Well, its been pretty quiet around the place lately, with no posts for a week or two - but its Christmas and to be expected. I had wanted to draft a Christmas message to the people, but time got away, and after hearing John Howard's - thought that it's almost impossible not to come off sounding corny and pathetic. Plus, we're new to this job of running a parallel government and not quite ready for a year in review.
Still, we're very much looking forward to our first full year 'in office'; 2007. If the last act of 2006 - the hanging of Saddam (For the record, I can see both points of view on executing Saddam; the Iraqi's have the right to deliever justice as they see fit, yet its plain to see that his death will not bring closure but only greater bloodshed) - is any indication, there will be plenty to discuss and a raft of issues that will continue to plague us. David hicks is still imprisoned, the Earth gets warmer (and drier), Genocide continues in Darfur (make no mistake about that), worldwide war on religious lines beckons, the UN issue letters and does little else, and George Bush continues to steer the US into the ground. The great thing about New Years is that it offers hope of a fresh start, and the promise that things will get better (even if sometimes it feels that they can't get worse).
My ministers and I will officially be back at the coal face next week, and we look forward to seeing our small band of readers then. In the meantime, Happy New Year!
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