philippine capital, admitted the damage from the explosion was too extensive for an LPG blast.
"Earlier I told the media that the cause of the explosion was supposed to be an LPG," he said. "This time we are not discounting the possibility of anything."
Barias said he ordered the setting up of checkpoints in key areas. He also directed the deployment of additional police forces in shopping malls and vital installations.
Police Director General Avelino Razon, who also visited the explosion area, said he was sure that the blast was not caused by LPG.
"From the destruction that I saw, this wasn't caused by an LPG," he said. "This was a bomb, but beyond that I cannot say anything because this is still being investigated."
Alfie Reyes, spokesman for the Ayala Land Corporation which operates the mall, said it was unlikely the explosion could have occurred in one of the restaurants in the area.
"At this time we are not in a position to tell you exactly what type of explosion occurred," he said. "It does not appear at the moment that (the explosion) could have emanated from any of the restaurants."
Makati City Councillor JonJon Binay who led the rescue operations said the explosion produced a crater about eight metres wide, while the sunroof of the mall was also blown off.
Part of the walkway leading to the mall was also destroyed and debris was strewn around in the vicinity of the blast area.
8 dead in suspected Manila mall bomb
An explosion rocked a Manila shopping mall on Friday in a suspected bomb attack, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens more, police and Red Cross officials said.
Red Cross records showed that 89 more were injured in the explosion at the Glorietta shopping centre in metropolitan Manila's financial district of Makati.
Initial police reports said the blast could have been triggered by a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) tank in one of the restaurants inside the Glorietta shopping centre but investigators began to consider a bombing after surveying the damage.
Randy Naive, who suffered deep cuts on his arms and hands from broken glass, said he was just thankful that he was able to survive the blast.
Naive said he was on the way out of the mall after window shopping when the explosion occurred.
"A few steps after I got down from the escalator, there was a deafening explosion," he said. "Then it went very dark. There was smoke, very thick smoke and I was choking."
Naive said he was lucky he felt water running from where he sat and he washed off his face to avoid choking.
"After a few minutes of darkness, I saw a light. I moved toward it slowly. I heard cries behind me but I continued moving toward the light because I could feel my arm bleeding profusely," he added. "I called for help and I saw people moving toward me."
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to evaluate the incident.
Arroyo appealed for unity in sobriety in the light of the recent incident, noting that there were indications that the explosion was caused by a bomb.
"The police and the armed forces are on highest alert and are fielding an additional 2,000 personnel to secure our public place and to prevent possible similar occurrence," she said in a statement.
"We urge all sectors to remain vigilant as the government steps up security measures to protect our people," she added.
Deputy Director General Geary Barias, chief of the police in the Philippine capital, admitted the damage from the explosion was too extensive for an LPG blast.
"Earlier I told the media that the cause of the explosion was supposed to be an LPG," he said. "This time we are not discounting the possibility of anything."
Barias said he ordered the setting up of checkpoints in key areas. He also directed the deployment of additional police forces in shopping malls and vital installations.
Police Director General Avelino Razon, who also visited the explosion area, said he was sure that the blast was not caused by LPG.
"From the destruction that I saw, this wasn't caused by an LPG," he said. "This was a bomb, but beyond that I cannot say anything because this is still being investigated."
Alfie Reyes, spokesman for the Ayala Land Corporation which operates the mall, said it was unlikely the explosion could have occurred in one of the restaurants in the area.
"At this time we are not in a position to tell you exactly what type of explosion occurred," he said. "It does not appear at the moment that (the explosion) could have emanated from any of the restaurants."
Makati City Councillor JonJon Binay who led the rescue operations said the explosion produced a crater about eight metres wide, while the sunroof of the mall was also blown off.
Part of the walkway leading to the mall was also destroyed and debris was strewn around in the vicinity of the blast area.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Myanmar Round Up
While the UN Envoy tours Asia the Junta in Myanmar continues its crackdown. The world meanwhile seems to have already lost interest. Just what the Junta wanted.
