He’s a very naughty boy

I know, I know - I said I didn’t intend to say any more about Corey Delaney (Worthington?).

His parents released an open letter defending their son.  Its actually quite a balanced letter, saying that their son is a decent, kind and family oriented boy, but he screwed up with his party last weekend and that his acting like a complete tool ever since hasn’t helped.  His mother has said:

“He’s devastated. He’s taken this and run with it but he has come back down to earth with a big thud,”

and

“He’s come a big gutser and he’s a bit sore and sorry for himself.”

Of course, we had to get the “butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth” photo to help us empathise with him and his parents.

Sounds like an admission of defeat

GPS units are apparently a popular target of thieves now.  Police say GPS devices are an easy bit of hardware to off-load at pawn shops.

Liverpool local area commander Detective Superintendent Mick Plotecki said GPS thefts were a big problem in his area.

“You wouldn’t leave $500 in your car so I don’t know why people leave these things in their cars,” he said.

Vehicle owners who tried to out-smart thieves by hiding their GPS unit in the glove box or under the seat were fighting a losing battle, Superintendent Plotecki said.

“We are finding that the thieves just look for the suction marks on the window where it has been stuck up. So even though they can’t see the GPS unit, they know it is somewhere inside the car.”

His remedy?  Stick to an old-fashioned street directory.  Now that just sounds like conceding defeat to the lowlife scum who steal the things … ie we can’t stop them, so its your fault for putting these things in your car to tempt them.  What about actually catching the bastards, prosecuting them and sticking them in jail?  Can’t steal stuff from cars then.

Likewise, the solution to people stealing a tank of petrol at service stations by driving off without paying is to inconvenience the 99% of people who don’t do this, by making us prepay - ie figure out what we need, pay for it and then go back to the pump and fill the car.  Superintendent Plotecki said a prepaid system introduced at 24 petrol stations in his area command had reduced petrol theft by more than 90 per cent in the past year.  What a triumph of effective policing … no doubt Supt Plotecki has this as a KPI (and he or some other police commander has pay incentives riding on it) …big achievement, reduce crime by hassling everyone, rather than catching the thieving swine who are the problem, and removing them from the community.

So, message to police, and their political masters … I understand that preventative precautions are a good thing in most situations, but do not think they are the solution.  Rather than make things tougher for the normal people in the community to make it harder for the scum to do their dirty work, put more effort into cracking down on the pricks - make their lives impossible.

Look what I found under my desk

…. the other day while I was working.

Doesn’t mind making himself at home in my office.

What is Channel 10’s demographic?

I didn’t intend to post any more about publicity whore Corey Delaney, but this did jump out at me.

He spent the day yesterday lapping up media attention from around the world, appearing in-studio on Melbourne radio and negotiating media deals which included an offer from Channel 10 for a hosting role on Big Brother.

While Corey was too young to be a housemate, he was being earmarked by Big Brother producers last night for a role somewhere in the franchise, Ten sources said yesterday.

“His fame and notoriety hasn’t escaped the executive producers of Big Brother … he would deliver the Ten demographic in droves,” the source said.

That would be the “moron” demographic, right?

Up to his neck (in deep shit, part 2)

After carrying on like a complete wanker for the last few days, Corey Delaney (I’ve seen him called Worthington in some reports) has been arrested and charged by police over his party antics last weekend.

Corey and one other have been charged. Wonder if its him thats been charged with producing child pornography? Or one of his mates? Must have been a bit of under-age action at the party that got photo’d or video’d and the evidence found its way to the police. Very naughty Corey (or friend/s).

After having spent the last few days lapping up the attention, and showing not a hint of regret or remorse at the trouble he caused, hopefully this will finally shut Corey up. I suspect thats a large part of why the police arrested him …. he’s basically given them the finger in all the interviews and stuff he’s been on, and I’d guess they’ve got the shits and found something to charge him with to shut his mouth.

For a video sample of Corey’s boganity, see here. (In fact there’s a whole series of posts on Corey and his adventures in Bogan-ville).

