Mr Latham has described President Bush as incompetent and flaky, a label other Labor MPs have refrained from using.
"Bush himself is the most incompetent and dangerous president in living memory," Mr Latham told parliament.
"We should not be placing the lives of young Australians in George Bush's hands.
In the same speech he described the prime minister and his colleagues as "a conga line of suckholes".
DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER! Mind you this hasn't stopped the American Ambassador (a chap with connections not a million miles away from the Bush tribes of Texas)
"American diplomats in Australia have contacted the opposition leader's office concerned at the personal nature of the party's rhetoric on Iraq.
Although they did not lodge a formal complaint or single out a particular MP, the American ambassador Tom Schieffer said Labor's rhetoric was unhelpful to the Australia-US relationship."
I understand your concern Tom. I can't imagine that your dear and glorious President would ever engage in such personal rhetoric about Saddam. Let me apologise on behalf of a grateful Australian nation for the lack of toadying by young Mark. (Lethal injection currently being arranged for said Mr. Latham.)
This is corny, I know, but it's Friday and it was sent to me by someone anonymous who should know better!
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went un-noticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in and then the trouble started ....
(Thank you Clare!)