Seventy Myanmar forces raid house, seize activists
A total of six activists were rounded up by the Myanmar authorities in a raid on a safehouse over the weekend, Amnesty International said yesterday, as the junta continued to hunt for protest leaders.
The London-based human-rights watchdog had on Saturday reported that four political dissidents including two prominent leaders of recent anti-junta rallies had been arrested in Yangon.
New information confirmed that in fact six people were arrested in a raid early on Saturday by security forces on a house in Myanmar's commercial hub, an Amnesty spokesperson in Bangkok said.
"There is no information on where they are being detained," the group said in a statement. "Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of all six people, who are at grave risk of torture and ill treatment."
The statement quoted eye-witnesses, who said that about 70 members of the security forces had raided a residence where the activists were hiding.
Htay Kywe and Mi Mi, who led some of the first protests against the military regime in mid-August, were held along with Aung Thu, a 43-year-old activist.
The other three people have not yet been identified, the spokesman said, but two were believed to be members of prominent activist group the 88 Generation Students, while the other person is thought to be the home owner.
Htay Kywe and Mi Mi helped lead August's protests, which were sparked by an overnight jump in fuel prices in Myanmar that left many unable to afford even to travel to work.
They went into hiding after 13 pro-democracy leaders were arrested on Aug. 21. They all belong to the 88 Generation Students, made up of veteran student leaders who spearheaded the 1988 democracy uprising.
Myanmar's military rulers cracked down on the recent protests late last month after Buddhist monks joined the movement, bringing popular support to the campaign and drawing up to 100,000 people into the streets.
At least 13 people were killed and some 2,000 people arrested in the government sweep, and about 1,000 of them are still in custody.
Concern has been growing for the political prisoners after a monitoring group based in Thailand reported last week that an activist died when tortured during interrogation.
Htay Kywe is reportedly in poor health, Amnesty said.
Meanwhile, Myanmar's military rulers have relaxed a curfew in the main city Yangon, reducing it to four hours a night as security remained light on the streets of the commercial hub, residents said yesterday.
Loudspeakers mounted on trucks drove through the city late on Saturday telling people that the curfew would now run from 11pm to 3am, down from the 10pm till 4am restrictions in place up until now.
The easing of the curfew, along with a lower security presence on the streets of Yangon, could imply that the junta feels it has finally quashed the largest protests against its rule in nearly 20 years.
Seventy Myanmar forces raid house, seize activists
A total of six activists were rounded up by the Myanmar authorities in a raid on a safehouse over the weekend, Amnesty International said yesterday, as the junta continued to hunt for protest leaders.
The London-based human-rights watchdog had on Saturday reported that four political dissidents including two prominent leaders of recent anti-junta rallies had been arrested in Yangon.
New information confirmed that in fact six people were arrested in a raid early on Saturday by security forces on a house in Myanmar's commercial hub, an Amnesty spokesperson in Bangkok said.
"There is no information on where they are being detained," the group said in a statement. "Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of all six people, who are at grave risk of torture and ill treatment."
The statement quoted eye-witnesses, who said that about 70 members of the security forces had raided a residence where the activists were hiding.
Htay Kywe and Mi Mi, who led some of the first protests against the military regime in mid-August, were held along with Aung Thu, a 43-year-old activist.
The other three people have not yet been identified, the spokesman said, but two were believed to be members of prominent activist group the 88 Generation Students, while the other person is thought to be the home owner.
Htay Kywe and Mi Mi helped lead August's protests, which were sparked by an overnight jump in fuel prices in Myanmar that left many unable to afford even to travel to work.
They went into hiding after 13 pro-democracy leaders were arrested on Aug. 21. They all belong to the 88 Generation Students, made up of veteran student leaders who spearheaded the 1988 democracy uprising.
Myanmar's military rulers cracked down on the recent protests late last month after Buddhist monks joined the movement, bringing popular support to the campaign and drawing up to 100,000 people into the streets.