In deep shit

This is Corey Delaney.  He is going to be in seriously deep shit with his parents when they get home from holidays.  He hosted a party at his family’s Narre Warren South (Melbourne) house on Saturday night.  In a moment of truly inspired genius he invited all and sundry via MySpace.

About 500 people showed up, many drinking heavily (underage drinking - shame, never happened in my day), things got out of control and rowdy, with neighbours’ gardens and mailboxes trampled.  So the police came, and some of the brainiacs at the party started pelting them with bottles.  Police who came under attack had to retreat until back-up arrived from the air-wing (a helicopter) and dog squad.

Corey’s parents are a little pissed off with him.  They were away on holidays.  Apparently Corey pulled a fast one on them.

“Corey was to come away with us but at the last minute, he got a part-time job and he didn’t come,” Mrs Delaney said.
“We organised for him to stay with a friend - not at our home - and obviously Corey’s gone behind our backs and decided somewhere along the line to throw a party.”

Mr Delaney said he was so angry he had barely spoken to his son.

“He won’t speak to us and you can understand why, because I think he knows what’s coming,” he said.
“We’ve had a lot of family and friends trying to talk to him to make him understand what he’s done. He seems very blase about it.”

Mr Delaney said he intended to ‘deal’ with his son.

Meanwhile, the police are considering billing him the estimated $20,000 cost for responding to the party.

I saw Corey on the TV tonight.  He didn’t seem too upset by what had happened. I don’t think he accepts any responsibility for the behaviour that went on.  I also think he was rather lapping up the media attention.  He also came across as a dimwitted bogan.  Because I know it will be beyond Corey’s apparent intellect, I’ll save him some trouble and tell him that he needs to get around to all his friends from the party and get them to cough up $40 each …. that’s what he needs to cover the bill from the police …. good luck trying Corey.

And lose those sunglasses … they are absolute shockers.  And cut back on whatever it is you’re smoking (he gives the impression of being somewhat substance impaired, on top of being brain cell deficient).

Choice

Clementine Ford in today’s Sunday Mail discloses that she has had 2 abortions.  She says that it wasn’t a hard decision for her to make, in fact is was “really, really easy”, and also that she felt no shame over terminating her pregnancies, just intense relief.  She says she is “pro-life” - pro the life of women who have lived for years as opposed to cells that have lived for weeks.  She says she doesn’t believe a 12 week old clump of cells is a baby.  I think the main point in her article is  that women have got to stop feeling like they owe the world a truckload of guilt simply because they exercised their legal right to govern their own reproduction.

I don’t have a problem with any of this.  I would generally say I’m pro-choice, to a point.  I don’t believe life begins at the moment of conception like many of the “pro-life” advocates do.  But equally, I find the idea of late term abortions wrong.  At what point does the foetus’ right to life outweigh the woman’s choice …. I don’t know to be honest.  Fortunately I’ve never had to be involved in a decision like this, so I’ve never had to take a firm position on it.  So I guess I’m pro-choice to a point, a point which I can’t define.  To be honest I’d also say that I find the idea of women who have serial abortions distasteful …. a sign of carelessness and stupidity.   I understand mistakes happen, but repeated ones do suggest carelessness on the part of the woman and her partner.

What really attracted my attention in this article was the comments.  Clementine Ford summarises her response to the theme of some of these comments, but reading through the couple of hundred comments, there are obviously many pro-life/anti-choice people who cannot argue rationally and immediately resort to personal abuse of those who don’t share their view of the world.  Some examples of this form of intelligent debate include:

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde: To lose one (child) may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose (two) looks like carelessness . The real issue here is not abortion, its carelessness. If women want to take control etc etc etc - then bloody well take the proper precautions and dont get pregnant in the first place. Keeping your legs together would be a good start.

From Jonty of Aldgate.

keep your legs shut …

From Alex of Adelaide

murder! no other word for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From HWD of Port Augusta

In the process of having her numerous abortions and exercising her choice of convenience, we can all hope Ms Ford has rendered herself infertile and will not be able to procreate in the future.

From BJ

I cant believe what I just read…….for a so called ‘educated woman’ have you ever heard of birth control or is abortion your birth control? I am getting tired of you trying to ’shock us’ with your immature columns…… I suggest you grow up and avoid sharing all the details of your STDs next week!!