At least 13 people were killed and some 2,000 people arrested in the government sweep, and about 1,000 of them are still in custody.
Concern has been growing for the political prisoners after a monitoring group based in Thailand reported last week that an activist died when tortured during interrogation.
Htay Kywe is reportedly in poor health, Amnesty said.
Meanwhile, Myanmar's military rulers have relaxed a curfew in the main city Yangon, reducing it to four hours a night as security remained light on the streets of the commercial hub, residents said yesterday.
Loudspeakers mounted on trucks drove through the city late on Saturday telling people that the curfew would now run from 11pm to 3am, down from the 10pm till 4am restrictions in place up until now.
The easing of the curfew, along with a lower security presence on the streets of Yangon, could imply that the junta feels it has finally quashed the largest protests against its rule in nearly 20 years.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Myanmar Junta-Jerk Dies
Too bad they all couldn't have died.
Myanmar holds state funeral for late PM
Myanmar held a state funeral in Yangon Sunday afternoon for late Prime Minister General Soe Win who passed away on Friday.
The state funeral, which took place at the Mingaladon War Cemetery, was attended by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Senior-General Than Shwe, SPDC Vice-Chairman Vice Senior-General Maung Aye, SPDC Member General Thura Shwe Mann and Acting Prime Minister and SPDC First Secretary Lieutenant-General Thein Sein.
The funeral was also attended by foreign diplomats in Myanmar.
Late Soe Win, 58, who was also SPDC member, died at the Mingaladon Defense Services General Hospital in Yangon out of long illness after he was brought back for the last time to Yangon from Singapore where he had undergone medical treatment since March this year. Soe Win became prime minister on Oct. 19, 2004.
Soe Win, born in Taunggyi, Shan state, in May 1949, had been North-West Commander and Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council in 1997. He was appointed as SPDC Second Secretary in February 2003 and promoted to SPDC First Secretary in August the same year.
Burn in hell, you bastard.
Myanmar holds state funeral for late PM
Myanmar held a state funeral in Yangon Sunday afternoon for late Prime Minister General Soe Win who passed away on Friday.
The state funeral, which took place at the Mingaladon War Cemetery, was attended by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Senior-General Than Shwe, SPDC Vice-Chairman Vice Senior-General Maung Aye, SPDC Member General Thura Shwe Mann and Acting Prime Minister and SPDC First Secretary Lieutenant-General Thein Sein.
The funeral was also attended by foreign diplomats in Myanmar.
Late Soe Win, 58, who was also SPDC member, died at the Mingaladon Defense Services General Hospital in Yangon out of long illness after he was brought back for the last time to Yangon from Singapore where he had undergone medical treatment since March this year. Soe Win became prime minister on Oct. 19, 2004.
Soe Win, born in Taunggyi, Shan state, in May 1949, had been North-West Commander and Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council in 1997. He was appointed as SPDC Second Secretary in February 2003 and promoted to SPDC First Secretary in August the same year.
Burn in hell, you bastard.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
UN Statement Does Nothing
‘UN’s Myanmar statement not tough enough’
Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said Saturday the UN Security Council should have issued a tougher statement against Myanmar, where it says 13 journalists are detained.
The group said in a statement issued with the Burma Media Association that it feared for the safety of the detained journalists and writers, including eight who were arrested during last month’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests. “The UN Security Council statement which deplored the crackdown is to be welcomed, but it did not go far enough,” the groups said.
“We regret that the Security Council did not call for the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners,” they added. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 12 of the last 18 years under house arrest, is the most famous of the more than 2,000 political prisoners that Myanmar is believed to be holding.
A prisons watchdog in Thailand said last week that a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party had died after being tortured during interrogation while in a prison outside the central city of Mandalay.
The media rights groups said the announcement of that death “makes us fear the worst” for the detained writers and journalists, who include video directors, reporters, columnists, photographers and a poet.
The UN Security Council on Thursday issued a statement deploring Myanmar’s crackdown that left 13 dead last month.
13?? Try THOUSANDS. AFP always gets the facts screwed up.
Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said Saturday the UN Security Council should have issued a tougher statement against Myanmar, where it says 13 journalists are detained.
The group said in a statement issued with the Burma Media Association that it feared for the safety of the detained journalists and writers, including eight who were arrested during last month’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests. “The UN Security Council statement which deplored the crackdown is to be welcomed, but it did not go far enough,” the groups said.
“We regret that the Security Council did not call for the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners,” they added. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent 12 of the last 18 years under house arrest, is the most famous of the more than 2,000 political prisoners that Myanmar is believed to be holding.
A prisons watchdog in Thailand said last week that a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party had died after being tortured during interrogation while in a prison outside the central city of Mandalay.
The media rights groups said the announcement of that death “makes us fear the worst” for the detained writers and journalists, who include video directors, reporters, columnists, photographers and a poet.
The UN Security Council on Thursday issued a statement deploring Myanmar’s crackdown that left 13 dead last month.
13?? Try THOUSANDS. AFP always gets the facts screwed up.
Aussies Not Amused
Australia should do more than complain.
Diplomatic fury over bombers
AUSTRALIA will complain to Indonesia after the nation's counter-terrorism chief hosted a party attended by one of the Bali bombers.
The anti-terror chief, Brigadier-General Surya Dharma, said the party was in line with a new "gentle" approach to fighting terrorism, which aims to build a web of informants and former militants to help persuade hard-liners to reject terrorism.
The news was greeted with fury and disgust by Australian bombing victims, with one labelling Indonesia a "laughing stock".
Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said he would ensure a formal complaint was lodged with Indonesia.
"I will certainly see that there is an objection communicated," Mr Howard said.
When asked for his reaction, Mr Howard said he was "absolutely disgusted".
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said the news was a "terrible blow" for victims.
Although the function was held last month, it was only made public on Wednesday.
"It's inappropriate and grossly insensitive and I think for those who are grieving today, it's doubly insensitive," Mr Rudd said.
In Sydney, Coogee Dolphins president Patrick Byrne, who lost six teammates in the bombings, said he continued to be disappointed "at the ongoing injustice" and hypocrisy in Indonesia.
He said Australia had donated a million dollars to tsunami relief "and then to see them purchase a billion dollars in military munitions from Russia during APEC, the continual reductions in sentencing and the constant threat of terrorism - hypocrisy running riot".
Gold Coast man Glenn Forster, who was injured in the blasts, said the Indonesian legal system had made the country look "ridiculous".
Diplomatic fury over bombers
AUSTRALIA will complain to Indonesia after the nation's counter-terrorism chief hosted a party attended by one of the Bali bombers.
The anti-terror chief, Brigadier-General Surya Dharma, said the party was in line with a new "gentle" approach to fighting terrorism, which aims to build a web of informants and former militants to help persuade hard-liners to reject terrorism.
The news was greeted with fury and disgust by Australian bombing victims, with one labelling Indonesia a "laughing stock".
Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said he would ensure a formal complaint was lodged with Indonesia.
"I will certainly see that there is an objection communicated," Mr Howard said.
When asked for his reaction, Mr Howard said he was "absolutely disgusted".
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said the news was a "terrible blow" for victims.
Although the function was held last month, it was only made public on Wednesday.
"It's inappropriate and grossly insensitive and I think for those who are grieving today, it's doubly insensitive," Mr Rudd said.
In Sydney, Coogee Dolphins president Patrick Byrne, who lost six teammates in the bombings, said he continued to be disappointed "at the ongoing injustice" and hypocrisy in Indonesia.
He said Australia had donated a million dollars to tsunami relief "and then to see them purchase a billion dollars in military munitions from Russia during APEC, the continual reductions in sentencing and the constant threat of terrorism - hypocrisy running riot".
Gold Coast man Glenn Forster, who was injured in the blasts, said the Indonesian legal system had made the country look "ridiculous".
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