From Tracy of Adelaide

Oh, you’re such a tough little women aren’t you, and totally unabashed to admit. Pull your head in, why don’t you. Such a good influence for the young promiscuous girls around. How did the father(s) feel about these homicidal decisions? Or, were the fathers unknown? Tracy of Adelaide had a good point, try another form of contraception other than the brutal, immoral act of abortion. It’d be a real shame to be later wanting to have children knowing that you just threw away your last chance. Bloody coward, stop killing poor little innocent babies. As Alex of Adelaide says, “..keep your legs shut..”

From Benjamin of Adelaide

I hope you have a miserable life from now on. Hope you lose your job too. I wish the advertiser had direct competition.

From Jason of North Adelaide

Of course Clementine is entitled to her own opinion about her body. The same as I’m entitled to believe she’s stupid for having unprotected, unsafe sex on at least two (but probably hundreds) of occasions. I can’t wait for the next column on have having AIDS is her choice too…

From Henry Jonkers of St Kilda

At least the visitors know where to go in Hicksville for a good time with no after effects and no obligations and it’s cheaper than a bought one.

From Jack Farmer of Hamilton

The real question is - how could someone so butt ugly have managed to get laid at all - let alone TWICE!

From Jason of Adelaide

murderer. god gives you this great gift and she kills it. maybe she better try keeping her pants on, she now deserves nothing from life as she has killed two.

From Dominic Carbone

Those of us who believe in creation over evolution and that life begins at conception can be comforted that yet another Adelaide serial killer’s victims are already in a far far better place having died without ever having sinned and that this killer will have to answer for two murders when she faces the ultimate judgement.

From Peter Fanelli of USA

So, we have some common themes here … and this is only from the first half of the comments.  First, obviously she must be some sort of slut having rampant sex with dozens if not hundreds of men.  Second, she is a murderer and will burn in hell.  Then we have those lovely people (no doubt calling themselves Christians) who wish all sorts of misfortune on her.

Nothing like rational debate is there.  No wonder there are like-minded idiots in the USA who go around murdering doctors who provide abortions and bombing abortion clinics.

If I was an American

I’d be voting for Barack Obama, according to the electoral compass tool which I found via Chosha’s blog.

From the safe distance of Australia, Obama strikes me as the candidate who promises the most in the way of change.  It will be interesting to see whether a black man is too scary a thought for the US voting public - or a woman, Hilary Clinton, for that matter.  In my view, either of them would be a change for the better in America.

We knocked the bastard off

Those were the words of Sir Edmund Hillary to a fellow climber in announcing his achievement in being the first man to successfully climb Mt Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.  Sir Edmund died today in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 88.

Sir Edmund, together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, achieved that feat on May 29, 1953.  As such he was probably the greatest adventurer of the 20th century, and one of the iconic figures of the 2nd half of the century.

After his most famous achievement, Sir Edmund, without fanfare and without compensation,  spent decades pouring energy and resources from his own fundraising efforts into Nepal through the Himalayan Trust he founded in 1962, building hospitals, health clinics, airfields and schools.

NZ PM Helen Clark, in announcing Sir Edmund’s death today said Sir Edmund described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities, but in reality he was a colossus, and:

“He was an heroic figure who not only ‘knocked off’ Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity,”

“He was a quintessential Kiwi,” Clark said. “He was ours - from his craggy appearance and laconic style to his directness and honesty.”

A spokesman for the Hillary family said:

“The family are honored to accept the government’s offer of a state funeral, recognizing the impact he had on all New Zealanders. They are also comforted by the messages of support from around the country and around the world.

“His great friends the Sherpa people have called [wife] June and are organizing their own memorial service in Nepal.”

Vale, Sir Edmund Hillary, a great man who packed a hell of a lot of achievement into his life.

Masturbation - couldn’t resist the urge

Well, the sub-editor who came up with this headline just couldn’t.

Masturbators come together in Copenhagen | NEWS.com.au

Copenhagen is to host a masturbate-a-thon in May which organisers hope will help break lingering taboos about self-love.  This follows previous such events in San Francisco and London.